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Apr 22, 2008

Guitar Hero IV peripheral additions include...

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Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has said that Guitar Hero IV will be receiving extra peripherals, including a microphone. Kotick commented on the future of the franchise in an interview with Conde Nast Portfolio magazine (according to IGN). He also mentioned that the next instalment will let players strum along with bands local to their area. ... » Read More

Apr 8, 2008

'Guitar Hero perverted my song', says...

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Charlie Daniels, the writer and musician responsible for 'The Devil Went Down to Georgia,' has hit out against Guitar Hero 3 for perverting the meaning of his music. "[The song] is supposed to be a lighthearted novelty about a fiddling contest between a country boy and the devil and the devil always loses," Daniels posted on his personal website. ... » Read More

Mar 18, 2008

Beatles Edition of Guitar Hero on its way?

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Martin Bandier, a top executive at the music publishing company that owns the Lennon-McCartney song writing copyrights, has said he'd be interested in a dedicated edition of Guitar Hero for the Beatles."It's something we have talked about and something I'd like to pursue," said Bandier to the Los Angeles Times.Traditionally, the rights to cover Beatles tracks have been notoriously hard to obtain, but copyright owner Sony/ATV Music ... » Read More

Jan 22, 2008

Guitar Hero breaks $1 billion

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Activision said Monday the Guitar Hero franchise has generated sales of $1 billion in North American retail - and that doesn't include song download revenue. The franchise has sold over 14 million units in North America, Activision said, citing NPD Group data. The latest franchise installment, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, grabbed the top spot in North American videogame software unit and dollar sales for 2007. Since Guitar Hero III's launch, gamers have downloaded 5 million songs, which ... » Read More

Nov 23, 2007

Guitar Hero III: watch the GR eight player jam-off

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Nov 23, 2007 There was shouting, frayed tempers and a whole lot of hot consoles, but we pretty much pulled off the impossible – an eight player Guitar Hero face-off across all console disciplines. Four monitors, four machines, a mixing desk (yep), a tangled Gorgons nest of wires and eight players. You dont want to try this at home. It took a little organisation and a bit of technical head-scratching, but, as you can see from this backstage footage, the biggest problem was getting ... » Read More

Oct 31, 2007

Harmonix ditches guitar for new game

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Oct 31, 2007 The first details have been spilled on Rock Band and Guitar Hero creator Harmonix' next project, which will apparently leave the dedicated peripherals of its previous titles behind. The info comes from a Game Developers Conference 08 session listing for senior designer Chris Foster, in which he'll discuss the challenges of leaving the beat-matching formula of Guitar Hero behind. The new game, says the listing, will adopt a system where beats are not authored by tech-savvy ... » Read More

Oct 31, 2007

Rock Band: "Not what everyone wants"

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Oct 31, 2007 Harmonix and Red Octane once worked together to bring Guitar Hero to the world. But now Red Octane president Kai Huang believes that, while there's room for both its own Guitar Hero brand and Harmonix's new Rock Band, Rock Band's "complex" nature means it won't offer what the "mass market" wants. "With Guitar Hero, we want to make it as broadly appealing as possible, as market, as casual a game as possible," Huang explains. "With Rock Band [it's] slightly different." "[Rock ... » Read More

Sep 11, 2007

Guitar Hero 3 extends the arm of Rock

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Sept 11, 2007 Activision has heard the pleas of you console holdouts. Come this fall, computer users will see the shred barrier lifted when Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock hits both PC and Mac. Though you may have noticed that the 360 guitar could be used "elsewhere," desktop stalwarts have long had to make due with awkward dongles and open-sourced clones like Frets on Fire and Freetar. So we're proudly waiving an extended index and pinky finger in the air for their newfound ability to keep ... » Read More

Aug 3, 2007

Metallica rocks Guitar Hero III

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Activision has revealed 11 new tracks for Guitar Hero III: "Miss Murder" - AFI "Number of the Beast" - Iron Maiden "Through Fire and Flames" - Dragonforce "3's and 7's" - Queens of the Stone Age "Suck My Kiss" - Red Hot Chili Peppers "Raining Blood" - Slayer "Reptillia" - The Strokes "Paranoid" - Black Sabbath (Cover version) "Cities on Flame"' - Blue Oyster Cult (Cover version) "Mississippi Queen" - Mountain (Cover version) "La Grange" - ZZ Top (Cover version) Metallica's "One" will kick ... » Read More

Jul 16, 2007

"Guitar Hero is still relevant," says...

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Next Generation sat down with Activision Senior Vice President of Marketing Bill Kassoy on Friday to discuss Guitar Hero, EA's competing Rock Band, and casual games for Wii. "There was a lot of unmet demand due to controller shortage with the release of the first Guitar Hero," Kassoy said when asked about the franchise's massive success. "As a result, we invested heavily in ramping up production of Guitar Hero II to meet demand." Activision, the number two independent game publisher, says the ... » Read More

Jul 12, 2007

E3 07: Guitar Hero III rocks E3

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If you were even a tiny bit worried that the latest Guitar Hero will be anything other than another hard-rocking, solo-busting, finger-tapping experience... you can rest easy. Watch the first trailer of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, set partly to Tenacious Ds "The Metal," and all those worries will quickly slide away. Improved visuals and new modes of gameplay make it inevitable that we'll be holding our guitars over our heads all over again when its released for Xbox 360, PS2 and Wii in ... » Read More

Jul 11, 2007

E3 07: Guitar Hero III rocks E3

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If you were even a tiny bit worried that the latest Guitar Hero will be anything other than another hard-rocking, solo-busting, finger-tapping experience you can rest easy. Watch the first trailer of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, set partly to Tenacious Ds "The Metal," and all those worries will quickly slide away. Improved visuals and new modes of gameplay make it inevitable that we'll be holding our guitars aloft all over again when its released for Xbox 360, PS2 and Wii in ... » Read More

Jul 6, 2007

Guitar Hero III - EXCLUSIVE interview

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How do you top perfection? That's the challenge currently facing the new developers of Guitar Hero III. While controversy swirled when the franchise switched creative teams due to a publishing buyout, the people now working on the threequel aren't responsible for corporate maneuvers. They simply want to make the best Guitar Hero game they possibly can, without screwing up what came before. We recently sat down with two of the men leading this effort - Alan Flores, lead designer, and Chris ... » Read More

Jun 1, 2007

Rock Band a Guitar Hero "imitator" says...

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During a conference call today Gamasutra reports that Activision execs took a swipe at EA and Harmonix' Rock Band, saying that it "wasn't surprising that [Guitar Hero] has attracted imitators." Sorry, what? In case you didn't know, Harmonix is also the original developer behind the Guitar Hero franchise, which has since been pawned off to Tony Hawk's dev Neversoft. Now, we're not big suited money men - in fact the closest we get to a secretary is sending the intern to fetch the Burger King ... » Read More

May 31, 2007

First Guitar Hero III footage rocks the 'net

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The first ever gameplay footage from Guitar Hero III has hit the internet, specifically YouTube. Two movies are viewable, one featuring the track Slow Ride (made famous by Fog Hat) and the second Weezer's My Name is Jonas. Other tracks confirmed for the sequel so far include Paint It Black (by The Rolling Stones), Cherub Rock (by Smashing Pumpkins), Sabotage (by Beastie Boys), The Metal (by Tenacious D), Knights of Cydonia (by Muse), Rock And Roll All Nite (as made famous by Kiss), School's ... » Read More

May 23, 2007

Activision talks Guitar Hero III

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Activision has finally come out with the juicy info we've been waiting for on Guitar Hero III. The game, on its way to PS2, PS3, Wii and 360, will pack a host of new features including an expanded online multiplayer battle mode, new boss battles and loads of new unlockable content. Activision will also put out new wireless guitars for use with the new game, based on Gibson Guitar's Les Paul model for Wii, 360 and PS3, and Kramer models for PS2. These new guitars, which will be made available ... » Read More

Apr 10, 2007

Guitar Hero III goes multiplatform

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The Activision-owned publisher Red Octane revealed the third game in the Guitar Hero series is going multiplatform this autumn. A post in the support section of the firm's website promised, "Guitar Hero III for the PlayStation 2, PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii are currently scheduled for release in the United States in Fall of ... » Read More

Jan 17, 2007

Neversoft joins Guitar Hero band

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Neversoft, the creator of all things Tony Hawk, will be involved in the development of future Guitar Hero titles, a page on the company's website has revealed. The website shows a split-screen ad for job opportunities at Neversoft, with a section for Guitar Hero - "Click to audition for the band," it says - sitting next to a series of links related to the latest Tony Hawk title, Project 8. The ad is an obvious indication that Neversoft will play some part in Guitar Hero's future. But, before ... » Read More

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