http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/guitar-hero-iii-legends-of-rock/g-20070911151839209002 en http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-149363.aspx Games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero III have proved their ability to breathe new life into classic rock sales. But can they do the same for new music? Last month, Motley Crue decided to find out. The band placed its new single, the title track from Saints of Los Angeles, for sale as a downloadable track on Rock Band well in advance of the album's release date, which has been pushed back to June 24. The only other place to obtain the track was iTunes. According to data provided by the band's management, Tenth Street Entertainment, the track was downloaded more than 47,000 times via the Xbox 360 version of the game alone in the first week after it became available. By comparison, the same track received slightly more than 10,000 downloads via digital services like iTunes and Amazon, according to Nielsen SoundScan. news May 26, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-146593.aspx Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert played a bit of the Pat Benatar anthem, Hit Me With Your Best Shot at a charity Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock marathon today in Dallas. The event is sponsored by Blockbuster and benefits Education is Freedom, a local nonprofit which is part of Mayor Leppert's Igniting Opportunity for the Children of Dallas Campaign. news May 17, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/guitar-hero-iii-legends-of-rock/news/guitar-hero-iv-peripheral-additions-include-microphone/a-2008042210398201069/g-20070911151839209002 "It's not just about guitars," says Activision boss news Apr 22, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/guitar-hero-iii-legends-of-rock/news/guitar-hero-perverted-my-song-says-musician/a-20080408144624600015/g-20070911151839209002 Tells parents to take a serious look at the images in the game news Apr 8, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-125683.aspx Activision has released a statement in response to Gibson Guitar's claims that the publisher's popular Guitar Hero series of games infringe upon one of its patents. Activision said in a statement released on Thursday, Gibson's lawsuit is a transparent end run around an impartial court that Activision asked on March 11 to rule on patent assertions that Gibson knows have no merit. Our Guitar Hero retailing partners have done nothing wrong. We will confront this and any other efforts by Gibson to wrongfully interfere with Activision's relationship with its customers and its consumers. news Mar 20, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-124256.aspx On Thursday, March 20th, the Dallas Mavericks will launch the Guitar Hero Challenge where aficionados will have the chance to show off their skills on the AT&T Plaza outside the South Entrance of American Airlines Center. The grand prize, the chance to play Guitar Hero during a quarter break at a First Round Playoff game, two-tickets to the game, an autographed Mavs Authentic jersey. news Mar 17, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-122267.aspx Reuters reports: Guitar manufacturer Gibson says Activision property violates copyright over music simulation software Just hours after it transpired that developer Harmonix had filed and then withdrawn a lawsuit against Activision over alleged unpaid royalties, Reuters reports that guitar firm Gibson has made a move to sue the Guitar Hero publsher for patent enfringement. The manufacturer said that Guitar Hero, which was published by Red Octane and developed by Harmonix until Activision acquired the former in 2006, violated a patent over 'technology for simulating a musical performance'. Gibson made the complaint in a letter sent to the publisher in January - Activision has already fired back, said Reuters, asking the U.S. District Court for Central California to declare Gibson's patent invalid and bar it from seeking any damages. However, Gibson and Activision have worked together before, with officially licenced Guitar Hero controllers modelled on the guitar firm's products. news Mar 12, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-119200.aspx With the massive Activision Blizzard merger looming, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick held court today at the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference in Dana Point, California. And while many presentations by executives to analysts prove snooze-inducing, Kotick brought up several subjects which perked up the ears of the game industry. news Mar 5, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-110424.aspx IGN reports: Dust off the old axe and brush up on those hot licks! Guinness World Record's will be holding an international Guitar Hero Relay Marathon between the UK, France, US, Canada, South Africa and Australia to celebrate the release of the Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition 2008. Any and all Guitar Heroes are welcome to participate, dress as their their favorite Guitar Hero, and shred in this historic record attempt! For more information, or if you'd like to submit a record to break, please visit guinnessworldrecords.com. Although Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition 2008 hit store shelves last week in Europe, it won't be released in North America until March 11th. news Feb 12, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-108802.aspx Here are some more highlights from Activision's conference call with financial analysts earlier today: - As expected a new Call of Duty game is due for release in the 2009 fiscal year (again most likely this fall). No other details were revealed except that PS2 and Wii platforms will join the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC platforms for the next game in the shooter series. - As usual for Activision, the company will not release any new games for the current fiscal quarter that ends on March 31. The next quarter will see the release of the game based on Dreamworks's CGI movie Kung Fu Panda along with more downloadable content for Guitar Hero III and Call of Duty 4. The company will also release games later in the year based on another Dreamworks CGI movie Madagascar II. - The James Bond game is still due for release this fall, around the time of the new movie's release. No other details on the game were announced. news Feb 8, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-103341.aspx While the Nintendo Wii continues to garner headlines for its many alternative uses, occupational therapists at the Select Specialty Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana are investigating the potential of Guitar Hero in physical rehabilitation. Certified occupational therapy assistant Kelly Colwell first noted the healing potential of Guitar Hero while working with a patient who had injured his elbow and lost range of motion in his arm. news Jan 23, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-102372.aspx Mon Jan 21 2008, by Mark Wilson Around 26 months ago, Guitar Hero was an instant cult classic. Today, it's officially a $1 billion franchise. Apparently this milestone comes in video game record time. In addition, since the launch of Guitar Hero III, users have downloaded five million songs. If so, that total is double the figure that Rock Band has released. Kotaku posted Activision's official announcement. news Jan 21, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-101034.aspx Videogames are often put at odds with certain forms of productivity, such as learning a musical instrument. But performance simulators such as Guitar Hero have proven to be an entryway into real-world musicianship. To help support a growing interest in guitar study, RedOctane and NAMM announced a partnership at the annual NAMM Show in Anaheim, Calif. that will link Guitar Hero III to NAMM's Wanna Play campaign. This new facet of the public awareness campaign focuses on bridging the gap between virtual and real-life musicianship. news Jan 17, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-99227.aspx Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey picks what he believes will be the biggest sellers of 2008. news Jan 12, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/guitar-hero-iii-legends-of-rock/videos/g-20070911151839209002/v-20080109121830813021 video Jan 9, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-96466.aspx Jan. 2, 2008 -- MSNBC tallied in their Game of the Year readers' votes between December 19 and 27. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare garnered 33 percent of the over 17,000 votes and is MSNBC Readers' Game of the Year. The runner-up was Bioshock at 22 percent of the votes. The second runner-up was Mass Effect at 10 percent. Here are MSNBC readers' picks for the best in each genre: ¿ Best sports game: Madden NFL '08 ¿ Best racing game: Project Gotham Racing 4 ¿ Best casual game: Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree ¿ Best family game: LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga ¿ Best music game: Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock ¿ Best handheld game: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass ¿ Best role-playing game: Mass Effect ¿ Best action/adventure game: Bioshock ¿ Best shooter: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare View the full report for the runners-up in each category. news Jan 2, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-95237.aspx ActionTrip's 2007 Game of the Year voting poll registered 10673 participants. 1809 registered users voted for Call of Duty 4, 1279 for Halo 3, 1192 for Assassin's Creed, 837 for None of the Above, 716 for BioShock, 710 for Crysis, 627 for The Orange Box, and so on. The rest of the results can be viewed in ActionTrip's voting poll section. ¿ People's Choice: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare ¿ Runners-up: Halo 3, Assassin's Creed, Crysis, Half-Life 2: The Orange Box ¿ Game of the Year (ActionTrip Staff): Portal ¿ Runners-up: Mass Effect, Halo 3, BioShock, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, The Witcher ¿ Best Action Game: Halo 3 ¿ Runners-up: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Half-Life 2: The Orange Box, God of War II, BioShock, Crysis ¿ Best Strategy Game: World in Conflict ¿ Runners-up: Supreme Commander, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars ¿ Best RPG: Mass Effect ¿ Runners-up: The Witcher, Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer ¿ Best Sports Game: FIFA 08 ¿ Runners-up: SSX Blur, NHL 08, Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 ¿ Best MMOG: World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade ¿ Runners-up: Tabula Rasa, The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar ¿ Best Rhythm/Music Game: Rock Band ¿ Runners-up: Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock ¿ Babe of the Year: Joanna Krupa news Dec 25, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-94558.aspx MSNBC video game section has been polling gamers about their favorite games in a number of categories, trying to narrow down the search for the Game of the Year. On Thursday the site put up the poll to decide which of the finalists, culled from the best of each genre, should be named the game of the year. The finalists are: ¿ Madden NFL 08 ¿ Project Gotham Racing 4 ¿ Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree ¿ LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga ¿ Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock ¿ The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass ¿ Mass Effect ¿ Bioshock ¿ Call of Duty 4 At the time of this writing Call of Duty 4 was leading with 31 percent of the vote. BioShock was close behind with 22 percent and Mass Effect was in a distant third with 8.6 percent. [ Words: Kotaku's Brian Crecente ] news Dec 21, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-93707.aspx Dec. 18, 2007 - A PriceGrabber.com survey of 3,309 online shoppers conducted in early December reports that: ¿ The number of consumers interested in video games and consoles continues to rise, with 64 percent of respondents planning to purchase a gaming equipment in the next year. ¿ 71 percent of online shoppers plan to spend more than $50 on gaming. ¿ 55 percent favor consoles in the $100 to $300 range. ¿ Game selection is the most important attribute when choosing a gaming system. ¿ 31 percent favor the Nintendo Wii, saying it offers the best games. ¿ Non-violent games have gained in appeal, with 29 percent rating animated/child-friendly games as their preferred genre. news Dec 18, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-92814.aspx Here are some observations issued by NPD analyst Anita Frazier, on total industry sales and the performances of Call of Duty 4, Assassin's Creed, Guitar Hero III, Rock Band, the 360 HD-DVD add-on, and Wii accessories. news Dec 14, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-89932.aspx Kotaku's Brian Crecente has a leaked copy of the National Institute on Media and the Family's annual Media Wise Video Game Report Card, set to be officially released tomorrow. This year's report card is broken into five parts: ¿ The MediaWise Video Game Report Card ¿ The Buying Guide ¿ The ESRB Rating System and Ratings Education Efforts ¿ The Retailer Ratings Education and Enforcement Surveys ¿ Annual MediaWise-Harris Interactive Poll of Kids and Parents Kotaku gives a quick summary for each part. news Dec 4, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/guitar-hero-iii-legends-of-rock/videos/g-20070911151839209002/v-20071113143720646066 video Nov 15, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/guitar-hero-iii-legends-of-rock/screenshots/g-20070911151839209002 screenshot Oct 18, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/guitar-hero-iii-legends-of-rock/screenshots/g-20070911151839209002 screenshot Oct 18, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/guitar-hero-iii-legends-of-rock/screenshots/g-20070911151839209002 screenshot Oct 18, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/guitar-hero-iii-legends-of-rock/videos/g-20070911151839209002/v-20071015125836454042 video Oct 15, 2007