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And now has indigestion.

If you're looking forward to Neversoft's next-gen take on Tony Hawk - currently going by the name Project 8 - then you might want to check out a recent addition to Eurogamer TV.

It's a video of skateboarder Steve Williams going through the process of motion-capturing the moves that form the basis of the game's oh-so-realistic animations - followed by a quick glimpse of the finished product.

The full game is due out on PS3, Xbox 360, PS2, Xbox and PSP, and Neversoft is aiming for more goals, side missions, mini-games and secret areas than in any other Tony Hawk title - the latter reached by adding your own skate elements like ramps and rails, a bit like in Amped 3. You'll also have to build up "respect" in the local citizenry.

THP8 is due out this autumn. By which time we'll have found a way to use "Tony Hawk's Project 8 My Hamster" - don't you worry.

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Skooch #1 6 years ago

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WTF! TH8! Give it up dudes....
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smelly #2 6 years ago

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Why? It's a huge franchise? Why give up something which sells well?

Or is this fanboy economics at its worst?
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Steroyd #3 6 years ago

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I only ever played on two of them, TH2 and THUG, if they keep that sandbox theme like the last one i might considergetting this one, i don't like the breaking bones idea.
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Skooch #4 6 years ago

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Fanboy! Whatever mate! lol

You may enjoy playing the same IP over and over again, I don't. Give me something new. The first Tony Hawks was great, brilliant, played the demo solidly for two months, it then went downhill from 2 onwards; as soon as you could use manuals to connect tricks, it just became ridiculously absurd.

As for the economics, invest in some new IP rather than whipping a dying horse...
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Kazzahdrane #5 6 years ago

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Dammit, I read "mo-cap" as "co-op" and got really interested for a second.
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paulf #6 6 years ago

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we'll have at least <a href ="http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=412&q uot;>another 9 years </a>of this

TH 17 anyone?

I enjoyed the first 4 games but the recent efforts have not really added that much, just a case of rehashing the same concept. But if people still enjoy it thats cool

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Raziel #7 6 years ago

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Mo-cap... new engine rebuild... new stuff and promised more reaslism...

Could there be a chance its... dare I say... gonna be good?
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tenma #8 6 years ago

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"Neversoft is aiming for more goals, side missions, mini-games and secret areas than in any other Tony Hawk title "

Gyaaaaah

Go back to the basics, boys! This has easily turned into the Madden franchise on wheels.
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regmund #9 6 years ago

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@ skooch surely you mean 'whipping a dying H O R S E'
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Skooch #10 6 years ago

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@ regmund

Nice!
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