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Tony Hawk's Proving Ground


Tony Hawk's Proving Ground is a video game developed by Neversoft for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, Vicarious Visions for the Nintendo DS, and by Page 44 Studios for the PlayStation 2 and Wii. "Proving Ground" is the ninth installment in the "Tony Hawk's" series, and the last to be developed by Neversoft as the franchise was then transferred to Robomodo. The Xbox 360 version in North America came with a demo of "", which was released on October 28, 2007. It features gameplay
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gen title for the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. "Tony Hawk's Proving Ground" was released in 2007. It is the second title for the PlayStation 3 and third for Xbox 360 in the "Tony Hawk's" series. It was the last "Tony Hawk" game to be developed by Neversoft; the franchise moved to Robomodo. After Activision acquired RedOctane and the "Guitar Hero" series, Harmonix developed their last "Guitar Hero" game, "", before they were acquired by MTV. Neversoft
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Bam Margera


video game franchise, specifically "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3", "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4", "Tony Hawk's Underground", "Tony Hawk's Underground 2", "Tony Hawk's American Wasteland", "Tony Hawk's Project 8" and "Tony Hawk's Proving Ground". He also voiced a character in the video game "". He made cameo appearances in the movies "Grind" and "Destroying America." In late September 2008, Margera opened a bar/
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5


Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 is a 2015 skateboarding video game developed by Robomodo and Disruptive Games, and published by Activision. The sixteenth installment in the "Tony Hawk's" series, the game is the first traditional entry in the main series since 2007's "Proving Ground", as the series had been put on hold following a lack of critical and commercial success with later games. The game was released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on September 29, 2015, while the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were
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Nyjah Huston


." Huston is a featured character in the video games "Tony Hawk's Project 8", "Tony Hawk's Proving Ground", "", "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD", and "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5". Together with his mother Kelle Huston, Huston founded the charity organization "Let It Flow" in 2008 with the aim of providing clean, safe, and accessible water to communities in need. Following their personal experiences in Puerto Rico, the pair started by selling reusable water
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at least 300,000 copies in the United Kingdom. "Skate" outsold "Proving Ground" on a 2:1 ratio, resembling its lackluster reception. In the first month of its U.S. release, "Tony Hawk: Ride" sold 114,000 copies. During its first week on sale in the United States, the game sold 3,000 copies; Due to this, former developer Chris Rausch described "" as the game that had killed the series and stated he expected no new game to release in the foreseeable future. Since the expiration of
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more mixed reception. The game resulted in a successful franchise, receiving eight annualized sequels developed by Neversoft from 2000's "Pro Skater 2" to 2007's "Proving Ground". "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater" puts the player in control of a famous skateboarder and takes place in a third-person view with a fixed camera. The goal of the game is to perform tricks and combinations thereof in an effort to increase the player's score. Movement can be altered using the d-pad, and ollies,
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Stevie Williams


Alomar, filmed during the height of his career, was published on the internet as part of the campaign. Williams is a featured character in "Evolution Skateboarding", "Tony Hawk's American Wasteland", "Tony Hawk's Project 8", "Tony Hawk's Proving Ground", "", and "". He was also a hidden character for the game "NFL Street 2", where he was the captain of his own team, "Team Reebok" with his signature DGK Logo. His position
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Love (sculpture)


" single) and Acen Razvi ("75 Minutes"). London artist D*Face parodied the image by rendering the word "hate" with the "A" tilted and Belgian artist Eddy Gabriel made a version using the word "lost". The sculpture is remade to read "THPS" in the Xbox expansion of "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2", which has a stage set in Philadelphia's Love Park. The set reappears in "Tony Hawk's Underground 2" and "Tony Hawk's Proving Ground"
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that is more reminiscent of earlier "Tony Hawk" games, whilst including new features such as Nail the Manual and Nail the Grab. These are similar to Nail the Trick mode from the previous "Tony Hawk’ game - Project 8. There are 9 levels in the video game. They are in 3 East Coast cities, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.. The levels differ between the different console versions. In the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions, there is one open world. In the Wii and
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Dustin Dollin


sponsors are Baker skateboards, Spitfire wheels, Independent Truck Company, Volcom, Vans shoes, Happy Hour Sunglasses, Psockadelic and Shake Junt. Dollin is featured in the Tony Hawk video games, "Tony Hawk's Project 8", "Tony Hawk's Proving Ground", and "". Dollin has been married and divorced twice. He has a distribution company out of Australia with his friend Ben Mitchell named PD DIST, that helps out Australian and NZ riders. PD Dist carries: Baker Skateboards, Deathwish, Heroin,
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and best-selling video game franchises of the early 2000s. Three more "Pro Skater" games were released from 2000 to 2002, after which the developers took a more story-oriented approach with the releases of "Underground", "Underground 2" and "American Wasteland" from 2003 to 2005. "Project 8" in 2006 and "Proving Ground" in 2007 were the last games in the series developed by Neversoft. After that, developer Robomodo took the franchise in a different direction by developing the peripheral supported
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Tony Hawk's (series)


Tony Hawk's is a skateboarding video game series published by Activision from 1999 to 2015, and endorsed by the eponymous American professional skateboarder. The series was primarily developed for home consoles by Neversoft from launch to 2007, until Activision transferred the franchise to Robomodo in 2008. At the time the licensing deal between Activision and Hawk expired in 2015, the series had spawned a total of 19 games. Starting out with the initial "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater" in 1999, the series proved to be one of the most popular
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freely explore the levels without time constraints. Starting with "Underground", the series replaced the career mode with a proper story mode. In "Underground", "Project 8", and "Proving Ground", the story centered around the player character turning into a professional skateboarder. In "Underground 2", the only direct sequel in the series, on the other hand, the player embarks on a destruction tour around the world, orchestrated by Tony Hawk and Bam Margera. In "American Wasteland", which
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Bob Burnquist


Science Guy." Burnquist has been featured in the hit video game, "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater", and appeared in every game in main series up to "Tony Hawk's Proving Ground", with the exception of "Pro Skater 3", due to a result of his appearance in another skateboarding game, "ESPN X Games Skateboarding", during that time. In 2004, Burnquist made a guest appearance as himself on the popular TV series, "Kim Possible". Burnquist was also featured in a
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Lance Mountain


. As a team rider for Flip, Mountain is one of the professional skateboarders featured in "Tony Hawk's Proving Ground", an appearance that marked Mountain's first appearance in the Tony Hawk series of video games. As of October 2012, Mountain is sponsored by Flip, Independent Trucks, Spitfire, Nike SB (announced on May 7, 2007), and Stüssy clothing. In "Transworld SKATEboarding"'s "30 Most Influential Skaters Of All Time" list, Mountain was selected in the eighteenth position and Skin Phillips
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Vanessa Torres


at the X Games in Oslo, Torres won bronze. She again placed in the top ten in 2016 and 2017. She is featured in several women's skateboarding videos such as (2003), Getting Nowhere Faster (2004), and Quit Your Day Job (2014). She also appears in the video game Tony Hawk's Proving Ground, making her the third female as a playable skater to appear in the Tony Hawk's video game series after Elissa Steamer and Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins. Torres is of Mexican
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out each skater class, including a detailed tutorial on the new Nail-The-Grab mode, as well as a toned down version of the Video Editor. "Proving Ground" was met with mixed to positive reviews upon release. On Metacritic, both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions had an average score of 72, the PlayStation 2 version had an average score of 65, and the Wii version had an average score of 57. All of these scores are considered "mixed or average" by the site.
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each city section in the style of early "Pro Skater" games. There is a free skate mode on the PlayStation 3 and Wii versions. "Proving Ground"s demo was scheduled for release on Xbox Live Marketplace for Xbox 360 on September 10, 2007 but was delayed to September 12, 2007. The release date for the PlayStation 3 demo in the PlayStation Store was September 13 in the U.S. The UK demo was released on October 25, 2007. The demo allows ten minutes of free time, but allows players to try
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2003 Neversoft reworked the game with a more story-oriented approach in "Tony Hawk's Underground", followed by a sequel in "Tony Hawk's Underground 2" in 2004. Neversoft again split into two teams to begin work on the internally developed "Gun" and the seventh version of the "Tony Hawk's" series — "Tony Hawk's American Wasteland". "Tony Hawk's Project 8" was developed and released in 2006. This was the first title under Neversoft that was developed as a next-
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Arto Saari


Hawk's Underground", and "Tony Hawk's Proving Ground". As of July 2014, Saari is sponsored by Flip Skateboards, New Balance Numeric, WeSC, Ricta, CCS, MOB, Destructo Trucks and hOme Watches. In late 2012, the Burton company announced a major restructure in accordance with a plan to focus more closely on its core business; consequently, the skateboard teams of the Gravis and Analog brands were dissolved. Saari's move to WeSC was announced on April 26, 2013, following Saari's selection
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Tony Hawk's Underground


Tony Hawk's Underground is a skateboarding video game published by Activision in 2003, the fifth entry in the "Tony Hawk's" series. Neversoft developed the GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox versions, Beenox developed the Microsoft Windows version, which was released in Australia and New Zealand as a budget release in 2004, while the Game Boy Advance adaptation was developed by Vicarious Visions and a mobile version by Jamdat. "Underground" is built upon the skateboarding formula of previous "Tony Hawk's" games: the player explores levels
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the developers in 2018, Activision originally wanted a racing game similar to the arcade game "Top Skater". However, after Neversoft showed them what their engine was capable of, the racing idea was abandoned in favor of a more free-flowing approach. Activision signed professional skateboarder Tony Hawk as the face of the skateboarding game "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater". The game had been in development before Hawk was signed as the face of the brand and his name and likeliness were included late in development. Originally, Hawk
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Tony Hawk's American Sk8land


Tony Hawk's American Sk8land is the handheld version of "American Wasteland", the seventh entry in the "Tony Hawk's" series. It is the first entry in the series for the Nintendo DS, and the fifth to appear on Game Boy Advance. "American Sk8land" uses cel shaded visuals and it was developed by Vicarious Visions, the developer of the Game Boy Advance "Tony Hawk" games. The game is based on its console counterpart, "American Wasteland", featuring the same soundtrack, many of
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Tony Hawk's Underground 2: Remix


". The game features four-player wireless play. Two of the exclusive levels (Santa Cruz and Kyoto) from Tony Hawk's Underground 2: Remix ended up being recycled into the console releases of "Tony Hawk's American Wasteland", While Tony Hawk's American Wasteland - Collector's Edition brought back Atlanta. A sequel to "Underground" was first announced on January 29, 2004. During development, developer Neversoft sent its members to locations featured in-game in order to get better acquainted with the areas.
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Myth Takes


Ben Dickinson. "Must Be the Moon" was released as a single on May 14, 2007 (June 5, 2007 in North America). It is only available as a digital download and 12" vinyl. The song "All My Heroes Are Weirdos" is available in the video games "Tony Hawk's Proving Ground" and "FIFA 08". "Yadnus" would be heard in an episode of "The Blacklist". In addition, the Still Going to the Roadhouse mix of "Yadnus" appears
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Ryan Sheckler


8", "Tony Hawk's Proving Ground", and "." In 2008, the Sheckler Foundation was created to assist children, and injured and recovering athletes—the Foundation presents its overall goal as the empowerment of "our community to “Be the Change!”." Two of the Foundation's major annual charity events are "Skate For A Cause" (the fourth event occurred in May 2013) and the "Ryan Sheckler X Games Celebrity Golf Tournament" (the fifth event occurred in 2012).
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The Reverend Horton Heat


in the game "Guitar Hero II" and later on "Guitar Hero Smash Hits". Their song "Baddest of the Bad" is featured on the soundtrack to "Tony Hawk's Proving Ground". The 1997 PC video game "Redneck Rampage" also includes two of their songs: "Wiggle Stick" and "Nurture my Pig!" The song "Big Red Rocket of Love" is featured on the video game "Motorstorm" for the "PlayStation 3" and a slightly altered version of the song was
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4


complete goals. "4" instead featured a Career mode more similar to Free-skate mode, in which there was no time limit to explore the level, the goals are usually offered to the player to attempt by characters found in the level. This Career mode would be later seen as the Story modes of the "Underground" series, "American Wasteland", "Project 8" and "Proving Ground". The game builds on the success of the gameplay in the previous games in the series. All of
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The Pretender (Foo Fighters song)


though Lynch used red powder than red liquid. In addition to being on the album, the song was also released on a number of other formats and soundtracks. It was among the first to be released as downloadable content for "", in a band-specific pack. It is also a playable song in the game "" from the Guitar Hero series. The song was included in the soundtrack for the game "Tony Hawk's Proving Ground". The song also appears on the TV series "Californication" and
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2


Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 is a skateboarding-simulation video game developed by Neversoft and published by Activision. It is the second installment in the "Tony Hawk's" series of sports games and was first released for the PlayStation in 2000, with subsequent ports to the Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Color, and Dreamcast the same year. In 2001 the game was ported to the Mac OS, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo 64, and Xbox (as part of the "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2x" collection)
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater


Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, released as Tony Hawk's Skateboarding in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and parts of Europe, is a skateboarding-simulation video game developed by Neversoft and published by Activision. It was released for the PlayStation on August 31, 1999, and was later ported to the Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color, Dreamcast, and N-Gage. "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater" takes place in a 3-D environment permeated by an ambience of rock and hip-hop music. The player takes
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Tony Hawk's (series)


evil real estate moguls' plot that drove such classic films as ""." Adding that "along the way, the characters become a little endearing". Reviews for Neversoft's entries started to dip with the release of "Project 8". In the GameSpot review of the PlayStation 3 version, "Project 8" was criticized for its lack of online play on Sony systems and unstable framerate, with critics noting that the series was becoming more and more stale. "Proving Ground" was met with mixed to positive
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Jereme Rogers


Rob and Big season two "Tampa", as well as Bad Girls Club season four as Natalie's "friend". Most recently, Jereme was on Thrasher Magazine's "King of the Road" (2015 filming; 2016 release via Vice Media) series as a guest skater. He had previously featured on "King of the Road" as a team member of Girl Skateboards. He is also featured in the video game "Tony Hawk's Proving Ground". Rogers is a vegetarian and a Christian (one of
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Carnavas


than 500,000 copies and was certified gold on May 31, 2018. The song "Rusted Wheel" was used during the end credits roll of the film Puncture. The song "Well Thought Out Twinkles" is featured on the soundtrack of the skateboarding video game "Tony Hawk's Proving Ground" on top of being downloadable content for the games "Rock Band" and "Rock Band 2" along with "Melatonin". Similarly, "Lazy Eye" is a playable song in both "Rock Band 2" and "
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD


Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD is a skateboarding video game in the "Tony Hawk's" series of skateboarding games. The game, developed by Robomodo and published by Activision, is a high-definition remake featuring classic levels from "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater", "Pro Skater 2", and, via download, "Pro Skater 3". It was released for Xbox 360 through Xbox Live Arcade on July 18, 2012, for PlayStation 3 through PlayStation Network on August 28, 2012 and Steam on September
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2x


Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2x is a skateboarding video game in the "Tony Hawk's" series of skateboarding games. The game, developed by Neversoft and Treyarch, and published by Activision under the Activision O2 label, is a re-release featuring the 19 levels from "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater" and "Pro Skater 2", as well as five levels exclusive to the game. Some elements from then-recently released "Pro Skater 3" were included, along with other new features. It was released
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Neversoft


several key employees signed four-year employment agreements. "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2" and "Spider-Man" were both released in 2000. Neversoft began work on "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3" specifically for the PlayStation 2. After both teams finished their projects they were merged into one large team. "THPS3" was developed using the RenderWare game engine. "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3" was released in 2001, followed by "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4" in 2002. In
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Skate (video game)


be done." However, "The A.V. Club" gave the game a C+, saying: "A technically strong game tailored to hardcore skaters (and people up for a really serious challenge), this one will alienate casual gamers, as the learning curve can be excruciating." In February 2008, EA president Frank Gibeau stated in a presentation for industry analysts that the original game posted bigger numbers on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 than rival "Tony Hawk's Proving Ground". Because of these numbers, the
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world. The game did not appear on Nintendo's new Wii console, which instead saw the release of the then-exclusive spin-off game "Downhill Jam", a downhill racing game featuring a mostly fictitious cast. The game was also released on PS2 half a year later. The next title in the main series, 2007 "Proving Ground" featured a largely similar concept to "Project 8", with an open world and the player able to choose three career paths as a skater. Baltimore, Philadelphia,
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Deliver Us (Darkest Hour album)


Deliver Us is the fifth studio album by American melodic death metal band Darkest Hour. It was released on July 10, 2007 through Victory Records. The album debuted at number 110 on the Billboard album charts, with sales of 6,600. "Sanctuary" is featured in the video game "Tony Hawk's Proving Ground", while "Demon(s)" is featured in "Guitar Hero 5" and "Doomsayer" was made available in "" through the "Darkest Hour Track Pack", the last to be released by
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Apocalypse (video game)


game engine was reworked for use on Neversoft's next title, the seminal "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater". Already having in mind that they were going to begin work on "Tony Hawk" following completion of "Apocalypse", the team said they had developed rough in-house playable demos of Trey Kincaid skateboarding around "Apocalypse"s game environments in order to experiment with the way they wanted "Tony Hawk" to feel. Even though Neversoft continued to develop and evolve the engine primarily to suit the needs of the "
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Tony Hawk's Skate Jam


expired in December 2015. In January 2017, Hawk stated in an interview that he was in early talks to continue the franchise without Activision. Hawk first teased the game's existence in June 2018, in an interview with "The Nine Club", a skateboarding podcast. The game was officially revealed on December 3, 2018 as "Tony Hawk's Skate Jam". Maple Media, the developers of "Skate Jam", have a history developing skateboarding games for mobile platforms, with a flagship series of their own,
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Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam


play was announced within early development, it was not included in the final version of the game. The Wii version of "Downhill Jam" features a single player mode called "Downhill Challenge". The story to this is Tony Hawk who puts on an event where Hawk and friends tour around the world to compete in a series of downhill skating competitions such as: Races, Slalom, "Trick", "Steal The Head", and "Elimirace". In its story, the player recruits skaters into Tony Hawk
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In a video posted on the YouTube channel RIDE Channel, Hawk said "Spencer was there on my first one, and now he was there on my last. Bye." after successfully landing a 900. Hawk was invited to President Barack Obama's June 2009 Father's Day celebration and skated in the hallways of the nearby Old Executive Office Building, which is on the White House grounds. This marked the first time ever someone skateboarded on the White House grounds with permission from officials. In 2009, Hawk was inducted into
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Tony Hawk's Proving Ground


PlayStation 2 versions, levels have to be selected by pausing the game. Three different types of goals in Story Mode are available; Rigger, Career, and Hardcore. In each level, there are two arcade machines, one for high score and the other to play classic mode. This game has three Nail the Trick modes (Nail the Trick, Nail the Grab, and Nail the Manual) The PlayStation 2 and Wii versions do not include the Nail the Manual feature. The Classic Mode feature allows the player to play
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Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock


for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360. Budcat Creations ported the game to the PlayStation 2, and Vicarious Visions ported it to the Wii. In September 2007, Aspyr Media announced they would be publishing "Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock" for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X ports. Demos of "Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock" appeared in "Tony Hawk's Proving Ground" for the Xbox 360 in the Xbox Live Marketplace, and from the Internet as an ISO image
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Tony Hawk's Shred Session


Tony Hawk's Shred Session is a cancelled extreme sports endless runner video game developed by Big Bit and published by Activision. A free-to-play game for iOS and Android mobile phones, it was to be the first game in the "Tony Hawk's" franchise created for the platform. Although the game had soft launched in a handful of territories in mid-2014 ahead of a worldwide release, in November 2014 Hawk revealed that the game was postponed indefinitely and the game was later pulled from these territories. "Shred Session
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Tony Hawk's Skate Jam


, 2019. "Skate Jam" is built on the gameplay engine of "Skateboard Party", a previous series of mobile games developed by Maple Media and inspired by the "Tony Hawk's" series. "Skate Jam" features a traditional "Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater" style career mode with 15 levels, five of which double as competition levels. The levels that make up "Skate Jam" have all been adapted from previous "Skateboard Party" titles. The licensing deal between Hawk and former series publisher Activision
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5


out its return to the series' roots and heyday, it was named Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5. In an interview with GameSpot at E3 2015, Hawk stated that Robomodo had consulted with some former Neversoft employees to ensure that the gameplay felt like the original "Pro Skater" titles. Because the licensing deal between Activision and Tony Hawk was set to expire by the end of 2015, the game was hastily developed within a few months and released unfinished with little promotion. The game was so rushed to release that it
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series' roots and heyday, it was named "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5". In an interview with GameSpot at E3 2015, Hawk stated that Robomodo had consulted with some former Neversoft employees to ensure that the gameplay felt like the original "Pro Skater" titles. Because the licensing deal between Activision and Tony Hawk was set to expire by the end of 2015, the game was hastily developed within a few months and released unfinished with little promotion. After initial footage received negative feedback by fans and commentators alike for
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and Washington, D.C. were established as the three open world areas, with each containing three skateable areas, which also featured an integrated classic mode. The game was the first and only entry of the series to compete with rival skateboarding series "Skate", which also featured an open world but with more advanced controls and a less arcade-like approach. "Skate" outsold "Proving Ground" on a 2:1 ratio, resembling its lackluster reception. With the franchise suffering from product fatigue and appearing to be past its prime
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Tony Hawk: Ride


of the board to ollie, and lean into airs to pull off huge spins." On May 15, 2009, it was announced that the game will not be called "Tony Hawk's Adrenaline", but instead "Tony Hawk: Ride". The soundtrack is also confirmed, including The Fold with their track "Neverender" and Green Day's "Murder City". On May 25, 2009, GameStop listed the game for an October 13, 2009 release date, but was not confirmed by the developer.
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Skateboarding


flat ground ollie allowed skateboarders to perform tricks in mid-air without any more equipment than the skateboard itself, it has formed the basis of many street skating tricks. A recent development in the world of trick skating is the 1080, which was first ever landed by Tom Schaar in 2012. Skateboarding was popularized by the 1986 skateboarding cult classic "Thrashin'". Directed by David Winters and starring Josh Brolin, it features appearances from many famous skaters such as Tony Alva, Tony Hawk, Christian Hosoi and Steve Caballero.
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Studebaker-Packard Hawk series


where there was no choice but to discontinue all manufacturing in the Packard facilities. Packard's Detroit factory and Utica proving grounds were closed. In a stop-gap effort to buy time for the development and financing of an all-new Packard, and to honor existing dealer contracts, a 1957 Packard that was merely a dressed up Studebaker President went into production at Studebaker's factory in South Bend. As Packard's V8 was no longer being produced, the new Packard as well as the 1957 Golden Hawk were fitted with Studebaker
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4


Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 is a sports video game, the fourth in the "Tony Hawk's" series. It was developed by Neversoft and was published in 2002 by Activision under the Activision O2 brand for the GameCube, PlayStation, Xbox, PlayStation 2 and Game Boy Advance. In 2003 it was published for Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows. "Pro Skater 4" is a departure from the previous three games' Career mode, in which the player had a set amount of time in order to find and
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Tony Hawk's Skate Jam


Tony Hawk's Skate Jam is a skateboarding video game developed and published by American studio Maple Media. A free-to-play game for iOS and Android mobile phones, "Skate Jam" is the first game in the "Tony Hawk's" video game series to not be published by Activision, who had been responsible for the series from 1999 to 2015. The game was officially announced on December 3, 2018 and was released for iOS on December 13, 2018. The game was released for Android on February 1
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3


Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 is a skateboarding video game in the "Tony Hawk's" series. It was developed by Neversoft and published by Activision under the Activision O2 label in 2001 for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation, Game Boy Color and GameCube. In 2002, it was published for the Xbox, Game Boy Advance, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 64 and Mac OS. It was the first game released for the PlayStation 2 supporting online play as well as the last game to be released on the Nintendo 64 (which
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Tony Hawk's Underground 2: Remix


Tony Hawk's Underground 2: Remix is a skateboarding video game in the "Tony Hawk's" series. The game, developed by Neversoft and Shaba Games and published by Activision, is the first handheld release in the series for the PlayStation Portable. Primarily a port of its console counterpart, the game featured a different progression, with four exclusive levels (Santa Cruz, Atlanta, Kyoto and Las Vegas), exclusive characters, and new cut-scenes. "Create-a-Park" was notably absent in the
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Tony Hawk's Underground 2


of accompanying skateboarding—and also found the graphical upgrades to be minor and noted frequent issues with slowdown. "THUG Pro" ("Tony Hawk's Underground: Pro") is a community-made mod of "Underground 2". The mod's concept is to use "Underground 2"s game mechanics in every level from every Neversoft game in the "Tony Hawk's" series for use in single-player and online multiplayer gameplay. The mod is in beta status, under current development, and has been continuously updated
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royalties. With the 2003 release of the fifth entry in the series, "Underground", the developers used storytelling and exploration to distance their product from the plotless, task-based format of previous "Tony Hawk's" games, which led Neversoft president Joel Jewett to describe "Underground" as an adventure game. The game was created with a theme of individuality: it stars an amateur skater in a true story mode, whereas each previous "Tony Hawk's" game had starred professional skaters and had lacked a plot
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2


Skater 2"'s Nintendo 64 port to late-2001. On October 3, 2001, Activision announced its acquisition of Treyarch preceding the release of "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2x". The original version of "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2" was developed for the PlayStation by Neversoft and was released in North America and Europe on September 2000. The game was re-released for the Greatest Hits lineup in North America and for the Platinum Range in Europe. The PlayStation version includes a demo of "Mat Hoffman's Pro
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5


released on December 15, 2015. As the licensing deal between Tony Hawk and Activision was set to expire by the end of 2015, the game was hastily developed within a few months and released unfinished. Upon release, the game was a critical and commercial failure, and was described as one of the worst video games of all time, with criticism centering on its graphics, bugs and glitches, controls, and lack of design. Like most other games in the series, "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5" oriented
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six "Tony Hawk's" received critical acclaim for their unique gameplay, varied soundtracks, and expansion over their predecessors. "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2" and "Pro Skater 3" are critically ranked among the best games released for the PlayStation and PlayStation 2, respectively. However, later entries started getting less favorable reviews, culminating in the games developed by Robomodo being critically panned, with "Ride" and "Pro Skater 5" being named "Worst Games of the Year" by several outlets. After this
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Burnside Skatepark


did not experience any loss of territory, just a loss of sunlight from the building blockage. The construction of the apartment complex obstructed sunlight from the skatepark, causing Burnside to be much darker during the day. To compensate for this, Yard's chief developer agreed to install lights for the skatepark. The skatepark has been featured in video games such as Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2X, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX, and Grind Session. Burnside Skatepark was
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Tony Hawk's American Wasteland


Tony Hawk's American Wasteland is a skateboarding video game that was released for GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox on October 18, 2005 in North America and October 28, 2005 in Europe, the Xbox 360 on November 22, 2005 in North America and December 2, 2005 in Europe as a launch title and a Microsoft Windows port was issued by Aspyr on February 6, 2006 in North America and April 7, 2006 in Europe. It's the seventh entry of the "Tony Hawk" video game series, developed by
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2


sequel to its latest release "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater". The following week on October 4, Activision announced its acquisition of Neversoft. On April 26, 2000, Activision officially announced the development of "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2" for the Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color, PlayStation, Dreamcast and PC platforms. The game made its first public appearance at the 2000 Electronic Entertainment Expo as a non-playable demonstration. A playable demonstration was subsequently integrated into the "Jampack Summer 2K" compilation CD released
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arcade game "Top Skater". "Apocalypse" wrapped up in October 1998 and development began in earnest on "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater" for the PlayStation and Nintendo 64. By the end of 1998, the game development was in full swing and at this time Neversoft comprised 16 people: six programmers, five artists, three level designers, one producer and Joel, the company's president. From 1999 to 2007, Neversoft developed nine "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater" games and increased their employees to over 150
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Vicarious Visions


of the company was negotiated to Activision, earning the original investors over 20x their initial investment. In January 2005, Vicarious Visions was acquired by publisher Activision. On April 5, 2016, the Bala brothers announced that they had left the company. "Terminus", an online multiplayer space trading and combat simulation game, won two Independent Games Festival Awards in 1999. They became known as a leading developer of handheld games breaking ground by the "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater" series, developing every Game Boy Advance and Nintendo
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BMX" that is available from the options menu. The Dreamcast version was developed by Treyarch and was released in the United States on November 2000 and in Europe the following month. The Dreamcast version features smoother textures and higher-quality animation than the PlayStation version. "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2"'s Nintendo 64 version was developed by Edge of Reality, who developed the Nintendo 64 port of the original "Pro Skater", and was released in the United States on August 2001 and in Europe on October 2001.
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Tony Hawk's (series)


possible, company founder Joel Jewett had a halfpipe built in his backyard and started skateboarding with his coworkers. Also, motion capture was used to make the skateboarding moves seem as realistic as possible. To distance the franchise from other games, the developers opted for licensing modern rock songs, in contrast to the classic music usual for video games at that time. The first game was developed within a year by a 12-person team, and Tony Hawk was added as the face of the franchise only late in development. A month before
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Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam


non-Nintendo systems. As a departure from Neversoft's Tony Hawk games, "Downhill Jam" emphasizes gaining speed and racing opponents, as well as competing for high scores and completing goals. This is the only racing title in the series. The version of "Downhill Jam" for Wii was developed by Toys For Bob, developer of "Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure" and the game adaptation of "Madagascar". This version is played with the Wii Remote held sideways, and players tilt it left or right to
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, Activision decided to dedicate most of Neversoft's laborforce to the "Guitar Hero" and "Call of Duty" franchises. This development would more and more marginalize Neversoft, which was defunct and completely merged with Infinity Ward by 2014. The control of the "Tony Hawk's" franchise had passed on to Chicago studio Robomodo by 2008. To combat product fatigue and be able to compete with rival EA's "Skate" series, Activision decided to reboot the series with new developer Robomodo. Due to this, no new
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2


" was developed for the Game Boy Color by Natsume and was released in the United States and Europe on November 2000. The game features two modes of play ("Career Mode" and "Free Skate"), thirteen skaters, seven stages and a password system to aid in tracking the player's progress. The Game Boy Color's limited capacity necessitated a change in perspective to side-scrolling and isometric overhead levels and a completely synthesized soundtrack. "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2" was developed for the Game Boy
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Tony Hawk's (series)


When Robomodo was tasked with developing a new game, it was decided to return to the franchise's roots and develop a port of the original "Pro Skater" series. "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD" was released in the summer of 2012 via download only and featured a collection of popular levels from "Pro Skater 1-3". Critical reception towards the game was mixed, as while critics felt that it captured the appeal of the original games, the content was described as sparse, while the game was
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater


to include him in the game. Activision senior vice president Mitch Lasky, in an interview with GameSpot, stated that the character was meant "to reflect Tony's signature style – an intense mix of acrobatics and hard-core technical skating". Hawk remarked that "[he had] always wanted to help create a video game that represented the reality and excitement of professional skateboarding". Hawk would spend the development time periodically playing through the game's builds and providing feedback. He would also select a group of other professional
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character via infrared sensors. However, this resulted in the abandonment of open levels, which were replaced by linear levels that had the character skate on pre-set paths. A similar attempt was made with the Nintendo DS game "Tony Hawk's Motion", which used a peripheral device that recognized the leaning of the DS system and had the skater move accordingly. To capitalize on the growing popularity of skateboarding as a sport, Activision approached small developer Neversoft to develop a skateboarding game. According to an interview with one of
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songs. The soundtrack was announced on May 23, 2012. As Hawk stated, seven songs are new, while seven are taken from the first two "Pro Skater" games; one from "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater", and six from "Pro Skater 2". Developer Robomodo was given charge of the soundtrack. In regards to the choice of new songs, lead designer Patrick Dwyer stated "We wanted to pick new songs that had that potential where, five years from now, people hear the songs and
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Tony Hawk: Ride


as the trophy for the "Anti-Awards" feature. "Game Informer" gave it a 5.75, remarking that "As a skateboarder and as a gamer, "Tony Hawk: Ride" is a curious idea but a letdown in practice. The huge level of frustration is not worth the time it takes to master the awkward gameplay idiosyncrasies." In the first month of its U.S. release, "Tony Hawk: Ride" sold 114,000 copies. Tony Hawk stated that a sequel to "Tony Hawk: Ride"
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Tony Hawk's Underground


tape back instead of holding the skate-off. The game features many real world professional skateboarders including: Tony Hawk, Chad Muska, and Stacy Peralta. "Underground" also features cameo appearances by Iron Man, a parody of C.H.U.D. called T.H.U.D., and Kiss bassist Gene Simmons. The GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox versions of "Underground" were developed by Neversoft, while the Game Boy Advance version was developed by Vicarious Visions the mobile version by Jamdat, and the Windows version created by Beenox. Activision, which
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Tony Hawk's Project 8


Tony Hawk's Project 8 is a skateboarding video game, the eighth installment in the "Tony Hawk's" series. It was released on PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Portable. It also complements the release of "Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam", which is conversely available on Nintendo systems. The game begins in the custom skater's hometown in Surburbia. After breaking out into the main streets, a team is created by Tony Hawk. The team is called Project 8 and comprises
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Daewon Song


Andale Bearings, Mob Griptape, Glassy, Spitfire Wheels, and Loud Headphones Song has made several appearances as a playable character in video games such as "Grind Session" and the Tony Hawk series of games. He remained a playable character in each iteration of the Tony Hawk series, starting with "Tony Hawk's American Wasteland", and appears in every main game since, with the exception of "Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam". He also appears in the game "". Song participated in "Tony Hawk's
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Riley Hawk


Hudson Riley Hawk (born December 6, 1992) is an American professional skateboarder. He is the son of Tony Hawk. Unlike his father, who is known for his vert style, Riley is better known as a street skater. He turned pro on his 21st birthday in December 2013 and became Skateboarder Magazine's 2013 Amateur of the Year on the same day. He is sponsored by Baker and Lakai. Hawk is featured in Tony Hawk's video game series, appearing in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD and Tony Hawk
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website. He is frequently confused with pro-skateboarder Tony Hawk, largely because the latter's video game franchise uses the possessive apostrophe ("Tony Hawk's"). Hawks maintains a list of emails intended for the skateboarder and his mischievous responses to them, on his website. On 2 January 2008, he appeared on an edition of "Celebrity Mastermind", with Tony Hawk as his chosen specialist subject. Hawks noted that his correspondents "might be able to do backside varials but they can't spell to save their
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Arcane Kids


and went on to win the award for Best Student Project in the Independent Games Festival at the Game Developers Conference. The following year, Arcane Kids revealed "Perfect Stride", a skating game which depicts what would have happened if Tony Hawk had never performed the 900 skating move. In 2013, Arcane Kids released "", an ironic tribute to "Bubsy 3D". Arcane Kids was first founded at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute by Ben Esposito, Russell Honor, and Yuliy Vigdorchcik, who met at Ground Zero, an
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Steve Caballero


a character in five of the Tony Hawk video games, from Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 to Tony Hawk's Underground, and as a downloadable skater in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD. Caballero featured in Stacy Peralta's 2012 documentary film, "Bones Brigade: An Autobiography", which chronicles the life stories of members of the Bones Brigade skate team such as Tony Hawk, Rodney Mullen, Mike McGill, Lance Mountain and Tommy Guerrero. He has been a member of several punk bands including The Faction, Odd Man
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Doomguy


, Duke Nukem says, "That's one doomed space marine". In the Saturn version of "Quake", the Marine briefly appears at the end of the bonus feature "Dank & Scuz". He is voiced by David Locke. In the Microsoft Windows version of "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3", the Marine is a secret skater, added by developer Gearbox Software, who ported the Windows version. This was included because Activision, publisher of the "Tony Hawk" series and "Doom 3"
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Hussainiwala


,Sep Baban Falke, Sep Vasu Naik, Sep Raghunath Chalke, Sep Shankar Bhosale and Sep Mahadeo Paste. The battalion lives true to its motto, Kartavya Maan Sahas meaning 'Duty, Honour and Courage'. It defended the Hussainiwala headworks against an attack by a full infantry brigade supported by armoured columns of the Pakistan Army. The tower on the other side of the river was captured and razed to ground. Lt KM. Palande, Lt. Feroz Doctor, Lt. S Deshpande showed great courage and ingenuity by targeting
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Tony Hawk's (series)


"Tony Hawk's" series was originally developed as a classic arcade game. The goal of most modes of the game is to achieve a highscore. To do this, the player has to successfully perform and combine aerials, flips, grinds, lips, and manuals, with successful executions adding to the player's score. The point value of the trick is based on time maintained, degrees rotated, number of tricks performed in sequence, performing tricks on specific landmarks on the map, and the number of times the tricks
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Tony Hawk: Ride


On August 6, 2009, "Tony Hawk: Ride" was dated for November 20 in the UK. It was also given a limited edition at UK retailer Game. On August 10, 2009, "Tony Hawk: Ride" was dated for November 17 in the United States. The Tony HawkRIDE game board was designed and engineered by Product council, the Chicago-based design and innovation firm. "Tony Hawk: Ride" received negative reviews from critics. The Metacritic average score of 46, 44, and 47
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Rolling (video game)


impressed by it and thought it would be an ideal title to add to our portfolio". SCi acquired a "very complete" version of the game and hired previous developers from Rage to add the finishing touches. The game was eventually released in October. The game plays similar to the "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater" series of video games, in that the user holds a button to increase their speed, and releases it to jump. Also, much like "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater", various "tricks
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Tony Hawk's Underground


Neversoft expanded customization in "Underground" by implementing face-scanning for the PlayStation 2 version: if the player emailed a photograph of their face to "faces@thugonline.com", the company would digitize it for use in the game. Regarding the customization options, especially the park editor, producer Stacey Drellishak stated that Neversoft was "trying to create the most customizable game ever". The developers used storytelling and exploration to distance their product from the plotless, task-based format of previous "Tony Hawk's" games, which led
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Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure


Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure is a sports video game developed by Toys for Bob and published by Activision for GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. The Game Boy Advance version was ported by Vicarious Visions. The game uses the same game engine as "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4" made by Neversoft and features characters from Disney/Pixar's "Toy Story", Disney's "The Lion King", and Disney's "Tarzan". Gameplay is similar to the "Tony Hawk's" series in which players skate
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5


a new game, it was decided to return to the franchise's roots and develop a port of the original "Pro Skater" series. "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD" was released in the summer of 2012 via download only and featured a collection of popular levels from "Pro Skater 1" to "3". Critical reception towards the game was mixed. In 2014, endless runner "Shred Session" soft launched for mobile devices in a handful of territories but was later pulled from the market, postponed indefinitely
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signed a licensing contract valid until 2002, which was renewed until 2015, following the success of the "Pro Skater" series. Mitch Lasky, at that time senior vice president of Activision, stated in an interview with GameSpot that the game as well as the character were meant "to reflect Tony's signature style – an intense mix of acrobatics and hard-core technical skating". Hawk himself was involved in the development of the game and his in-game persona, remarking that "[he had] always wanted
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of all time across all consoles and platforms, on Metacritic, "Pro Skater 2" along with "Soulcalibur", and "Grand Theft Auto IV" are ranked second behind "". Jeff Gerstmann of GameSpot praised the PlayStation version, awarding it 9.9/10, saying "as most major publishers' development efforts shift to any number of next-generation platforms, Tony Hawk 2 will likely stand as one of the last truly fantastic games to be released on the PlayStation.". The PlayStation version of the game received a
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Jet Set Radio


tags of their own, as some could also be used to promote other Sega games. Sales of the game were relatively low, but it has gone on to achieve a cult following in the gaming community. A version of "Jet Set Radio" was released for the Game Boy Advance system in 2003, created by Vicarious Visions, the developers of the numerous "Tony Hawk Pro Skater" GBA games; and published by THQ. It featured an isometric perspective similar to the GBA "Tony Hawk" games and, despite
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List of The Sopranos characters – Friends and family


first appears visiting the Soprano home with Meadow to view a movie for a class project. Being a film buff, Noah thought he had common ground with Tony when he observed video equipment at the Soprano residence. He told Tony that, just like him, he is a big fan of [[Howard Hawks]] movies. While [[Paul Muni]] was the original [[Scarface (1932 film)|Scarface]] he tells Tony that he identifies more with [[Al Pacino]]'s depiction of the character
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in films, other media, and his own series of video games. He has also been involved in various philanthropic activities, including his own Tony Hawk Foundation that helps to build skateparks in underprivileged areas. In 2014, Hawk was named one of the most influential skateboarders of all time by FoxWeekly. Tony Hawk was born on May 12, 1968 in San Diego, California to Nancy and Frank Peter Rupert Hawk, and was raised in San Diego. As a child, Hawk was described as "hyperactive", and his
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Tony Hawk's Underground 2


Tony Hawk's Underground 2 is a sports video game, the sixth installment in Neversoft's "Tony Hawk's" series and is the sequel to "Tony Hawk's Underground". "Underground 2" was released on October 4, 2004 in the U.S. for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Microsoft Windows and Game Boy Advance platforms. On March 15, 2005, it was released for the PlayStation Portable and renamed , which includes extra levels and characters. The gameplay in "Underground 2" is similar to that
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