Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Spec Ops: The Line" in English language version.
The licenses referenced likely have to do with the game's music. During The Line's menu screen, Jimi Hendrix's rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner" can be heard while the game's soundtrack includes Martha and The Vandellas' "Nowhere to Run."
Dyer, now a games writer himself, and some of the developers who made the game believe its fingerprints still exist in the industry today. It stayed in the cultural conversation for more than a decade. Now, it's gone. The reason for its disappearance? A licensing issue. Publisher 2K confirmed that several of those partnerships, likely ones related to music in the game, have expired. The Line isn't coming back—and there are worries its cultural impact may disappear too.
