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 immediately, with a acknowledged deal with “advancing the rhythm recreation style.”
If RedOctane conjures reminiscences 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 Techniques) that introduced Guitar Hero to the world. In line with the studio’s press launch, the brand new RedOctane Video games may 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 be on the helm as studio head.
“Rhythm video games are about extra than simply gameplay they’re about really feel, stream, and connection to the music and to one another,” mentioned Ebejer in an announcement. “RedOctane Video games is our method of giving again to a style meaning a lot to us, whereas pushing it ahead in new and thrilling instructions.”
RedOctane Video games is outwardly already underway with its rhythm-focused targets, because the crew has already gone by pre-production and entered manufacturing on its debut rhythm-based recreation, which can be introduced later this 12 months.
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.
