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The crisis has hit the most painted and raised Activision reduction studies after leaving the Guitar Hero and True Crime.

7 Studios was bought there for 2009 to help the company Freestyle Games in the supply of DJ Hero and Guitar Hero in the title.

The iPhone platform would be another platform where there would come if he had not confirmed a project quite bitter end to one of the culprits, Harmonix.

With 500 employees laid off are added to 7 Studios who are seeking a new place to get out of this institutional crisis that face their company.

The Staff can take your project to other studies that can take forward the various parts and dispense with Activision, which has cut company costs.

Guitar Hero told us goodbye yesterday after good years on consoles such as Wii, Xbox 360 and PS3, with many deliveries as ABC.

The Spanish Association of Internet gamblers (AEDAPI) states that the online gaming industry generated revenues of 315 million Euros in 2010, representing an increase of 19% compared to 2009 and predict a gradual increase by 20%. In Spain, the volume of active players to reach 370 000.

If you look for sectors, sports betting are the ones that have generated more revenue, reaching 110 million Euros, representing an increase of 21% compared to 2009. It closely follows the poker, which grew 26%, generating 85 million Euros. In a lower position are gambling, casino and skill, which together combined 120 million Euros, marking a rise of 14%

370 000 Current active users who are members of the online gaming sector in Spain represent an increase of 33% and the communities that gather more players are: Madrid, Catalonia, Andalucía, Valencia and Castillo y León.

These results are highly positive face to the debate currently taking place in the country referred to the bill proposing a tax on volume, modality, according to AEDAPI would be very detrimental to the industry.

Sasha Michaud, President of the AEDAPI, said: “We are proud to show results as strong as those cited here. These figures show a steady growth of 20% in industry profits which stands for that we are in a sector with future projection.