Rhythm game vets revive RedOctane Games, new rhythm game on the way

OG Guitar Hero developer, RedOctane Games, is getting revived by vets in the rhythm game space. While the founders aren’t involved in tech side, Charles and Kai Huang are on board as advisors.

RedOctane will be spearheaded by Simon Ebejer, who served as the production director for different Guitar Hero titles during his time at Neversoft. It also has other Guitar Hero and rhythm game vets, hopefully making a studio full of people who will provide an experience that fans miss nowadays, as the wider rhythm genre kinda hasn’t been the same since GH left the scene.

RedOctane already has a new game in pre-production, which it says will be revealed later in the year. Oh and for the record, the studio is under Embracer Group’s Freemode.

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Gabe has been a gamer since he was young, playing games like Pajama Sam, Freddi Fish, Guitar Hero, and whatever looked cool on GameFly. Ever since 2018, he's been infatuated with the inner workings of the gaming and entertainment industries, covering a wide range of topics from video games to TV and film. Starting as a contributor for PSX Extreme, he's worked his way up to its Managing Editor. Using what's he learned over the years, he founded Smash Jump to remind everyone to smash jump.