Tony Hawk’s Professional Skater 3 + 4 developer Iron Galaxy says it’s “investigating” a curious “Easter egg” that some followers consider references an Activision sequence resigned to the trash. Actually.
Shortly after the highly-anticipated Tony Hawk’s Professional Skater 3 + 4 remake went reside for all gamers final week, gamers famous a familiar-looking — if “legally distinct” — field in a trash bin on the brand new Waterpark stage. Whereas not everybody could make the connection, you possibly can see what seems to be a boxed copy of Guitar Hero — or ‘Banjo Champion’ as it has been rebadged as right here, albeit with all of the Guitar Hero branding — stuffed into the can.
It is a notably curious addition given the developer of the Guitar Hero sequence from Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock to 2010’s Warriors of Rock was Neversoft… which additionally just-so-happened to have developed the unique Tony Hawk’s Professional Skater sequence.
As followers debated whether or not or not it was an Easter egg, a joke, and even dig — at Neversoft, or writer Activision — THPS 3+4 developer Iron Galaxy promptly distanced itself, writing: “Now we have the utmost respect for anybody who makes video games, we’re investigating how that received in there within the first place. Thanks to the group for bringing this to our consideration and we’ll be eradicating that from the setting artwork within the subsequent replace.”
Some gamers have instructed Iron Galaxy to not fear because the “benign joke” was “nothing severe,” and others say it is “edgy, just like the older THPS video games,” the reality is the ‘joke’ has been round for years, as ‘Banjo Champion’ references popped up in THPS 1+2, too, 5 years in the past.
We thought the long-anticipated remake was nice, slapping it with a 8 and writing within the IGN’s Tony Hawk’s Professional Skater 3 + 4 evaluation: “Tony Hawk’s Professional Skater 3 + 4 proves but once more the sequence’ over-the-top skateboarding components is completely timeless, even when a number of the modifications to THPS4 miss the mark and the soundtrack has been fumbled.”
For those who’re simply getting began, try our Tony Hawk’s Professional Skater 3+4 walkthrough, the place we take you thru all 9 ranges, exhibiting you the best way to get each collectible, objective, gold medal, and panda plushie en path to unlocking all the things accessible earlier than reaching Professional Objectives in THPS 3.
Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, in addition to a critic, columnist, and marketing consultant with 15+ years expertise working with a number of the world’s greatest gaming websites and publications. She’s additionally a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually Excessive Chaos. Discover her at BlueSky.
