The official social media accounts for Tony Hawk Pro Skater have been freshened up ahead of the franchise's 25th anniversary and fans of the series are hoping for major news.
For instance, the series' official YouTube, X, and Facebook accounts are getting a commemorative banner. While that in itself may not sound newsworthy, interestingly enough, all of the images now boast a new 2024 copyright notice.
Tony Hawk Pro Skater Series
This particular copyright information suggests that Activision has recently renewed its copyright of the franchise. This is the bit that has gotten fans of the series to spread rumors of potential major news for the beloved skating games.
However, what is perhaps the most noteworthy change that people have seen is that Activision is marking the franchise's 25th anniversary "all month long."
This has led to some fans speculating that the remasters for the third and fourth games could be unveiled sometime soon, according to Eurogamer.
While the first two games in the Tony Hawk Pro Skater series received remakes a while ago, fans were not able to get the planned remakes for the next two games in the franchise. This was after Vicarious Visions was merged with Activision Blizzard in 2022.
If the Spyro franchise is anything to go by, fans could be right in thinking that there could be major news regarding the Tony Hawk Pro Skater series. Earlier this year, there was a new tweet from the official Spyro Dragon X account followed by a website update.
The first game in the Tony Hawk Pro Skater series was released in September 1999 and it paved the way for a massively successful franchise.
Despite fans' hopes for major news, the new update to the series' social media accounts could simply be Activision's way of celebrating its 25th anniversary, said ComicBook.
Potential Major News
While some people are still hoping for a new game in the Tony Hawk Pro Skater series, it seems unlikely that this is where the series is heading.
Following the launch of the remakes for the first two games, the only plans that were leaked were remakes of the next two games.
Now that Microsoft owns Activision, the former could have some desire to reboot the franchise and take advantage of its massive fanbase. This is especially true as the remakes of the first two games in the series sold really well.
The franchise laid dormant until the announcement of the remake of the first two games in the franchise following the disastrous failure of Tony Hawk Pro Skater 5 in 2015, according to PushSquare.
