A New Guitar Hero Wii Controller Has Been Introduced In The Yr 2025 Players Area

The unique Guitar Hero debuted in November 2005, however the franchise has been in a lull for a very long time. The final recreation, Guitar Hero Dwell, arrived in 2015 and there hasn’t been any concrete phrase a few new title since. Nonetheless, the Guitar Hero fandom lives on in 2025, and there is a new controller coming to the Wii later this month.

Hyperkin has introduced that an up to date model of the corporate’s Wii Guitar is up for preorder forward of its launch date, January 8. It is referred to as the Hyper Strummer, and it contains assist for Wii’s Guitar Hero and Rock Band titles, aside from the primary Rock Band recreation.

At $77, the Hyper Strummer is considerably dear. However it was made to resemble the traditional Guitar Hero controllers. It is also powered by the Wii distant, so gamers will not have to pickup any batteries for this controller. It is unclear what number of Guitar Hero or Rock Band gamers are nonetheless utilizing the Wii in 2025, however presumably Hyperkin took that into consideration earlier than committing to this mission.

As a result of Microsoft bought Activision Blizzard, the corporate now controls the destiny of any future Guitar Hero video games. Earlier this yr, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer revealed that he handed on Guitar Hero earlier than it turned a breakout hit. In 2022, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick famous that he and Spencer had discussions about bringing Guitar Hero again, however we’ve not heard something new about these talks since then. Guitar Hero was additionally one of many finalists to be added to 2024’s class on the Robust Museum’s Video Recreation Corridor of Fame. Nonetheless, the sport wasn’t among the many titles chosen for that yr.