Owned by Konami...

"Press Release

October 18, 2006


Konami Corporation, developer of the Dance Dance Revolution(R) video dance game, and Roxor Games, Inc., developer of In The Groove(R) dance games, today announced the mutual settlement of the litigation between the parties in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Texas. Under the terms of the settlement, Konami has acquired the intellectual property rights to the In The Groove(R) dance game franchise. It was further agreed as a part of the settlement that Roxor would respect Konami?s intellectual property rights.


About Konami Corporation


Konami Corporation is leading developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties, specializing in the home video game market. Konami Corporation's action and adventure titles include the popular franchises Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill, and Castlevania , among other top sellers. The latest information about Konami can be found on the Web at www.konami.com. Konami Corporation is a publicly traded company based in Tokyo, Japan with subsidiary offices, Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. in the US and Konami of Europe in Frankfurt, Germany. Konami Corporation, the parent company of Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. is traded in the United States on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol KNM (NYSE: KNM).


About Roxor Games, Inc.


Roxor Games, Inc. is an independent developer of entertainment software for arcade, home console, and PC/Mac. A true garage startup, Roxor has grown from the original efforts of the two founders into a twenty-five person company selling video games worldwide. We owe our success to our fans and look forward to the continued production of new, exciting games, communities, and tournaments. Current information about new products may be found at http://www.roxorgames.com."

This happened because Roxor when creating ITG fooled arcades into buying it not by it being just a good product... but by telling them it was "the next DDR version" (then Konami hadn't made a DDR arcade game in years)

So now ITG 3, ITG2 CS (which I have a beta of) and all things ITG hang in the balance... most doubt Konami will do anything with their ownership of the series and just kill it off and continue DDR.

I wouldn't be surprised to see them implement certain elements. Rolling Freezes and Mines, since they now have the direct source code for it. I also wouldn't be surprised to see them use some of the step creators as well, but yeah I imagine for the most part, DDR will live on with few changes and ITG will die off.