In the mid-00s, it was almost impossible to escape the popularity of Guitar Hero. Released in 2005, Harmonix and RedOctane’s guitar-based rhythm game is considered one of the most influential games of ...

Gabriel has been playing games since he was a kid. Loves most RPG games, platformers, and innovative indie games, and can talk for hours about how the first Fallout is the greatest game ever. He ...

RedOctane is a name that should sound familiar to anyone who was a fan of Guitar Hero, DJ Hero, and other spinoffs of the musical rhythm game genre. The studio and brand had been defunct for quite ...

This isn’t a dry attempt to cash in on nostalgia with a soulless clone or rehash of Guitar Hero. According to RedOctane, their upcoming game won’t be Guitar Hero, DJ Hero, or Rock Band. Instead, it’s ...

RedOctane lives. Following the 2006 Activision buyout and the 2010 shutdown, the Guitar Hero publisher has returned to the world under the name RedOctane Games, and they intend to build exactly what ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook 20 years ago today, Guitar Hero shook the gaming world and became an overnight sensation. While it ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook RedOctane’s goal is to help breathe new life into the rhythm game genre, “combining the past with ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – This month marks the 20th anniversary of the very first “Guitar Hero” video game, which was initially released for the PlayStation 2 in North America on November 8, 2005.