FriskyTanuki
08-18-2006, 02:20 AM
http://www.gamespot.com/news/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=24908123&sid=6156005
When Activision shelled out (http://www.gamespot.com/news/6155614.html) nearly $100 million for RedOctane, the studio behind Guitar Hero, many industry watchers thought the publisher was off its rocker. However, if a report on Joystiq is to be believed, Activision may just be doing a lot of rocking.
Joystiq cites an anonymous source as saying that there are "potentially" four more Guitar Hero games on the way, with Guitar Hero: World Tour, Guitar Hero: Encore, Guitar Hero: Axe Grinder among the options.
Guitar Hero II is due out later this year, and Eurogamer previously reported (http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=63136) that RedOctane CEO Kelly Sumner told MCV that "five or six" GH games could be available by mid-2007. (Activision has not announced any Guitar Hero game beyond Guitar Hero II.) Also a possibility for the popular franchise is the option to download songs for a price, and execs love microtransactions, especially Activision, which recently took (http://www.gamespot.com/news/6155241.html) in $1 million in Call of Duty 2 downloads.
Given that developing a Guitar Hero game isn't as much of a strain as an art-intensive action/adventure game or a first-person shooter, pushing out a few Guitar Hero games in a single year isn't out of the realm of possibility. Several games in a year would also give RedOctane the chance to dedicate different editions to different musical genres--think Guitar Hero Country, Guitar Hero Speed Metal, Guitar Hero Top 40 Garbage.
I know this kind of stuff was hinted in the original announcement of more sequels that could possibly be genre-specific. I can't wait to see more on these, though I'm still waiting for the rest of the song list for GHII.
When Activision shelled out (http://www.gamespot.com/news/6155614.html) nearly $100 million for RedOctane, the studio behind Guitar Hero, many industry watchers thought the publisher was off its rocker. However, if a report on Joystiq is to be believed, Activision may just be doing a lot of rocking.
Joystiq cites an anonymous source as saying that there are "potentially" four more Guitar Hero games on the way, with Guitar Hero: World Tour, Guitar Hero: Encore, Guitar Hero: Axe Grinder among the options.
Guitar Hero II is due out later this year, and Eurogamer previously reported (http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=63136) that RedOctane CEO Kelly Sumner told MCV that "five or six" GH games could be available by mid-2007. (Activision has not announced any Guitar Hero game beyond Guitar Hero II.) Also a possibility for the popular franchise is the option to download songs for a price, and execs love microtransactions, especially Activision, which recently took (http://www.gamespot.com/news/6155241.html) in $1 million in Call of Duty 2 downloads.
Given that developing a Guitar Hero game isn't as much of a strain as an art-intensive action/adventure game or a first-person shooter, pushing out a few Guitar Hero games in a single year isn't out of the realm of possibility. Several games in a year would also give RedOctane the chance to dedicate different editions to different musical genres--think Guitar Hero Country, Guitar Hero Speed Metal, Guitar Hero Top 40 Garbage.
I know this kind of stuff was hinted in the original announcement of more sequels that could possibly be genre-specific. I can't wait to see more on these, though I'm still waiting for the rest of the song list for GHII.