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Rock Band to Get Rob Zombie, Wolfmother, Morningwood, And More (News)

23 Oct 2009

WorthPlaying writes, "Grammy Award-nominated American metal rocker and former White Zombie frontman Rob Zombie adds to his Rock Band DLC catalog (currently "War Zone") with three new tracks for the Rock Band platform, including "Dragula" and "Superbeast," from his debut solo album, Hellbilly Deluxe, as well as "Burn," from his new album, Hellbilly Deluxe 2, to be released Nov. 17. Zombie also has a film currently playing in theaters – Halloween 2, which he wrote, directed and produced."

GH5 track importing bypasses GH: Metallica (News)

12 Aug 2009

Earlier in the week, Activision announced that players would be able to import tracks from Guitar Hero: World Tour and Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits for use in the upcoming Guitar Hero 5.

You won't, however, be able to import tracks from Guitar Hero: Metallica, an Activision representative informed GamerZines at a recent hands-on event.

Music charts to add games (News)

9 Jul 2009

MCV: Singstar and Guitar Hero downloads wanted by Official Charts Company

Harmonix: music games could abandon consoles (News)

7 Jul 2009

It sometimes seems as if a new music rhythm game is released every five minutes, but Harmonix honcho Josh Randall believes things may change in the future. Randall thinks that games like Rock Band may eventually abandon consoles altogether, instead taking the form of instruments with built-in music.

Guesses for Amazon Gold Box PS3 Edition (News)

22 Jun 2009

Binge Gamer writes:
6:00 AM – Slice and dice, bub.
They start out with a pretty decent title, one of those cases where the game is better than the movie. X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

10:00 AM – If only Jack Ryan had his wings.
Out of all the clues, this is the only one that has me slightly confused. So I checked where all bargain gamers like myself would go, Cheap Ass Gamer. Most users are saying it is Tom Clancy's HAWX, so I'm going to agree for now.

Another guess is Bioshock (based on "Jack Ryan" being in the hint).

12:00 PM – Nothing Else Matters
C'mon Amazon, make it a little harder next time. Guitar Hero: Metallica.

3:00 PM – Prepare for the future.
This one I wasn't so sure on, but then vazel from GAF remembered that this was the tag line for Fallout 3.

A slight possibility though, is Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction. Seeing how you can already get this for thirty bucks new, I am still putting my money on it being Fallout 3 (especially with the "Game of the Year" edition, they probably want to get rid of this stock)

6:00 PM – Step into the ring with the Eighth Wonder of the World
Sorry to crush your hopes if you might have thought this is for Fight Night: Round 4, but my man Andre the Giant was once known as the Eighth Wonder (and also loved when he was known as Fezzik)

Three New Guitar Hero World Records Set (News)

11 Jun 2009

The new Guinness World Records set included the Longest Note Streak on Guitar Hero, with a score of 3,722 and 100% on the track Through the Fire and the Flames during which he also beat his previously held record for the Highest Score For a Single Track on Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Xbox 360) with a score of 985,206.

European Video Games Releases For Week 24/05/09 (News)

25 May 2009

Highlights this week include inFamous for PS3, Virtua Tennis 2009 for PS3 and Xbox and Guitar Hero: Metallica for pretty much everything.

Guitar Hero Metallica Solo Guitar Game Bundle Available At Launch (News)

11 May 2009

Europe Exclusive - Guitar Heroes Across Europe Will "Ride the Lightning" in Monday 11th May

Guitar Hero: Metallica offers exclusive costumes for UK limited edition (News)

10 May 2009

TGS: "UK retailer HMV has detailed contents of a Guitar Hero: Metallica limited edition which will include content unavailible anywhere else!"

Prince Talks About Guitar Hero, Turned Down an Offer to be in the Game (News)

1 May 2009

Slashgamer: "Prince is considered to be one of the greatest musicians of our time. Honestly, even if for some reason you can't stand him, it's hard to argue his greatness, just look at his achievements. The artiest has won seven Grammy Awards, one Golden Globe and even an Academy Award for his work on Purple Rain.

Even with his legendary work, comes controversy. Without me getting to much into it, just go to his Wikipedia page and look under 'controversy.' With that said, PBS asked Prince on his thoughts about Guitar Hero. Although he didn't necessarily criticizes the rhythm game, he just doesn't think it should be a substitute for playing an actual guitar."

Scoring gaming deals: Video games and hardware on sale this week (News)

20 Apr 2009

There are plenty of deals on video games this week, as much as 50% off some games and gear. Guitar Hero games and accessories, as well as PlayStation hardware too. Here's a round-up of various video game deals that are going on this week. You may want to check them out soon, because supplies are limited!

Among the offers are:
$20 off the PLAYSTATION 3 Uncharted Bundle
$20 off LittleBigPlanet
Guitar Hero Aerosmith for free when you buy Guitar Hero Metallica
Resistance Retribution or MLB 09 for free with PSP
Guitar Hero On Tour Guitar Bundles for 50% off
Buy 1 Xbox 360 or PS3 game at Target, get 50% off another
Get $20 off Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars when you purchase a DSi
and more!

Bobby Kotick: Activision Blizzard doing better than expected (News)

16 Apr 2009

Activision Blizzard has announced that its March quarter net revenues and earnings per share are ahead of previous goals, citing Call of Duty, Guitar Hero and (of course) World of Warcraft as franchises that continue to stay strong despite the economic downturn.

411mania's Release List for the Week of April 13, 2009 (News)

15 Apr 2009

411mania talks about this week's game releases. Highlights include Demigod, Dokapon Journey, The Dark Spire, the Final Fantasy XIII Demo + Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete, and Air Conflicts.

Guitar Hero: Metallica (Review)

3 Apr 2009

It’s getting tough to review Guitar Hero and Rock Band games, simply because they’re all pretty identical once you get beyond the tracklists. Sure, you might find a tweak here or there, but in truth, this series has been practically perfect from its inception. Guitar Hero: Metallica is more of the same goodness. ...

Guitar Hero Metallica gives you the chance of meeting the band (News)

1 Apr 2009

Activision Publishing, Inc., a Californian leading developer, publisher and distributor of interactive products, has today announced its sponsorship for the 2009 European Sonisphere Festivals, headlined by Metallica. The festivals will be held in Holland, Germany, Spain, Sweden and Finland, and UK too, where it is going to end. Fans willing to get a taste of the higly anticipated game Guitar Hero Metallica will have the chance to try their skills on a demo, instead of waiting for the game to be released in May 2009.

Nyko's Metal Pedal for Rock Band and Guitar Hero now available (News)

1 Apr 2009

Nyko's new heavy-duty drum pedal for Rock Band and Guitar Hero is now available in stores for $19.99.

The Metal Pedal is compatible with Rock Band 1 and 2, Guitar Hero: World Tour and Guitar Hero: Metallica on all consoles. Simply plug the pedal directly into the drum set and you are good to go!

Guitar Hero Metallica - Launch trailer (Video)

30 Mar 2009

Adding support for a second drum pedal and finally placing multiplayer meters in plain view, Guitar Hero: Metallica is more metal than mecha-godzilla holding a bag of spoons while scaling a skyscraper.

Ship Happens: New Game Releases for the Week of March 30, 2009 (News)

30 Mar 2009

GamerDeals.net writes:

"We list this weeks game releases and highlight the top dogs, in addition to the uninspiring, craptacular shovel-ware.

Highlighted top dogs this week include Guitar Hero Metallica (PS3, PS2, Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360), and Rhythm Heaven (Nintendo DS).

The lowlight is from the Nintendo DS overcrowded 'cute horse game' camp, My Horse and Me: Riding for Gold.

Check out the full list of new video game releases (USA) for the week of March 23, 2009 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Sony PS2, PSP, Nintendo DS, and PC!"

Guitar Hero Metallica Midnight Launch events and bonus offers (News)

29 Mar 2009

Ready to tear it up with Metallica? Guitar Hero: Metallica launches tomorrow in North America. Here's a round-up of deals on the game from different retailers, as well as GameStop's Midnight Launch event and early store openings.

GameStop will be opening about 400 stores for a Midnight Event tonight (3/28/09), starting at 10pm. Many more stores will be opening early on Sunday morning starting at 9 a.m. Check with your local GameStop to see if they'll be participating.

Here's a listing of different deals on Guitar Hero: Metallica:

Walmart is offering $10 eGift cards.

Best Buy is offering a Tattoo Sleeve.

Some online retailers are offering several dollars off the price of Guitar Hero: Metallica, which include:
- VideoGameCentral.com
- Buy.com
- Amazon.com

New video game releases for the week of 3/29/09 (News)

27 Mar 2009

Guitar Hero Metallica kicks off the new video game releases in the week ahead. It'll be available this Sunday for the Xbox 360, Wii and PLAYSTATION 3. Another new music game out this week for the Wii is Major Minor's Majestic March. It's coming from Masaya Matsuura and artist Rodney Alan Greenblat, who were the creators of the cult-classic music/rhythm game Parappa The Rapper. Lead a band of green monkeys trumpeting, blue bears drumming and cats on saxophones. Yeah, it's different. The new Nintendo DSi will be out in just about a week, on April 5th, but you may want to get your pre-order in soon! The DSi is likely to be in high demand. Early adopters will get 1000 DSi Points for logging into the DSi Shop.

New video game releases for week of 3/29/09:
(subject to change)

Xbox 360:
Guitar Hero Metallica
Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust

PLAYSTATION 3:
Guitar Hero Metallica

Wii:
Backyard Baseball 2010
Cradle of Rome
Crayola Colorful Journey
Dance Dance Revolution Disney Grooves Includes Two Dance Mats
Don King Boxing
Gold's Gym Cardio Workout
Guitar Hero Metallica
Major Minor's Majestic March
Nintendo 2000 Points Card (DSi or Wii)
Offshore Tycoon

Nintendo DS and DSi:
Nintendo DSi Console - Matte Black (available April 5th)
Nintendo DSi Console - Matte Blue (available April 5th)
Don King Boxing
Fashion Studio: Paris Collection
Gardening Mama
Imagine: Family Doctor
Nintendo 2000 Points Card (DSi or Wii)
Pet Vet Down Under
Tokyo Beat Down

PSP:
Air Conflicts

Guitar Hero: Metallica will arrive on Europe on May 22 (News)

25 Mar 2009

HardGame2 writes: "Wake up your guitars, because the May 22 we have another appointment with the Guitar Hero franchise, in this case with the band Metallica, who come to Wii, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Guitar Hero: Metallica will be sold in conjunction with all the peripheral (the biggest new feature is a second pedal on drums, expressly requested by the drummer of Metallica)or separately".

Guitar Hero Metallica - Into the game (Video)

24 Mar 2009

Guitar Hero Metallica - The game (Video)

24 Mar 2009

Guitar Hero Metallica - 3 behind the scenes videos with Metallica (News)

24 Mar 2009

Guitar Hero Metallica will be unleashed to gamers in about a week and today Activision has released a few video documentaries featuring Metallica. Metallica's Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo share what it's like to bring their metal music to this generation. They gear up in motion-capture suits as well, showing the authenticity of the digital Metallica. The three videos include:

Guitar Hero Metallica : "The Music"
Guitar Hero Metallica : "The Game"
Guitar Hero Metallica : "Getting Metallica Into the Game"

New Game Releases for the Week of March 23, 2009 (News)

23 Mar 2009

Gamerdeals.net writes:

"Highlights this week include Guitar Hero Metallica (PS3, Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360), Pokemon Platinum Version (DS), WWE Legends of Wrestlemania (Xbox 360, PS3), Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (DS, Wii), plus a few more gems...

Check out the full list of new video game releases (USA) for the week of March 23, 2009 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Sony PS2, PSP, Nintendo DS, and PC!"

New Community Login System is on its way for Guitar Hero (News)

20 Mar 2009

Activision sent out this email announcing the new community login system coming for Guitar Hero.

"Guitar Hero is a no-no for me," says Metallica's Kirk Hammet (News)

19 Mar 2009

TVGB: "Swedish newspaper DN got hold of legendary guitarist Kirk Hammet when Metallica was touring Stockholm not long ago. The interview was obviously about Guitar Hero: Metallica and Hammet's view on the game. Accordingly, Hammet has only played Guitar Hero once, and isn't bound to repeat the achievement anytime soon since he, just like Max Wahlberg, gets obsessed when playing videogames."

Guitar Hero Metallica (Screenshots)

18 Mar 2009

PS3: The Games of March (News)

3 Mar 2009

GamerDeals.net writes:

"After the anticipated late February release of Killzone 2, PS3 gamers still have a packed release schedule ahead of them in March.

Highlights for the month of March 2009 include the MLB '09: The Show, Tom Clancy's HAWX, Resident Evil 5, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, Sacred 2: Fallen Angel, and Guitar Hero Metallica.

What titles are you looking forward to?

Check out the full list of new video game releases (USA) for the month of March 2009 on PS3!"

Gibson Loses Guitar Hero Lawsuit (News)

2 Mar 2009

A California court has thrown out a lawsuit filed by legendary guitar maker Gibson against Activision for allegedly violating a patent with their Guitar Hero games.

King Diamond Joins Guitar Hero: Metallica (News)

23 Feb 2009

King Diamond will take part in Activision's Guitar Hero: Metallica.

King Diamond's song will be "Evil" - which originally was recorded in 1983 and is one of the Mercyful Fate songs that comprise Metallica's "Mercyful Fate" medley, was re-recorded by four of the five original band members for Guitar Hero Metallica.

Trophies: Guitar Hero: Metallica (News)

19 Feb 2009

PS3Trophies.org have just posted the Guitar Hero: Metallica trophies for all to see.

The list in all has 51 trophies; 1 platinum, 1 gold, 12 silver and the rest bronze.

Former Sega of America President Bernard Stolar lands new job at Vivo Products (News)

17 Feb 2009

Consumer electronics manufacturer Vivo Products has announced a couple of changes in their corporate lineup today. Bernard Stolar has been appointed to Chairman of the Board and Kelli Richards assumes the role of VP Business Development&Content Partnerships.

Vivo currently boasts three products including a Jillian Michaels Flash Drive, Gene Simmons Axe, and the Vivo Video player. The famous Axe guitar from the legendary front man of KISS, Gene Simmons is forever immortalized in plastic by Vivo for use in Rock Band and Guitar Hero games on the Playstation 2 and Playstation 3 consoles. Jillian Michaels has her likeness on 2gb flash drives that are a compliment her Fitness Ultimatum Nintendo Wii game. The Vivo Video is touted as "the ultimate all-in-one mp3 and mp4 player".

Lemmy from Motörhead will be in Guitar Hero: Metallica (News)

13 Feb 2009

From Metallica's official website: "So hey, when we were thinking about this whole Guitar Hero thing, we thought we'd see if we could drag in some of our close friends into the game, too. Not only can you play as us, but we're happy to tell you that you can also play as our pal Lemmy from Motorhead! Check out some shots of Lemmy in action!"

Activision reveals pre-order goodies for Guitar Hero: Metallica (News)

13 Feb 2009

Thatvideogameblog reports, "Pre-orders are always a hit and miss affair for me. In this day and age of everyone under the sun selling videogames it never seems to be entirely necessary to pre-order a game. However, game stores and companies like when we do it because it gives them money without handing anything over. Thus prompting us to pre-order is in their favor. In this vein Activision has announced that Guitar Hero: Metallica will get three separate pre-order goodies depending on where you get the game from.

GameStops across the country will be bestowing pre-orderers with an entire extra kick-pedal for their drums sets, which is frickin awesome. No less awesome is receiving Metallica drumsticks from Hollywood Video or GameCrazy. Equally no less awesome is the tattoo sleeve you'll get from Best Buy… wait a minute. Tattoo sleeve? That is not awesome or very heavy metal at all. In fact I would argue that a tattoo sleeve is the antithesis of Metallica. If the two came into contact the world would literally explode. So for the sake of humanity, pre-order far away from Best Buy. Also, that image above is the box art - or part of it. See the rest below, and yes, it looks the same for all three systems."

Guitar Hero World Tour Country Stand-Alone Instruments On Sale (News)

12 Feb 2009

The moment that Guitar Hero fans have been waiting for has come to pass. The famed Guitar Hero World Tour band kit came with all sorts of goodies in the form of high-quality wireless instruments. But the question that's been going around is what to do if you just bought the game itself to play with an older version's instruments, bought the guitar-only pack and wanted to rock out with your band, or even if you broke your gear. Activision today announced that this coming Monday the 15th the shelves of you favorite game store will be stocked with individual instruments.

Guitar Hero: Metallica Pre-Order Bonuses (News)

12 Feb 2009

For a limited time only, gamers can receive bonuses for the upcoming Guitar Hero title if they pre-order from retailers.

Guitar Hero Metallica - Behind the Music (News)

11 Feb 2009

Playstation Blog writes:
Hey everyone, this is Alan Flores and I am the lead designer of Guitar Hero Metallica. I just wanted to share some thoughts about why Guitar Hero Metallica is so important to me and why I think we owed it to all the metal heads out there to make the best game we could possibly make.

School of Rock: Guitar Hero & Rock Band Summer Camps Announced (News)

7 Feb 2009

Power Chord Academy, the nation's leading summer camp for amateur musician training, is excited to announce the addition of two new Summer programs!

GameROCKERS is an exclusive 3-day cutting edge game-musician program for the new age of musicians who play Guitar Hero or Rock Band. iROCKER is a 1-day version of the GameROCKERS program.

Blondie Man Studies Music Games (News)

6 Feb 2009

IncGamers report:
"Blondie drummer Clem Burke is teaming up with researchers from the Universities of Chichester and Gloucester to study the potential physical and psychological benefits of playing drum-based music games."

Guitar Hero Ace Rips his way into the Guinness World records Book (News)

4 Feb 2009

To celebrate the launch of the second annual Guinness World Records 2009 Gamer's Edition, the nation's best Guitar Hero® III: Legends of Rock player visited New York City for a mesmerizing record-breaking shred session.

Guitar Hero Metallica: Fact Sheet (News)

29 Jan 2009

Activision Publishing, Inc. has released a fact sheet on Guitar Hero: Metallica, due for release on Xbox360, PLAYSTATION3, PlayStation2 and Wii in Spring 2009. The complete release follows below:

Guitar Hero: World Tour February track packs detailed (News)

27 Jan 2009

Activision has confirmed that it will be unleashing three all new track packs for Guitar Hero: World Tour next month.

Kicking things off on February 12 is the Acoustic Track Pack, which includes "Drive" by Incubus, "New Slang" by The Shins and "Wonderwall" as interpreted by Ryan Adams.

The Wings Track Pack will follow one week later, featuring "Junior's Farm", "Hi Hi Hi" and "Jet". Finally, February 26 sees the release of the Bob Seger Track Pack, which includes "Old Time Rock and Roll", "Her Strut", and a live version of "Get Out of Denver".

Each track pack will set you back USD 5.49, while individual songs will cost USD 1.99 apiece

Guitar Hero Metallica (Preview)

27 Jan 2009

You might not have known it, but every moment you’ve spent playing Guitar Hero, or indeed Rock Band, has led up to one moment. From those first uncertain chords of I Love Rock and Roll in the original Guitar Hero all the way through to smashing several shades of excrement out of your World Tour drum kit during Freak on a Leash – everything was just padding the way for four digitized men to stride purposefully toward a stage drowned in golden fireworks. ...

Guitar Hero: Metallica...The Songs (Full Setlist) (News)

24 Jan 2009

Another piece of the Guitar Hero puzzle . . . the track listing! In case you're just tuning in now, the all 'Tallica Guitar Hero will be hitting the streets on March 29 with some really cool features like different classic venues such as the L.A. Forum, Tushino Airfield, and The Hammersmith Odeon, the ability to play as us or in single instrument mode, and even the Expert+ setting with double bass drum kick pedals.

So without further ado, here are the songs on the game . . . both from Metallica and from some of the bands they admire and even call friends:

Pre-Order Guitar Hero: Metallica, Get a Free Drum Pedal (News)

19 Jan 2009

When Guitar Hero: Metallica was first announced, we heard about the new Expert+ Drum Mode that would make use of two kick pedals for some hot double bass action. Now this left me wondering how much we would have to drop to get the splitter and the extra pedal.

Guitar Hero Metallica dated for North America, May confirmed for Europe (News)

15 Jan 2009

From Metallica's official site: "Remember that "first half of 2009" stuff? Well, we actually have a real date for you now for the all 'Tallica Guitar Hero game... March 29 in North America for Xbox 360 and Sony Playstation 3, with our friends outside of North America seeing the game in early May. Nintendo Wii and PS2 will follow later in the Spring, also most likely in early May.

In case you missed the December news story, Guitar Hero Metallica allows you to play as us in either single instrument or band career game modes in your choice of some famous settings or new venues with in the round staging. Included are 28 Metallica songs along with a few from some of our favs like Alice in Chains, the Foo Fighters, Slayer, Machine Head and Queen. There is also an all new Expert+ difficulty setting featuring two bass drum kick pedals (!!!) along with all the gameplay modes from Guitar Hero World Tour."

Guitar Hero Metallica Wii Euro date still TBC, says Activision (News)

15 Jan 2009

VG247: Activision has told videogaming247 that Guitar Hero Metallica is still TBC, whilst the PlayStation 3 and 360 versions will have a simultaneous release in Europe in May.

Metallica Fought to get Slayer Inlcuded in Their Game (News)

31 Dec 2008

Kombo writes, "As you can only imagine, Metallica had an uphill battle to get their game approved due to some of the lyrics and content within their songs. Though Metallica are no saints, they actually had a more difficult time trying to get Slayer approved to appear in the game. So what was the big snag? Hit the jump to find out..."

Rock Band kicks off 09 with DLC from Jethro Tull, Snow Patrol, Deep Purple, and James Gang (News)

23 Dec 2008

Harmonix and MTV Games announced today the addition of four new tracks to the Rock Band Music Store catalog of downloadable content from bands Snow Patrol, Deep Purple, James Gang and Jethro Tull.

Unlockable Characters (Unlockable)

6 Apr 2009

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Trophies (Unlockable)

1 Apr 2009

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Cheats (Cheat)

1 Apr 2009

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