Activision has announced more Megadeth for Guitar Hero 5.
]]>Activision and Neversoft announced today 12 new additions to the Guitar Hero music library.
]]>Activision's announced that Guitar Hero Stone Temple Pilots, Steve Ouimette, Alice Cooper and All Time Low will be hitting Guitar Hero 5 in June.
]]>Activision has announced that three songs from Aerosmith are now available for Guitar Hero 5.
Bar Refaeli not included.
]]>Activision's announced its plans for Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero for April.
Looks like folks can look forward to some Skynyrd, Fall Out Boy, and Blur with The All-American Rejects, Saving Abel, Phoenix and Black Sabbath also making the list.
]]>Activision has announced the March release schedule for Guitar Hero 5 and it includes Blink-182, OK Go, Flogging Molly and some 80s hits from Mötley Crüe, The Go-Go’s and Night Ranger.
]]>Looks like the lawsuit between Activision and p**sed-off rockers over Guitar Hero 5/Band Hero is still on the docket, if Courtney Love's newest comments are any indication.
]]>Activision has announced its February line-up of music track packs for Guitar Hero 5 DLC.
Looks like master tracks from Black Sabbath, 30 Seconds to Mars, Breaking Benjamin and new renditions from Third Eye Blind will be on hand.
]]>Activision has sent over a list of downloadable tracks for Guitar Hero 5, that will be landing on consoles in November.
Fans of Lenny Kravitz and KISS will be privy to track packs from both, and there will also be a six-pack of free songs from Neversoft bands.
Wii users will be getting a heaping helping of Metallica with tracks from Death Magnetic that are already available on PS3 and Xbox 360.
Here's the list, with pricing to be announced later:
- November 12: Lenny Kravitz Track Pack - Let Love Rule, Lady, Fly Away
- November 19: KISS Track Pack - Modern Day Delilah, Lick It Up, I Was Made for Loving You
- November 24: Neversoft Thanks the Fans Track Pack - Lemon Frosting by Bunny Knutson, RockNRola by Nancy Fullforce, From the Blue/Point of No Return/T.T.R.T.S. by An Endless Sporadic, Love Holds It Down by Dom Liberati, You Really Like Me by Davidicus, and Guilty Pleasures by Tony Solis
- November 24: Metallica, Death Magnetic Tracks for Wii - All Nightmare Long, That Was Just Your Life, The Day That Never Comes, The Judas Kiss, The End Of The Line, The Unforgiven III, Suicide & Redemption J.H., Suicide & Redemption K.H.
Full PR through the jump.
]]>Guitar Hero 5 has a demo up over on Xbox Live Marketplace.
It features three songs in the Party Play mode where you can jump in/jump out of songs at any time.
]]>Guinness World Records has announced that Italy set a new record for the largest number of participants to play a single Guitar Hero session for 24-hours.
This happened during the Guitar Hero 5 : Jump In Jump Out Challenge, where 594 people turned up at the Italian event, to be part of the record-setting activity. Players spanning all ages were prompted to jump in or drop out, or switch difficulty level at any time without interrupting the session through Guitar Hero 5’s Party Play Mode.
“I’m thrilled to see this many fans come together en masse to rock out to Guitar Hero 5.” said Michael Sportouch, senior director ,Guitar Hero Europe. “Achieving this new world record is the perfect celebration for the release of the new installment of Guitar Hero, which promises consumers the ultimate interactive gaming experience.”
Press release is below.
]]>Activision has announced that Kurt Cobain will be a playable character in Guitar Hero 5.
His likeness, controlled by you, will be performing two of the band’s singles from their 1991 album Nevermind: “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and a previously unreleased live recording of “Lithium.”
“Kurt Cobain is one of the most recognizable frontmen in rock ‘n’ roll history and it’s an honor to have two of Nirvana’s masterpieces included in Guitar Hero 5,” said Tim Riley, Vice President of Music Affairs for Activision. “This is the first time the original recording of ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ has ever been licensed in an entertainment property and we’re thrilled to offer Guitar Hero® fans exclusive access to the unreleased live version of ‘Lithium.’”
Wonder how much of a cut Courtney Love got out of this.
It's out next month for the usual suspects.
Press release through the break.
]]>Muse frontman Matt Bellamy has been confirmed for Guitar Hero5, where he will lend is likeness and trademark falsetto to the game's stage.
The track Plug in Baby from the band's 2001 second studio album, Origin of Symmetry, will be present in the game as well.
Game is scheduled to hit store shelves on September 1 for PS2, PS3, Wii and Xbox 360.
There is a video of Bellamy's in-game posted below.
]]>Johnny Cash's likeness will be featured in Guitar Hero 5 - you knew that already though.
Since the fella is no longer around, Cash tribute artist Terry Lee Goffee provided the motion capture for the game, and the video of the result is posted after the beak.
The Man in Black looks rather good pixilated.
Game's out for the usual suspects in September.
Via Kotaku.
]]>Speaking with IGN, chief creative officer at Vicarious Visions Karthik Bala said that Guitar Hero 5's Wii tour won't be hindered by in-game friend codes.
"For GH5, we've implemented support for your global Wii Friend Codes. If you've got friends in your Wii address book, they'll automatically be added to your friends list in game, so you can easily connect up with them in online multiplayer games," he explained.
]]>Xbox 360 Avatars will be available as playable characters in Guitar Hero 5, Activision just confirmed.
That's it, really. It's got 85 tracks, yada yada. IGN just posted a video of it all working: get it, and a press release, after the break.
]]>Activision hs sent us over a presser unveiling all 85 songs present on the Guitar Hero 5 retail disc.
Loads of goodies in there too if you are still interested in this sort of thing.
Highlights include Beck, Johnny Cash, Garbage, Megadeth Muse, Queen, The Killers, Bob Dylan, Hendrix, Iron Maiden, Kings of Leon, Frampton, Smashing Pumpkins, and many others you may like.
Full press release is after the break along with the list.
It ships September 1.
]]>Activision sent us a mailer announcing that Garbage's Shirley Manson has lent her likeness and vocal stylings to Guitar Hero 5.
Apparently, she will be preforming Only Happy When it Rains in the game.
God no, Shirley, not you too.
Game's out September 1.
Update: We have bowed down to peer pressure and added the video featuring herself chatting about being in Guitar Hero 5. We must say, the folks there did a grand job of rendering her. Watch after the jump.
]]>Guitar Hero 5 has a new drum kit, and that's it pictured above.
The difference between this set and the ones included with World Tour are the cymbals, which these look more like "real" cymbals.
Activison also saw fit to release another list of tracks for the game.
We have covered these already, but just in case you missed the list, it's after the break courtesy of Kotaku.
What we are wondering is if the track" Du Hast" will be the German version or the translated version.
It loses its effect when translated, ya know.
]]>Neversoft has told Eurogamer that it would like to see turntable integration with Guitar Hero in the future.
Apparently, the DJ Hero turntable becoming compatible with the game is not too far-fetched, nor is bringing drums to DJ Hero now that you can use little plastic guitars with DJ Hero.
]]>Activision showed off its music games at a star-studded demo in LA last night - which included performances from Kay-Z and Eminem - and played DJ Hero and Guitar Hero 5 live on stage. As you can see in the movies after the break.
There's some music going on, there. Some DJing, too.
]]>What appears to be the full list of artists for Guitar Hero 5 have surfaced on the official website.
Some you already know about, some you may not. Either way the list is rather extensive.
We have A-B listed listed here, and the rest after the break.
It's out September 1.
Thanks, GoNintendo.
- 3 Doors Down
- A Perfect Circle
- AFI
- Arctic Monkeys
- Attack! Attack!
- Band Of Horses
- Beastie Boys
- Beck
- Billy Idol
- Billy Squier
- Blink-182
- Blur
- Bob Dylan
- Bon Jovi
- Brand New
- Bush
Activision's confirmed which of its titles will be on hand at E3 next week. You know Modern Warfare 2 and Guitar Hero 5 will be there: here's the rest:
- Blur (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- DJ Hero (PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360)
- Guitar Hero 5 (PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360)
- Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 (DS, PSP, PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360)
- Modern Warfare 2 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- PROTOTYPE (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- Singularity (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- Tony Hawk: RIDE (PS3, Wii, Xbox 360)
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (DS, PC, PSP, PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360)
- Wolfenstein - August 4 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Press release is through the break.
]]>Activision just confirmed Band Hero and Guitar Hero 5 for launch this autumn.
Band Hero is to carry an E10+ rating, and will feature "top-40 hits" to a "broad family audience". It'll use guitar, drums, bass and microphone.
DJ Hero is to include "hip-hop, R&B, Motown, electronica and dance". And those turntable shots Twittered earlier have just been released as PR.
Guitar Hero 5's more of the same, basically.
Press release after the break.
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