They initially found work for Playmates Interactive Entertainment a then division of Playmates Toys, who were about to release a line of toys called Skeleton Warriors and wanted a video game to go along with the toys and the cartoon series.
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In January 1998, just as Neversoft was about to run out of money, they had a fortunate meeting with Activision who were looking for someone to re-develop Apocalypse, a failed internal project featuring the voice of Bruce Willis.
Skaters include Tony Hawk, Chad Muska, Bam Margera, Mike Vallely, Eric Koston, and many others, including secret characters such as Gene Simmons and the other members of KISS, Iron Man, T.H.U.D. (the monster in the Neversoft logo), and Eric Sparrow.