Today marks the announcement of the latest contender in the music genre; new publisher/developer Seven45 Studios introduces real instruments into the mix with Power Gig.
Seven45 Studios is not a name that will be familiar to gamers, but its sister organization may strike a chord. First Act has long been a player in the musical instrument business, providing many of the introductory guitars and other instruments that can be found at big box retailers like Walmart. The company has decided to parlay their success at large scale instrument sales into the video game music genre, announcing today the forthcoming release of Power Gig: Rise of the SixString.
We got a sneak peek at the game last week when the folks from Seven45 swung by our offices. They showed us their brand new guitar peripheral (which doubles as a real guitar) and also revealed a little bit of the game in action.
Power Gig follows in the footsteps of Rock Band and Guitar Hero, providing players with a full band experience through a mix of rock songs and beat matching gameplay. However, several features set Power Gig apart. Most notably, its instruments are designed to offer a more realistic sense of music creation. Meanwhile, the game’s story moves in the opposite direction, delivering a fictional adventure that promises to be more involved than the growth of your band from nobody losers into rock stars.
The most striking element of the game’s initial reveal is the SixString guitar peripheral. Slightly larger than most existing guitar peripherals, but still smaller than many actual guitars, the SixString doubles as a game controller and a playable guitar. Between the pick-ups and the base of the neck is an easy to toggle mute. Depress the string muter, and the guitar’s strings sound normally. When the mute is up, it gently muffles the strings, enabling use as a controller. The neck of the guitar reveals familiar color-coded frets. Beginning with the second fret, there’s a progression of colored bars: green, red, yellow, blue, orange, black, then a repeat of green, red, yellow, blue, and orange. When in real guitar mode, the SixString can be plugged into an amp and played like any other guitar. The sound produced isn’t necessarily the most high-quality we’ve ever heard, but it definitely works as promised.
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