Activision and Iron Galaxy have launched a brand new video for the upcoming Tony Hawk’s Professional Skater 3 + 4, this time round revealing that skateboarding legend Bam Margera might be part of the sport’s roster. The outline for the video additionally states that Margera might be one of many Secret Skaters within the sport, which implies that gamers will doubtless should work at unlocking him as a member of their roster. Take a look at the video beneath.
Within the video, Margera spoke about having a variety of enjoyable with older video games within the Tony Hawk’s franchise. Recounting a narrative about enjoying Tony Hawk’s Professional Skater 2, Margera revealed that the sport was so addictive for him that he ended up lacking a number of flights. “Lastly, after lacking six flights, I’m like ‘I gotta put this factor away,’ as a result of this sport is simply an excessive amount of enjoyable,” he recounts.
“In most sports activities video games are simply hitting a ball forwards and backwards, till the ball will get previous you,” he stated. “This sport, you may grind the home, you may grind up that pole, you may go down a handrail. You are able to do infinite quantities of issues. And everyone, from grandpa to a younger child can love this sport.”
“I’m going to should let myself play video video games once more as a result of this one might be effectively value it. If I begin lacking flights once more, I do know the place to place it.”
Whereas Margera wasn’t a confirmed member of the Tony Hawk’s Professional Skater 3 + 4 roster earlier than this video’s launch, a hearsay from again in March indicated that his inclusion within the roster was a requirement by Tony Hawk himself. The Dwell Membership podcast co-host Roger Bagley spoke about Hawk insisting to Activision that they add Margera to the sport.
“Effectively, right here’s what occurred,” stated Bagley. “The sport was already completed. Tony known as up Activision and was like ‘hey, we’re placing Bam within the factor’, and so they had been like ‘hey, we are able to’t’. He goes ‘no, you’re gonna do it’, and principally made them fly Bam again on the market to get body-scanned and all the pieces else, and get him again within the sport.”
The query of whether or not Margera can be part of Tony Hawk’s Professional Skater 3 + 4 took place doubtless as a result of skateboarder’s historical past with substance abuse. Issues had gotten dangerous sufficient for Margera on the time that he was fired from Jackass Without end, and director Jeff Tremaine went so far as getting a restraining order in opposition to him.
An earlier behind the scenes video launched for Tony Hawk’s Professional Skater 3 + 4 revealed that Magielyn Didal might be one in all playable skate boarders within the upcoming sport. Within the video, Didal spoke about her largest influences within the skateboarding world. The video additionally gave us our first have a look at two of the phases from the sport: Tony Hawk’s Professional Skater 3’s Suburbia and Tony Hawk’s Professional Skater 4’s Kona.
Tony Hawk’s Professional Skater 3 + 4 is coming to PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Collection X/S, and Nintendo Swap, and might be out on July 11.