19 Facts About Neversoft

Neversoft Entertainment, Inc was an American video game developer based in Woodland Hills, California.

Neversoft developed a Spider-Man game for the PlayStation the following year, along with six Tony Hawk's games over the next several years.

The last game in the franchise by Neversoft was Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock in 2010, which received mixed reviews and sold poorly.

Neversoft was founded in July 1994 by three employees of Malibu Interactive, a division of Malibu Comics based in Westlake Village, California.

Neversoft teamed up with Mick West, a game programmer, who had just completed working on BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat for the Genesis, and Chris Ward, a video game artist.

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Neversoft began work on the game design and moved into offices in Woodland Hills, California.

Skeleton Warriors was finished in time for the 1995 holiday season and Neversoft began looking for other work while they ported Skeleton Warriors to the PlayStation in 1996.

Neversoft continued to expand during 1996, expanding to over twenty employees.

Towards the end of 1996, Neversoft sold the idea for Big Guns to Sony Computer Entertainment and they began development.

Neversoft spent the next few months shopping around their technology, meeting with numerous companies and looking for work.

In January 1998, just as Neversoft was about to run out of money, they had a meeting with Activision, who were looking for someone to re-develop Apocalypse, a failed internal project.

From 1999 to 2007, Neversoft developed nine Tony Hawk's Pro Skater games and increased their employees to over 150.

In 2005, Neversoft developed a Western action-adventure open world game entitled Gun, alongside Beenox and Rebellion Developments.

Neversoft developed several games in the franchise, breaking several records with Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.

In May 2014 it was reported that Neversoft had been merged with Call of Duty creators Infinity Ward to create what was internally referred to as a "super-studio".

Neversoft was now developing two major games in parallel, and expanded into two large teams.

Neversoft began work on Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 specifically for the PlayStation 2.

In 2003 Neversoft reworked the game with a more story-oriented approach in Tony Hawk's Underground, followed by a sequel in Tony Hawk's Underground 2 in 2004.

Neversoft became the developer for the Guitar Hero series beginning with Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles, using their in-house game engine made from scratch instead of Harmonix's engine.