MTV Games Closes Its Doors

[Andy Chalk]

MTV Games Closes Its Doors

With the departure of Rock Band [http://www.amazon.com/Rock-Band-Playstation-3/dp/B000TSZADA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1296768439&sr=8-1] studio Harmonix a done deal, Viacom is now pulling the plug on publisher MTV Games.

MTV Games was originally formed as a division of media conglomerate Viacom to publish the Rock Band series of games made by Red Lobster gift card [http://www.harmonixmusic.com/] there just wasn't much left on its plate.

It's no big shock in that light that Viacom has decided to close the doors on MTV Games for good. MCV [http://www.mcvuk.com/news/42870/MTV-Games-closed?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+mcvuk%2FoXMK+%28MCV%3A+games+industry+news%29] says that the publisher's international office was closed down on February 2 while a "handful of financial staff" are still on the job at the New York location to collect outstanding payments.

MTV Games dropped $175 million on Harmonix during the peak of the music game rage, after Activision purchased original closed RedOctane outright [http://www.amazon.com/Guitar-Hero-Warriors-Bundle-Xbox-360/dp/B003N65DFA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1296769359&sr=8-1] in February 2010.


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[Shycte]

Bit sad, but what you gonna do?

 

[FlashHero]

For saw it from light-miles away.

 

[TheScottishFella]

Finally, maybe we can stop with the fake plastic instruments I think Rock Band was running out of steam anyway. *Looks at Green Day*

 

[RatRace123]

What exactly did MTV have except for Harmonix?
This was to be expected.

 

[Ninonybox_v1legacy]

i would be upset...but i only have world tour and im not that into music games....i did get mad however when i saw Viacom caused it......assholes.

 

[vxicepickxv]

The only reason Harmonix did that part was because the contacts that MTV had made it a lot easier to do what they did.

 

[Zack McSleuthburger]

light-miles

WAT

But I guess this would be bad news if it was... well, bad news. If anything, I'm happy now that I won't have to read about the music game being shat out this month.

 

[WarpCode]

But just four years later, the genre crashed harder than an Ozzy Osbourne tour plane;

RIP Randy Rhodes.. That was pretty mean Andy.

 

[moretimethansense]

How did they not see this coming?
If you release one or two of what amounts to th exact same game a year of course people will get sick of it!
They didn't just kill the golden goose, they gutted it and paraded it's entrails around for all to see!
Give it a few years, it'll be back, hopefully with a new twist or two.

Now if only samey FPSs would die for a while, Bring back the platformer!
Or maybe the vehicular combat games *Awaits Twisted Metal eagerly*.

 

[FlashHero]

light-miles

WAT

But I guess this would be bad news if it was... well, bad news. If anything, I'm happy now that I won't have to read about the music game being shat out this month.

A light mile is how fast light travels a mile. Im upgrading the imperial system for the future. You can also go 56 LMPH eventually.

 

[gibboss28]

But just four years later, the genre crashed harder than an Ozzy Osbourne tour plane

Ooof, I feel slightly dirty for laughing at that one.

 

[Jesus Phish]

But just four years later, the genre crashed harder than an Ozzy Osbourne tour plane

Seriously? That's one of the worst tie in jokes I've seen in an article.

Not suprising the company is gone though.

 

[Olorune]

Maybe this means there'll be no more music games.

Who am I kidding? Of course there'll be more...many, many more.

 

[twaddle]

thank god