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The Game Informer Show

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 Review And Xbox Layoffs (Feat. Ash Parrish)

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4.5 β€’ 1.5K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 15 July 2025

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

In this week's episode of The Game Informer Show, we discuss our Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 review and Activision's controversial decision to change THPS 4's long-standing structure. Later in the show, special guest Ash Parrish, video game reporter at The Verge, joins us to discuss last week's Xbox layoffs and studio closures, Summer Games Done Quick, and Missile Command Delta.

The Game Informer Show is a weekly podcast covering the video game industry. Join us every Thursday for chats about your favorite titles – past and present – alongside Game Informer staff and special guests from around the industry.

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00:00 - Introduction
05:57 - Showing Off The Print Magazine
10:01 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 Review
36:12 - Introducing Ash Parrish
38:35 - Xbox Layoffs and Studio Closures
01:02:33 - Summer Game's Done Quick (SGDQ)
01:11:04 - Peak
01:18:03 - Missile Command Delta
01:28:53 - Outro

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0:00.0

Hey, everybody, welcome to the game Informer Show, a weekly podcast covering the video game industry.

0:26.2

Join us every Thursday for discussion about the latest gaming news, reviews, and exclusive

0:30.9

reveals alongside Game Informer staff, and special guests from around the industry.

0:35.3

I'm one of your hosts today, Alex Van Aiken, joined by Marcus Stewart.

0:40.4

How you doing, Marcus?

0:41.6

I'm feeling great.

0:42.5

I have new headphones.

0:44.3

Oh.

0:44.4

I feel like a million bucks.

0:46.5

I got those Sony Elite headphones.

0:49.2

I had the old ones before.

0:51.2

They were battered and looked like they've been thrown down some stairs and then run over

0:55.4

multiple times but not anymore and it's wireless so i can do what Kyle does and walk away and

1:00.8

still hear you guys yeah you look like you should be in the minority report which i recently

1:05.5

watched on a flight back home from a work trip okay i mean that's what gets filled out when I get pulled over usually.

1:15.2

Are you getting pulled over by pre-crime officers a lot?

1:20.8

I don't know if you want to get into that.

1:24.0

Yeah, complicated subject.

1:27.6

Shout out to the minority report.

1:29.6

Still holds up.

1:30.9

Great movie.

1:31.6

Fantastic.

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