Neversoft was an American video game developer, founded in 1994 by Joel Jewett, Mick West and Chris Ward and acquired by Activision in 1999. The studio was best recognized for the Guitar Hero and Tony Hawk franchise. The company was acquired by Activision in October 1999.
In 2011, Neversoft began working on a futuristic Call of Duty games, dubbed Future Warfare. However, the game was later canceled. Afterwards, Neversoft assisted Infinity Ward in the development of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 where they worked on the Special Ops Chaos mode released in August 2011[1][2]. The studio then developed the Extinction mode for Call of Duty: Ghosts.[3]
In May 2014, Activision merged Neversoft with Infinity Ward.[4]
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Trivia[]
- The Neversoft logo can be seen in various games:
- The icon can be unlocked in Modern Warfare 3 Multiplayer mode.
- The icon is available as a Prestige icon in Extinction.
- In Exodus, an eyeball impaled with a harpoon can be found in an office building on the right side of the map, upstairs and facing the left corner.
- The map Showtime is shaped like an eye impaled by a harpoon, a reference to Neversoft.[source needed]
- The logo appears as an Accessory in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare.
- After the merge most of the Neversoft team went on to develop the Zombies mode of Infinite Warfare, which contains references to Extinction.
References[]
- ↑ https://whynowgaming.com/brian-bright-infinity-activision-call-of-duty/
- ↑ http://www.gamespot.com/videos/call-of-duty-ghosts-onslaught-live-from-infinity-w/2300-6416935/
- ↑ http://n4g.com/news/1245018/call-of-duty-ghosts-raven-and-neversoft-will-be-assisting-infinity-ward
- ↑ https://www.charlieintel.com/activision/neversoft-studio-celebrates-their-studio-closing-with-tony-hawk-studio-officially-merged-into-iw-24909/
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