Vicarious Visions, the studio behind some of the best remasters of recent memory and plenty of other great games, just experienced a major paradigm shift.

The biggest name in skateboarding is back, and better than ever.

One of the more standard feats that players could pull off in many a Tony Hawk game? A Mute Grab, which happens to be a challenging grab of your board while in the air. It’s a great trick, but one with a slightly checkered past and one that is getting a name change that honours its creator instead of poking fun at him.

With the Quantum Masks returning and a Quantum Rift appearing near our heroes, they decide to bravely head through to different times and dimensions to stop whoever is responsible.

One of the greatest of all time and an ass-kicker in the competitive side of the skateboarding scene, Caballero may not be tearing up competitions like he used but the version of him that you’ll get in Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1 + 2 will be an example of the skater in his prime and with the experience of modern technology on his side.

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater may have brought skateboarding to the masses in a fashion that didn’t result in a tsunami of twisted ankles, flattened faces and missing testicles after a rail grind attempt gone tragically awry, but it’s a series that also lifted the lid on some of the greatest punk rock bands and tracks of all time. There’s a …

Is Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 a remake or a remaster? Can I create my own skater? Is there an option for me to go maximum edge-lord while listening to Papa Roach’s Blood Brothers track? The answer to all those questions, lie right here!

Don’t get too excited just yet. Considering that plenty of the game’s original assets have been lost over the years, it’ll be tough for Blizzard to remaster what they can’t find in the first place.