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Speaking to Next-Gen.Biz, Kai Huang, president and co-founder of Guitar Hero publisher RedOctane, has said that new ‘Hero’ titles featuring other instruments are very likely. “The next logical step within this category is to make other music instrument-based games,” said Huang. “What most people have been asking for and would want next are products that we’re likely already working on.“
Fans of the guitar needn’t fret as RedOctane has plenty more in store. Huang reassuringly said that his company will continue to build on Guitar Hero, the first step being the release of Guitar Hero II later this year. There’s also talk of releasing a range of higher-end guitars.
“What we are investigating is the possibility of doing additional guitars, not only in different colours, but potentially shapes, and higher-end guitars that might be more closely aligned with a real guitar, rather than the current Guitar Hero guitar,” said Huang.
Speaking of the next-gen consoles, Huang said: “As far as games like Guitar Hero and other music games that we have in the pipeline are concerned, I think there are going to be significant changes to the gameplay.” One such change appears to be the inclusion of online functionality. “Online is definitely going to be a huge component of what we’re planning, added Huang, “whether that’s downloading new music or characters or skins or online play features, those are the things that are really going to be the major changes for next-gen.“
