The return of 'Guitar Hero' may be imminent — mashable.com

Remember a time when playing video games was an activity that involved standing — nay, rocking out — and plastic instruments? That time could come again as soon as this year. Activision is rumored to be working on a new installment of Guitar Hero for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, Kotaku UK reported. Guitar Hero was introduced in 2005 by RedOctane and Harmonix. It involved plastic guitar-shaped controllers with five colored fret buttons and a bar for strumming up and down; players had to hold their fingers on corresponding colors as notes moved down a track toward them on the screen and strum just at the note passed a certain point. The series first started off by using licensed covers of popular songs, but then was able to work licenses for the original music.

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