Starting today gamers can begin to create their own skating legacy on Xbox 360 with Activision’s demo of Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground.

Available now on Xbox Live Marketplace, the demo gives fans a first taste of choosing their own skating style, the newest gameplay mechanics and advanced features from the deepest, most customisable skateboarding game ever.

The demo takes skaters to Philadelphia (one of three cities in Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground) to begin shredding the pavement as contest-winning career athletes, fast and furious hardcore skaters and creative maverick riggers, who alter and modify the world into their own skate park.

As players progress they will experience the latest advancements in the world-renowned franchise, including Nail the Grab, for the ultimate control of grab tricks and tweaks; the Aggro Kick for clearing huge gaps; Rigging Goals, enabling players to tweak the environment however they want to create unique skate lines; and video creation with the fully-featured video editor for epic skate videos.

Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground is being developed by Neversoft Entertainment for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The title is scheduled for release October 19. Versions are also in development for the Wii and PlayStation 2 by Page 44 Studios.

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