 With the franchise suffering from product fatigue and appearing to be past its prime, Activision decided to dedicate most of Neversoft's laborforce to the "Guitar Hero" and "Call of Duty" franchises.This development would more and more marginalize Neversoft, which was defunct and completely merged with Infinity Ward by 2014.The control of the "Tony Hawk's" franchise had passed on to Chicago studio Robomodo by 2008.