Video game analyst Scott Steinberg's new book, Music Games Rock: Rhythm Gaming's Greatest Hits of All Time, explores the rise and fall of the once-popular music video game genre, including its greatest hits and misses.
All peripherals must go! Got some extra space in your living room? You may want to head over to your local Toys R Us because a number of Guitar Hero, DJ Hero and Tony Hawk bundles are now only $9.99 across all platforms. Even though all three series may be on hold, at $10, these bundles wont last long.
Activision abused Guitar Hero - and there's no reason that, in the right hands, the series cannot continue. That's the heated opinion of Kelly Summer, former CEO of RedOctane - the company which teamed up with Harmonix to create the original Guitar Hero games.
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has suggested there's a chance the Guitar Hero and DJ Hero franchises could be revived at some point in the future. Speaking to CNBC following the publisher's decision to axe the Guitar Hero unit earlier this week in order to focus on more profitable areas of its business, the exec said: ... We had three fantastic products in the marketplace in the [music] genre this year, our two games, DJ Hero 2 and Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, and then Rock Band did a terrific game, but it's just not a category that's getting consumers enthusiastic right now, and so I think you need to focus your resources on the things that really gets consumers excited.
Jeuxactu wrote : But the surprise comes incontestably from the cancellation of next Guitar Hero envisaged at the origin for this year - whereas Harmonix Music Systems continues to develop Rock Band -, and it is still too early to know if we will re-examine the licence one day. The recrudescence of the musical plays these last years combined with the commercial failure of DJ Hero 2, has constrained indeed the group to re-examine its strategy and to adopt an approach different from that which was his until now.
With all the hubbub surrounding the demise of the Guitar Hero business, IndustryGamers wondered how Harmonix, which is dealing with its own struggles in the music space with Rock Band, felt about the brand it created and what the death of Guitar Hero means for Rock Band potentially.
Epic Games designer Cliff Bleszinski has said his goodbyes to the Guitar Hero franchise, in his typically frank fashion.
Neocrisis: Today, Activision. offers four all-new track packs for the Guitar Hero App for iPhone and iPod touch. Featuring the likes of Interpol, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Spoon and Weezer, among others, mobile rock stars will be able to jam along to popular classic hits anytime they want. The track packs available now will contain the following songs:
Activision has revealed the new redesigned and customizable guitar controller for Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. All essential parts are now contained within the neck allowing removable wings to be replaced with alternatives.
Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine answered a fan's question whether they were planning to make a Guitar Hero game. Here's his comments on the matter.
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