Ex-Guitar Hero Lead Guitarist &
Game Designer Marcus Henderson
Joins Unplugged VR Team
Former Guitar Hero series lead guitarist and game designer
stage dives into VR with Unplugged
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Rotterdam, NL - April 15, 2021 – Vertigo Games, the VR specialist publishing and development arm of the Koch Media Group, today announced that the award-winning music game designer Marcus Henderson who is best-known from his work on the Guitar Hero series has joined up with Anotherway and Vertigo Games to work on the upcoming VR music game Unplugged.
Unplugged is a VR music game that uses novel and quality hand tracking technology to make you feel like a musical legend on a virtual stage. With experience working for the likes of RedOctane and Activision on several music games, including most notably the Guitar Hero and Rockband franchises, Henderson makes a great addition to the Unplugged team. A lifelong guitarist and game designer, Henderson is known for the authenticity and exhilarating sense of realism that he brings to the gameplay and user experience in music games.
Watch the latest Unplugged video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyAzVc-s5Qo
"I'm thrilled to be joining the Vertigo and Anotherway teams on such an amazing and exciting new game," said Henderson. “Music games and VR are a perfect match and the team has crafted a true love letter to guitar and rock music in general with Unplugged. We can't wait to get it into your (virtual) hands later this year!"
"We are absolutely thrilled to have Marcus on board. Not in our wildest dreams did we imagine that we would have a Guitar Hero legend on our team!” said Julia Casal, Producer at Anotherway. “Marcus dove right into the project from the very beginning. It’s amazing to see how the game has grown in such a short time, thanks to his efforts on brand partnerships and his game design experience. His love for rock music and passion for the game has brought even more energy to our dev team. He is the perfect ambassador for Unplugged."
Published by Vertigo Games and developed by Anotherway, Unplugged is coming to VR in Q3 2021. For more news about Unplugged, find Unplugged on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and sign up for the newsletter at unplugged-vr.com.
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Note to the editor
To request hands-on access with Unplugged when available, please visit http://vertigo-games.com/press.
About Anotherway
Anotherway is a newly formed VR development studio, founded in 2020 by Ricardo Acosta and Julia Casal. For many years, Ricardo and Julia worked as developers for major clients and agencies such as Microsoft Hololens and Activision. While these environments were ideal for learning and skill development, the two always felt a need to build something of their own, on their own terms, away from the corporate grid. During lockdown, they started working on their own passion project “Unplugged”, which seemed to really resonate with the VR community. Realizing the potential Unplugged held, Ricardo and Julia decided to break their corporate chains and chase their ambitious dreams. Anotherway was finally born. unplugged-vr.com
About Vertigo Games
Vertigo Games is a multi-platform VR entertainment company with offices in Rotterdam, The Netherlands and Los Angeles, California. With teams in the areas of development, publishing and LBE (location-based entertainment) distribution, the company offers a growing portfolio of quality VR games that provide novel, powerful and full-featured gaming experiences both in- and outside of the home. Current games include Vertigo Studios’ evergreen brand Arizona Sunshine®, critically acclaimed VR titles such as A Fisherman’s Tale, Traffic Jams and LBE-exclusive VR experiences like Ghost Patrol VR®. Vertigo Games has six releases in the 2021 publishing pipeline, including Vertigo Studios’ next VR action FPS game After the Fall® and the VR music game Unplugged. Vertigo Games is a Koch Media Group company. vertigo-games.com
Press contact
Vertigo Games
Aïsha Kuipers
press@vertigo-games.com
vertigo-games.com/press
P.O. Box 21300, 3001 AH Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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