maxpagels.com » activisionblizzard http://www.maxpagels.com Est. MMVIII Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:54:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Activision dissolves Guitar Hero business http://gamasutra.com/view/news/32946/Activision_Dissolves_Guitar_Hero_Business_Refocuses_On_Digital.php http://www.maxpagels.com/2011/02/10/activision-dissolves-guitar-hero-business/#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 17:20:49 +0000 Max Pagels http://www.maxpagels.com/?p=3431

The Guitar Hero series is finished, at least for now, with no game forthcoming for 2011 and its business unit to be disbanded, publisher Activision Blizzard announced today — citing declines in the music genre and a desire to focus on higher-margin opportunities in the online space.

The amount of Guitar Hero titles in the past few years have arguably saturated the market.

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]]> http://www.maxpagels.com/2010/04/06/modern-warfare-developer-loses-more-key-players/feed/ 0 IW not developing MW3? http://www.edge-online.com/news/infinity-ward-not-developing-modern-warfare-3-–-report http://www.maxpagels.com/2010/01/07/iw-not-developing-mw3/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:37:12 +0000 Max Pagels http://www.maxpagels.com/?p=1517 I’d have thought Treyarch would make this year’s Call of Duty followed by Modern Warfare 3 by Infinity Ward next year. But if this news turns out to be true, I’m not complaining – I’d love to see something new from IW.

]]> http://www.maxpagels.com/2010/01/07/iw-not-developing-mw3/feed/ 0 Yeah, that’s probably a bad idea http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=228470 http://www.maxpagels.com/2009/12/02/yeah-thats-probably-a-bad-idea/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:00:45 +0000 Max Pagels http://www.maxpagels.com/?p=1116

MMO developers trying to copy World of Warcraft is “definitely not the right move,” says Blizzard lead producer, Shane Dabiri.

While this should be blatantly clear to all developers, there are still some that are trying to replicate the WoW formula. Without luck.

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