Publisher RedOctane Games LLC has just revealed Stage Tour, the latest spiritual successor to the Guitar Hero series. Once a staple in households in the mid-to-late 2000s, Guitar Hero was a rhythm game in which players used instrument peripherals to play along to rock music. At the height of its popularity, Guitar Hero was a cultural phenomenon, with its third title, 2007’s Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock, becoming the first video game to earn over $1 billion in revenue.
Just as quickly as the franchise grew in popularity, though, it fell, as market over-saturation of rhythm games between the competing Guitar Hero and Rock Band franchises in 2009 led to the franchise’s cancellation in 2011. Publisher Activision attempted to revive the franchise in 2015 with Guitar Hero Live, but it was a financial failure that led to its developer, FreeStyleGames, being acquired by Ubisoft in 2017. Since then, the franchise has been on ice, although fan projects such as Clone Hero and Yet Another Rhythm Game have earned noteworthy cult followings.
The return of the Guitar Hero franchise is being teased, but an unfortunate issue with a new game’s announcement is frustrating fans.
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