11 Facts About Tony Hawk's

Tony Hawk's is a skateboarding video game series published by Activision and endorsed by the American professional skateboarder of the same name.

The series was primarily developed for home consoles by Neversoft from launch to 2007, until Activision transferred the franchise to Robomodo in 2008, who developed the franchise until 2015 when Activision and Hawk's license expired, leaving the future of the series uncertain.

Neversoft's first five Tony Hawk's received critical acclaim for their unique gameplay, varied soundtracks, and expansion over their predecessors.

Tony Hawk's series was originally developed as a classic arcade game.

Tony Hawk's Hawk: Ride and its successor, Tony Hawk's Hawk: Shred introduced a peripheral skateboard which replaced the controller.

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The first game was developed within a year by a 12-person team, and Tony Hawk's Hawk was added as the face of the franchise only late in development.

The game was created with a theme of individuality: it stars an amateur skater in a true story mode, whereas each previous Tony Hawk's game had starred professional skaters and had lacked a plot.

The control of the Tony Hawk's franchise had passed on to Chicago studio Robomodo by 2008.

In 2009, Robomodo released their first entry in the series, Tony Hawk's Hawk: Ride, which relied on a peripheral-supported controller shaped like a skateboard.

Tony Hawk's especially praised the pervasive sense of humor in the narrative and in the portrayal of real-world skaters.

Tony Hawk's singled out the level editor as one of the deepest he had ever seen.