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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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"

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HMXSean the community forum leader for Harmonix on the official Rock Band forums, has said that the article from dailygaming.net is absolutely false.

HMXSean said "In no way is this true. It is well written satire but it is very much satire."

Stopping any wild claims of a Metallica lawsuit against Red Octane, Activision or Harmonix.
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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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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!
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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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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

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.

See the full list of 24 GHIII songs after the break.
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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

... it is Guitar Hero after all and if you already have a guitar you'll be all set, or you can purchase a wireless one, available on all systems with the game, when it releases.

Joystiq spent some time with the new Guitar Hero III ...
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Red Octane showed Joystiq their new wireless controllers coming to Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii with the release of Guitar Hero III this fall. The Wii version (seen above), allows you to put your Wiimote into it via a flap in the back. The rest of the controllers look fine and the buttons are in the perfect place so you don't "pull a Peter Moore" in GH III like you would in Rock Band.

The weird news is Red Octane's cagey attitude towards pricing between systems, the same thing Joystiq experienced with Harmonix about Rock Band...
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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

Hardcore Nintendo fans certainly weren't the focus of this year's press conference. True, we saw the Wii Zapper revealed and finally got confirmation on Mario Kart Wii (due Q1 next year) and Super Mario Galaxy's release date (November 12), but the real focus was the company's continued audience expansion. In addition to showing Brain Age 2 and a new visual acuity game called Flash Focus, Nintendo unveiled its secret weapon for its next casual carpet bomb - Wii Fit, an exercise program that uses ... » Read More

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

E3 is upon us, and what better way to celebrate it than with a little Guitar Hero III news. Today Activision officially announced its partnership with guitar makers Gibson Guitar Corp. The partnership not only entitles the release of new Gibson guitars for players to rock out with, but also in-game brand guitars exclusive to Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. Players can use over 20 classic and modern Gibson guitars, and more than 80 finishes to stylize their rocking goodness. In addition, each platform will support fully-wireless guitars for GH patrons, with everything from PS2 to 360, PS3 and the Wii being fully wireless.
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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

Activision-representatives confirmed that Guitar Hero III will be out on the 28th of october 2007 in Europe. The game will be released on the PlayStation 2, Wii, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and will be packed with a guitar-controller.
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