Activision financials: Hawk takes break till fiscal 2010

Speaking in an investor call after the announcement of record financials last night, Activision execs confirmed that a new, fully blown console game in the Tony Hawk's series wouldn't be released now until some time in the firms fiscal 2010, ending March 31, 2010.

Execs said the break was necessary "to deliver to deliver the kind of breakthrough this franchise needs."

Project 8 got something of a drubbing from EA's SKATE last year, which outsold the traditional skateboard-leading franchise by 2:1 in the Christmas 2007 period.

Hawk would be appearing on DS this year, though, the company said, and will employ some sort of secret technology to make it win.

"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. "And this won't be your father's Tony Hawk."

Thanks, Gamespot.