{"id":480051,"date":"2025-11-13T03:13:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T03:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/activision-ceo-says-he-had-a-really-cool-vision-for-the-next-guitar-hero-game"},"modified":"2025-11-13T03:13:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T03:13:49","slug":"activision-ceo-says-he-had-a-really-cool-vision-for-the-next-guitar-hero-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/activision-ceo-says-he-had-a-really-cool-vision-for-the-next-guitar-hero-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Activision CEO says he had a &#8220;really cool vision&#8221; for the next Guitar Hero game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/activision-ceo-says-he-had-a-really-cool-vision-for-the-next-guitar-hero-game.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Acivision CEO Bobby Kotick has always had a soft spot for the <strong>Guitar Hero<\/strong> games and recently told VentureBeat he had ideas for a new entry in the franchise.<\/p>\n<p>In the interview, <a href=\"https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2022\/01\/18\/bobby-kotick-interview-why-activision-blizzard-did-the-deal-with-microsoft\/\">Kotick tells VentureBeat<\/a> that he had a &#8220;really cool vision&#8221; for the next Guitar Hero game, but unfortunately, Activision didn&#8217;t have &#8220;the resouces&#8221; to do it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Phil [Spencer] and I started riffing on things for the future,&#8221; said Kotick. &#8220;I wanted to make a new Guitar Hero for a while, but I don&rsquo;t want to add teams to do manufacturing and supply chain and QA for manufacturing. 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