{"id":89815,"date":"2016-04-26T10:22:12","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T08:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=89815"},"modified":"2016-04-26T10:23:18","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T08:23:18","slug":"heres-what-the-guitar-hero-mmo-would-have-looked-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/89815-heres-what-the-guitar-hero-mmo-would-have-looked-like","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s what the Guitar Hero MMO would have looked like"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Footage has surfaced of a cancelled music MMO &#8211; Hero World, that <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/270572\/Report_This_is_what_Activisions_cancelled_Guitar_Hero_MMO_looked_like.php\" target=\"_blank\">would have linked<\/a><\/strong> the Guitar Hero and DJ Hero franchises.<\/p>\n<p>Youtuber Liam Robertson published footage of the cancelled game to the Unseen64 channel.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Roberston claims the project was formulated by\u00a0DJ Hero\/Guitar Hero<em>\u00a0<\/em>developer FreeStyle Games following the 2010 release of\u00a0<em>DJ Hero 2,\u00a0<\/em>successfully pitched to Activision, and ultimately given to defunct Dutch developer Virtual Fairground to build using the studio&#8217;s Flash-based browser MMO engine <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/pressreleases\/60939\/Virtual_Fairground_Launches_Engine_for_3D_Flashbased_MMOGames_and_Virtual_Worlds.php\" target=\"_blank\">The Ride<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Hero World\u00a0<\/em>was being designed as a persistent MMORPG with an accompanying Facebook game, but was reportedly cancelled by Activision in early 2011 as part of a widespread <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/32946\/Activision_Dissolves_Guitar_Hero_Business_Refocuses_On_Digital.php\" target=\"_blank\">culling of\u00a0Hero<em>\u00a0<\/em>game projects<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>No mention was made as to how Robertson obtained the footage. 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