Revenge of the fifth? More like Revenge of the…sequel…ith…IT’S EARLY DAMMIT! Disney Infinity 3.0 finally gave up the goods and revealed itself to the world earlier. But it’s not the only new game in town. An older franchise is heading back. A franchise that was responsible for you wearing goofy baggy pants as a kid and listening to…hrrrnnngghhh…Limp Bizkit. probably. Yep, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 is pulling a 1080 resurrection with a half-pipe twist.
So long and thanks for all the tweets Activision and Tony Hawk1 Game Informer broke the news, revealing that Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 will see the franchise attempt to its more glorious roots, from when the franchise reached its zenith at Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 and sort of stalled at the fourth instalment.
It’s on track for a 2015 release, and it’ll be hitting PlayStation and Xbox across both current and last-gen. This year sees the franchise handed over to Disruptive Games, seeing as how original THPS developer Neversoft is kind of, well…dead. According to GameInformer, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 “features a new set of levels packed with objectives and missions you can complete solo or with friends via online co-op and competitive play,”, and it “weds the series’ finely tuned gameplay with new additions such as power-ups and the ability to shoot projectiles for specific missions”.
Wait, what? Shoot projectiles? Well alright then. If THPS5 is anything like the HD remaster of the first two games from a few years ago, then I’m going to be happy. Damn happy in fact. Now throw in some Papa Roach and various other punk-era bands for a killer soundtrack, and I’ll be happy to play the game, get delusions of grandeur, hop on a skateboard and go skin most of flesh off in a horrific accident on the freeway.
Maybe not even in that order.
Last Updated: May 6, 2015
Captain JJ Fantasticus
May 6, 2015 at 07:32
Don’t forget to add Rage Against the Machine.
Mossel
May 6, 2015 at 08:12
Yes!! And some Bad Religion, Millencolin, Powerman 5000….yes I still have the soundtrack to THPS2 on my pc.
Captain JJ Fantasticus
May 6, 2015 at 08:21
Powerman 5000. Oh man. I nearly forgot about that one.
Admiral Chief
May 6, 2015 at 08:28
THPS2 soundtrack was damn awesome!
Mossel
May 6, 2015 at 08:31
THPS2 soundtrack *is damn awesome!
Fixed it for you.
Admiral Chief
May 6, 2015 at 08:35
Haven’t listened to it in some time, so “was” for me
Sir Captain Senior the First
May 6, 2015 at 11:44
THPS2 and NFS Underground 2 are the two most memorable soundtracks from my youth. Oh the nostalgia
Admiral Chief
May 6, 2015 at 08:28
^This
Milesh Bhana
May 6, 2015 at 08:42
..is what it’s like when WORLD’S COLLIDE!!”
CuddlesaurusRex
May 6, 2015 at 08:30
Dont forget Static-X… Push it was the boss.
Captain JJ Fantasticus
May 6, 2015 at 09:14
RIP
Matthew Holliday
May 6, 2015 at 09:48
wow, that is a band that had totally fallen of my radar, man that would be so good.
CuddlesaurusRex
May 6, 2015 at 09:50
Such a cool band
Matthew Holliday
May 6, 2015 at 10:34
ugh, im slipping, rest of the day is going to spent listening to cheesy nu metal
CuddlesaurusRex
May 6, 2015 at 10:57
Ah man, if its good then its good. No need to worry about what it genre it is. If it pumps the blood and makes you wanna head bang then nothing wrong!
Matthew Holliday
May 6, 2015 at 10:58
makes for a more productive work day than watching cat videos atleast.
CuddlesaurusRex
May 6, 2015 at 11:07
Wahaha. This is true.
Umar
May 6, 2015 at 07:33
Dat opening paragraph XD
Also maybe add some Coldplay in the mix as well :O
Captain JJ Fantasticus
May 6, 2015 at 07:37
Only if I can switch the Coldplay songs off ;P
Umar
May 6, 2015 at 07:39
Lol wouldn’t you like to kickflip to the sounds of The Scientist? 😀
Captain JJ Fantasticus
May 6, 2015 at 07:41
Haha.
I really can’t stand that band though
Umar
May 6, 2015 at 07:48
I quite like them, but I know a lot of people would rather eat dirt than listen to them.
Captain JJ Fantasticus
May 6, 2015 at 08:06
😀
Mossel
May 6, 2015 at 08:11
I like Coldplay, the two songs I know. But I don’t think coldplay works with THPS. It music needs to be quick, loud, and with singers that are mad at their dads!
Admiral Chief
May 6, 2015 at 08:28
Indeed, angry music works better
Matthew Holliday
May 6, 2015 at 09:47
you would defile THPS with coldplay?
are you planning on talking to a halfpipe about your feelings?
Kromas,powered by windows 10.
May 6, 2015 at 07:47
oo gits. Klink vir my dat Activision redelik desperaat word as hulle ghitaar held en Tony Hawk se profesioneele skaatser laat herleef.
/drink eerste slukkie koffie
AH … much better now where was I? Oh yeah. I think they are running out of CoD ideas. 😛
Captain JJ Fantasticus
May 6, 2015 at 08:07
So much win for “Tony Hawk profesioneele skaatser”
Kromas,powered by windows 10.
May 6, 2015 at 08:09
Not even sure I spelled it right. I only use Afrikaans when I visit my family since all my friends are English or choose to speak English to me. (I know, weird)
Captain JJ Fantasticus
May 6, 2015 at 08:21
Yes, weird.
I wish I had more Afrikaans speaking friends. My Afrikaans has gotten so bad.
Admiral Chief
May 6, 2015 at 08:27
Luckily you still have me keeping you on your toes
Captain JJ Fantasticus
May 6, 2015 at 09:14
True that. 😀
Eric
May 6, 2015 at 10:27
My ex was fully bi…lingual. When we talked to each other we’d sound like an Egoli episode switching between Afrikaans and English the whole time.
Matthew Holliday
May 6, 2015 at 10:41
my afrikaans was never good enough to follow the flipflopping between the two languages in that show… had its own language, engrikaans?
Eric
May 6, 2015 at 11:35
I’m not sure what they called it, maar dit raak nogals interessant as ‘n Engelse persoon met ‘n Afrikaner praat en hulle spring die heeltyd tussen mekaar se tale.
Captain JJ Fantasticus
May 6, 2015 at 13:59
Sounds like my family and my wife communicating.
Blood Emperor Trevor
May 6, 2015 at 07:48
Shoot projectiles? They’re going to make you play hacky sack while riding. 😛
Captain JJ Fantasticus
May 6, 2015 at 08:06
Are you pretending to be innocent minded again?
Blood Emperor Trevor
May 6, 2015 at 08:18
I AM innocent minded.
Lord Chaos
May 6, 2015 at 08:25
“I have the heart of a small boy… and I keep it in a jar on my desk.” – SK
Mossel
May 6, 2015 at 08:32
Well that escalated quickly. What does SK stand for?
Lord Chaos
May 6, 2015 at 08:38
It’s a Stephen King quote
Mossel
May 6, 2015 at 10:45
That’s awesome. I need to start reading Stephen King then.
Galbedir
May 6, 2015 at 09:04
A friend and I were actually speaking about this the other day. I really hope they evolve the trick system alittle from the older TH games. No ‘Press X for kickflip’. Skate 3 had the perfect tricks system with giving you control of how the board is kicked/flipped. I hope they do something similar, because after playing Skate 3, I couldn’t go back to the old Tony Hawk style.
Kikmi
May 6, 2015 at 10:48
I think I need new pants.
Lets just hope they don’t cock it up though.
Gr8_Balls_o_KFM_Fire
May 6, 2015 at 14:25
WHATS WRONG WITH LIMP BISCUIT?!?!?!
:((
Captain JJ Fantasticus
May 6, 2015 at 15:58
I agree.
*gets on the rant bus*