Neversoft exec confirms they've handed off Tony Hawk series
by Griffin McElroy 
on Jan 11th 2009 5:00PM
We've heard
a number of rumors to this effect, but for the first time, Neversoft co-founder Joel Jewett recently confirmed in an interview with the Great Falls Tribune that the long-time developer of the
Tony Hawk series
has passed the torch to a new developer in order to solely focus on the
Guitar Hero franchise. Jewett claims it's "probably best for the franchise." Based on the past couple of
Hawk games, we can't help but agree.
This leaves us with the question of who the next developer behind
Hawk will be -- GiantBomb assumes that
Robomodo, which is composed of ex-EA Chicago devs who claim to be working on a "high-profile extreme sports title for Activision Blizzard," will be making their developmental debut with the next installation in the once-great skating franchise. Now that the cat is out of the bag regarding Neversoft's
Hawk-less agenda, we hope to hear something more concrete about the series sometime soon.
