Tony Hawk's American Wasteland, abbreviated to THAW, is a video game that was released for the Nintendo GameCube, PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360, and PC on October 18, 2005. Part of the Tony Hawk series, the game was developed by Neversoft and published by Activision. The PC version of the game was ported and published by Aspyr. Tony Hawk's American Wasteland is the first Tony Hawk game to support Xbox Live; online play was previously limited to the PlayStation 2 and PC. The Nintendo DS version of this game, Tony Hawk's American Sk8land, features Wi-Fi capabilities. It is the first third-party DS game... to have online support. A Game Boy Advance version of the game was released as well under the same name. The opening song of the game is California Über Alles. Tony Hawk's American Wasteland is the first game in the Tony Hawk franchise that allowed players to play in one large level without loading times in between. In the September 2005 edition of Game Informer, a map was shown displaying THAW's Los Angeles with an insert of an overhead view of the Boston stage from Tony Hawk's Underground 2 for comparison.
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| Release date: | October 18, 2005 |
| Publisher: | Aspyr Media, Activision |