Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A British writer who specializes in indie gaming. RedOctane Games — the company behind Guitar Hero — is back. Well, sort of — ...
Speaking at the April 8 MI6 marketing conference in San Francisco, RedOctane co-founder Kai Huang assured a crowd of marketing types and industry professionals that rhythm games (like his company'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 ...
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 ...
Livermore, CA, Aug. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aug 6, 2025 – A fresh beat is about to drop in the world of music rhythm games. Today marks the official launch of RedOctane Games, a small but ...
RedOctane Games, a new studio within Embracer Freemode founded by veterans of the rhythm game world, has announced its establishment. It is focused “solely on advancing the rhythm game genre, ...
15 years after being shuttered by Activision, original Guitar Hero publisher RedOctane is back, with the slightly changed name of RedOctane Games and now a part of catastrophe conglomerate Embracer ...
The publisher behind the original Guitar Hero games is back. RedOctane Games is returning as a small studio consisting of former Guitar Hero and DJ Hero developers. RedOctane Games is made up of ...
Ah, RedOctane. A name synonymous with the not-so-distant past when your living room wasn’t just where you binged “The Office” for the fifth time, but also your personal concert stage. It was a time ...
SUNNYVALE, Calif., September 27, 2006 - Guitar Hero II is going to be rocking a new stage! RedOctane® announced today that the Guitar Hero crew will bring their award-winning tour to the Xbox 360 ...
In one of those “modern” trailers that simply pull clips from around the web, interspersed with headline screenshots or social media posts, RedOctane is making a comeback. Sort of. While I refuse to ...
Malcolm loves games. Be they trading card games like Magic: the Gathering or Yu-Gi-Oh, or tabletop wargames like Heroscape and Warhammer 40K, Malcolm's got a firm passion for all things interactive.