R.I.P. Guitar Hero

So as some of you may have heard, Guitar Hero is being put down to rest by Activision. Sure, after Harmonix left and started their own Rock Band series, the amount of these start-your-own-band music games surged. The oversaturation at this point has definitely hurt the series as there was not innovation in gameplay as much as getting different groups to join in.

There is a timeline of the Guitar Hero series (click to expand):

It's pretty damn crazy how many games came out in a short period of time eh?

What this decision goes to show is that Activision can and will make big decisions on some of its major labels. For those that do not know, Activision is the largest publisher behind EA right now. They own Blizzard (and all of its billion dollar franchises), Call of Duty, and many others.

Some people dislike their practice of aggressively buying out companies for profit. The aggressive commercialization of Starcraft 2 might have been at their hands but one never knows. Right now they want to take over Take 2 Interactive, the company that is famous for their GTA series. If they do indeed complete this take over, Activision might just surpass EA in size. EA had tried to buy out Take 2 before but the developers strongly resisted.

Crazy stuff. Bet y'all didn't know that the video game industry was this cutthroat eh?