The review scores from EGM #222 (December 2007) are revealed:

* Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock: 9, 8.5, 8
* Sega Rally Revo: 7.5, 7, 7
* Conan: 5.5, 5.5, 5.5
* WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008: 8, 7, 5.5
* Clive Barker's Jericho: 3, 4.5, 4.5 (Shame of the Month)
* The Simpsons Game: 7, 6.5, 7
* Bladestorm: The Hundred Years War: 4, 6, 4
* Folklore: 5.5, 7.5, 8
* The Eye of Judgment: 8, 8, 8
* Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction: 8.5, 9.5, 9
* Halo 3: 10, 10, 9
* Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation: 6.5, 6.5, 8
* Half-Life 2 Orange Box: 10, 9.5, 10
* Beautiful Katamari: 7, 4.5, 4
* Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulations: 9, 7, 7.5
* Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness: 7.5, 7, 7
* Silent Hill: Origins: 7.5, 7, 7
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Activision announced this morning that European gamers will be able to purchase Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock from November 23rd 2007. It'll be available for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and PS2, and you'll be able to use the brand new wireless Gibson Les Paul guitar controllers.
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Fire up the fretboard, crank up the amp and get ready to rock like never before. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock drops you into the spotlight of the largest and most legendary rock concert ever.

Fisrt three reviews are up:

90-PSM Magazine
Basically more of the same, but we aren't complaining...It's Guitar Hero, it's next-gen, and it's the party game PS3 owners have been waiting for.

88-Game Informer
You're in for one hell of a good time.

75Hardcore Gamer Magazine
I got a gang of friends together to test it out and we spent hours unlocking songs and fooling around, but, because some of us are guitar heroes and some are guitar zeroes, having a truly quality time is a tougher than it should be. It's still well worth a look
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The music from the final encore of guitar hero III.
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With the impending release of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Activision has released some new goodies from the game. Goodies like a handful of new screens for new Wii & Xbox360, two minutes of gameplay footage and controller photos for all systems.
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Activision has announced additional songs to be included in the main set list for its upcoming title, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. This year's game will feature more master tracks than ever before, with partnerships secured with all the major and independent record labels and publishers to gain unrivalled access to their vast catalogues of music.

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock is scheduled for release in North America on October 28, with a European date expected in November. The game will be released on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2 and Wii.

The additional tracks include:
Same Old Song and Dance (by Aerosmith)
Helicopter (by Bloc Party)
Stricken (by Disturbed)
Monsters (by Matchbook Romance)
Before I Forget (by Slipknot)
Kool Thing (by Sonic Youth)...
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Johnny Rotten and Co. returned to the studio recently to re-record the group's infamous anti-government punk rant "Anarchy in the U.K." for Neversoft's upcoming Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. Activision announced the Sex Pistol's re-recording today, as the publisher claims it was "unable to locate the original multi-tracks."
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Speculation on the state of wireless guitar controllers for the upcoming release of Guitar Hero III has been in flux until today; RedOctane announced that all bundles of the game with controller for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii will include wireless controllers. This was further confirmed by the release of the game's box art, shown below. Note the 'New Wireless Guitar' label on the front of each box.
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The October issue of the American gaming magazine Game Informer has just landed in stores and all the review scores are already found on the internet. In this months' issue titles like Guitar Hero III, Metroid Prime 3, Warhawk, Heavenly Sword, SKATE, Medal of Honor and tons of other games have all been reviewed.

Check out all this months' review scores below

Guitar Hero III (Wii/Xbox 360/PS3/PS2, RedOctane): 8.75 / 9
Stuntman Ignition (PS3/Xbox 360, THQ): 8.5 / 9
FIFA 08 (PS3/Xbox 360, EA): 7.75 / 7.75
Skate (PS3/Xbox 360, EA): 8.75 / 8.5
NHL 2K8 (PS3/Xbox 360, EA): 7.75 / 8.25
NHL 08 (PS3/Xbox 360, EA): 8.5 / 8.5
Medal of Honor Airborne (Xbox 360, EA): 7.25 / 7.25
Warriors Orochi (Xbox 360/PS2, Koei): 5.75
Dynasty Warriors Gundam (PS3/Xbox 360, Koei): 5
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core (PS2, Koei): 7.75
Heavenly Sword (PS3, Sony): 8.75 / 9
Warhawk (PS3, Sony): 8.25 / 8
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (PS3): 8.5 / 8.5
Fatal Inertia (Xbox 360, Koei): 7.5 / 7
Stranglehold (PS3/Xbox 360, Midway): 7.25 / 7.25
Wild Arms 5 (PS2, Xseed): 6.5 / 6.5
Soul Nomad (PS2, NIA America): 7.75 / 7.25
Metroid Prime 3 (Wii, Nintendo): 9.5 / 8.75 **Game of the month**
My Sims (Wii, EA): 8 / 8
Dewy's Adventure (Wii, Konami): 7 / 6.25
Tiger Woods 08 (Wii, EA): 7 / 8.25
Madden 08 (Wii, EA): 7.5 / 7.75
Boogie (Wii, EA): 7.75 / 6
Alien Syndrome (Wii, Sega): 6.25 / 5
Rune Factory: Fantasy Harvest Moon (NDS, Natsume): 5.75 / 6
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (NDS, Nintendo): 9.5 / 9.5 **Handheld game of the month**
Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles (PSP, Konami): 7 / 7.25
Dragoneer's Aria (PSP, Koei): 5.75
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes (PSP, Namco Bandai): 6.75
Hot PXL (PSP, Atari): 6
Worms Open Warfare 2 (PSP/NDS, THQ): 7.5
Drawn to Life (NDS, THQ): 7
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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

Activision have announced that guitarist Tom Morello, from Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave and the Nightwatchman will be included as a boss character in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock...
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Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello will appear as a boss character in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, joining the previously announced Slash from Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver. Rumored earlier in the week by a German brochure (reportedly from publisher Activision), Morello's appearance was confirmed today via a Rolling Stone blog post, in which the guitarist admitted that his real-life skills don't necessarily carry over when he plays the game.
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Introducing a new title into a national videogame league is never easy. The game has to be easy enough to pick up, but at the same time offer a competitive level of expertise that only a few in the world can obtain.
The World Series of Video Games is hoping that Guitar Hero will be the next game to propel competitions to epic proportions.

Guitar Hero is one of those games which does fit into the national competition level. Anyone can pick it up, but only a select few can master it. With that in mind it looks like Guitar Hero is setting itself up to be the next big competition ticket next to heavy weights like Quake IV and World of Warcraft.
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In only a few months, gamers will be able to get their guitar on as Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock comes rocking onto the Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, Playstation 2, and Playstation 3.

The Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the game will ship for A$169.95 (roughly $137 US), while the Wii version will put you back A$159.95. The PS2 bundle is set at A$149.95. Each of these bundles will include the game and a wireless guitar controller. Extra wireless guitars will cost A$79.95 for the PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii. Activision is also planning on selling the game as a separate item for the PS2 and the 360, which will cost A$69.95 and A$89.95 respectively.

Guitar Hero II for the PS2 and Xbox 360 cost A$149.95 and A$159.95 at launch, respectively, both packaged with wired guitars.
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Gameplayer just received a release schedule from Activision with a bunch of confirmed launch dates and the Aussie pricing structure for the various GHIII bundles.
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Gaming Target reports that Activision and RedOctane have announced two more tracks for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, both featuring Bret Michaels:

"The front man from Poison will add a cover version of "Talk Dirty to Me" and the master track to "Go That Far" from the Bret Michaels Band to the game."
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'She Bangs the Drums' by The Stone Roses was recently unveiled at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival as the next track to join Guitar Hero III's growing set list.
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Today, this intricately crafted LEGO Guitar Hero controller appeared on the internet, and GamerSquad's jaw duly dropped.

Obviously, constructing a replica of Guitar Hero's Gibson Explorer-inspired controller using just LEGO is a feat worthy of applause on its own, but get this: it even works with the game.
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Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock's lead developer Alan Flores, for the PS2, PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii music game, has said in an interview that there will be "over 70 songs" on the final soundtrack for the game.

The list includes videos for every of the so far 30 confirmed songs. With master recordings like "One" by Metallica and songs like "Paranoid" as made famous by Black Sabbath.
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This afternoon brought more Guitar Hero III news. During a report conference following a half-billion-dollar earnings report, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick revealed that Metallica would appear in the forthcoming game. Though the executive did not say which Metallica song would be featured in GH III, he must be relieved by the group's participation.
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