Stage Tour Is More Than Just A Guitar Hero Throwback
RedOctane Games’ upcoming rhythm game Stage Tour positions itself as a spiritual successor to Guitar Hero and Rock Band, bringing the plastic guitar controller gameplay back to players after more than a decade. The game was demonstrated at Gamescom, where journalists had hands-on experience with the guitar controller version.
The title appears designed to capitalize on nostalgia for the rhythm game genre that dominated gaming in the late 2000s. Stage Tour represents the studio’s effort to revive the guitar-based rhythm game format that defined an era of gaming culture, offering players a chance to dust off their muscle memory from the original franchises.