New developer grinds on upcoming Tony Hawk game

In an interview chronicling Joel Jewett's rise from skater punk to co-founder and president of Neversoft Entertainment, the video game development company behind the Tony Hawk Pro Skater franchise and the latest Guitar Hero titles, Jewett confirms that Neversoft is not working on the newest, upcoming Tony Hawk skateboarding game. Here's what he had to say:

Neversoft plans to release more sequels to the "Guitar Hero" series - including the much-ballyhooed "Guitar Hero: Metallica" set for release during the first quarter of this year - but the company has let the Tony Hawk series go to another developer. It's probably best for the franchise ... it's time for someone else to add fresh ideas to it," Jewett said.

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