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

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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Metal Injection reports that Guitar Hero III will feature rock icon SLASH of Velvet Revolver and Guns 'N' Roses fame as a playable character in the game.
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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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If EBGames is to be believed, the prices for Guitar Hero III have been released, and they're all too expensive. The Wii version has the lowest high price, at only $90. The PS3 and 360 versions have the de facto $10 Next Gen tax applied to them, making them $100 each.
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Guitar Hero - a game we love to the bottom of our hearts. Rock Band - a game that could change all that, and tear us away from our former videogame beau like a raven haired seductress peeling away an otherwise committed lover from a... look, we're just excited about this first image of the Rock Band controller, okay? For this gig, Harmonix has hooked up with Fender, and this gorgeous Stratocaster (wireless, we hope) controller is the result. But what's best is the extra few buttons - perched ... » Read More

Updated tracks and info about Guitar Hero III.
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During a conference call today Gamasutra reports that Activision execs took a swipe at EA and Harmonix' Rock Band, saying that it "wasn't surprising that [Guitar Hero] has attracted imitators." Sorry, what? In case you didn't know, Harmonix is also the original developer behind the Guitar Hero franchise, which has since been pawned off to Tony Hawk's dev Neversoft. Now, we're not big suited money men - in fact the closest we get to a secretary is sending the intern to fetch the Burger King ... » Read More

Information about Guitar Hero III has been arriving at a very fast pace now following the partial song list announcement last week. In addition to the 11 previously announced tracks, two more have been revealed.
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The first ever gameplay footage from Guitar Hero III has hit the internet, specifically YouTube. Two movies are viewable, one featuring the track Slow Ride (made famous by Fog Hat) and the second Weezer's My Name is Jonas. Other tracks confirmed for the sequel so far include Paint It Black (by The Rolling Stones), Cherub Rock (by Smashing Pumpkins), Sabotage (by Beastie Boys), The Metal (by Tenacious D), Knights of Cydonia (by Muse), Rock And Roll All Nite (as made famous by Kiss), School's ... » Read More

Activision has finally come out with the juicy info we've been waiting for on Guitar Hero III. The game, on its way to PS2, PS3, Wii and 360, will pack a host of new features including an expanded online multiplayer battle mode, new boss battles and loads of new unlockable content. Activision will also put out new wireless guitars for use with the new game, based on Gibson Guitar's Les Paul model for Wii, 360 and PS3, and Kramer models for PS2. These new guitars, which will be made available ... » Read More

Activision has just revealed the first details of the next version of Guitar Hero, which may or may not still be called Guitar Hero III.

The game will feature new play modes (including online multiplayer), wireless guitar controllers for all formats, downloadable content, more original recordings, and songs by the Rolling Stones, Muse, Heart and the Beastie Boys.

Activision's clout as publisher has got new Guitar Hero developers Neversoft better deals with record companies, and the game should feature many more actual artist recordings this time around. The following seven tracks will all appear in their original glory:

* Paint It Black - The Rolling Stones
* Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins
* Sabotage - Beastie Boys
* The Metal - Tenacious D
* My Name is Jonas - Weezer
* Knights of Cydonia - Muse
* Cult of Personality - Living Colour

Meanwhile these four will turn up in "as made famous by" cover version form:

* Rock And Roll All Nite - Kiss
* School's Out - Alice Cooper
* Slow Ride - Fog Hat
* Barracuda - Heart
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News of Queens of the Stone age will no doubt be music to the ears of any fan, and theprp.com has revealed this week that the rock band will be featured in two upcoming PlayStation 3 games: Guitar Hero III and Rock Band. At the moment, it is unknown which songs will be included in each game.

Queens of the Stone age is not new to the Guitar Hero franchise, and has had their song, No One Knows, featured in the first game. The band will be releasing their next album in June this year.

Guitar Hero III is currently scheduled for a fall 2007 release, while a release window for Rock Band remains unconfirmed.
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Speaking to Pro-G today about all things Guitar Hero, Kai Huang, President and Co-Founder of RedOctane, has confirmed that the upcoming Guitar Hero 3 will feature online play.

Fans of the series had hoped that the recently released Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero II would include online multiplayer support, but it wasn't to be. Guitar Hero 3 is scheduled for released on all major platforms in winter 2007.
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Has Guitar Hero II rocked its way to the top of the charts? or are Crackdown and GRAW 2 the party poopers...
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The Activision-owned publisher Red Octane revealed the third game in the Guitar Hero series is going multiplatform this autumn. A post in the support section of the firm's website promised, "Guitar Hero III for the PlayStation 2, PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii are currently scheduled for release in the United States in Fall of ... » Read More

Speaking on episode 53 of the Official Xbox Magazine podcast, Guitar Hero II associate producer Ted Lange and lead guitarist Marcus Henderson implored fans not to assume the worst for Guitar Hero III just because of a change in developers. "More than anything, I would say, just... we need to be trusted," said Lange. "We really do know what were doing." Adds Henderson: "There is no way to ruin this thing unless we absolutely all give up, cave in, and the world falls in on itself. We care more ... » Read More