Makers of Guitar Hero bought by MTV for $175 million

[SirFozzie]

Wonder if this means that Guitar Hero 2 will be cancelled and replaced by Pimp My Ride the Video Game, or "Road Rules/Real World Challenge Part 7521"

http://news.com.com/MTV+to+acquire+maker+of+music-oriented+games/2100-1026_3-6118414.html?tag=nefd.top

[stevew]

I thought they got sold to Activision last week? I gather that was a false story?

[stevew]

Activision buys 'Guitar Hero' maker
May 9, 2006 12:34 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES--Activision kicked off E3 by announcing Tuesday that it is buying Red Octane, maker of the huge hit "Guitar Hero."

The game, which tasks players with playing a toy guitar and keeping up with a rapid parade of notes--a la "Karaoke Revolution"--was a big surprise for Red Octane on the PlayStation 2 in 2005.

Now, as it prepares to release "Guitar Hero 2," Red Octane will have the substantial resources of the second-largest video game publisher in the world.
Posted by Daniel Terdiman

[SirFozzie]

Harmonix is the developer, Red Octane the publisher

[kingnebwsu]

Man, that sucks. Harmonix has made some awesome games including one of the karaoke games, Amplitude, Frequency, and Guitar Hero. Now I fear that all their games will be teh suck dood :(

[SackAttack]

Activision: "We chose...poorly."

Should've been spending that $100 million on Harmonix, not on the game's publisher. Oops.