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by: Dan Keener
NEWS – Well, with Lemmy officially announced last week, Activision has now broken out Mercyful Fate frontman King Diamond as the next icon to join Metallica in their Guitar Hero Metallica game. Along with Kind Diamond himself, the game will feature his cross-bone microphone, Eye Necklace and a re-recorded version of “Evil” done by four of the five original band members. After the last two, I am trying to wrack my brain who else Metallica may have paid homage too over the years that may be included in the game. Any thoughts, post them in the comments.Comment

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by: Dan Keener
NEWS – Activision announced today that Motorhead lead singer and bassist Lemmy will be an in-game character in Guitar Hero: Metallica. Metallica has always had a soft spot for Motorhead, having honored the group with a seven-cover performance of Motorhead’s songs called The Lemmy’s. In addition to the Lemmy appearance, Motorhead’s 2008 re-recording of “Ace of Spades” will also be included on the set list. Guitar Hero: Metallica is scheduled to hit retail on March 29th. Check out a couple of images of Lemmy in-game provided by Newscom.

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Metallica announced today that Guitar Hero Metallica will feature Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister as a playable character, presumably when one plays the band’s hit “Ace of Spades,” one of many guest tracks in the game.

It should be a very profitable year for the English bassist, as he’ll also be appearing in the similarly umlauted Brütal Legend from Double Fine Productions, with “Ace of Spades” also licensed for Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned. Unconfirmed is a guest appearance from Lemmy’s mole, which is rumored to appear in the next Puyo Puyo title from Sega.

Metallica’s web site also points out that the band has convinced “another buddy to join in the fun,” which we’ll take to mean “turned into polygons and motion captured.” Could it be King Diamond? Could it?!

Guitar Hero … LEMMY! [Metallica.com - thanks, Garrett!]

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Finally. Starting Sunday Guitar Hero World Tour players will be able to purchase individual guitar controllers and drum kit controllers in stores in North America.

While the quite lengthy press release goes into all kinds of details we already knew about the drum, the guitar and the songs you can use to play them with, it doesn’t actually list a price.

Fortunately GameStop, which has the correct date, does.

According to the online retailer the Wireless Drum kit will sell for $100, while the guitar will sell for $70.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Know, before we go on, that this will apply to very few of you. OK? Great, let’s go on. If you live in the US, and live in the US in an area that’s serviced by either AT&T’s high-speed internet or U-Verse TV, and don’t yet have either of those services, but are willing to sign up, then boy, have they got a deal for you. If you fit that bill and sign up (and don’t mind “qualifiers” like a mail-in rebate), you’ll get yourself a free copy of Guitar Hero: World Tour. Not the whole kit and kaboodle, mind you, just the game and guitar, but hey, if you were in the market for a new ISP, there are worse sweeteners out there.

[Guitar Hero AT&T]

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I spent a chunk of the weekend picking through the 1,500 plus iPhone games out currently, as I started pulling together a gift guide for the iPhone. As you can imagine it’s quite a challenge to try and find a handful of gems among all of those games. Sure a bunch are shovelware, but there are also quite a few excellent titles.

Take for instance Gameloft’s Guitar Rock Tour. The GameLoft-developed title leans heavily on the Guitar Hero franchise for its gameplay mechanics and aesthetic, but it manages to do enough different to make it work on the iPhone that I found it to be quite a bit of fun to play.

The game comes with two instruments to choose from and 17 songs, all of which I suspect are covers. To play through a game using the guitar you just tap your way through the notes on the four-fret guitar as they fall toward you down the neck of the virtual instrument. The songs drop sustained notes and lines of notes at you as well as a number of double notes. If you come across a line of notes you can slide your finger across them as they scroll down. Once you build up enough rock power you can activate the familiar power-up by sliding your finger up the gauge to go into a power-up mode that doubles your points.

While some songs can be a tad difficult to follow along on the tiny screen, in general I found it to be quite a bit of fun to play. I wasn’t as taken with the game’s drums.

The game has just two buttons for the drum mode. One on each side of the “musical highway” that drops down your iPhone. For some reason I had a lot more trouble keeping up with the song despite having half as many buttons to push as I did with the guitar.

The drum mode also highlighted an issue both instruments have. The game tends to chug occasionally when you miss your notes. These occasional slowdowns can throw a wrench in your timing as you play through a song, leading to more chugs. Fortunately it didn’t happen so often that it broke the game.

Guitar Rock Tour includes both a tour mode with unlockable achievements and a quickplay mode. What it doesn’t include, at least yet, is any form of multiplay or downloadable content.

While the ten dollar game is certainly limited with its short set list and lack of multiplayer gaming, I still think this is one of my favorite games currently on the iPhone. I just hope that they plan to expand the title with more, free or cheap songs and perhaps another mode.

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Don’t say we didn’t warn you. Despite, well, warnings that they just wouldn’t stand for anybody creating then sharing real songs over Guitar Hero: World Tour’s song creation utility, people went ahead and did it anyway. During the game’s first week on sale, the GH Tunes “store” was littered with recreations of game tunes like the theme to Mario. And the theme to Zelda. You get the idea. Well, those are now gone. And the others that are still there – like tunes from Final Fantasy and Sonic – probably won’t be there much longer, either. Our advice? Get creative with those song titles. “Sonic Theme” is no good. But “Baby Stole My Heart And Stashed It In Green Hill Zone”? More subtle. Might get in under the radar.

‘Mario,’ ‘Zelda’ Tunes Deleted From ‘Guitar Hero’ Music-Sharing Service [MTV]

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