The third quarter financial call for Activision just commenced this afternoon, and the big news that came out of it was that their 2010 games will be bigger, including new iterations for the Call of Duty and Guitar Hero franchises.

Activision has set a date for the release of the latest Tony Hawk skateboarding title on the Wii for this November. UK's Official Nintendo Magazine reports that Tony Hawk: RIDE (also on PS3, Xbox 360) is slated to launch on Nintendo's console on the 20th of November, 2009.

Tony Hawk: Ride (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii) is not even released yet, and already, talks of a sequel are already coming out. And it's not like it's from some obscure insider source too. Developer studio Robomodo's president, Josh Tsui, would be that "insider source," and you can't get any more reliable than that.

As E3 draws nearer, we've got more publishers coming out guns blazing with their E3 lineups. Up next is Activision, and well, well, well, look who's packing the big guns for the expo! They've covered a lot of genres with this lineup and I would love to win a hypothetical contest to win everything on this list. Check it out.

Peripherals have made Activision a lot of money recently, and so they're also making one for the next Tony Hawk game. While there hasn't been an official announcement for the game and skateboard combo yet, it seems that GameStop knows something about it.

Let's talk some more about this curious little peripheral for Tony Hawk: RIDE (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii), shall we? Yes, I am referring to the skateboard controller that you will use for the game. This motion-sensing controller allows for "unprecedented freedom and movement," so said Activision's press release. And what's this? You can actually use it for non-Skating games?

And so we have the newest addition to the Tony Hawk gaming franchise, Tony Hawk: Ride, making its way to the PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii, with a cool-looking skateboard peripheral no less. That should give a new spin to them skateboarding games, right? Check out the debut trailer after the jump.

Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 is apparently coming to the iPhone. That is, if this video we saw on YouTube turns out to be the real deal. The iPhone port of the 2000 Neversoft title will supposedly include "all 10 levels plus 3 bonus levels with incredible graphics and blazing frame rate". Check out the vid after the jump.

So we've seen David Archuleta and David Cook have a round of their own Guitar Hero RIsky Business ads. Today, we see none other than model-slash-"actress" Heidi Klum strut her own stuff for Activision's rhythm title. There are actually two versions of Heidi Klum's ad. As Isaac C put it, one is the "day time version" while the other, the director's cut, is the one they air for "after dark" shows. You'll see why in the full article.

 Have fun like Tony Hawk in Electronic Arts' (EA) Skate It (Wii, Nintendo DS), which will come out this November in the US and Europe. The video game is set in an abandoned place with different skating rinks to discover.