It would appear that finger skating is about to go "pro" with a Tony Hawk game for iPhone. The pro skater recently tweeted, "In the PR world, this is considered 'going rogue,' but I'm too excited. This is real & dropping soon." The attached picture, as you can see above, appears to be an iPhone version of his venerable skating series. The message has since been deleted, but as we saw it on the feed of an Activision employee, we feel pretty confident it's on the level.
Man, Tony just couldn't be more of a rebel, could he? Not only is he a skateboarder, putting curb wax on church steps and listening to rock 'n' roll too loud ... on his boom box, now he's using his Twitter feed to take on the corporate fat cats! Is there such a thing as too extreme?
Reader Comments (28)
Posted: Mar 15th 2010 4:03PM Spike Spiegel Humble Bounty Hun said
I foresee this being the best selling iPhone title.
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Posted: Mar 15th 2010 4:32PM cbarrentos said
it's Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2... on a device with no buttons.
WUT
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WUT
Posted: Mar 15th 2010 4:33PM Death Threat said
This time it will really require pro skillz. Word.
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Posted: Mar 15th 2010 4:19PM warxroutione said
all this effort and energy to make iphone games, what about DS and PSP development? why are they trying to shoehorn games on an all touch interface?
gamers want buttons!!
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gamers want buttons!!
Posted: Mar 15th 2010 4:20PM viclewis said
cleared my history, cookies, and cache, it works now. i guess i goofed when i clicked the link to view the whole site a week ago, and for some reason it thought i wanted to go to that site everytime even though the bookmark was for i.joystiq.com/#articles.
thanks
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thanks
Posted: Mar 15th 2010 4:33PM (Unverified) said
All these shitty versions of Tony Hawk has made me realize how much I miss Pro Skater.
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Posted: Mar 15th 2010 4:36PM oOWallaceOo said
"Remember kids, always recycle... to the EXTREME!" - Poochie
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Posted: Mar 15th 2010 5:23PM sigma8 said
I'm sick of iPhone games with little dpads rendered onscreen. I do not think that's the way to go. The touchscreen will always be a sucky dpad. Making a touchscreen game with a virtual dpad is like using a dpad as a virtual touchscreen: limited and clumsy.
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Posted: Mar 15th 2010 5:46PM Hivetyrant said
Did anyone else enjoy Tony Hawks Underground 2?
You know, if you ignored some of the immature unfunny crap, I thought it was kinda funny and pretty awesome game
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You know, if you ignored some of the immature unfunny crap, I thought it was kinda funny and pretty awesome game
Posted: Mar 15th 2010 9:03PM (Unverified) said
I would have liked American Wasteland, if your character wasn't such an arrogant jackass. But the Oil Rig is probably one of the best levels in the TH series.
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Posted: Mar 15th 2010 8:59PM (Unverified) said
THPS2? Awesome! Hopefully they can license the same songs on this one.
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Posted: Mar 17th 2010 10:57AM (Unverified) said
I can see a possible conflict of interest, since he is sponsored by T-Mobile, and even has his own signature phone... Unless something changed?
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