"It's probably best for the franchise,” said Jewett, speaking to Montana daily newspaper Great Falls Tribune, “it's time for someone else to add fresh ideas to it." Neversoft will now focus its work solely on the Guitar Hero series.
It is suspected that the Tony Hawk games will now be the responsibility of upstart developer Robomodo – an outfit formed from the closures of EA Chicago and Studio Gigante. Robomodo had previously announced that it was working on "a high-profile extreme sports title for Activision Blizzard."
Activision has not made any announcements on the matter, Edge has approached the publisher for comment.