In 2008, Robomodo was tasked with producing new "Tony Hawk's" games after original developer Neversoft went to work on the Guitar hero series. The company produced two peripheral-supported spin-off games, which were commercial and critical failures, ' (2009) and ' (2010), and a remake of the first two games in the series, "Pro Skater HD" (2012). In November 2014, Hawk confirmed that a "Pro Skater" console sequel was in the works, the first traditional entry since 2007's "Proving Ground". Updated news came from Hawk's appearance at Sony's CES conference in January 2015, where he said that the new game was "much further along than he anticipated" and would be coming to the PlayStation 4 console at some point during that year. To point out its return to the series' roots and heyday, it was named "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5", the first title to bear that moniker since 2002's "Pro Skater 4". In an interview with GameSpot at E3 2015, Hawk stated that Robomodo had consulted with some former Neversoft employees to ensure that the gameplay felt like the original "Pro Skater" titles.