RedOctane, Inc. is a publisher, developer, and distributor of interactive entertainment software, hardware and accessories. RedOctane was also a leader in subscription based online game rentals, becoming the world's first online game rental service when it opened in 1999. The company offers its interactive entertainment products in versions that operate on the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system console from Sony Computer Entertainment, Xbox™ video game system from Microsoft, and on personal computers ("PC"). RedOctane's leading software product offerings include Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II, Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock for the PlayStation 2, PLAYSTATION 3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii. RedOctane also designs, manufactures, and markets high quality video game peripherals and accessories and has won awards for the Ignition® Dance Pad, the Guitar Hero SG® Controller, RedOctane Wireless Guitar for PS2, the X-plorer Wired Guitar for the Xbox 360, the Kramer Striker Wireless Guitar for PS2 and the Les Paul Guitar for the Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii and PLAYSTATION 3. RedOctane is headquartered in Mountain View, California with a development studio in Chennai, India and hardware and accessory manufacturing in Hong Kong.