{"id":2302736,"date":"2026-02-27T08:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T08:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2302736"},"modified":"2026-02-27T08:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T08:58:09","slug":"redoctane-announces-stage-tour-a-brand-new-music-game-with-serious-guitar-hero-vibes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/redoctane-announces-stage-tour-a-brand-new-music-game-with-serious-guitar-hero-vibes\/","title":{"rendered":"RedOctane Announces Stage Tour, A Brand-New Music Game With Serious Guitar Hero Vibes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div _ngcontent-sc162=\"\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<div _ngcontent-sc162=\"\">\n<p>Publisher RedOctane Games LLC has just revealed <em>Stage Tour<\/em>, the latest spiritual successor to the <strong><em>Guitar Hero<\/em><\/strong> series. Once a staple in households in the mid-to-late 2000s, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/tag\/guitar-hero\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Guitar Hero<\/em><\/a> was a rhythm game in which players used instrument peripherals to play along to rock music. At the height of its popularity, <em>Guitar Hero<\/em> was a cultural phenomenon, with its third title, 2007\u2019s <em>Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock<\/em>, becoming the first video game to earn over $1 billion in revenue.<\/p>\n<p>Just as quickly as the franchise grew in popularity, though, it fell, as market over-saturation of rhythm games between the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/guitar-hero-vs-rock-band-best-rhythm-game\/\" target=\"_blank\">competing <em>Guitar Hero<\/em> and <em>Rock Band<\/em> franchises<\/a> in 2009 led to the franchise\u2019s cancellation in 2011. Publisher Activision attempted to revive the franchise in 2015 with <em>Guitar Hero Live<\/em>, 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 <em>Clone Hero<\/em> and <em>Yet Another Rhythm Game<\/em> have earned noteworthy cult followings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><app-advertisement _ngcontent-sc162=\"\" _nghost-sc132=\"\"\/><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><\/p>\n<div _ngcontent-sc162=\"\">\n<p>The return of the Guitar Hero franchise is being teased, but an unfortunate issue with a new game&#8217;s announcement is frustrating fans.<\/p>\n<p>As&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/new-games-like-guitar-hero-stage-tour\/\">See full article at Game Rant <i class=\"far fa-external-link\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!----><!----><!----><app-advertisement _ngcontent-sc162=\"\" _nghost-sc132=\"\"\/><!----><app-advertisement _ngcontent-sc162=\"\" _nghost-sc132=\"\"\/><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><\/div>\n<p><script async=\"\" defer=\"\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source opencritic.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Publisher RedOctane Games LLC has just revealed Stage Tour, the latest spiritual successor to the Guitar Hero series. 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