RedOctane, Inc. was an American electronic entertainment company best known for producing the Guitar Hero series, beginning in November 2005.

[1] RedOctane teamed with developer Harmonix Music Systems to release Guitar Hero in November 2005 for the PlayStation 2.

[2][3] In May 2006, video game publisher Activision announced plans to acquire RedOctane, completing the deal on June 6, 2006.

[5][6] After the Activision buy-out and a split from Harmonix, who went on to develop competing game Rock Band, RedOctane utilized Activision owned Neversoft, the team responsible for the Tony Hawk skateboarding video game franchise, to take the helm on Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock,[7] which became available in November 2007.

Gaming news site Kotaku called Guitar Hero an "instant cult classic".