RedOctane Axed by Activison

RedOctane Axed by Activision

Activision recently announced that they would be making some cuts, and as it turns out, among these cuts will be the creators of the popular rhythm based game Guitar Hero, namely RedOctane.

RedOctane is best known for being the publisher of Guitar Hero 1 and 2, and was acquired by Activision in the first quarter of 2006. Though this is just another blow to the gaming community handed down by our economic woes, only 30-40 RedOctane Employees will loose their job, those who worked specifically to design the iconic plastic guitar hardware will keep their jobs.

In Activision’s fourth quarter results conference call a couple of days ago, they announced that the company plans on drastically reducing the number of Guitar Hero SKUs by 15 in 2010. That, meshed with the staff cuts over at Neversoft might have hinted at these horrible events.