Guitar Hero, Call Of Duty | featured news

I'm excited for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. I truly am. In fact, in the arbitrary Battlefield 3 vs. Modern Warfare 3 debate, I can sincerely say I currently reside in the Modern Warfare camp. That being said, provided the technology behind Battlefield 3, Call of Duty is finally at risk of losing their dominance in the shooter market. Combined with the over-saturation of the sequels (yearly releases since 2005), Call of Duty is at risk of joining other Activision franchises that were bled dry, such as Guitar Hero and Tony Hawk.

The Guitar Hero franchise is finished. Or at least, it’s retiring, without much hope of a reunion tour. Activision Blizzard just released their latest investor report, and nestled in the fine print — underneath excessive fist-pumping for the monstrously successful World of Warcraft and Call of Duty franchises — you find the epitaph for one of the most influential series in videogame history: “Due to continued declines in the music genre, the company will disband Activision Publishing’s Guitar Hero business unit and discontinue development on its Guitar Hero game for 2011.”