The once hugely successful Guitar Hero franchise may return from what Activision says is just a hiatus”.
The series was presumed dead, yet an Activision executive claims the publisher is not ending it”.
"We’re releasing products out of the vault,” said Activision developer relations VP Dan Winters.
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