Activision has officially dropped the online requirement for the PC version of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 – but only on Steam Deck.
Unlike console owners of the game,PCplayers have been required to have an internet connection since the title’s release on theEpic Games Storein September 2020.
Activisionreleased Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2for Steam earlier this month, with the same requirement.
However, the companysaidon Wednesday that it had released an update for the game that enablesSteamDeck users to play offline, as well as fixing the keyboard overlay for players onValve’s handheld.
The company didn’t explain why the online requirement had only been removed on Steam Deck, a decision which has left some Windows andLinuxusers frustrated.
However, players have reportedly identified aworkaroundthat enables all PC users to play the game offline, for the time being at least.
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 was originally released in September 2020 forPS4,Xbox Oneand PC, and it became the fastest entry in the series to sell one million copies, according to its publisher.
VGC’sTony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 reviewsaid developerVicarious Visionsdelivered a superb remake of two iconic games.
Activision Blizzardannounced in January 2021 that Vicarious Visions, which also developed Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy,had been folded into Blizzard.
Tony Hawk claimed last year thata planned Pro Skater 3 and 4 remake was cannedafter Activision Blizzard decided to merge Vicarious Visions withBlizzard.
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Microsoft’s head of gaming recently discussed how the company plans to approach utilising Activision Blizzard’s vast back catalogue of games after it finallyacquired the publisher for $69 billion.
Spencer said he would befully supportive of studio’s revisiting older titlesif it was a direction they wanted to take, “because I think there’s just an amazing trove of things that we can go and touch again”, but suggested doing so wasn’t something thatXboxwould mandate.
