The great US patent shakeup
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"We abandoned Guitar Hero," admits Kotick
In an extensive interview with Forbes, the Activision Blizzard CEO gives his perspective on why the publisher deemed it necessary to close its entire Guitar Hero business unit. "We were so excited about going [in a] new direction with DJ Hero, I think we abandoned a bit of the innovation that was required in the Guitar Hero franchise," he said. "Guitar Hero became unsuccessful because it didn't have any nourishment and care." The series is far from gone for good, though: "We're going to use new studios and reinvent Guitar Hero." Despite cancellations, closures and redundancies following Activision's poor performance in the last financial year, Kotick insists: "The most important thing we do to encourage innovation is give people the freedom to fail."
9Activision: Call Of Duty Won’t Meet Guitar Hero Fate
Eric Hirshberg confident that greater focus on Call Of Duty will not mean falling sales:
Activision: Guitar Hero Not Dead
The Guitar Hero series has not been completely killed off, but is merely “on hiatus”, according to publisher Activision.
Ubisoft Enters Music Market With Rocksmith
Undeterred by decline in music genre, Ubisoft discards the plastic peripheral in favour of real electric guitars.
Bringing Air Guitar To Music Games
The man behind a Kinect hack on how experimenting with motion control could make music games hum again.
Interview: Alex Rigopulos
Here they go again on their own. The Harmonix CEO describes his company's return to the indie scene.
Activision Promises Guitar Hero, DJ Hero DLC
Tweets promise continuing DLC for franchises Activision killed off two weeks ago.
Activision "Closes 7 Studios"
Tweets from staff suggest LA studio is among first to feel effects of Activision restructuring.
Harmonix Saddened By Guitar Hero Cancellation
Rock Band developer wishes affected developers ìthe best of luckî before inviting players to jump ship.
Report: Job Losses At Vicarious Visions
Guitar Hero developer first to feel the brunt of cuts after Activision cancels music games.
Activision "Disbands" Guitar Hero Team
Closes down Guitar Hero business unit and cans planned 2011 release: no skateboarding this year either.
Interview: Alex Rigopulos
Harmonix's boss on the past, present and future of the music genre he helped to create.
Guitar Hero Review
This is a game that you can play sitting down, but you won't. Not once.