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Posted on 06.17.08 6:29AM under News
What we heard: Right now, the powers that be at Intellisponse are wondering one of two things. They could be trying to sort out how a passel of top-secret game details leaked from their site and was quickly rebroadcast over the Internet. Or, they’re wondering why someone has made them the victims of one of the most public pranks in game-PR history.
Regardless of the reality of the situation, Intellisponse isn’t commenting as to why it is being pegged as the source of a series of Microsoft-related bombshells. These include the unofficial uncovering of a motion-sensitive karaoke game that may let players sing over their own music library, and a Mii-like Avatar system that could replace GamerPics on Xbox Live later this year.
Unsurprisingly, Microsoft is declining to comment on either story, and Activision is now giving reporters a similarly silent treatment. The current top third-party publisher appears to have had several secret projects of its own inadvertently revealed by Intellisponse, including the nature of the “reinvention” of the Tony Hawk series. Revealed last month in a postearnings conference call, the rework is so extensive that it is causing the typically annualized skateboarding franchise to skip this year on consoles. (A DS game is being released this holiday.)
“For competitive reasons, we’re not going to talk about it today, but we’re very bullish on the kind of innovation this will bring,” said Activision Publishing CEO Mike Griffith last month. “And this won’t be your father’s Tony Hawk.” If today’s leak is to be believed, though, the next game to feature the X-Games champion on its cover will be like your mother’s Wii Fit–as in, it will be based on its own balance-board peripheral.
According to a description sourced to Intellisponse, the game, called Tony Hawk’s Adrenaline, will urge PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC owners to “put down the controller, step on the board, and feel the sensation of going big. … Shift your weight to turn and balance grinds, kick back on the tail of the board to ollie, and lean into airs to pull off huge spins.”
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