True Crime: Streets of LA Commentary. Should True Crime Hong Kong stay Canceled

Today Activision Blizzard announced that it will "disband Activision Publishing's Guitar Hero business unit" due to the declining interest in the music genre. The company has ceased development on its previously planned 2011 Guitar Hero game.

Additionally, Activision has stopped production on True Crime: Hong Kong. The future of the franchise is unknown. On an earnings call today, an Activision representative said True Crime had been canceled because it "just wasn't going to be good enough."

Although the Guitar Hero business unit at Activision is being shuttered, company executives left the door open for a return in the future, saying the brand would need to be "re-assessed" going forward.

The decision to scrap/halt these franchises was attributed to the "desire to focus on the greatest opportunities that the company currently has to create the world's best interactive entertainment experiences."

There are also rumors circulating via Twitter from a BioWare employee that Freestyle Games, the developer of DJ Hero, was also hit with layoffs. However, it's still unclear whether or not that franchise has also been dropped from Activision's lineup.

We have reached out to Activision for comment and will update this story as soon as we receive it.

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[ballin0504]

you sould turn down the volume of the gameplay so people can hear your commontry

and who ever owns true crime is gonna have 2 flag dis video haha

[coolnerdtv]

@ballin0504 Lol I know my bad check out my 2k11 commentary it was better than this one

[BiggBertz]

This game was pure gold, competition for gta at the time, short but alot of variety loved the soundtrack and snoop dogg mode, would like to of seen a modern update to this.

[coolnerdtv]

@BiggBertz Word I hope one day there is an HD remake of this and TC: Hong Kong comes out. Thanks for the comment!

[KingFreakAce]

@BiggBertz there is a new one now !!11!!! true crime hong kong

[dAbaPEsTA123]

GAME NOT CANCELED SQUARE ENIX BOUGHT THE RIGHTS TO THE GAME!!! but its guna b a different name

[JAWZ131]

How come i can pre ordre true crime Hong Kong from game and it is in the new playstation mag

[jackTKbrightside]

@IMaGiiCzxX how do you know ?

[IMaGiiCzxX]

True Crime Hong Kong Is NOT Cancelled.

[Feijoada1]

THe character models in this game animate better than a lot of PS3 games *couch Dragon Age*

[ajayjohnson2]

the only valid reason to cancell true crime hong kong would be to do a direct sequel to streets of la if not activision just lost all my respect u sell out bitches

[SolidWatcher]

@Snittioett dun shoot the CEO, torture the CEO

[KID5500]

i was gonna pre order it but it got cancelled :( at least i still have two copies of streets of la and one copy of nyc

[DriftxKingGTR]

thanx a lot for this video man. much respect. oh man it brings back memories