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New Guitar Hero Live Game to Be Unveiled April 14? Soundial Festival? Broken Tide?

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Channel: Rock N' Roll True Stories · 2015 · Gaming

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There's no official word from Activision yet that this is a Guitar Hero-related event, but the SoundDial festival and interactive music videos for that event have appeared on various casting websites. One dancer lists a "SoundDial interactive music video shoot" on her résumé, saying the job was related to "Guitar Hero for PS4." Another actor lists an "interactive music video game" gig for a company called SoundDial. A handful of actors on Casting Call Pro list work for a Guitar Hero project filmed in 2014 for London-based Pulse Films.

The new Guitar Hero is rumored to be in development at FreeStyleGames, developer of Activision's DJ Hero and Nintendo's Sing Party. FreeStyleGames is located in Warwickshire, about 90 minutes outside of London. FreeStyleGames is currently hiring developers and says it's "working on a new ground-breaking Multi-Platform and Mobile project."

Reports of a new Guitar Hero game hit earlier this year, indicating a reboot of the franchise for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One for 2015.

The Guitar Hero franchise has been on hold since 2010's Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, which was developed by now-defunct studio Neversoft and Vicarious Visions. Guitar Hero's return will seemingly hit the same year as the revival of its chief music game rival, Harmonix's new Rock Band.

When the dogs started barking this morning, I just assumed it was someone walking in front of the house. It turns out it was FedEx dropping off a mysterious package.

Inside the padded envelope was one thing: a press badge. There was no note, but the shipping label indicated that it had come from Activision.

I looked up all of the names printed on it (you can click to enlarge the top image), but came up with nothing. While they seem to be music groups, they also seem to be entirely fictional.

Any guesses?

Activision's Guitar Hero franchise burned out and faded away, but there's a rumor saying that the company is poised to get the band back together this year.

Kotaku U.K. says that two sources have told it that a new game, which will look more realistic, is in development for the franchise. One source said the game will be announced at E3 in June.

The report also says there are new peripherals for the title, and the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One platforms were mentioned.

The developer for the game is unknown at this time, although the website says it was told the new Guitar Hero will be done by an Activision studio on the west coast. Previous studios for the franchise, Neversoft and RedOctane, are no longer in business.

We contacted Activision about the matter, and a spokesperson said the company does not comment on rumor or speculation.

[Source: Kotaku U.K.]

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