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Title: RedOctane relaunches and will continue to make new rhythm games

Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2025 21:18:16 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/gaming/redoctane-rel...

RedOctane Games is back and ready to make more rhythm games. The studio
announced its re-launch today and said it is already in production on its
first title. Charles and Kai Huang, who co-founded the original RedOctane
back in 1999 and launched the Guitar Hero franchise, will serve on a special
advisory board for the new company. The first RedOctane was acquired by
Activision in 2006 and shuttered in 2010.

The team is small, but it has some heavy-hitters from the rhythm game world.
Its head of studio is Simon Ebejer, who was the production director for
multiple Guitar Hero games, and many of its employees worked on Guitar Hero
and DJ Hero. RedOctane will operate within parent company Embracer Freemode,
which also houses CRKD, a gaming accessory company that also has history in
rhythm games.

There are some interesting competitors to this revived RedOctane on the
market, such as Clone Hero and Fortnight Festival, not to mention legions of
arcade titles. It should be exciting to see what new ideas RedOctane will
bring to the party.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/redoctane-rel...
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