Guitar Hero: Phil Spencer brings comeback into play, wants to revive old series


Guitar Hero could return if Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard.

Microsoft wants to buy Activision Blizzard. When the acquisition is through, Microsoft will own many legacy brands that have been neglected for a long time. In an interview, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer is now explicitly toying with the idea of ​​breathing new life into franchises like Guitar Hero. There were probably even more precise plans for a Guitar Hero comeback, but nothing came of them, as Activision CEO Bobby Kotick explains.

Guitar Hero and other legacy Activision brands may return

Activision Blizzard is most likely to be acquired by Microsoft for almost $70 billion. This means that all rights to game series that Activision Blizzard holds will also be owned by Microsoft and could theoretically be revived.

For example Guitar Hero: In an interview with The Washington Post new Microsoft Gaming CEO and Xbox boss Phil Spencer talks about Activision franchises that have been neglected lately. They could now celebrate a glorious return. He explicitly mentions King’s Quest, Guitar Hero and Hexen.

“I looked at the IP list and I’m like, let’s go! King’s Quest, Guitar Hero…I should know that, but I think they have witches too.”

As soon as the deal is dry, Phil Spencer wants to talk about which Activision Blizzard franchises could possibly be revived. However, this may still take a while, possibly even until mid-2023.

If you’re unfamiliar with Guitar Hero, you can get a taste of the franchise with this 2015 trailer for the latest spin-off, Guitar Hero Live:

Guitar Hero Live trailer starring Dave Franco and Lenny Kravitz




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Guitar Hero Live trailer starring Dave Franco and Lenny Kravitz

The acquisition of Activision Blizzard could bring the rights to various time-honored game franchises out of the drawer. That means we could finally get a new Rock ‘n Roll Racing, a new Lost Vikings, Soldier of Fortune, Hexen or StarCraft.

The chances of this are better than ever. Because it would only be desirable for Microsoft to expand its range of games in order to attract and keep even more people in the Game Pass. The company has also shown with Wasteland 3 and Age of Empires 4 that they like to give game series a new chance. The fact that Phil Spencer is now even talking about it himself makes for even more anticipation.

Activision CEO had plans: Guitar Hero in particular sounds very likely. One of the reasons for this is that Activision CEO Bobby Kotick also said in an interview that the games should have been revived long ago. There have already been concrete plans and a “really cool vision”, but the resources for this were lacking. It was probably mainly about the production of a new, special Guitar Hero controller.

“Phil [Spencer] and I have been rambling about things for the future. I’ve wanted to make a new Guitar Hero for a while, but I don’t want to add manufacturing and supply chain teams, and manufacturing quality assurance. And the chip shortage is enormous. We really didn’t have the opportunity to do that.

I had a really cool vision of what the next Guotar Hero could be and then realized we don’t have the resources to do that.”

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Bobby Kotick (via VentureBeat)

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