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http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/09/report-activision-axing-guitar-hero-and-true-crime-freestyle-g/
Never played True Crimes, but I know Activision + Neversoft ruined the Guitar Hero series. If this news is true then this would be a big blow to the music rhythm game genre. Good thing I stuck with Harmonix and their excellent Rock Band games.
Activision axing Guitar Hero and True Crime; Freestyle Games reportedly hit with layoffs [update]
by Ben Gilbert
Despite a recent cover story in EGM, United Front's True Crime: Hong Kong won't make it to retail. Activision's latest earnings report confirms the game's cancellation, as well as the end of the Guitar Hero franchise.
"Due to continued declines in the music genre, the company will disband Activision Publishing's Guitar Hero business unit and discontinue development on its Guitar Hero game for 2011," Activision said in its financial statement. The statement goes on to confirm the cancellation of True Crime. "The company also will stop development on True Crime: Hong Kong. These decisions are based on the desire to focus on the greatest opportunities that the company currently has to create the world's best interactive entertainment experiences."
If that weren't enough bad news, Eurogamer also reports that DJ Hero developer Freestyle Games has suffered "severe layoffs," though it's unclear whether the rhythm series has been affected by the alleged redundancies. We'll update this post as we learn more.
[Update: An earlier version of this post was based solely on Eurogamer's report, which has since been partially confirmed by Activision.]
Never played True Crimes, but I know Activision + Neversoft ruined the Guitar Hero series. If this news is true then this would be a big blow to the music rhythm game genre. Good thing I stuck with Harmonix and their excellent Rock Band games.
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