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In another setback for Sony’s upcoming PlayStation 3 launch, it’s been revealed that one of the console’s high-profile launch titles, Tony Hawk’s Project 8, won’t feature an online component for Sony’s new PlayStation Network Platform. According to developer Neversoft, the highly-anticipated service has yet to be completed, as Neversoft (among other developers) “still hasn’t received all of the software libraries and has no indication of how the online components will work on PS3.”

While the online component for the upcoming Xbox 360 version of THP8 has been highly-touted as the game’s defining feature, allowing users to play each other in real time over Xbox Live! The loss of this important feature could spell doom for the PS3 port and therefore for one of the PS3 launch titles. While it’s possible that PSNP compatibility could be added via an update later on, the fact that such functionality will be missing at launch works against the PS3′s favor. Hopefully the network will be up and running completely come November.

[via GamePro]