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 Group. The revived studio is being headed up by Simon Ebejer, the production director on numerous Guitar Hero games developed by Neversoft, and also has original RedOctane founder Charles and Kai Huang on board as advisors.
The "small but passionate studio" is made up of "creators and developers who helped create and scale Guitar Hero and DJ Hero nearly two decades ago," the press blast says, "as well as proven emerging development talent and community leaders from across today’s rhythm gaming space."
