{"id":80,"date":"2025-05-10T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/the-enduring-cool-of-skateboarding-games\/"},"modified":"2025-05-10T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T15:00:00","slug":"the-enduring-cool-of-skateboarding-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/the-enduring-cool-of-skateboarding-games\/","title":{"rendered":"The enduring cool of skateboarding games"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/VIDEO.gif?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-text-align-none\">More than 25 years after the first <em>Tony Hawk&rsquo;s Pro Skater<\/em> put skateboarding games on the map, developers are still finding new ways to explore skating in video games, especially in 2025. Skateboarding fans are about to have some promising new games to play, with Activision&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/622957\/tony-hawks-pro-skater-3-4-date-trailer-xbox-ps5-pc-switch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Tony Hawk&rsquo;s Pro Skater 3 + 4<\/em> remake<\/a> releasing in July and EA is set to launch its online-only, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/7\/14\/23207209\/skate-free-to-play-developers-interview-ea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free-to-play<\/a> <em>Skate<\/em> revival <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/655766\/the-grind\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this year<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">In 2022, my colleague Andrew Webster wrote that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/23366589\/session-skate-sim-skateboarding-games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">we&rsquo;re in a golden age for skateboarding games<\/a>, and things haven&rsquo;t really slowed down. So what is it that makes skateboarding so good for video games, and allows so many different expressions of the sport from different studios?<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u00ab\u00a0I think skateboarding is one of those things that&rsquo;s just always cool,\u00a0\u00bb <em>THPS 3 + 4<\/em> game director Kurt Tillmanns<em> <\/em>tells <em>The Verge<\/em>. \u00ab\u00a0It&rsquo;s an evergreen fantasy, in both real life and games. Being a skateboarder is a sign of what and who is cool.\u00a0\u00bb He says \u00ab\u00a0there&rsquo;s a reason that we&rsquo;re all in awe of what these people can do.\u00a0\u00bb Part of what makes skateboarding cool is the music, fashion, and art, and video games let people experience that skateboarding culture, too, Tillmanns says.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/ss_8b6b1072bd6d96bd37949e4bfb8c3a229f3ef337.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,3.4613147178592,100,93.077370564282\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Also, \u00ab\u00a0it&rsquo;s safer,\u00a0\u00bb jokes Andrew \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/games\/663070\/skateboarding-games-tony-hawk-skate-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 25 years after the first Tony Hawk&rsquo;s Pro Skater put skateboarding games on the map, developers are still 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