Activision might lastly be prepared to start out speaking about its subsequent Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater recreation, and it appears to be utilizing a sneaky Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Easter Egg to get the dialog began.
Call of Duty outlet CharlieIntel noticed and shared references to the writer’s legendary skateboarding online game franchise in a peculiar place after the Black Ops 6 Season 2 Reloaded replace went stay at present. Included with an ammo chest of recent options, weapons, and extra content material was the return of the fan-favorite skate-themed map, Grind. The skatepark enviornment has been introduced again largely as followers keep in mind it, with one exception being a large, in-game TV display screen that includes a really Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater-looking brand and a date of March 4, 2025.
Looks like a teaser for one thing associated to Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater has been present in Black Ops 6’s Grind MP map!
Announcement on March 4. 👀 pic.twitter.com/8efl6Qansl
— CharlieIntel (@charlieINTEL) February 20, 2025
It stops in need of being in-your-face however continues to be undeniably an eyebrow-raising reference for followers who’ve been looking out for an additional entry within the Pro Skater collection. Rumors that one other installment may quickly be introduced started earlier this week when fellow skater Tyshawn Jones let it slip that he would quickly be featured in an upcoming Tony Hawk online game (by way of VGC).
“I’m in a Tony Hawk popping out, in order that’s cool,” Jones stated throughout a dialog on The Breakfast Club podcast. “They bought a brand new one they remastering in order that’s about to come back out. I used to be within the final one.”
It was a curious remark that had followers excited, with at present’s newly revealed Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater Black Ops 6 Easter Egg letting them know after they can count on to be taught extra. Unfortunately, there’s no telling what precisely that March date has in retailer.
Activision tried to breathe life into the franchise with Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 again in 2015 however has but to launch one other new numbered entry since. However, in 2020, followers acquired the Pro Skater 1 + 2 remakes from Vicarious Visions. That means it’s been 5 years since a Tony Hawk recreation hit retailer cabinets. With a lot proof lining up for an enormous reveal subsequent month, it appears the wait might quickly be over.
While we wait to see what that March 4 reveal has lined up, you’ll be able to learn up on a number of of the opposite skateboarding-themed inclusions in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Season 2 Reloaded, together with a pack of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle cosmetics which have some followers upset. You may see Tony Hawk himself affirm that he was working with Actvision once more as of final 12 months.
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