Hero World, The Guitar Hero MMO That Almost Happened

According to Liam Robertson (a Unseen 64 contributor) claims and spoken with developers on the now-canceled project know as Hero World. The game set to be a browser based tie in MMO for the Guitar Hero series. Robertson says the concept was conceived by Freestyle Games (DJ Hero, Guitar Hero Live), but it was a tad too ambitious for the British studio. So they brought in Virtual Fairground, as the company had an existing engine from a similar project that would fit Freestyle's idea. Unfortunately for Virtual Fairground, Activision killed off the Guitar Hero series in 2011 after they over saturated the market with 14 Hero games in only 5 years. Virtual Fairground was forced to file for bankruptcy in 2011. It’s a shame for what could have been. A Guitar Hero MMO sounds interesting to say the least and is definitely something different that the series needed. Those are my thought, what are yours?

World of Warcraft Subscribers Are Down To 5.5 Million

Activision Blizzard's has reveals World of Warcraft subscriber numbers have fallen to 5.5 million, down 100,000 from only 3 months ago. During its call with investors today, Activision Blizzard announced it will no longer report World of Warcraft subscription numbers going forward,  they will instead focus on other meaningful metrics, it unknown what those metrics will be. The MMO continues to see the number of players actively paying to play the game fall, hopefully some news at Blizzcon this week could help bring the number back up. Maybe will get some new news on the expansion, Legion and when it will release. What do you think of World of Warcraft continuing to losing subscribers ?

Gearbox's Battleborn Will Come Out In Early 2016

Gearbox's Battleborn will come out in early 2016. You will get a chance to play the title before it comes out, you will be able to when the open beta releases. There will be more details on the beta later this year. Battleborn comes out on February 9 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.

Warloads Of Draenor Causes World Of Warcraft To Pass 10 Million Subscribers

With the launch of the World of Warcraft expansion Warlords of Draenor, Blizzard has seen an increase in players for the MMO, which now totals more than 10 million subscribers. Within 24 hours of release over 3.3 million copies of Warlords of Draenor had been sold and the global subscriber passed the 10 million mark. World of Warcraft's peak subscriber count of 12 million was reached in 2010. Earlier this year, the subscriber count sat at 6.8 million for the MMO but began to increase in the lead up to launch of the expansion.