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Neversoft's brand logo.

Neversoft or Neversoft Entertainment was an American video game developer, founded in 1994 by Joel Jewett, Mick West and Chris Ward. It was the original developer of the Tony Hawk's video game series. The company was acquired by Activision in 1999. Studio was defunct in July 2014 after merging with another Activision studio called Infinity Ward. Joel Jewett has confirmed that he will retire from gaming industry.

Tony Hawk's franchise

Neversoft is best recognized for their line of Tony Hawk's skateboarding games, known as the Tony Hawk's series. Tony Hawk's Proving Ground was final Tony Hawk game that was developed by Neversoft. The Tony Hawk franchise has been transferred to Robomodo.

Other games

Skeleton Warrior

This PS1 title is the earliest released title by Neversoft.

Apocalypse

Apocalypse was a platformer game for PlayStation. Its engine would be used later in THPS games for PS1.

MDK

Neversoft is known for porting famous MDK title to PS1.

Spider-man

Spider-man was in development at the same time with THPS2, that explains why Spider-man appears in THPS2 as a playable character. THPS2 logos can be seen in Spider-Man game in several places. This game is based on modified THPS2 engine.

GUN

Released somewhere around THAW, it was a Neversoft's attempt to create something different. TPS game in western setting was unusual indeed, however the game wasn't very sucessful. It's the only Neversoft game that can be purchased in Steam.

Guitar Hero

Guitar Hero is a game series, which Neversoft moved to after "Tony Hawk's" era. It became very popular as well. A character from Guitar Hero is playable as an unlockable character in Tony Hawk's Proving Ground.

Call of Duty

Neversoft was involved in development of Call of Duty: Ghosts video game. A soldier from Call of Duty is also playable in Tony Hawk's Underground 2 as an unlockable character.

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