A number of veterans of rhythm gaming are getting the band again collectively within the type of RedOctane Video games. The brand new studio debuted as we speak, with a acknowledged deal with “advancing the rhythm recreation style.”
If RedOctane conjures recollections of plastic guitars for you, it ought to; RedOctane was the moniker for brothers Charles and Kai Huang’s rhythm recreation studio, one half of the partnership (alongside Harmonix Music Programs) that introduced Guitar Hero to the world. In line with the studio’s press launch, the brand new RedOctane Video games could have Charles and Kai Huang on a particular advisory board. Simon Ebejer, the manufacturing director on a number of Guitar Hero video games at Neversoft, can also be on the helm as studio head.
“Rhythm video games are about extra than simply gameplay they’re about really feel, movement, and connection to the music and to one another,” mentioned Ebejer in an announcement. “RedOctane Video games is our approach of giving again to a style which means a lot to us, whereas pushing it ahead in new and thrilling instructions.”
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RedOctane Video games is seemingly already underway with its rhythm-focused objectives, because the staff has already gone by pre-production and entered manufacturing on its debut rhythm-based recreation, which might be introduced later this yr.
The brand new RedOctane Video games exists inside Freemode, one of many Embracer Group’s subsidiaries, alongside the likes of Restricted Run Video games and Center-Earth Enterprises.
