One of the best things about Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 was the split screen. Four players was amazing fun, so it’s bound to be in the new HD remake due next month, right?

Well, no.

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“That was a tough decision for the team’, says Robomodo’s Josh Tsui in an interview with PSU. “Given the limited scope of the game we had to make some choices on what goes into game. Split screen was talked about heavily but in the end we had to really look at the way people play nowadays which is more online.”

“Having both split screen and online would have sacrificed a lot of time and quality to work in the amount of time that we had.”

Understandable reasoning, but disappointing all the same.

On a related note, the Achievements are out. If you want to know whether you’re still up to the job, check out the requirements for the Gamerscore below, courtesy of Xbox360A.

Completist 100

Completed all Projectives with one character Race to the finish lines 35

Reached the end of the Mall 3 times in a single Big Head Survival run I don’t want no 2 minute Man 35

Held a combo for 30 seconds after the time is up in Marseille The Best, Around 35

Got 500,000 points in one run in Venice Beach Ain’t ‘fraid of no ghosts 35

Collected all pellets in one combo in Hawkman in The Hangar Gap Skiing 35

Completed the 100 Ski Jump gap in Downhill Jam Manual Master 20

Performed 15 manuals in one combo in School II with Rodney Mullen Bringing home the bacon 20

Unlocked Officer Dick Old School 20

Scored 200,000 points without performing a single manual in one run in Warehouse This. is. SKATEBOARDING! 20

Won a match online

There are 6 secret ones, too, worth between 5 and 10 points each. The game is out on the 18th of July for 360, a month later for PlayStation 3.