Bizarre Creations closed down, Budcat too. Lucas Arts downsize as well.

[Maximus]

Originally Posted by BlackMamba

I believe Activision has quite a few flagship titles under its umbrella, especially after the acquisition of Blizzard.

You have it the wrong way around. Vivendi (owners of Blizzard) bought Activision. Activision have one mega IP, CoD, that is it. Once that is done (and it will, make no mistake) they have nothing left. They killed Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk, Bizarre, James Bond, everything they touch turns to shit.

[Trekkie313]

Originally Posted by Maximus

You have it the wrong way around. Vivendi (owners of Blizzard) bought Activision. Activision have one mega IP, CoD, that is it. Once that is done (and it will, make no mistake) they have nothing left. They killed Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk, Bizarre, James Bond, everything they touch turns to shit.

Guitar Hero is still good for me at least, unlike Rock Band which I hate.

[Maximus]

Originally Posted by Trekkie313

Guitar Hero is still good for me at least, unlike Rock Band which I hate.

The rhythm genre is dead now. The latest figures are pretty dire, GH sold less than 300k across all platforms WW in its first month and Neversoft have been shitbinned already.

[kingofgrills]

Originally Posted by Trekkie313

Guitar Hero is still good for me at least, unlike Rock Band which I hate.

You better buy a few extra copies of the latest Guitar Hero game then. So far it has only sold 300,000 total copies across all platforms. By music game standards (and Activision's) that's failure.

I'm saddened to hear Bizarre Creations has closed its doors. I've been a big fan of theirs since they first released Metropolis Street Racer on Dreamcast, which evolved into Project Gotham Racing on XBox.

[Terjyn]

Originally Posted by Trekkie313

Guitar Hero is still good for me at least, unlike Rock Band which I hate.

You hate Rock Band...why? Because squares are inferior to gems?

I've seen a lot of the people hating GH, because Rock Band's creators should own Guitar Hero but Activision bought the name without the talent, but I can't say as though I've ever seen the reverse.

[PA_Kid]

Originally Posted by Maximus

You have it the wrong way around. Vivendi (owners of Blizzard) bought Activision. Activision have one mega IP, CoD, that is it. Once that is done (and it will, make no mistake) they have nothing left. They killed Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk, Bizarre, James Bond, everything they touch turns to shit.

To be fair, High Moon made a pretty good game with War for Cybertron. It started with Activision and it was good. Maybe that's more to do with High Moon and Hasbro than Activision or maybe it'sthe exception that proves the rule, but not everything they touch turns to shit.

That said, I'd still dance a jig if someone shut 'em down or they had a regime change.