Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) released Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 (THPS 1+2) on Sept. 4, and early signs are pointing to the game being a big hit. The title bundles remade versions of the first two games in the skateboarding video game franchise, and the package has been scoring rave reviews from fans and critics, and posting encouraging early sales data. As of this writing, the game has an average score of 88 out of 100 from critics on the review-aggregating site Metacritic and has a user-rated score of 91. The game also came in as the second-best-selling title in the U.K. in the week of its release, trailing only Marvel's Avengers from Square Enix and Disney. Image source: Activision Blizzard. What does it mean for Activision Blizzard? THPS 1+2 seems to be going over very well with fans of the original video games in the series, and the favorable reception should position the title to post strong sales over the long term. The game's first-week sales in the U.K. were a whopping 448% higher than those of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5, released back in 2015. The Tony Hawk franchise was enormously popular from the late 1990s through the mid-2000s, but declining quality for releases in the series corresponded with waning sales. Success for the remake collection could pave the way for additional titles in the franchise being remade or the development of brand-new sequels. THPS isn't as important for Activision as Call of Duty or Candy Crush Saga, but strong performance for the recent franchise entry could breathe new life into the property and be enough to move the needle in the company's next earnings report. 10 stocks we like better than Activision BlizzardWhen investing geniuses David and Tom Gardner have a stock tip, it can pay to listen. After all, the newsletter they have run for over a decade, Motley Fool Stock Advisor, has tripled the market.* David and Tom just revealed what they believe are the ten best stocks for investors to buy right now... and Activision Blizzard wasn't one of them! That's right -- they think these 10 stocks are even better buys. See the 10 stocks *Stock Advisor returns as of August 1, 2020 Keith Noonan owns shares of Activision Blizzard and Walt Disney. The Motley Fool owns shares of and recommends Activision Blizzard and Walt Disney and recommends the following options: long January 2021 $60 calls on Walt Disney, long January 2022 $75 calls on Activision Blizzard, short January 2022 $75 puts on Activision Blizzard, and short October 2020 $125 calls on Walt Disney. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.Source