“Tony Hawk's 3 + 4” was something that was within the realm of possibility. While Vicarious Visions approached Activision with the idea, the publisher primarily had more “Call of Duty” in mind. The studio later became Blizzard Albany. But why did the developers want to tackle two more classics? More background information is available.
In recent years, numerous studios have had to participate in the “Call of Duty” shooter series. And one or two projects also seem to have fallen victim to the billion-dollar mark.
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Activision reportedly rejected an offer for “Tony Hawk's 3 + 4” and instead decided to initially use Vicarious Visions as a support studio for “Call of Duty”. Video game historian Liam Robertson from DidYouKnowGaming reports on this.
Later handling features should be added
In a video, Robertson claims that the original plan was not just to re-release “Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2,” but to combine all four games into one big package. Activision, however, was not positive about this project. We reported yesterday.
But how did the idea come about to tackle “Tony Hawk's 3+4”? “We had agreed to add some handling features from the later games to reflect the way people remember the old Tony Hawk's Pro Skater games,” a source is quoted as saying.
Because the improvements from the third part “seemed to creep into people’s memories of the first two”. In the end, however, it became clear that there was initially no time for more than “1+2”. “So the idea was on the table that we would go ahead and release 3+4 in some form,” it continued.
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After the first remakes were commercially and score-wise successful, Activision received a proposal for “Tony Hawk's 3+4”, which was rejected. Instead, Vicarious Visions was used as a support studio for “Call of Duty” and also helped with the release of “Diablo 2: Resurrected”.
Tony Hawk also reported two years ago that remakes of parts 3 and 4 were planned before Vicarious Visions was fully integrated into Activision Blizzard.
“That was the plan, even up until the release date of [1 und 2]Hawk explained. “We did 3 and 4, and then Vicarious kind of got absorbed. And then they looked for other developers… and then it was over.” According to Hawk, the publisher had no other independent studio that would be trusted.
This is actually not the first time we've heard that further remakes were in the works:
Activision Blizzard later announced that Vicarious Visions would be integrated into Blizzard as a support team. The merger was officially completed in April 2022. The studio is now called Blizzard Albany.
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