Rock Band 4: prepare to dust off your old plastic instruments

New version of the rhythm-game classic doesn't reinvent the genre - but it does reinvigorate it enough to spark talk of a revival come its release later this year

You really can't keep passionate creators down - and even after the unceremonious culling of the rhythm-game genre by publishers Activision (Guitar Hero) and EA (Rock Band) five years ago, developer Harmonix has never lost the faith.

By October of this year we'll be able to see just why the studio has revived its series with Rock Band 4, and Harmonix is hoping by then we'll all see just how much it truly, genuinely cares about the strumming-and-hitting-plastic-instruments genre.