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After Harmonix Exit, MTV Games Shuts its Doors

MTV Games has closed its doors following the sale of Harmonix to investment firm Columbus Nova. The Harmonix sale came in response to disappointing sales of Rock Band 3, but while Harmonix wil continue to do what they do best, MTV Games will cease to be.

The MTV Games offices are currently housing a skeleton crew of financial staff taking care of the remaining paperwork, but otherwise both the New York offices and international offices are kaput.

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Joe Donato

Video games became an amazing, artful, interactive story-driven medium for me right around when I played Panzer Dragoon Saga on Sega Saturn. Ever since then, I've wanted to be a part of this industry. Somewhere along the line I, possibly foolishly, decided I'd rather write about them than actually make them. So here I am.

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