RedOctane CEO: More music games coming
In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz,
RedOctane CEO Kelly Sumner revealed that the company's "got other products in development" in the music
genre.The former Take Two Interactive Europe CEO's statement that he "can't tell you what [these other products] are and when they're coming" would lead us to believe he's not talking about the Guitar Hero sequels (sorta like song expansion packs) already announced.
A rhythm line-up to rival Konami's Bemani brand, perhaps? This blogger would love something to take advantage of the RedOctane drum peripherals created for Namco's Taiko Drum Master, and it wouldn't be too hard for Harmonix to work up a karaoke game considering their work on Karaoke Revolution (unless licensing prevents it). Whatever the case, fans of music gaming would love to see what Sumner's got up his sleeve.
[Thanks, murph]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Steve @ Mar 29th 2006 12:17AM
TRIANGLE HERO!
obo @ Mar 29th 2006 12:18AM
Hell, why not put guitar, drum and voice games together into a band game? Talk about a party game, sheesh.
Steve @ Mar 29th 2006 12:18AM
TAMBOURINE HERO!
Steve @ Mar 29th 2006 12:20AM
no no no. SITAR HERO! (import only)
GameFam @ Mar 29th 2006 12:37AM
I've got a fever, and the only prescription... is COWBELL HERO!
Mark Felps @ Mar 29th 2006 1:05AM
Forget the HERO games. Harmonix are the same company that created the amazing Amplitude. I'm hoping for another Amplitude, with all new music. Guitar Hero is like Amplitude on Quaaludes.
beans @ Mar 29th 2006 1:24AM
two words: band hero. Kinda farfetched but with the ps3 allowing a lot of controllers per console, band hero would be awesome.
phipscube @ Mar 29th 2006 2:54AM
Kelly Sumner.... theres a blast from the past. That guy used to head Commodore UK in the early 90's. The hey days of the Amiga :)
http://www.amigau.com/aig/commphoto.html
MarkFitz @ Mar 29th 2006 9:30AM
Felps is right. Amplitude could quite easily be my fav PS2 game ever. It started with Frequency and was (Greatly) improved with Amplitude. WE WANT MORE!
Case @ Mar 29th 2006 12:03PM
"Believe me, Harmonix would LOVE to create a sequel to FreQ/Amp. But the franchise is owned by Sony, and they're simply not interested, either in funding a sequel or in selling the franchise back to us. It breaks our hearts, because there's so much potential left untapped there, but there's nothing we can do about it. Every single day we get impassioned emails from fans begging for a sequel. It's torture."
It's possible that Sony let it sit, and has now recently approached HMX about it to help launch the PS3, but doubtful.
ITG2 has already been confirmed, so it's probably not that... maybe RedOctane is publishing a game from a company other than HMX or Roxor...