And so we have the newest addition to the Tony Hawk gaming franchise, Tony Hawk: Ride, making its way to the PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii, with a cool-looking skateboard peripheral no less. That should give a new spin to them skateboarding games, right? Check out the debut trailer after the jump.

Prepared to take on the next hardcore skateboarding title for the Nintendo Wii and DS? Electronic Arts is set to reintroduce last year's Skate title with a new spin off on the Nintendo Wii and DS platforms. Entitled Skate It, the game will make use of the innovative controls from both platforms and integrate it with the intuitive FlickIt control system from the previous title. For a look on how this upcoming game will look on the Wii and DS, check out our full article.

The Tony Hawk video game franchise is already a winner in itself, but Activision, Neversoft, and Tony Hawk still saw it fit to do some overhaul in the franchise's direction. Dubbed as the "Tony Hawk Innovation Plan," what can fans expect from this move? Read more in the full article.

In order to extend its success to 2008, Activision has several plans and a healthy line-up of games. Among its steps to make more money is innovating with Tony Hawk's Pro Skater to compete against Electronic Arts' successful Skate. Learn more about this at the full article.

This week's Virtual Console Friday update for PAL regions (Europe and Australia) features three more retro title additions to the Wii's growing VC library: Skate or Die, Blades of Steel, and Monster Lair. More details about the aforementioned games at the full article.

Way back in the days before Tony Hawk became a household name in the professional skateboarding circuit, gamers had to settle for less glamorous skateboard sim video games. One of the better known titles back then was Konami's Skate or Die!, released on the NES 20 years ago.

Read more about this classic skater game in the full article!

Who'd have thunk it? Adam Yauch a.k.a. MCA of the Beastie Boys will be showing off his mad skateboarding skills (at least virtually) in Activision's upcoming skater game, Tony Hawk's Proving Ground. He'll be one of the new faces that will grace the famous, if improbable, line up of bonus skaters for the game.

Included in this update is the complete soundtrack listing for Tony Hawk's Proving Ground, totalling a hefty 54 licensed songs all in all. Included in this list will be famous bands that play to the tune which has marked this high-velocity series, such as the Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Slick Rick, and Jurassic 5.

Activision also announced an added bonus for those getting the Xbox 360 version of the game. The game will include a five song demo of "Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock." While the demo will be available soon on the Xbox Live, this is definitely a freebie that will be hard to pass up on.

Developed by Neversoft, Tony Hawk's Proving Ground is scheduled for release during the last quarter of this year. It will be coming out for the Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Nintendo DS and Wii.

Check out the complete list of songs and their respective artists right after the jump!

Activision is dead set on taking the skateboarding genre to the next level with Tony Hawk's Proving Ground (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii). Not only will there be cool new features like a fully functional video editor and customizable skate pad that you can show off to your friends online, but the core game also offers a story for all kinds of skaters - pro, hardcore, and street skaters.

In this video, Chad Findley walks us through the path of a career skater. Like the name implies, players who'll chose this option will have to take on the challenges of going pro. Following stories inspired by real skaters, you'll be taking the shoes of an upcoming star in his rise to fame. This means you'll be learning from the basics, and will have access to full skater control.

Proving Ground aims to reach new heights by putting realism up a notch - players will be able to control their skater's feet or hands completely with sticks. If you choose to go pro, you'll be doing these a lot to create your own tricks for magazines. Find out what we're talking about by watching the video below.

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Again we can thank the major developer conference- the Leipzig Games Convention, for gracing us with 3 brand new Tony Hawk: Downhill Jam screenshots. The Nintendo exclusive game coming out for the Wii, Nintendo DS ,and GBA features 9 playable characters including skateboarding legend Tony Hawk of course, arcade-style racing, a variety of skateboards to choose from and of course the legendary Create-A-Skater feature we have all come to know and love in the Tony Hawk series. There's nothing like spending hours on end trying to get your skater looking like yourself, only to come to a dead end when the game doesn't have the right facial features for you.

Anyhow, lets get onto the screenshots! Activision have released these three screenshots in the wake of Leipzig in order to give you that fix you need for all the adrenaline your missing out on from not playing Tony Hawk games. Enjoy the eye candy.

 

The boy on the famous N64 video that has been circulating in YouTube has stepped up and claimed his place. Brandon Kuzma is the kid on the video showing a boy and a girl who are still in their pajamas, opening presents on Christmas morning. During an the interview with DSmeet.com, Kuzma said that the video was first posted on his personal website he made after his insistent girlfriend said that it was funny. Then after posting it to a skateboard filming/editing/photo forum site, someone must have ripped it off and posted it in YouTube. The N64 video became so popular that the image of the kid with the new Nintendo sixty-four and Nintendo sixty-four car was immortalized.

Now that the kid is grown up, he is now auctioning the N64 on Ebay. He claims that he is not really a gamer since he spends his time filming skateboarding and short films, editing, working on his website, skateboarding and being with his girlfriend although he said that he plays 007 Golden Eye once in a while.

We watched the video from YouTube and it is indeed funny, especially the boy's reaction upon seeing the N64. See for yourself! We wonder if kids today would have the same reaction upon getting a Wii on Christmas day.