Kotaku reports that: "The rampant speculation over which long-haired European metal/rock acts Neversoft and Activision will include in the European version of Guitar Hero III will soon be over: the game's Europe-specific inclusions will be debuted at Leipzig"
'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.
Wii owners itching to start shredding on their Wiimotes to the timeless tunes of Slash, Gene Simmons - and dare Qj suggest, to the insane wailings of Dragonforce - here's some very good news that's sure to get you busting out your air guitars in a stadium-rocking solo: the first packshot of the Guitar Hero III: Legend of Rock bundle for the Wii!
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.
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.
As part of it's coverage of Activision's forthcoming first quarter earnings, analyst group Janco has said it expects Guitar Hero will counter MTV/Harmonix's forthcoming Rock Band by adding its own additional instrument peripherals at some point in 2008.
Activision officially confirmed a bunch of songs that we knew were coming from Guitar Hero III and surprised us with a couple more. These include songs from artists like AFI, Iron Maiden, Queens of the Stone Age, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Slayer and the Strokes.
PS3 Attitude reveals that the European Premiere of Guitar Hero III will be in Edinburgh on 14th August, along with world premieres of two other titles.
This past Monday, a group of ScoreHero members were flown out to visit Neversoft's Southern Calilfornia offices to play/test Guitar Hero III: