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Guitar Hero Lacked "Nurturing And Care" According To Activision

Activision CFO Thomas Tippl noted the reason the Guitar Hero franchise went from a billion dollar game series to a discontinued one was because of a lack of "nurturing and care." "Guitar Hero probably didn't receive the amount of nurturing and care that it needed to maintain that position," he said. "And I think there...

Posted September 9, 2011
Guitar Hero: Did Activision "Abuse" The Franchise?

There are many opinions on the internet about the death of the Guitar Hero franchise, but one important person calls it a blatant case of abuse! Kelly Summer, former CEO of developer RedOctane, says,"They abused it. There’s no reason why Guitar Hero cannot continue. It’s a great product. My gut tells me there is still a...

Posted February 18, 2011
Activision Drops Next Guitar Hero Game

(Updated 4:20 PM) Activision/Blizzard announced it is dropping the in-development Guitar Hero game planned for 2011. The company is also disbanding its Guitar Hero division, best described by the company itself in the following statement: “Due to continued declines in the music genre, the company will disband Activision Publishing’s...

Posted February 9, 2011
Amazon Names And Dates Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock

Up to this point, it’s been assumed that Activision’s next Guitar Hero game would simply be titled Guitar Hero 6. Well, get ready to send back all of those customized coasters, pens and refrigerator magnets, because there’s a good chance the game will actually be called Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. Read More?

Posted May 25, 2010
Guitar Hero 6, "Next DJ Hero" Both Planned For Fall 2010

Activision is being much more conservative with its music game releases in 2010. On its first quarter 2010 conference call this afternoon, the company confirmed Guitar Hero 6 and "the next DJ Hero" (Activision didn't call it DJ Hero 2) are on track for a release sometime this fall. Read More?

Posted May 6, 2010
Activision Releasing Far Fewer Guitar Hero Games In 2010

The music genre isn't the star child it used to be. It continues to be a solid performer for both Guitar Hero and Rock Band, but interest has waned. A common critique has been Activision's deluge of Guitar Hero releases, potentially diluting consumer interest. Whether Activision will ever admit that or not, the company is radically scaling back...

Posted February 10, 2010
Pictures Of Old People Playing Guitar Hero As Funny As It Sounds

Hey, I don't have anything against old people. Decades from now, when every game is motion controlled, youngsters will be laughing at me, too. But for the time being, it's the other way around. The Faster Times recently ran a series of photos collected from Flickr chronicling a series of older men and women trying their hand at ye ol' Guitar...

Posted November 5, 2009
Jimmy Page And Jack White Don't Like Guitar Hero

It's interesting to find out how rockers feel about music games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band. Yeah, they're just games, and we just have fun with them, but it must be surreal to have your art, job and craft appear in a video game. If you've poured your life-blood and passion into a musical composition, it must be really, really weird to have...

Posted June 23, 2009
Prince Has A Problem With 'Guitar Hero'

During a recent PBS interview with Tavis Smiley, purple-clad rock and roll enigma Prince said he turned down the opportunity to have his music appear in Guitar Hero. Say it ain't so, Prince. When asked about the game, Prince said: "Well, I ain't mad at them. I hear it made, like, $2 billion and they came to us and offered us a very small...

Posted May 1, 2009| 29 Comments
ESRB Leaks 'Guitar Hero: Modern Hits' For DS

As much as I hate the ESRB for rating and classifying who should be playing what games, I gotta love them for having no concern for sensitive information. Thanks to some Entertainment Software Rating Board documentation, there is now solid information about the next Guitar Hero game for the Nintendo DS. Read More?

Posted December 29, 2008| 6 Comments
Guitar Center Claims 'Rock Band' And 'Guitar Hero' Lead To Instrument Purchases

1Up has posted an interesting story that covers the correlation between music games and instrument purchases. It turns out that playing a lot of Guitar Hero makes people want to buy an actual guitar. The story states some interesting findings from a survey conducted by Guitar Center, a leading retailer of musical instruments: "67 percent...

Posted November 25, 2008| 19 Comments
Activision Gives Guitar Hero A Bad Name (Bad Name)

Activision recently issued a press release unveling the complete song list for the upcoming Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades for Nintendo DS. Highlights include Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name", Boston's "Rock and Roll Band", Journey's "Any Way You Want It", and Queen's "We Are the Champions". Well,...

Posted October 29, 2008| 11 Comments
'Guitar Hero: Decades' On 11/16

If you're itching to play a pretend rock on your Nintendo DS, you'll be able to on November 16th. That's when Activision's Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades hits stores. It comes with more than 26 new songs, and it's compatible with the original DS music game, Guitar Hero On Tour, so it allows duels and co-op between the two games. Pretty awesome....

Posted October 6, 2008| 4 Comments
Oasis Singer Comments on 'Guitar Hero' Phenomenon

Sometimes-frontman for the English rock powerhouse Oasis is doing a little promotion for their newest album's release. The always fiery and most-times inebriated Noel Gallagher said about the Guitar Hero phenomenon that, " If it puts little plastic guitars into kids' hands and fires their imaginations, I think that's a good thing. It's...

Posted September 3, 2008| 9 Comments
New 'Guitar Hero On Tour Decades' Screens

Activision and Vicarious Visions re-string their earlier musical offering for the Nintendo DS with these new screens from Guitar Hero: On Tour -- Decades. A release date is still TBA but see what you gather by the handful of screenshots we have below. Click the image below for the Guitar Hero On Tour -- Decades image gallery Read More?

Posted August 18, 2008| 1 Comment