So far not much information has been released from Activision about the new skateboard peripheral for Tony Hawk: Ride. Gamestop have recently put a listing on their site for pre-orders at a price of USD 119.99. Whether that will be the final price remains to be seen.

Thanks to USA Today’s YouTube video of their meeting with Activision, we now know a little more about the controller. Josh Tsui, the developer behind the skateboard explains further:

“Inside are two accelerometers, and that gives us our tilting for navigation, our lifting on either side for doing things like ollies and nollies, and then it also gives us rotation. One accelerometer will give us the tilting and the lift, but having two of them allows us to read two different settings, two different rotations so that this way it allows us this type of skating mechanic. That’s something that a lot of peripherals have never done before, is the rotation and the popping.”

So there you have it. We will of course have much more on Tony Hawk: Ride at E3. Keep it tuned.

Source: YouTube