Original Guitar Hero Publisher Shut Down
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shame about this...not like activisions exactly pressed for money atm...
but still this is happening all over the place...just makes it harder for people like me to get into the games industry with 0 experience when thousands of proffesionals are out there looking for jobs too...and tough financial times means less room to experiment with new recruits
ah well, ill have to see hwo it goes :S
but still this is happening all over the place...just makes it harder for people like me to get into the games industry with 0 experience when thousands of proffesionals are out there looking for jobs too...and tough financial times means less room to experiment with new recruits
ah well, ill have to see hwo it goes :S
Agreed, if you don't count the horrendous covers, especially that of Laid to Rest by Lamb of God...TheGreenManalishi said:
This is a shame, but at least it means that the video game industry realizes that the Guitar Hero craze is finally over. I mean, I loved Guitar Hero when it first came out but now it's an old idea. It was a short fad, but it will be remembered.
Tis' a shame and best of luck to those laid off.
Man go figure the company that actually came up with the original idea is the one that gets screwed after all this. They made the best ones too. My favorites were 2 and 3 even though by 3 the idea was getting a bit stale it had my favorite selection of songs.
Man go figure the company that actually came up with the original idea is the one that gets screwed after all this. They made the best ones too. My favorites were 2 and 3 even though by 3 the idea was getting a bit stale it had my favorite selection of songs.
Or ever. I mean, is there really any "big company" in the world anymore that isn't guilty of something at least as bad as this? It's definitely a shorter list than the ones that are, at any rate.Terramax said:
Now Activision can make even more profit! Yay!
And I imagine when everyone realises that the [word] Hero games are the same and stop buying them, Activision will just change the Hero part as well. Who wouldn't want to buy Guitar Very-Good-Player?
And I imagine when everyone realises that the [word] Hero games are the same and stop buying them, Activision will just change the Hero part as well. Who wouldn't want to buy Guitar Very-Good-Player?
Whats next? Activision closing down Treyarch?
Activision, the once brilliant developers for Atari now making a cash crop on music games.
Wonderful.
Activision, the once brilliant developers for Atari now making a cash crop on music games.
Wonderful.
what sucks in all these cases is that they lay off the people who KNOW what they're doing.
i mean, this whole thing got out of hand AFTER activision bought the game, the ones actually made by these guys were the good ones.
you know activision has no idea what they're doing if they need the original team of technicians to tell them wtf the controller is so they can make more or fix them
i mean, this whole thing got out of hand AFTER activision bought the game, the ones actually made by these guys were the good ones.
you know activision has no idea what they're doing if they need the original team of technicians to tell them wtf the controller is so they can make more or fix them
It's a shame. At same time, though, I've been disenchanted with Guitar Hero games in general as of late. After Rock Band came out, GH just feels hollow and disembodied. I know it's because the developers of the original GH and GHII were axed and moved on to make Rock Band, a series which frankly has much more polish and finesse than the Guitar Hero series ever had. GH-GHII-RB-RBII represents a progression of quality to me, Guitar Hero III was passable, but GH:WT was just a way to stay in the game with RB. Activision really screwed the pooch with Band Hero. The tracklist is terrible, it's all watered down pop music with "potentially offensive" lyrics censored. I hope the Red Octane guys are able to get back on their feet, maybe get back into making DDR peripherals again.
This is sad news. Lets hope they can come up with another gem of a game soon, and hope they keep it in their own studio so the big wallets don't ruin them again 
Guitar Hero was once a delicious steak. Then it was ground up into hamburger. Then it was made into meatloaf. Activision, this is the equivalent of what you did to GH:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSAa9FgTBSg
Former members of Red Octane, please get together in someone else's kitchen and cook me another steak.
Activision, look at that commercial and feel shame.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSAa9FgTBSg
Former members of Red Octane, please get together in someone else's kitchen and cook me another steak.
Activision, look at that commercial and feel shame.
