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    Steve Watts posted a new article, Activision talks Bizarre closure, cancellations.

    Activision's Eric Hirshberg talks frankly about the closure of Bizarre creations, the cancellation of True Crime: Hong Kong, and what the company wants from a Guitar Hero revival.
    Jun 23, 2011 9:00am PDT
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    Steve Watts posted a new article, Activision talks Bizarre closure, cancellations.

    Activision's Eric Hirshberg talks frankly about the closure of Bizarre creations, the cancellation of True Crime: Hong Kong, and what the company wants from a Guitar Hero revival. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      I like the part where he says Blur "was a big investment in marketing". : Haxim
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        Yup. They had that shitty "big boy's mario kart" ad and that's it, it was an utterly dreadful campaign an... : nodeThis person is cool!
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          Well just because it was terrible and didn't work doesn't mean they didn't invest a ton of resource and c... : theghostofsmdever
          • You mean they didn't know it was mario kart with real cars, when everybody knew? Shoulda known better. : Xulu
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      that has to be the lamest excuse i have ever seen. "We just didn't think that was the best place for us ... : ppetty
      • There were some interviews months ago with the founders of Bizarre, and they mentioned how getting taken ... : the archvileThis person is cool!
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      Awww, I loved Blur. I thought it was fun. : Rice-RocketeerThis person is cool!
      • The times I played Blur with shackers after it came out was awesome. 20 players all driving around rammin... : kikilupoThis person is cool!
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      Oh dear fucking god, I thought that said "Blizzard closure". : Ambient80
      • hehe, me 2.. had to re-read the article just in case, wouldn't had made any sense :P : ClawHammR
      • +1 for a second here :) : Don Soleone
      • Yup but my immediate thought was "Activision's fucked". : Moonbase Commander
    • Repost: http://vimeo.com/20084659 So poignant : Sailor of Fortune
    • I was looking forward to True Crime: Hong Kong : ( : shirif
    • "What we couldn't afford to continue doing was putting out iterative improvements of the same idea becaus... : radioactivez0r