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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
Video Games At The Grammys -- Two Game Songs Get Nominated

A song from Sid Meier's Civilization IV and a song from Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock have been nominated for Grammys. This is the first time songs from a video game's soundtrack have been nominated. The "hit" song "Baba Yetu" from Civ 4 is nominated for 'Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist.' Composer...

Posted December 6, 2010
Free Guitar Hero, DJ Hero 2, And Rock Band 3 Tracks Available This Week

Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, DJ Hero 2, and/or Rock Band 3 fans looking to get their hands on some free downloadable content this week have a couple ways to do it, thanks to Coco-Cola and independent record stores around the country. Read More?

Posted November 23, 2010
Music DLC Roundup -- Week Of Oct. 25

Pack The Rocky Horror Picture Show Track Pack "Hot Patootie" "Sweet Transvestite" "Time Warp" Tracks Soundgarden - "Birth Ritual" Soundgarden - "Black Hole Sun" Soundgarden - "Blow Up The Outside World" Soundgarden - "Burden In My Hand" Soundgarden - "Fell On Black...

Posted October 29, 2010
Music DLC Roundup - Week Of October 18

Linkin Park Track Pack “Blackout” “Burning In The Skies” “The Catalyst” “The Messenger” “Waiting For The End” “Wretches And Kings” Price: $11.99/960 Microsoft Points for pack, or $1.99/160 MSP/200 Wii Points per track Click through to see new tracks for Rock Band, Lips,...

Posted October 22, 2010
The Verdict: Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock Guitar Peripheral

There was a point when my plastic guitar collection was reaching increasingly higher into two-digit numbers, until I scrapped almost all of them. All of them except the outdated Gibson X-Plorer wired controller for GH2 on 360, because I still think it’s the best guitar to date. That’s why I’m happy to report that the new...

Posted September 30, 2010
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock Review

Rockers and/or rollers: We have a review of Activision's Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock for you. The annual release of a huge Guitar Hero game is game is cause for celebration in some circles, and X-Play's resident musical-game genius, Abbie Heppe, is at the center of just such a circle. So how is it? It's great; it's a Guitar Hero game, and it...

Posted September 29, 2010
Guitar Hero Inducted Into Hard Rock Hall Of Fame

As an artistic and cultural force, Rock and Roll is dead; It exists now as a marketing tool or a niche music form for pointy-heads and purists, like Jazz, only louder. We can still enjoy the amusement provided by Rock and Roll's rotting corpse however. For instance, Guitar Hero was recently inducted into the hallowed halls of The Hard Rock Hall...

Posted September 24, 2010
Soundgarden's New Album To Be Included In Guitar Hero

Rockers and/or rollers who purchase Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock will receive a CD of Soundgarden's new album, Telephantasm: A Retrospective. In other news, they still make CDs. In other, other news, Soundgarden has re-formed. Soundgarden's album is not slated to hit stores until October 5, and Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock comes out on...

Posted August 3, 2010
Amazon Reveals Guitar Hero: Warriors Of Rock Tracks

As a companion to my post about Rock Band 3 from a few minutes ago, I want to let you know about a bunch of new tracks that were just revelaed for Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. I have to say I'm impressed. The tracks contain a couple of just re-recorded tracks from personal heroes of mine (The Runaways doing "Cherry Bomb" and Alice...

Posted July 27, 2010
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock Quest Mode Features Rush's 2112 Suite

Watch Larger Version | Watch HD Version Activision has announced a unique partnership with legendary rockers Rush that will bring the band’s seven-part opening suite from their epic 1976 album 2112 to Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock’s story-based Quest Mode. Read More?

Posted July 21, 2010
Queen, Avenged Sevenfold, Disturbed, And Shinedown Packs Announced For Guitar Hero

Break out the leather pants and fake moustaches (if your facial hair is as thin as mine), because rock legends Queen have returned to Guitar Hero in the form of a new three song track pack. The pack includes such Queen favorites as “Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” “Killer Queen,” and “Somebody to Love,” and...

Posted July 6, 2010
Activision Reveals Artists On Upcoming Games -- Eminem, Soundgarden And More

Activision has unveiled a slew of top-name recording artists for upcoming games, and the list reads like a who's-who of rock and hip-hop. Artists from Eminem to Usher to Soundgarden, Pharrell Williams, David Guetta and more. Read More?

Posted June 14, 2010