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Activision Axes Guitar Hero

Posted by Soulskill on from the death-of-a-genre dept.

jtillots writes "Activision Blizzard has canceled the Guitar Hero franchise, citing 'declining revenue of the music game genre.' Also on the chopping block was DJ Hero and True Crime. Fat_bot put it best — it's the new Day the Music Died." This comes only a few months after Viacom dropped Rock Band developer Harmonix for similar reasons, and less than a week after they closed MTV Games altogether.

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  1. Obligatory... you know the rest. by TheSpoom · · Score: 4, Informative

    Obligatory XKCD. It's OK that you don't get it, but those of us who like music games will keep having fun even if you don't think it's "cool".

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  2. Re:Weird by nordee · · Score: 4, Informative

    Hmmm....

    Like this?

    http://www.rockband.com/songs (2,566 songs and counting)

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