Activision kills Guitar Hero, True Crime, and lays off DJ Hero Devs

The music/rhythm genre had been dying for quite a while, but who knew that the Guitar Hero franchise would get the nail in the coffin. Activision has stated that "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." Ouch....

That's not all! They have also canned the reboot of the True Crime franchise, under the working title of True Crime: Hong Kong that was set to release a while ago, but was pushed to release this year. Activision also states that "The company also will stop development on True Crime: Hong Kong. These decisions are based on the desire to focus on the greatest opportunities that the company currently has to create the world's best interactive entertainment experiences."

Freestyle Games, the studio behind the DJ Hero franchise, has also suffered from the ongoing announcements from Activision. Massive layoffs have begun due to the lack of sales in the same genre that Guitar Hero was in.

With news still coming in from Activision's announcements, GamerzItch will keep you posted.

Silicon Knights Working on X-Men: Destiny

Expecting Too Human 2? Well you may have to wait a bit longer, according to it's developers Silicon Knights the series is still planned to be a trilogy, but there is one project before that moves on. And this one involves more claws. Yes, according to Activision, Silicon Knights the acclaimed developers of games like Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain and Eternal Darkness will be taking control of the upcoming X-Men game.

In addition to this news IGN has released a reveal trailer which shows that the game will have a choice system. Possible alliances with evil mutants, nerd head exploding now. With New York Comic-Con starting this week we can hope for some more announcements sometime very soon.

So what do you think, Eternal Darkness is hands down one of the greatest games ever, Too Human kind of tanked though. Do you feel comfortable with Silicon Knights taking on the X-Men?