Guitar Hero business unit disbanded, True Crime: Hong Kong canceled, Tony Hawk on hold

True crime looked top notch in the screen shots too bad its not getting made. I dont really care about Guitar Hero unless they make Guitar Hero Nirvana and Tony Hawk is over IMO. EA Skate overshadowed it.

True crime is a top game. The scene they showed looked realyl good :(

activesion you can go and burn in hell fire

Well Atleast we have APB reloaded untill this gets bought....or untill activision crumbles and EA takes a dump on its face....No really....The only "People" buying Call of duty are 12 year olds thinking they are pro if they use the noob tubes all the time....AND IM CERTAINLY HOPING GUITAR HERO NEVER ROCKS AGAIN!

I was waiting for another TRUE CRIME for long and activision ruined it... I wish EA or another game company will buy true crime,honestly call of duty suck's who cares play black ops??? killzone 3,crysis2,halo reach and resistance are much better than call of duty

Wtf. Finally I get to see an open world set in an exotic land, the lighting, shops... they look so accurately Asian. And the hardwork the makers put in...just thrown out because this Hirshberg jerk doesn't approve? I'm dissapointed by this terrible company

i was really looking foward 2 geting my hands on a new true crimes game and this 1 was looking promising, i dont really think that activision really know what the gamers really want ? i mean really !

Well..This is rather disapointing,i was hoping to get some good gaming time from TC: hong kong and tony hawks aswell..damn you activision...just damn you...

Why did cod sell so well?

He says he canceled True Crime because it wasn't top-tier. Tell me this, why is "Dance Hero" a possible title? I don't get Activision. At all..

i am mad that true crime hong kong got cancelled i was looking forward to that game

It's a shame True Crime has been canceled.. the most appealing piece about that game was its locale as it would've been very refreshing.

Guitar Hero, True Crime: Hong Kong and the Tony Hawk series R.I.P....gamers around the world will all miss you. Screw Activision and their myopic decisions.

Why do games/titles get cancelled, it's because developers are afraid to take chances!! Just look at the game called "Stacked", it probably won't sell too many copies due to the fact that it's download only and it's a niche game; however, this shouldn't stop video-game designers, developers and companies from releasing quality titles year after year. Activision made a terrible mistake axing Guitar Hero and handcuffing TC: Hong Kong!

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Damn I can't believe this! I waiting and waiting and they just cancelling it damn I will never buy from Activision again I really like True Crime I played LA&NY and I waiting a lot of time for Hong Kong............. :( and after all the hard work like I saw in the trailers they cancelling it........shame! what about all the fans.

Classic Activision, they finally start making a decent looking game and then they cancel it just because it isn't part of series of games that hardly have any differences.

Damn! I was really looking forward to True Crime Hong Kong... I loved the last two ones! I wouldn't compare them to GTA, I think those games are different in their own way TC will be missed :/

Activision... I wonder that I'm still so shocked about this.

bastards cancelled True Crime Hong Kong, I been tracking that game for over a year. They're just going to stick with call of duty.

hmmm I finally know why I stop buy games from Activision BECAUSE THEY BLOWS

Now i realy hate Activision

i had to tell someone (just a few minutes ago) who was looking forward to True Crime Hong Kong that it was canceled........he was very bummed out about it. as am i.

i am not a fan of activision now, and i think the reason for the failure of guitar hero is that they released a new freaking game ever 6 weeks. It's called pacing! It's probably not even neversoft's fault but activision for pushing deadlines, and now they lay them off...just stupid

It's too bad, the first true crime was a really fun game. I would love to see rockstar buy that franchise and remake the game.

I was planning on heading to gamestop this weekend to reserve a copy of True Crime, I loved the first one...especially searching random people :(

See Activision... you fail!

Honestly, I can't say I didn't see this coming. Activision's Guitar Hero and DJ Hero were certainly good, but they didn't have that good of track lists. True Crime kinda stank the whole way through, and Tony Hawk has long bailed. Poor Activision...

I'am not a fan of either the music genre or true crimes: hong kong (didn't think the game looked good at all.) But i do agree Activision went around the music all the wrong way.. They could've milked the genre for years by releasing 2 games a year (similar to what they do with CoD) with solid songs and DLC support.. Honestly, i wouldn't be surprised if it was Koticks plan the whole time to drive the music genre into the ground. As for Tony Hawk.. That franchise has come and gone, with superior products like SKATE now on the market no one really needs tony hawk (tony hawk isn't really even that famous anymore) and its gimmicky gameplay.

I'm hoping this means Rock Band can survive. I do prefer it to GH, but all rivalry aside, with one stepping down there's more chance for the other to flourish. There shoud be room for at least one rhythm game on the market and RB is getting pretty innovative with it's new pro mode.

In a related story, Activision is now changing its name to "The Call of Duty Company."

Wait.... Not Blizzard!

Good news. Activision deserve to die.

Man, that's weak. I thought TC looked good.

True Crime just isn't good enough? ARE YOU NUTS!?!? You really wonder why people pirate your games?

Didn't I just read a story about how there is a slew of Hollywood talent being hired for some new (and in my opinion, terrible) Spyro game? Oh yeah, I did...

lol think of all the sales rock band will get

With Activision flooding so many games of a franchise in the market, how can each of them be expected to make money. If this policy of Activision continues, soon the only franchise that they'll be left with will be the Call of Duty series. Also, I believe I had seen a video of True Crime in action on Today On The Spot and I thought it looked pretty good enough - in fact good enough to be considered finished and ready for release. Wonder why that got canceled !!!

I was seriously going to get True Crime: HK day one. Now, I am sad.

Gosh... I was hoping to get my hands on True Crimes.

If i see Hirshberg ill woop his bottom :@ how could he say such thing about TRUE CRIME the most epic game seen after GTA IV and Call of Duty. That game is made to be an equal to GTA IV + some parkour game + GODDAMN MMA, alwso the main charecter is a friggin crazy chinese cop that does kung fu. And now u should understand why i want to woop his bottom

I hope Activision puts the True Crim ip on sale and someone picks it up, it looked like it had potential.

next step is kicking aspyr i think lol :D

Next stop on the chopping block? Call of Duty

yay no more song-spamming at xboxlive

They should have scaled back GH and not just canned it. How can they cancel True Crime: Hong Kong (It was almost finished right?) yet keep Tony Hawk but I'm sure they'll do something innovative with that

No one should be surprised, that's what happens when you milk the bejeesus out of one idea with two dozen crappy games. The rock band guys have the right idea.

I am actually glad Guitar Hero is done. It was way too much to keep up with and the DLC was horrible for the most part. Rock Band has always had more of a real feel to the instruments while Guitar Hero was more arcade-like. I found Warriors of Rock kind of pointless. There is no need to have all these special powers and being able to get 40 stars on every song on expert no matter how good or bad you are at the game. Now they just need to release all of the songs from GH to RB that aren't in RB already.