Guitar Hero World Tour

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Guitar Hero Tour has, this week, gotten a little more exotic. On offer today are three tracks from bands that aren’t American, aren’t British, aren’t Canadian, aren’t even Australian.

Instead, they’re three tracks from three bands from continental Europe. Spain’s Fito & Fitipaldis bring us “Por la boca vive el pez”, Holland’s Di-rect bring us “Johnny” and Sweden’s Backyard Babies offer up “Degenerated”, all for 160 Microsoft Points (with a PSN release probably due later this week).

For under-represented European fans, it’s a start. Shame, though, they weren’t from more well-known bands that would do good business on both sides of the Atlantic (like, say, Turbonegro).

Guitar Hero World Tour: Various Tracks [Microsoft]

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by: Charles Husemann
NEWS – If you’re looking for a few new tracks for Guitar Hero World Tour your in luck as Activision has released two new content packs, the “Hard Rock” pack and the Reggae Rock Pack

The $5.49/440 point “Hard Rock” pack includes:

• Hinder – “Use Me”
• Nickelback – “Because of You”
• Rev Theory – “Light it Up”

The free Reggae Rock pack includes

• Pepper – “Your Face”
• Slightly Stupid – “Jimi”
• The Expendables – “Sacrifice”

Always nice to get free stuff around the holidays.Comment

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And this is taking things too far.

In the video we see one 13-year-old Danny playing Guitar Hero center court during the halftime of a Dallas Mavericks game. Apparently young Danny won a GameStop contest, and then he was told he had to dress up like a douche in order to play center court surrounded by cheerleaders. Live and learn. Live and learn.

[Thanks Brad]

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When Activision trademarked Guitar Hero Modern Hits, we had little to go on outside of the title and a suspected aversion to whatever Activision’s calling a “modern hit.” Thank goodness for ESRB leaks!

Because now we know, for the most part, what Guitar Hero Modern Hits is: another Nintendo DS entry in the Guitar Hero line. How will it differentiate itself from Guitar Hero On Tour and Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades? New tracks!

The ESRB description is pretty staid — “This is a music and rhythm simulation game in which players can perform songs on a guitar. Players follow on-screen prompts to hit notes in-time with the music and are scored based on their accuracy.” But it also reveals some of the tracklistings.

It lists potentially objectionable lyrics for Sum 41′s “Still Waiting”, Franz Ferdinand’s “The Fallen” and Finger Eleven’s “Paralyzer” a rather reliable indicator that, you know, these songs will be in the game.

Hey, Activision-Blizzard has to pump these things out as quickly as possible, before its loses that precious Game Boy Advance slot so necessary to the Guitar Hero DS experience. The Nintendo DSi is going to be here before you know it.

ESRB Game Ratings [ESRB]

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Young Danny rips through “The Devil Went Down To Georgia” on Expert, getting 100 percent and beating the game. Wonder if he can play a real guitar as well. With that fancy fingerwork, maybe he should.

13 year old beats Guitar Hero [Wonderland Blog]

For those who have mastered all Guitar Hero World Tour tracks when the holidays are not even half way through, rejoice. Activision has released a vast list of tracks that will be downloadable on all formats. The new tracks come from various artist including, Silverchair, Wolfmother, The Vines, Travis Baker, Blink 182 and the latest Oasis album. There are over 20 new tracks, plenty to keep you occupied if you are on holidays. Full track list and release dates inside.

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by: Charles Husemann
NEWS – I have really mixed emotions over Metallica.  On one hand the band cranked out some fantastic music in the late 80′s and early 90′s but then defined the word sellout when they decided to go mainstream.  There’s also the issue of their pointless persecution of Napster and their movie Some Kind of Monster which revealed them to be preening drama queens.  I am interested to see what Guitar Hero:Metallica offers as the Metallica tracks in Rock Band 2 were insane (especially for drum players).  I guess we’ll see what happens when we "ride the lightning" in 2009.

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Who gets the exclusive first trailer for Guitar Hero: Metallica? Well, Metallica does. The band revealed the game in motion via its official site, with a guest appearance from… Ennio Morricone?

No, we don’t think the score from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly will be playable, but it sets the mood [and commenter FarmboyInJapan informs us the song is played prior to each of the band's shows - Ed.]. Perhaps it’s Metallica’s subtle way of saying that James Hetfield’s in-game character model is downright hideous? I mean, I know the dude’s not exactly oozing handsome in real life, but he looks goddamn scary in Guitar Hero: Metallica.

The rest of the trailer is all about “Master of Puppets” and self-promotion, touting 20 of the band’s “fiercest songs” and guitar or full band gameplay. I’m a little excited! I just hope we can revert to Garage Days Revisited skins and that Activision nixes any plans for a Cliff Burton zombie mode.

Guitar Hero: Metallica [Metallica]

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by: Randy Kalista
NEWS – What is the United States’ national bird?  That’s right:  The Eagles.  The 1970′s country- and folk-tinged rock band that gave us national anthems like "Hotel California," "Heartache Tonight" and "New Kid in Town" — good heavens, this list could go on — has "Frail Grasp on the Big Picture" (from their latest studio album, Long Road Out of Eden) as well as two classics, "One of These Nights" and "Life in the Fast Lane," rounding out a Guitar Hero World Tour three-track pack. Available now for download on Xbox LIVE Marketplace, PlayStation Store, and on the Wii.

To be clear (because I spazzed out at the beginning of this post), the track pack only includes "Frail Grasp of the Big Picture," "One of These Nights" and "Life in the Fast Lane."  The three-pack is 440 Microsoft Points and $5.49 in the PlayStation Store; or as singles for 160 MS Points, $1.99 from the PS Store, and 200 Wii Points.Comment

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Activision is giving you a little something back in the form of five free downloadable tracks if you buy Guitar Hero: World Tour before New Year’s Eve. It only applies to the “Complete Guitar Game” variety that retails for $99.99, which is the package that comes with the game and a guitar controller, but not the standalone game or the more expensive “Full Band Kit”. DLC is usually about $2 a pop, so you’ll be saving about $10 with this deal. Of course, if you own the game already, this simply means you are getting 5 songs for free.

Some people will try to compare this deal with the 20-song DLC Rock Band 2 offered a while back, but in this case you actually get to pick and choose which songs you want.

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The game that is a contestant for the worst kept secret in the history of ever finally has (partially) shown its track list. Guitar Hero: Metallica, like its Aerosmith cousin, will feature songs from the named band as well as some bands that previously collaborated with Metallica. Guitar Hero: Metallica is set for release on Wii, PlayStation 2 and 3, Xbox 360 in Q1 2009. Track list inside.

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Boy, Guitar Hero: Metallica got exciting all of a sudden, didn’t it? Promising tracklist, a fine selection of “other bands” to play with…let’s see what Metallica have to say about the whole thing.

Speaking with USA Today, the band have spoken on their hopes for the game, their involvement in the project and how the game has a…storyline. Lars Ulrich explains:

We wanted a little bit of a different slant. Basically, you start out and you play some songs and you get warmed up, and there’s a competition. We’re trying to pick a band to play with us and go on the road with us.

A storyline? How ambitious.

As usual, though, the most interesting thing anyone could string together came from Kirk Hammett, who is a lot more optimistic about the positive influences music games can have on kids than guys from other, shittier bands:

It is kind of weird to know that people are going to have an experience that is going to be similar to my own experience playing and performing music. It’s going to open people up maybe to the prospect of taking the whole thing one step further and actually picking up an instrument. We might be rearing an entire culture of future musicians. That prospect is just super-cool.

Plenty more stuff at the links below, including the first screenshots.

First look: Metallica gets ‘Guitar Hero’ treatment [USA Today]

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But gap narrows as music games decline.

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by: John Yan
NEWS – Activision announced today that three-song Track Packs from some of Europe’s most popular bands will be available for 440 MS Points or $5.49 on the PlayStation 3 network. Individually, they will cost 160 MS points, $1.99 on the PS3, or 200 Wii points. Can’t say I heard of any of these folks but it’s nice to see the game branch out to other countries for music for the game.Comment

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A quick look at the pros and cons of the Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero World Tour drum kits.

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It’s the classic dilemma. Two competing formats-which is better? Rock Band or Guitar Hero? Here’s a brief comparison of game play, songs and instruments.

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Activision is boosting its international content on Guitar Hero World Tour by offering three new track packs from such European band such as including Germany’s Sportfreunde Stiller, France’s BB Brunes and Spain’s Fito Y Fitipaldis. Nope, we haven’t heard of them either. The songs will hit the Wii as singles for 200 points each but will be available in packs on the other consoles. So brush up on the Spanish and French as if you sing in World Tour you’ll be needing to learn a new language. Press Release inside

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Activision, Konami and the guys who make Buck Hunter? Strange combination. But that’s the team behind the arcade version of Guitar Hero, and in an interview with MTV, they’ve spoken at length on the game.

Most of it, we already knew, but what we didn’t know was that Raw Thrills – the Buck Hunter guys – are planning on rolling the machines out in early February next year.

A small, “pre-production run” is already on the way, consisting of around 25 machines, while the rest will be with us “probably in the first couple weeks in February”, according to Raw Thrills’ Andrew Eloff.

It’s hoped that, once the machines start turning up, a website will be opened up allowing users to find the closest cabinet to their place.

‘Guitar Hero Arcade’ Is Based On ‘GH III,’ Developer Explains Konami’s Surprising Involvement [MTV]

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Guitar Hero World Tour is getting the Xbox Live Weekend treatment come November 27th, snagging the coveted Thanksgiving spot on Microsoft’s service. They’re planning on making good use of the four-day weekend as well, kicking things off with an all-nighter kicking off Thanksgiving Day, lasting from sunset to sun up, targeted at those of you who can somehow stave off the sleepy effects of consuming massive amounts of dead bird. Then on Friday the obligatory play and win sweepstakes starts, running throughout the weekend with prizes ranging from 1GB memory sticks to a Samsung home theater system.

Finally, on Saturday the 30th from 10:00PM to 1:00AM GMT, players will be able to jam online with the folks from Neversoft, from the Producer on down to the QA testers. Hit the jump for the full list of Neversoft friends to add to your list, as well as more details on how you can participate in the weekend’s festivities.

SHRED, DRUM AND WAIL IN GUITAR HERO WORLD TOUR LIVE WEEKEND ON XBOX LIVE® MARKETPLACE

Prizes to be won in online sweepstakes. Game with the developers in Xbox Live exclusive Guitar Hero World Tour tournaments

Wednesday 19th November/… Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) today announced an exclusive Xbox LIVE® online entertainment network weekend for their smash-hit Guitar Hero® World Tour. Starting November 27, 2008, players 14 years of age or older will be able to participate in a number of exciting online activities to determine who is truly the top Guitar Hero® rocker.

These activities include:
• Xbox All Nighter – Thursday, 11/27, from dusk until dawn
• Play & Win Sweepstakes – Friday, 11/28, through Saturday, 11/30
• Game with Developers – Saturday, 11/30 from 10:00pm – 01:00am GMT

Throughout the weekend, guitarist, drummers and vocalists who register and play the Guitar Hero World Tour multiplayer (co-op) session can also win special prizes, such as a Samsung television home theater package, collector’s edition Guitar Hero World Tour drum sticks, 1GB memory sticks and Guitar Hero portable USB/battery powered speakers.

Highlighting the weekend’s activities, on Sunday, November 30 from 10:00pm – 01:00am GMT, virtual musicians will have the opportunity to prove their rock god skills online against none other than Neversoft Entertainment, the creators of Guitar Hero World Tour. For those up for the challenge, be on the look-out for the following development team Gamertags:

• GHDevTina – Producer
• GHDevLee – Associate Producer
• GHDevCorey – Production Coordinator
• GHDevAnthony – Midi Designer
• GHDevChris – Midi Designer
• GHDevJason – Lead Animator
• GHDevZack – Junior Programmer
• GHDevJosh – Jr. Sound Designer
• GHDevKristina – Mocap Supervisor
• GHDevJustin – Mocap Tech
• GHDevAdry – QA Tester
• GHDevBrandon – QA Tester
• GHDevTravisR – QA Tester

More details on registering for Guitar Hero World Tour Xbox LIVE weekend and information regarding terms, conditions, and official rules are available through the official event page: http://www.xbox.com/guitarheroworldtour. Open registration will begin when the site goes live and will end at 04:59am GMT on December 1st, 2008.

The latest installment in the #1 best-selling video game franchise of 2007, Guitar Hero World Tour transforms music gaming by expanding Guitar Hero’s signature guitar gameplay into a cooperative band experience that combines the most advanced wireless controllers with new revolutionary online* and offline gameplay modes including Band Career and 8-player “Battle of the Bands,” which allows two full bands to compete head-to-head online for the first time ever. The game features a slick newly redesigned guitar controller, drum kit controller and a wired microphone, as well as an innovative Music Studio music creator that lets players compose, record, edit and share their own rock ‘n’ roll anthems. Music creators will also be able to share their recordings with their friends online through GHTunes where other gamers can download and play an endless supply of unique creations.

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I’ve heard the Christian rock industry in the US is worth millions. (Pause for irony to sink in). You’d think, then, they could have spared more than a couple of bucks on the production values for this Guitar Praise trailer. Or spared more than a couple of bucks on the production values for Guitar Praise.

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