--- title: "The player base never disappeared; they just didn't... description: Echo Foundry Interactive, a new studio co-founded by Guitar Hero and Rock Band veterans Marcus Henderson and Lennon Lange, is developing Sound System — a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-player-base-never-disappeared-they-just-didn-t-have-anything-to-play-echo-foundry-on-revivi-avkrqavem twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: "The player base never disappeared; they just didn't have anything to play" – Echo Foundry on reviving the rhythm game genre | daily.dev og:description: Echo Foundry Interactive, a new studio co-founded by Guitar Hero and Rock Band veterans Marcus Henderson and Lennon Lange, is developing Sound System — a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-player-base-never-disappeared-they-just-didn-t-have-anything-to-play-echo-foundry-on-revivi-avkrqavem og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/avkRqaVEM.png og:image:alt: "The player base never disappeared; they just didn't have anything to play" – Echo Foundry on reviving the rhythm game genre og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # "The player base never disappeared; they just didn't have anything to play" – Echo Foundry on reviving the rhythm game genre **[GamesIndustry.biz](https://daily.dev/sources/gamesindustry)** · 9 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Echo Foundry Interactive, a new studio co-founded by Guitar Hero and Rock Band veterans Marcus Henderson and Lennon Lange, is developing Sound System — a rhythm game launching October 16 for $24.99. The game aims to revive the genre by addressing past mistakes: avoiding oversaturation with a single living platform, enabling user-generated content (player-created charts and songs), supporting legacy plastic controllers, and keeping pricing accessible with ethical microtransactions. The founders believe the rhythm game audience never left — they just lacked new content — and see an opportunity to serve both nostalgic players and a new generation, positioning themselves against costly AAA models and Fortnite Festival's $5-per-song approach. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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