Red Octane founder and Guitar Hero creator, Kai Huang, is a savvy chap. He sold his idea to Activision for loads and loads of money, and now he's talking about Guitar Hero 6, Natal, and Kurt Cobain.
First up, Natal and GH6, Kai tells journalist Brier Dudley, "We haven't made any specific announcements of what we're doing with new technologies in Guitar Hero 6 and beyond, but one of the areas we're exploring certainly is camera technology and what you can do — track your movements and maybe have your characters on the screen do certain things you're doing, or personalize it more so it can look more like you on stage rather than just be an avatar.
"There are a lot of possibilities that technologies like Natal will bring, and we're definitely exploring those possibilities."
Can you say "Non-committal"?
So, what of the Kurt'n'Courtney'Nirvana dummy spits from earlier this year? Come on Kai, committ!
"We can't comment specifically because there's litigation going on, but at a general level we've been working with artists for the last four years with "Guitar Hero." As long as we can continue to work with artists to do that and put them into the game, that's what we'd love to do. It puts a level of realism and reality into the game we'd like to see."
Will he commit on anything? What about monthly subscriptions?
"That's definitely one of the things we would love to do. There are a lot of issues around music licensing. Consumers want it; I know I want it. We're trying to make that happen."
Pfft. Read the full interview over here.
First up, Natal and GH6, Kai tells journalist Brier Dudley, "We haven't made any specific announcements of what we're doing with new technologies in Guitar Hero 6 and beyond, but one of the areas we're exploring certainly is camera technology and what you can do — track your movements and maybe have your characters on the screen do certain things you're doing, or personalize it more so it can look more like you on stage rather than just be an avatar.
"There are a lot of possibilities that technologies like Natal will bring, and we're definitely exploring those possibilities."
Can you say "Non-committal"?
So, what of the Kurt'n'Courtney'Nirvana dummy spits from earlier this year? Come on Kai, committ!
"We can't comment specifically because there's litigation going on, but at a general level we've been working with artists for the last four years with "Guitar Hero." As long as we can continue to work with artists to do that and put them into the game, that's what we'd love to do. It puts a level of realism and reality into the game we'd like to see."
Will he commit on anything? What about monthly subscriptions?
"That's definitely one of the things we would love to do. There are a lot of issues around music licensing. Consumers want it; I know I want it. We're trying to make that happen."
Pfft. Read the full interview over here.
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