Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 and 4 remasters revealed, now with a shredding Doom Slayer

After leaks, teases, and a very telling countdown (and even an “amuse-bouche” confirmation from Tony Hawk during an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert), Activision made it official on Tuesday: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 and 4, a remaster of the third and fourth games in the beloved skateboarding franchise, is coming this summer.

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 and 4 will be released on July 11, for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X. That’s nearly five years after Vicarious Visions’ previous remasters of the first two THPS games landed on PC and previous-generation consoles. Studio Iron Galaxy is taking over development from Vicarious Visions for 3 and 4.

Like the previous Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater remasters, 3 and 4 will offer online multiplayer and a massive visual upgrade over the originals. The remasters will also add new skaters — including Rayssa Leal, Chloe Covell, Jamie Foy, Zion Wright, Nyjah Huston, and Yuto Horigome — and new parks. In an announcement trailer, Activision showed off classic levels like Airport, Foundry, Rio, Tokyo, Canada, San Francisco, and Los Angeles — the latter of which has been updated with an homage to the city’s infamous Oceanwide Plaza.

Classic skaters will be playable too, of course. Activision has confirmed Tony Hawk, Bucky Lasek, Steve Caballero, Kareem Campbell, Geoff Rowley, Andrew Reynolds, Elissa Steamer, Chad Muska, Eric Koston, Rodney Mullen, Jamie Thomas, Rune Glifberg, and Bob Burnquist for the playable roster.

Skater Bam Margera, who appeared in the original versions of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 and 4, was not listed as part of the project.

A digital deluxe version of the game will offer two more skaters: the Doom Slayer and Revenant from id Software’s Doom franchise.

At least some of the original games’ soundtrack appears to be intact. Confirmed songs include “Ace of Spades” by Motorhead, “Amoeba” by Adolescents, “Mass Appeal” by Gang Starr, “96 Quite Bitter Beings ” by CKY, “Not the Same” by Bodyjar, and “Outta Here” by KRS-One.

The announcement of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 and 4 was heralded by Hawk himself in 2024. In an interview, Hawk said that he’d been working with Activision again on something that was “insanely exciting” which Pro Skater “fans will truly appreciate.” Two years prior, Hawk had cast doubt on the possibility of a 3 and 4 remaster, citing the absorption of Vicarious Visions into Blizzard Entertainment and Activision “going through all their stuff” — meaning Microsoft’s then-planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 was originally released in 2001 for Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2. (A version was also released for Game Boy Color.) THPS 3 introduced the revert trick to the Pro Skater series, further extending combos. The revert from 3 was added to 2020’s Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2. THPS 3 is also notable for being the first PS2 game with online multiplayer support and for introducing more interactive levels to the Pro Skater series, including a level based on Los Angeles that changes as the result of an earthquake.

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4 followed the third game in 2002. The game did away with the time limit structure of past Pro Skater games, and introduced the spine transfer for skating on quarter-pipes and allowed skitching — or hitching a ride by holding onto a car or truck. That feature is shown briefly in the reveal trailer for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 and 4.

Activision is incentivizing pre-orders for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 and 4 by offering access to a demo (available on all platforms except Switch) in June and the “Wireframe Tony” shader at launch. Pre-orders of the Digital Deluxe and Collector’s Editions will offer early access to the full game three days early, beginning on July 8.