New games this week: Tony Hawk's Proving Ground edition

by Justin McElroy on Oct 15th 2007 8:20AM

So, we're about 50 percent sure about this week's featured game. If it's one of the good Tony Hawks then it's head-and-shoulders above the rest. If it's not though, we could be persuaded to give the honor to ... hmm ... Fury? Wild Petz: Dolphins? Hannah Montana Music Jam? Who knows?

For now though, the day is yours Mr. Hawk. ... For now.

Tony Hawk's Proving Ground

Xbox 360:

Tony Hawk's Proving Ground
Beautiful Katamari
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Shivering Isles Expansion
Avatar: The Burning Earth

Xbox Live Arcade:

?????

PS3:

Tony Hawk's Proving Ground
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Game of the Year Edition

PSN:

?????

Nintendo Wii:

Rockstar Games Table Tennis
Tony Hawk's Proving Ground
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core
Mercury Meltdown: Revolution
Backyard Football
Avatar: The Burning Earth
Victorious Boxer
Legend of Spro: Eternal Night
Ultimate Duck Hunting

Wii Virtual Console:

?????

PS2:

Tony Hawk's Proving Ground
Backyard Football 2008
Honda SBk-07 Superbike
Avatar: The Burning Earth
Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey

PSP:

Spider-man 3
Crash of the Titans
Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness OSG
SWAT: Target Liberty

Nintendo DS:

Flash Focus
Tony Hawk's Proving Ground
Fullmetal Alchemist: Trading Card Game
The Bee Game
Fish Tycoon
Hannah Montana: Music Jam
Power Rangers Super Legends
Prism: Light the Way
Disney Princess: Magical Jewels
Avatar: The Burning Earth
Wild Petz: Dolphinz

PC Games:

Fury
Switchball
Heroes of Might & Magic V: Tribes of the East Expansion Pack
You Are Empty
Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals
Company of Heroes Game of the Year Edition
Fritz Chess 10
Gothic Universe
The Guild 2 Gold Edition
Dawn of Magic
3D Ultra Minigolf Adventures
Death to Spies
Sega Rally Revo

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Tags: DS, newgames, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (53)

think i'll put flash focus on my gamefly queue, give it a shot

Also Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos. I love that game, one of the best for the NES

Alright!

That Oblivion Game of the Year Edition needs to be mine! Sadly I will not have money to buy it until next week T_T

I hate it when the same game appears on everything from the 360 to the DS. The DS version will be nothing like the 360 version. Sometimes the DS version isn't even made by the same company as the console version. And if it's not the same game, it shouldn't have the same name.

this week should have been given to Beautiful Katamari.

Well, I'm sure we've given it to any other Katamari game at some point, so, in a way, Beautiful Katamari has already gotten that honor.

...

See, because they're all the same.

I'm with you!

Yeah, after seeing Kotaku give Beautiful Katamari the post headline, I was a bit shocked to Joystiq focusing on Tony Hawk...you think all Katamari games are the same, but somehow Yet Another Tony Hawk game is worthy of singling out? Baffling.

Fish Tycoon = Game of the Year material.

I was kinda hoping for something better to take advantage of the Buy 2, get 1 free this week at Toys R Us. Oh well, looks like I'm going back to my previous list of Duck Amuck, Sonic Rush Adventure, and Jeanne D'Arc.

Also, Bleach for DS is fun as allllllll hell. God I love Treasure.

Today is still the Toys r Us promotion? I want to buy Trauma Center DS, Trauma Center Wii and Kirby for free on the DS for my wife jeje.

It's a WEEKLY ad. Thus the Saturday will be the last day of the sale.

orange box, eternal sonata, and another orange box ... (sell 1 orange box on ebay)

Normally I would say "Why? It's the same as it ever was?"

But they highlighted the hawkman so my point is moot.

Gah, reply must die! That was meant for Zachary!

How the hell didn't Disgaea not get the Featured Game this week? Is it because it's on a handheld?

It DID in fact not get the Featured Game this week. Sorry to be nitpicking, but us cat pictures on the internet have a bad enough reputation for grammar as it is. Also, yay Disgaea.

Yeah, I screwed that up.

Also... Yay, kitty!

Proving Ground sucks. If anyone buys this game over Skate, they should have their right to play games revoked. After playing Skate for the past three weeks and then going back to Tony Hawk and playing the Proving Ground demo, it was an unbearable experience. First off all, graphically it looked like I was playing an XBOX game. Second of all, you are instantly reminded of how much better the gameplay in Skate is.

The controls on skate suck, whereas the Tony Hawk controls are still just like Dreamcast. Tony Hawk ftw!

the controls in skate are amazing. You must not be coordinated enough to figure them out.

That's fine I guess. There will always be Tony Hawk for the people that have more fun defying gravity by gaining speed while moving uphill, or defying the laws of friction by gaining speed when grinding on a rail. Gotta love those double back flips that you can do from flat ground in Tony Hawk. Ugh.

I was a huge Tony Hawk fan...until I played Skate.

yeah I think everyone who has played the proving ground demo will realize that its probably the worst tony hawk game yet. The weird gravity, the terrible dialogue, and "grab transfers". WTF is a grab transfer? Is that some crap that rodney mullen and bob burnquist concocted on their own time? what a bunch of goofballs.

The fact that it came out after Skate. only makes it worse.

Some people don't always want tons of realism in their games.

You know, video games, an escapist design meant to allow us to get away from our normal lives for a few minutes of fantasy where we get to be someone else?

Oh, wait. Sorry. Elitists. My bad.

demonGSides has a point. Gran Turismo, Forza, PGR tend to bore the hell out of me. But Ridge Racer and Burnout I can play forever.

demonGSides-

When you can bring proof that a realistic day in your life includes doing a 720 Mute Grab over a Mega Ramp in the X Games, or a 180 Inward Heelflip to FS Crooked Grind down a handrail, then I will take your comment seriously. Skate is still a 100% escape from reality for all of us. Only it's a much much better one than Tony Hawk. It's not even it's realism that makes it great compared to Tony Hawk, it's just better all around.

"Well, I'm sure we've given it to any other Katamari game at some point, so, in a way, Beautiful Katamari has already gotten that honor.

...

See, because they're all the same."

And the Tony hawk Games Aren't?

Hey Tony...where is my PSP version?

stuck on the LOADING bay.

1. you aren't me

2. @ James, ZING!!!

Isn't anyone else excited that Ultimate Duck Hunting is finally out? It's not just plain-ol' vanilla duck hunting, it's ULTIMATE duck hunting!

Holy crap on a stick! Is Mercury Meltdown finally out? That game's been delayed, like, 40 times for no apparent reason.
Guilty Gear for me. Probably pick up Dewy's Adventure finally at Toy's R Us, too and get something else for free.

Quick question: Toys r Us do the price match thing? I want to boy Trauma Center Wii and DS version and get a free game, but in Gamestop Trauma Center Wii is at $29.99 and in Toys r US is at $49.99.

Or can I buy buy the game at Toys r Us at 49.99, pick my others two games, and then, return the 49.99 game?

You Are Empty sounds interesting...

I mean, the name of the game is interesting. I have no idea what it's actually about.

It's about doing long impossible tricks that make no sense. Trying to keep their audience happy with new graphics and a different balance meter. no thanks!

Tony Hawk's Proving Ground... aka the game that comes free with the Guitar Hero III Demo

if you have a guitar

but jeez, gh3 comes out in another week, save your money and wait

and if you want a skateboard game, get skate. it's awesome

That was my point. The game will probably be so lame the only good thing about is the Guitar Hero III demo. I have skate and gotten all the single player achievements (except for some reason it never wants to credit me 5G for Rocket Air no matter how many times I do it)

Tony hawk :/
I only played Project 8 and I didn't like it a bit,it was like a mindless button masher so no thanks but I'm interested in Avatar.

Nah I'm sill playing Halo 3 those 3 last achievements are near to impossible without cheating,I almost got steppin razor but I was a second too late of the last guy and I just got Legend of Zelda:Phantom Hourglass

Also I haven't played the Orange box since gameplanet sucks.

Orange Box Ftw people.

Seriously.

It's so good,

Portal. GOTY.

Orange Box will be GOTY, period. Hell all of the games in it deserve to be GOTY on their own merit.

It's going to be difficult for this game. Skate was a great experience and came out during a period where a game of it's stature could survive on the market. I have too many "AAA" titles to play in the upcoming months.

I have NO desire to play this game, and I LOVE (Loved) Tony Hawk Games. They jumped the shark with the Undergound series, and their hardcore audience is never coming back.

Is it just me, or has Mercury Meltdown been on the new release list for a few weeks now?

I remember it was a skill to get over a 100,000 points in one combo on Tony Hawks 1, but now the game gets silly and is too easy :(
Need to try out skate properly :o

Xbox Live Arcade:
Every Extend Extra Extreme
Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe

Disgea OSG? The game is coming out this week or is that the soundtrack or something?

When did Joystiq start announcing PSP Official Strategy Guide (OSG) releases? I didn't know they were throwing start guides on UMDS now...that could be useful somehow I guess...

This should be Beautiful Katamari week, not tony hawk week. Tony hawk games lost their soul around pro skater 4, and Activision worked so hard to perfect the tony hawk games, then got destroyed by the first skateboarding game EA made.

Xbox 360 corrections: Avatar is still 2 weeks away, but Thrillville: Off the rails is this week.

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