Tony Hawk's Proving Ground

Activision is remaining tight-lipped regarding rumors today that Neversoft has been taken off the Tony Hawk's franchise.The rumors suggest that the Neversoft-created series is now in the hands of new developer Robomodo, who has already disclosed that it's working on an as-yet unnamed game for Activision.

But Activision on the matter that it "does not comment on rumors and speculation."

Activision could be taking careful, calculated steps to freshen up the Tony Hawk franchise with a new initiative.A Monday USA Today article said Activision is looking to put some spark back into the Neversoft-developed Tony Hawk skateboarding franchise, which has remained a reliable source of revenue for Activision but has grown long in the tooth since its late-90s debut.Activision SVP Will Kassoy told the paper that the initiative to reinvent

Activision and video game advertising network Massive, a subsidiary of Microsoft, have announced that Activision titles Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Tony Hawk's Proving Ground have been added to the Massive Network, allowing in-game advertising to be updated in real-time. According to the companies, Massive ads served into Guitar Hero III will be contextually relevant to the rock venues in which players perform. As for Tony Hawk's Proving Ground, the ads will be tailored to real-world skating environments, offering marketers visibility in each title's specific demographics.

Activision, through the Tony Hawk Proving Ground video game, are giving skaters the chance to create their own skate stories and upload them to Youtube for the chance to win £1000 cash. Here's the press release with the details: Grind on over to the official Tony Hawk Proving Ground You Tube channel and tell Activision your skate stories for a chance to win a £1000 cash. The options are limitless, just be totally creative - get out there with your phone or video camera and create your story for a chance to win £1000 cash. To enter simply upload your video to the Tony Hawk Proving Ground Group at http://www.youtube.com/group/thpg. Your movies will then be approved and posted there. The movie with the most views by 31st December 2007 wins £1000 cash, Quicksilver and Vans gear, a console and a copy of the game. The next 5 most viewed get Quicksilver and Vans gear and a copy of the game plus we have 50 games for the next top 50 viewed.

Ahead of Activision's financial results next week, Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey has commended short-term revenue prospects, but commented that emerging competition for some of [Activision's] core franchises, including Guitar Hero and Tony Hawk, may prove damaging for the company's long-term growth. Hickey stated for the short-term company prospects, We expect key fiscal Q208 and 2H08 game sales will come from Spiderman 3, Shrek 3, Transformers, Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk, Call of Duty 4 and Enemy Territory: Quake Wars. The Company's fiscal '08 game pipeline is exceedingly strong, and will likely generate record fiscal '08 operating performance.

Sept 18 2007 You know how it is. Sometimes a ramp just isn't high enough, or that rail ends too quickly, or that half-pipe doesn't quite send you over the top of the Post Office at such an angle that you can land upside down on the telegraph wire and grind fifty feet across the street. So Gods be praised for Tony Hawk: Proving Ground. As the footage below attests, Proving Ground enables you to tinker with your surroundings, dumping ramps or rails anywhere you please. It's a more advanced

Today Xboxkings sums up three developer walktroughs that shows all the ins and outs of the game! This Dev not only talks about the tricks, but also special stuff like photoshoots to sell to magazines or shoot a video. An extra dimension besides only skating, these options give one more career building. We're glad the footage seen now looks better then the last few gameplay videos that has been released up till now. Although in a playoff with Skate, we feel Skate will take the graphics price home. On the other hand, you can place stuff to make great jumps over cars for example anywhere you want in the field. Check out the videos after the jump

Sept 13, 2007 Xbox 360 owners who also happen to be Tony Hawk's fans can dip a toe into the latest game, Proving Ground, thanks to a demo that's released on Xbox Live. The demo is also due out for PS3 today, downloadable from PlayStation Store. You can also check out a couple new screens

Wonderwallweb confirmed yesterday that you were able to download a demo of Tony Hawks Proving ground on Xbox Live, but PS3 fans need not feel left out as a demo for the PS3 will be available on the Playstation Store later today.

Those who downloaded the new Tony Hawk Proving Ground demo on Xbox Live may have spotted the above poster in the sample. The poster advertising rumored sequel GUN: Magruder's Ghost is either a really big tease or a really unconventional game announcement.