Former Guitar Hero dev working on FPS

Former Guitar Hero and Tony Hawk developer Neversoft is working on a first-person shooter for parent-company Activision, the Neversoft recruitment site has revealed.

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Former Guitar Hero and Tony Hawk developer Neversoft is working on a first-person shooter for parent-company Activision. Plans for the project were reportedly spoiled by multiple listings that have appeared on the company's recruitment site.

The site notes Neversoft required talent for multiplayer level designers, network programers, and a Windows PC Platform lead engineer to work on a triple-A "new FPS."

The listing spotted by GamerZines points to a road ahead for the development house, who has not worked on a shooter title since 2005's western Gun.

Though a new Tony Hawk-branded title has yet to release since October 2010, Activision has stated they believe the skateboard icon has "Michael Jordan-ish or Jordan-esque staying power." Earlier this year the publisher put its Guitar Hero franchise on hold.

Xav de Matos was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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    September 22, 2011 10:45 AM

    Xav de Matos posted a new article, Former Guitar Hero dev working on FPS.

    Former Guitar Hero and Tony Hawk developer Neversoft is working on a first-person shooter for parent-company Activision, the Neversoft recruitment site has revealed.

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      September 22, 2011 10:59 AM

      Tony Hawk's X-Treme Guitar Adventure?

      Tony Hawk, fill your Alien Workshop XTREMETER to do a sweet tag team Kill Shot with Slash!

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      September 22, 2011 3:02 PM

      Former Gh? Harmonix?

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        September 22, 2011 3:16 PM

        Neversoft did GH3, Warriors of Rock, and World Tour.

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      September 22, 2011 3:08 PM

      Call of Duty Hero starring Tony Hawk.

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      September 22, 2011 5:59 PM

      Insert references to "Gun 2" and "Apocalypse" here.

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      September 23, 2011 5:54 AM

      im not going to lie, i only clicked on this article because of the picture.

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