"Guitar Hero" What went wrong?

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The premiere plastic guitar game just flamed out. Activision, beset by falling sales, has decided to shutter the division that created "Guitar Hero" and its sequels. RedOctane's "Guitar Hero" proved they were equally interested in shredding a plastic guitar. 

"Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock" made $1 billion on its own. Harmonix went on to publish the highly successful "Rock Band" franchise, which added drums, microphones and keyboards to the plastic guitar mix.

The holiday season was a disastrous one for the music game genre. MTV Games, which collaborated with Harmonix on "Rock Band," was shut down. "Guitar Heroes: Warriors of Rock," the sixth title in the series, received lackluster reviews and even more lackluster sales.

There are just too many games competing in the genre ("Band Hero" and "DJ Hero," anyone?), with too many pricey controllers. A "Warriors of Rock" guitar bundle will set you back $80.  Finally, of course, Activision isn't going to stop actually selling "Guitar Hero" titles any time soon. 

Activision has officially ceased development of future Guitar Hero and DJ Hero games. Citing decreased demand and interest for music-based games, Activision says it "cannot make these games profitable given the current market." Activision says the axing of its music game franchises was strictly business-based.  The popular music video game Guitar Hero is being axed by the company that publishes it after nearly six years.

Fourteen different versions of Guitar Hero have been released since its launch in 2005 including Guitar Hero World Tour and Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock with celebrity specials from Aerosmith, Metallica and Van Halen. The company says a new digital platform called Beachhead will now focus on the money-making Call of Duty franchise.

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Super Mario Towards 25 Years

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Super Mario, a game that was fun to play for all people, now do not feel the game has aged 25 years, an age that has grown up. In its development there is something unusual that is in the sales sector that is able to gain more members for the company Nintendo. Mario is probably the most famous video game character of all who ever lived.

Mario. Who does not know Mario? The curious thing is that the trio of characters-Mario, Donkey Kong and Pauline would not have been the protagonists of the game if Nintendo had done with the Popeye license, as Miyamoto's idea was to use the most commercial Popeye , Brutus and Olivia in a game almost identical.

The truth is that the game was very successful, selling for a while about 4000 machines per month and generating a profit of $ 280 million to Nintendo, so Miyamoto himself was commissioned to create a Game & Watch Donkey Kong, and later released a sequel in 1982, called Donkey Kog Jr., in which Mario was, first and only time in history, the main enemy of a game. Nintendo released Donkey Kong 3, but without Mario as the protagonist, and that after the success of the previous two games, Miyamoto had bigger plans for his character.

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“Bubble Ball” is Most Wanted Game on iTunes

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Bubble Ball Games on iPhone

The world's most frequently downloaded free iPhone application, an engrossing mini-video game called "Bubble Ball," is the creation of a 14-year-old boy who spent weeks developing it at a public library in Utah.

Eighth-grader Robert Nay, who also happens to be a young musical prodigy -- he plays piano, trumpet and mandolin -- said he was inspired by his enthusiasm for electronic games in general and his interest in tinkering with computers. "I played games that were similar to it. 

It appeared for download at the app store December 29," said his mother, Kari Nay. Robert first began working on his invention in November. Angry Birds, the hugely popular smart-phone game, has been toppled from its perch by Bubble Ball, a game designed by an eighth-grader.

The standard Angry Birds game still rules the roost among paid apps. Bubble Ball, a multi-level physics puzzle involving a bouncing ball and moveable ramp, was developed by 14-year-old Robert Nay of Spanish Fork, Utah. Good Morning America asked Nay if he planned to make another game. Channeling an experienced entrepreneur, Nay didn't blink: "It's secret for now." Bubble Ball is available for download at the App Store and Android Marketplace

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A Teenager Amazed us by Made Bubble Ball Games

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In part because Nay is so young. Then there's the fact that his app, Bubble Ball, is so freakishly popular. According to the All Things Digital blog, Nay's app -- a series of puzzles where players have to guide a ball through courses that they manipulate -- was downloaded a million times in its first two weeks.
(The paid version of "Angry Birds", which is the one most people will know, is still on top of the paid app chart at the Apple App Store, which serves iOS devices like the iPod).
In an interview with ABC News, Nay looked like a middle schooler's version of dapper. Corona's website explains the program this way:

All Things Digital, the Wall Street Journal blog network, offers details on Nay's background in computers and coding, which isn't deep (reminder: he's only 14)
"Although it's his first game, Nay has been into computers for some time, including Web programming and helping others with their computers. In the end, he settled on the Corona tools from Ansca Mobile. Google's App Inventor software has been compared to stacking Legos. It doesn't require coding knowledge. Corona -- check out its video demo here -- looks more complicated, and All Things Digital writes that Nay did author 4,000 lines of code to create Bubble Ball. That blog says Nay's mother helped her son by doing the "grown-up stuff" -- putting the app on iTunes, promoting it and drawing some of the layouts for Bubble Ball's levels. "Aside from excelling at school, Robert plays the piano, mandolin and trumpet. Some reviewers note that Nay's story factored into their decision to download Bubble Ball: "This game is pointless and stupid!!! Others didn't mention the 14-year-old at all, perhaps because the app's description does not advertise Nay or his youth.

Bubble Ball, a mini-video game, is the most downloaded free app for the iPhone this week.
Nay was inspired by his passions for electronic games and working with computers. Bubble Ball is Nay's first game; he published it under his web presence that's established as Nay Games.
The game is available on iTunes.

Next, Robert Nay plans to release a new game that he's currently working on.

The world's most frequently downloaded free iPhone application, an engrossing mini-video game called Bubble Ball, is the creation of a 14-year-old boy who spent weeks developing it at a public library in Utah.

Eighth-grader Robert Nay, who also happens to be a musical prodigy -- he plays piano, trumpet and mandolin -- said he was inspired by his enthusiasm for electronic games in general and his interest in tinkering with computers. "I played games that were similar to it. It appeared for download at the app store Dec. 29."

Robert first began working on his invention in November. 

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