Original Guitar Hero Developer Unveils World Domination Plan
Harmonix working on a ‘different, bigger and more ambitious project’
Since Activision decided to switch Guitar Hero development duties from original team at Harmonix over to the Tony Hawk’s guys over at Neversoft, one question has been on many GH fan’s lips – ‘what are Harmonix doing since they were bought out by MTV last year for a cool $175 million?”
"Harmonix's technology allows everyone to pursue their rock and roll fantasies, even people like me, with more musical ambition than actual talent," MTV president Christina Norman announced back in September, following the signing of that deal.
While we are fairly certain that Neversoft will be able to do a competent job with the Guitar Hero series, we have to say that we are far more intrigued by what will eventually come out of the Harmonix/MTV partnership.
In an interview with Gamasutra Harmonix producer, Daniel Sussman, stated: "Here's the official line: Harmonix can confirm that we are not developing Guitar Hero 3… We are instead working on a different music game project, one that is a bigger and more ambitious endeavour than we felt we could pursue within the bounds of the Guitar Hero franchise."
That, in a round-about, ‘being democratic’ way, is fighting talk.
Guitar Hero II for Xbox 360 launches later in March. We'll continue to bring you the latest updates on that title as we get them.
Let us know how you think Harmonix’s forthcoming music-creation mega-game might pan out. Or at least, how you hope it will!
"Harmonix's technology allows everyone to pursue their rock and roll fantasies, even people like me, with more musical ambition than actual talent," MTV president Christina Norman announced back in September, following the signing of that deal.
While we are fairly certain that Neversoft will be able to do a competent job with the Guitar Hero series, we have to say that we are far more intrigued by what will eventually come out of the Harmonix/MTV partnership.
In an interview with Gamasutra Harmonix producer, Daniel Sussman, stated: "Here's the official line: Harmonix can confirm that we are not developing Guitar Hero 3… We are instead working on a different music game project, one that is a bigger and more ambitious endeavour than we felt we could pursue within the bounds of the Guitar Hero franchise."
That, in a round-about, ‘being democratic’ way, is fighting talk.
Guitar Hero II for Xbox 360 launches later in March. We'll continue to bring you the latest updates on that title as we get them.
Let us know how you think Harmonix’s forthcoming music-creation mega-game might pan out. Or at least, how you hope it will!
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Comments
Joji 23 Jan 2007 14:16
1/2
Very dubious news. An MTV buy out sounds like its gonna have Harmonix chained to the bemani/rhythm music genre. Bad news for any creative people who work there but a good potential pay day.
Don't see MTV pushing any FPS or adventure games at all. Anything they do will have to involve popular music. Recipe for disaster? We'll see soon.
Don't see MTV pushing any FPS or adventure games at all. Anything they do will have to involve popular music. Recipe for disaster? We'll see soon.
realvictory 23 Jan 2007 15:29
2/2
I don't care - there are plenty of dull FPS games, that my friends don't want to play with me - I'd prefer more guitar games.
It would be quite good maybe if they made a game that had 4 people playing at the same time in a band, or maybe there could be real (virtual) musicians in a game as opposed to generic characters, and real songs, not covers.
It would be quite good maybe if they made a game that had 4 people playing at the same time in a band, or maybe there could be real (virtual) musicians in a game as opposed to generic characters, and real songs, not covers.