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Guitar Hero franchise set to take on iTunes with online music platform



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GUITAR Hero, the play-along console game, is set to develop an online music platform to rival iTunes.
The game’s maker Activision Blizzard, said an online platform was the “natural evolution” of a franchise that has sold nearly 20 million units and generated more than £506m in revenues.

Bobby Kotick, chief executive of Activision, said: “I don’t think there have been a lot of credible alternatives to iTunes, but Guitar Hero certainly has the potential.”

Activision and Vivendi completed a merger yesterday.





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  • Last Updated: 11 July 2008 9:22 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
 

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