Cat Out Of The Bag: New Tony Hawk game news released (sort of) by accident

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

Tony-HawkA bit ago on his Twitter account, well-known skateboarder Tony Hawk blurted out (seemingly without consent from the company making his game) that the next title in the long-running smash hit Tony Hawk videogame series will be called Tony Hawk: SHRED. Cool title, but interesting circumstances involving the title.

Here’s a snippet of what he tweeted:

“Tony Hawk: Shred. There, I said it. Actually, I named it. Somewhere a PR team is reeling.”

And he wasn’t wrong; sure enough, his comment was removed within hours. But we aim to bring you the latest breaking news, so here it is.

Activision has since confirmed this news is correct, however, and more details will be released in the coming months. We’re excited, but hoping no pricy or bulky side peripherals will be needed for this one to play. The PS3 controllers are more than adequate for many gaming purposes.

We’ll give you more details as we learn them.

Rumors/News: Call of Duty 7: Black Ops

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

treylogoMap Mod News has posted a juicy report: Activision has apparently shared some bits of info about Call of Duty 7: Black Ops, the next installment in the huge CoD franchise. We know, you can’t wait. Here’s the scoop from the company itself:

Black Ops will be set historically somewhere between World War II and present day, with a heavy emphasis on the Cold War and Vietnam. The ever-popular (and much-requested) Nazi Zombies mode introduced in Call of Duty: World at War will make a welcome return, and there is even talk of providing dedicated servers to host the title’s online multiplayer component.

Treyarch, the developer behind 2009’s famed WWII first-person shooter, is already hard at work on Activision’s next project. If all goes well, we might see Black Ops hit high street shelves no later than November this year.

Well, this is welcome news indeed, and Turkey time can’t come soon enough for us this year.