joystiq.com - 5/7/2009
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Those Van Halen boys are likely happy today, as it marks the end of their need for silence regarding their long-rumored upcoming video game: Guitar Hero: Van Halen . Activision has confirmed to Joystiq that the title is in development and will release sometime during the second half of this ...
joystiq.com - 5/8/2009
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Activision continues to " exploit " its Guitar
Hero franchise this year with three new full titles...
coming this autumn, according to a press release. The newly announced Guitar Hero 5 will offer "the ability to drop in and out of songs and change ...
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Activision announces Guitar Hero 5, Band Hero and DJ ...
gamasutra.com - 5/8/2009
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Talking following the Activision results, CEO Robert Kotick
reveals the Guitar Hero franchise is the third game...
in history to reach $2 billion in sales, criticizing a "rather precipitous [sales] falloff" for MTV's rival music game Rock Band . As part ...
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News - Kotick: Guitar Hero Now $2 Billion Franchise
gamasutra.com - 5/8/2009
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Talking in financial results following an above-expectations Q1
, Activision Blizzard execs revealed concerns, hopes, and opinions...
for the rest of the year, including commentary on World Of Warcraft in China and Call Of Duty 's map pack advantages. ...
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News - Activision Talks DLC Advantages, Starcraft II Beta
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Guitar Hero: Van Halen Finally Confirmed, World Sighs With Relief
G4 TV - TheFeed —
The latest band-centric Guitar Hero from Activision Blizzard has been one of the worst kept secrets in gaming. Guitar Hero: Van Halen has been one of the hot music game rumors, but it's hard to keep thinking it's a rumor when the game's achievements manage to leak before Activision Blizzard can announce it.
But now it's official. Joystiq and Kotaku are reporting that Guitar Hero: Van Halen is coming sometime during the second half of this year, featuring a "greatest hits" lineup of ...
Guitar Hero: Van Halen (not Van Hagar) confirmed
That VideoGame Blog —
... will all be out this fall. As if this wasn’t enough to overwhelm our heads and closet space, Activision thought now would be a good time to confirm the existence of Guitar Hero: Van Halen. We can look forward to our faces being melted off in the second half of 2009. ...
Guitar Hero: Van Halen coming this year as well
GoNintendo —
... Hero games for this year wasn’t enough for Activision. They had to go and confirm Guitar Hero: Van Halen for this year as well! Here are some more details about the title. - due out second half of this year - contains Van Halen’s greatest hits - guest bands: Queen, Weezer, blink-182, The Offspring, Queens of the Stone Age, and more“Oh this is definitely Van Halen, not Van Hagar.” - Activision’s Senior Vice President of Global Brand Management Thanks to Marcoboy for the heads up! Link Posted May 7th, 2009 at 1:09 pm | ...
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We’re bracing ourselves for an all out Guitar Hero assault for later this year. Activision today announced that Guitar Hero 5 , Band Hero and DJ Hero will all be out this fall. As if this wasn’t enough to overwhelm our heads and closet space, Activision thought now would be a ...
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gamercenteronline.net 5/10/2009 — “Let’s get ready to rock!!!” Don’t you ever undermine this statement because in this Guitar Hero you’ll be rocking all night long - that’s only if you can keep you fingers from melting off.
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Rumor of an all-Van Halen themed Guitar Hero game have been around for a little while now, but Activision has yet to confirm it. Now, as is often the case, it looks like a ...
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videogamesloop.com 8/5/2009 — Activision has announced the full track list from the upcoming Guitar Hero: Van Halen game.
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joystiq.com 6/12/2009 —
Dream of playing the upcoming rhythm game Guitar Hero: Van Halen as your favorite Van Halen lead singer Gary Cherone? Well, Rolling Stone is reporting today on the dashing of your dreams , claiming that an Activision/RedOctane representative ...
Activision confirms Guitar Hero: Van Halen too —
D+PAD 5/7/2009
As if the three new Hero games revealed earlier today weren’t enough to satisfy your inner-rocker, Activision has reportedly confirmed to Joystiq that Guitar Hero: Van Halen is also in production and due for release later this year.
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Guitar Hero 5 out this autumn —
play.tm 5/7/2009
Band Hero and DJ Hero too Activision have officially confirmed this afternoon that Guitar Hero 5 will be out alongside Band Hero and DJ Hero this autumn. The titles had only been rumoured previously.
Band Hero will target a more casual, ...