I’ve never paid much attention to stance in a skating game. Riding switch–what’s normally your back foot in front, and vice versa—might get you a few extra points, but beyond that, in every game I’ve played, it’s superficial to the point of being unnoticeable. My skater faces whichever way they’re …
After OlliOlli World introduced the world its wonderfully outlandish skate-themed fantasy world, it seems only fitting that the first DLC, Void Riders, should revolve around an alien invasion. So when a UFO crashes into Burntrock and a bunch of odd-looking creatures come out in search of the raddest skaters to …
Few games establish a sense of flow quite like OlliOlli. The combination gnarly skate tricks, wild combos, high-speed traversal, and platformer level design—Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater by way of Rayman Origins, if you want to get reductive—is a rush that only ramps up as you master its intricacies. This is …
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 is everything a remake of two of the most highly-regarded games of all time needed to be. It’s everything that made the originals so great in the first place, faithfully recreated in high definition, but it’s also not a game that feels trapped …
It wouldn’t be a stretch to call Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 two of the most beloved, iconic games of the PlayStation era. The series went downhill in its later years—the less said about Tony Hawk Ride, the better—but Activision is looking to recapture Pro …
It’s been a long time since we’ve had a really good skateboarding game, but Skater XL is looking to fill that void when it launches for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on July 7. The PC version, currently in early access, will see its full release on the …
