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Harmonix Talks Future Plans
Alex Rigopulos spent a recent interview talking about the next steps for Rock Band, Dance Central, and even some unannounced projects.
Destructoid posted today an interesting interview with Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos. Harmonix has had a pretty hectic several months. The studio released two big games (Rock Band 3 and Dance Central) in quick succession late last year. At the same time, the company was completing the process of sale from Viacom to an investment firm, Columbus Nova. Rigopulos had some interesting things to say, especially about the recent cancellation of the Guitar Hero franchise, a brand his company helped create, but that in recent years has been their biggest competition.
"Following the news of the future of Guitar Hero recently, we think there are also a lot of devoted Guitar Hero fans – who have probably never given Rock Band a try – who actually have a delight coming [to them] when they try Rock Band 3 for the first time," Rigopulos suggests.
Rigopulos also has some interesting things to say about what Harmonix is working on now. While the team continues to support existing incarnations of both Rock Band and Dance Central, he implies that both franchises have new versions coming at some point in the future, including some "fundamental re-imaginings" of the Rock Band franchise. In addition, the studio is working on some brand new products. "Our new owners are actually being incredibly supportive in that regard, in terms of of new creative development and new IP cultivation, and we have a lot of very cool new ideas in the works right now, looking out beyond both Rock Band and Dance Central," Rigopulos says.
The whole interview is a great read. Make sure and swing over to the source article to check out the rest of what Harmonix's head honcho had to say.
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