Veteran skateboarder has spoken this week of his enthusiasm for the new controller have built for the next version of Hawk's titular game series.

"The board controller is a marvel of new technology," Hawk told Twitter.

"Responds like a real skateboard. You can even go for grabs and the sensors detect it."

Tony Hawk Ride will be the name of the next title, and it'll come with a unique skateboard controller that players will actually ride.

The controller promises to recreate the realistic balancing and motion involved in the actually - and it'll all be out later this year. We'll have more at E3.

By Luke Guttridge