So, there has been an announcement about the new Tony Hawk game and also the new peripheral that he threatened to launch or design too.
Tony Hawk Ride is the new game from the famous skater and it features a deck that is used as the control method! The deck (still in prototype) appears to be using motion sensitive controls to allow the person using it to make the on-screen skater do the tricks.
You tilt the board left, your skater goes left. You kick the board 180, your skater does the same. Tony also says that the board is sensitive to grabs too so you can expect to be able to handle the board and your skater on the TV to do the same.
There is a video of Tony announcing and showing a demo of the device over at Gametrailers.com and you can also see footage of the new game too (which looks a lot like the old Hawk games).
I am not sure how well this will be received. Nothing is going to take the place of a real skateboard and I am not convinced that the board will not break under the stress of multiple flips and smashes into the nearest piece of furniture or hi-fi equipment!
Is it too little, too late for Mr Hawk? Go watch the video over at Gametrailers.com and then come back and let me know your thoughts.
