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" Updated story: Infinity Ward has confirmed a merger with Neversoft. The official Twitter account for the Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Ghosts developer said it was &amp;quot;excited about the future&amp;quot;.  We&amp;#039;re thrilled about our merger with @Neversoft! The entire team is excited about the future \u2014 Infinity Ward (@InfinityWard) May 4, 2014  Original story: Tony Hawk and Guitar Hero developer Neversoft is reportedly being absorbed by Call of Duty studio Infinity Ward. Giant Bomb brought word that the Neversoft branding will be dropped in the wake of the deal, after obtaining an internal memo from Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg.  &amp;quot;As you know, Neversoft and Infinity Ward teamed up for the development of Call of Duty: Ghosts,&amp;quot; Hirshberg said. &amp;quot;And through that process, it became clear that the two studios have very complementary skill sets.  &amp;quot;Between these two excellent studios, it seemed like a single &amp;#039;super-studio&amp;#039; could emerge.&amp;quot; Hirshberg went on to say that the Infinity Ward moniker was chosen for the merged teams as the branding is synonymous with Call of Duty.   Neversoft&amp;#039;s studio head Joel Jewett and director Scott Pease will retire later this year as a result of the merger. The next entry in Activision&amp;#039;s Call of Duty series, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, was announced earlier this week. Watch a trailer below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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