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Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (game only) News
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Gaming Update 1.12.09
Alright, alright, alright... it's Monday and you're taking your time getting up to speed. However, the Gaming World is constant and waits for no man, woman, child, etc. Fortunately, allow the time-honored Gaming Update to act as your watchdog of sorts for all things video game. Here is the rundown: Guitar Hero III makes financial gaming...
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Guitar Hero Reaching Its Peak?
In his latest NPD preview report, Esteemed EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich declared Guitar Hero may be "reaching its peak" and predicted unit sales of Guitar Hero: World Tour will be down 50 percent series-over-series in November. Yikes! "This is coming off the October month where series-over-series units declined by more than...
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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...
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Slash's 'Guitar Hero' Wish List
Rocker Slash was a boss in Guitar Hero III and he played guitar in a little group called Guns 'N Roses, so when the man talks rock, we listen. And we post. Rolling Stone recently caught up with Slash and asked who he'd like to see in a future Guitar Hero game. Here's the quote: "I played with Cheap Trick a bunch of times. Cheap Trick...
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Rock Band DLC: Megadeth's 'Peace Sells...'
Not to be outdone by Metallica's full album release on Guitar Hero III today, Megadeth and Harmonix have announced that a complete Megadeth downloadable version of 1986's Peace Sells--But Who's Buying? is up next for Rock Band download. All of the songs are master tracks and the title track of the album is automatically included with Rock Band...
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Metallica's Newest on 'Guitar Hero III'
Metallica has a new album dropping on Friday in stores but it will also be available for download and play with Guitar Hero III which is obviously pretty awesome. The downloaded album, a bit pricey at 1440 Microsoft points or $17.99 on the PSN, will also be forward compatible with Guitar Hero: World Tour and all its fancy, new instrument...
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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...
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Activision Fires Back At Music Industry
In response to Warner Music's unsatisfactory performance, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick said that the company is not "respectful of how much we've done to bring new audiences into the market." Warner Music chief exec Edgar Bronfman Jr. said that music titles such as Guitar Hero and Rock Band have a "very paltry licensing fee",...
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G-Phoria Winners Are Announced!
G-Phoria is over and we've got the winners! The past twelve months have been unprecedented in terms of quality games coming out for home consoles. Halo 3 narrowly topped the competition and won Game of the Year in the closest vote in G-Phoria history. Check under the cut for the full list of winners from G-Phoria 2008. Read More?
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Sessler's Soapbox: Gaming's New Evil Empire
Like the U.S. and Russia for 44 years, Activision and EA seem like two superpowers engaged in a cold war, and the gaming world hangs in the balance. In this week's Sessler's Soapbox, Adam critiques the actions of these two ultra-corporations of gaming, where they're succeeding and where they're failing. By dropping many of their more...
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Suspected Killer Caught Playing 'Guitar Hero'
Song failed, along with life. Raymundo Castaneda, a 30-year-old suspected killer, was caught by officials while playing Activision's Guitar Hero at a Wal-Mart in Jacksonville, Florida. Castaneda is a wanted man in Charlotte, N.C. after detectives said that he killed a friend over a soccer match. After receiving several tips from locals,...
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Led Zep Says 'No' To Music Games
We've been wanting to impersonate Led Zeppelin in a videogame since the release of Guitar Hero. But it looks like it's never going to happen. According to The Wall Street Journal, Jimmy Page, and his bandmates have repeatedly turned down offers from both Activision and MTV to use their tunes in either Rock Band or Guitar Hero music games. The...
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'Guitar Hero' Action Figures Revealed
The first Guitar Hero action figures are out. Here, we see the face-pounding Red Bull-swilling madman, Axel Steel in his pose of choice. The full line will include Johnny Napalm, Lars Umlaut, and God of Rock and is produced by McFarlane Toys. In a related story, the divorce between Axel Steel and Judy Nails is almost final. No word yet on who...
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"I Am Murloc" Coming To 'GHIII'
Anyone who plays Blizzard's MMO juggernaught World of Warcraft is familiar with Level 70 Elite Tauren Chieftain, the unofficial house band for the publisher and game. Their big hit "I Am Murloc" exploded on the internet, leading to their live performance at BlizzCon 2005. Well the video has been spread across the internet so much,...
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Hendrix Plays 'Guitar Hero'
The above picture is from a Jimi Hendrix statue at The Isle of Wight. To celebrate the inclusion of Guitar Hero at the festival, Activision pasted some buttons and a logo on the statue. Which begs the question: Would Hendrix have been into Guitar Hero, or is he spinning in his grave right at this moment? Music Radar: Even Hendrix plays Guitar Hero
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The MMO Report: Thursday, June 26th
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