Jimi Hendrix: Rock Band Coming This Year?
According to the stepsister of legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix, we could be seeing Hendrix: Rock Bandby year’s end. Janie Hendrix revealed the mystery project during a recent interview with the Los Angeles Times.
While Hendrix is certainly a viable candidate for a standalone Rock Band game, it’s hard to believe that Harmonix and EA would release two full blown, single-artist RB games in the same year – Green Day: Rock Band being the first. Plus, whenever this kind of information is revealed, the person who did it never really has an intimate connection with the gaming world, so it’s always better to assume they aren’t entirely sure what they’re talking about.
In this case, I’d say that the Hendrix game will most likely either be a big track pack collection, or, if it is in fact a Hendrix-themed Rock Band title, it won’t be released until next year sometime. Then again, this year is the 40th anniversary of Hendrix’s death, so putting something out now would be a logical move, especially from a promotional standpoint.
While Hendrix is certainly a viable candidate for a standalone Rock Band game, it’s hard to believe that Harmonix and EA would release two full blown, single-artist RB games in the same year – Green Day: Rock Band being the first. Plus, whenever this kind of information is revealed, the person who did it never really has an intimate connection with the gaming world, so it’s always better to assume they aren’t entirely sure what they’re talking about.
In this case, I’d say that the Hendrix game will most likely either be a big track pack collection, or, if it is in fact a Hendrix-themed Rock Band title, it won’t be released until next year sometime. Then again, this year is the 40th anniversary of Hendrix’s death, so putting something out now would be a logical move, especially from a promotional standpoint.
Interestingly enough though, Guns-n-Rose’s guitarist Slash suggested to Rolling Stone back in 2008 that a Hendrix-themed Guitar Hero was in the works, following the releases of Guitar Hero: Metallica andGH: Aerosmith. Could Janie Hendrix be confusing one music game franchise for another? It’s possible. Hendrix did already appear in Guitar Hero: World Tour, so the character modeling is already done. Until we get some clarification though, wonder will have to suffice.
Do you think we’ll see Jimi Hendrix: Rock Band/Guitar Hero in 2010?
Do you think we’ll see Jimi Hendrix: Rock Band/Guitar Hero in 2010?
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