Green Throttle Games was co-founded by Charles Huang, co-creator of the legendary Guitar Hero video game franchise, and mobile industry veterans Matt Crowley, former Palm and Nokia product lead, and Karl Townsend, lead engineer for the first two generations of the Palm Pilot.

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Like Y-Combinator, TechStars and other U.S. incubators, Innovation Works attracts top entrepreneurs and engineering talent with seed funding, office space and high-profile mentoring from the likes of Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang and Guitar Hero founders Kai and Charles Huang.

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In case you haven't been following the virtual rock and roll scene lately, videogame publisher Red Octane recently revealed that there would be no wireless ax for the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero II -- even though owners of a "last-gen" console, PlayStation 2, will be able to jam out sans tether.

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Once one of the best selling series on consoles and a pop culture staple, Activision is now killing the once-great franchise Guitar Hero.

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And you - it's like "Guitar Hero" in Iraq.

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This year, Activision's in-house studio Vicarious Visions (known for working on powerhouses like Guitar Hero and Tony Hawk Pro Skater previously) is taking the series in another direction, keeping original Skylanders, the second game's Giants, and adding a new twist in swappable characters.

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