In this months Stuff Magazine there is a preview of Guitar Hero World Tour. In said preview, nine tracks are revealed along with five artist confirmations. The songs are:
* “Are You Gonna Go My Way” — Lenny Kravitz
* “Beat It” — Michael Jackson
* “Bullet With Butterfly Wings” — Smashing Pumpkins
* “Everlong” — Foo Fighters
* “Hot for Teacher” — Van Halen
* “In The End” — Linkin Park
* “Light My Fire” — The Doors
* “Never Too Late” — The Answer
* “Obsatcle 1″ — Interpol
* “One Armed Scissor” — At the Drive-In
* “Purple Haze” (Live) — Jimi Hendrix
* “Rebel Yell” — Billy Idol
* “Santeria” — Sublime
* “The Wind Cries Mary” — Jimi Hendrix
In all reality, most of these tracks were known or rumors. It is always nice to have multiple sources verify information, though.
Read: Stuff Magazine reveals new Guitar Hero World Tour tracks.
Today the good folks at Neversoft and Activision answered my prayers. On August 21. a three song Dragonforce pack will be released for Guitar Hero III. The pack will Feature the new single “Heroes of Our Time” of their new album Ultra Beatdown as well as “Operation Ground and Pound” and “Revolution Deathsquad” off of Inhuman Rampage. There has been no word on how much it will cost.
It’s about time Guitar Hero III got some good DLC. I’ve been complaining ever since the game came out that there needs to be more power metal. Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to run to the store and get some band aids to prepare for the finger shredding goodness.
Read: Dragonforce track pack coming to Guitar Hero III.
Today Activision announced that on July 24, Guitar Hero III will be getting three new songs. Dubbed the “Virtuoso Pack,” the DLC features some of rock’s finest artists. Including Joe Satriani’s “Surfing with the Alien,” Steve Vai’s “For the Love of God,” and Buckethead’s “Soothsayer,” the pack promises to challenge even the best rockers. The pack will cost you 500 Microsoft Points ($6.25).
Now I may not be the biggest fan of these artists, but I can appreciate their skill. Do you guys think this pack is worth picking up? Let us know by dropping a comment.
Read: Guitar Hero III Virtuoso Pack Adds Guitar Heroes.
Last night, during their E3 press conference, Activision announced that the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero: World Tour will be compatible with Rock Band instruments. They are yet to mention if the Wii, PS2 or Ps3 version will be compatible with their respective components, but I’d bet on it. Hopefully this will be the first step in making a unified music platform.
This was a smart move by Activision. Had they not done this, I could assure you that I would have stayed loyal to the Rock Band franchise. Personally, I felt that ever since Guitar Hero: 80’s Edition the guys over at Neversoft and Activision have just been phoning it in. Now that there is some competition on the scene I hope that Guitar Hero: World Tour delivers. Thanks to this, I will now be able to rock out to two of the best songs ever, Photograph and Livin’ on a Prayer.
Read: GH: World Tour Open to Rock Band Instruments.
What better way to celebrate the birth of a nation than a with free Guitar Hero III track? That’s right folk, the good people over at Activision want to help you celebrate the Fourth of July by giving away the theme song to Top Gun. The song will be available for download starting Thursday, July 3.
Note, despite popular belief, Kenny Loggins’ “Highway to the Dangerzone” was not the theme to Top Gun. In fact, the theme is a shredtastic piece written and preformed by Steve Stevens.
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I must preface this article by saying that I absolutely abhor Aerosmith. I believe that they are the Nickelback of last generation. Please forgive my biases.
That being said, Yesterday Activision released the full track list for Guitar Hero: Aerosmith. Despite being dominated by Aerosmith tracks, a few gems happened to sneak onto the disk. Tracks like “She Sells Sanctuary” by The Cult and “Complete Control” by The Clash almost have me ready to fork over the $60, but just knowing that some of my money would be supporting Aerosmith makes me have to pass.
What about you guys? Drop a comment letting us know if you plan on picking it up.
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The new Call of Duty 5, er World at War, will get its video debut this weekend, June 21-22 on Xbox LIVE.
Unfortunately for us fans of CoD4: Modern Warfare, World at War is set during the Pacific campaign of World War II. Of course, this doesn’t mean it can’t be a great game. Developer Treyarch plans to explore the darkest depths of war, adding a survival-horror feel to the game.
Additionally, Geoff Keighly of SpikeTV will debut the game on GameTrailers TV Saturday, June 21 at 1:00AM PDT.
Call of Duty: World of War is developed by Treyarch and published by Activision.
A few days ago I posted an article about Guitar Hero: World Tour. In said article, I mentioned everything that was in the press release, including the lack of an announced price. Well this past weekend, GameStop has priced Guitar Hero: World Tour on their website.
According to the GameStop website, the PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii versions are priced at $189.99, where as the PS2 version is priced at $179.99. That is $20 more than Rock Band. Is this too much? Are you guys planning on picking it up? leave a comment below with your thoughts.
Read: Guitar Hero: World Tour Priced; More Expensive than Rock Band.
Today Neversoft sent out the official press release for Guitar Hero World Tour. Some of the cool features highlighted include: “Innovative Music Studio Lets Players Compose, Record, Edit and Share Music,” “Biggest Selection of On-Disc Music with All Master Tracks,” “Robust New Eight-Player “Battle of the Bands” Mode,” and “First Game Ever in the Guitar Hero® Franchise to Allow In-Game Downloadable Content on Wii.”
All in all it sounds pretty cool. I’m really interested to see how the music studio feature will turn out. But at this point aren’t you better off just buying a real guitar. I mean, I haven’t ever met a girl who gets turned on by Guitar Hero… yet. Also, it’s too bad there is no way I’m going to cough up another $170 after buying Rock Band. Hopefully they will find a way to either incorporate the Rock Band instruments or make the game extremely affordable.
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Much like how Xbox 360 owners got a free Halo song for Guitar Hero 3, Sony announced today that on June 5 they will release a free God of War song. Unfortunately there’s no word as to what the song is, but who cares it’s free.
Now if only they added Kratos as a playable character, activate his starpower and watch a T rated game turn M.
Read: PS3 Guitar Hero Gets Free God Of War Song.
GGL and GameStop have restarted the Big Air Gaming League Guitar Hero III Xbox 360 1v1 tournament as of today, May 16!
The ladder runs until June 22 and the top 32 players from the ladder will advance to a bracket phase. The bracket starts June 25, and continues until July 13.
Whoever wins the bracket gets a trip for two to the 2009 Honda Session in Vail, Colorado!
Additionally, there will be two more BAGL GH3 tournaments in October and December of this year. The winners will also get trips for two to the 2009 Honda Session.
Join the ladder now and get started.
Today Activision announced the 15 song tracklist for the upcoming Nintendo DS exclusive Guitar Hero: On Tour. Activision previously announced that the game would have 25 songs, making this announcement a little strange. Hopefully the other 10 song will show up as unlockable tracks or something.
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