g4tv.com - 3/7/2009
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Guitar Hero: Metallica According to Eurogamer ,"a source close to publisher" Activision may release as many as eight Guitar Hero -themed games in 2009. Here's the list: Guitar Hero: Metallica (confirmed for March 29, 2009 on the PS3, 360 and PC) Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits (confirmed for June on ...
xbox360.ign.com - 3/5/2009
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xbox360.ign.com —
March 4, 2009 - Though the basic Guitar
Hero formula hasn't drastically changed since it first burst
onto the scene, small updates have come with each successive release. Most recently, with Guitar Hero World Tour, the franchise expanded to a full ...
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Guitar Hero Greatest Hits Revealed
wired.com - 3/3/2009
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wired.com —
Nobody expected the number-one-with-a-bullet rise of the music
videogame least of all the music industry. Armed with
little more than crappy graphics, plastic guitars, and epic hooks, play-along titles like Guitar Hero and Rock Band have become an ...
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Why the Music Industry Hates Guitar Hero
weblogs.variety.com - 3/3/2009
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weblogs.variety.com —
Tough negotiations between the music biz and MTV
could leave "Rock Band" without new downloadable tracks from
one of the big four labels. Billboard is reporting that MTV and Warner Music have been unable to reach agreement on a single deal since WMG ...
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Warner Music out of Rock Band?
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Eight Guitar Hero Games in 2009?
The Escapist : Latest News —
... at the moment of course, with only two titles currently confirmed for a 2009 release, but even so, it's quite a troubling rumor as Activision seems intent on squeezing every last penny out of Guitar Hero fans. It also raises the question of whether or not more specialized releases, such as the Metallica or Aerosmith titles, are really necessary in a world where downloadable content make such endeavours seem little more than an effort to cash in at the fans' expense. Source: via G4TV
Activision CEO Wants Console Price Cuts
G4 TV - TheFeed —
... Activision, which has $3 million sitting around, is doing fine when compared to the rest of the industry. Apparently, doing fine isn't doing fine enough for Kotick. Now who's got $60? I've got to purchase Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits. ...
Band Hero Reveal Trailer Enters The Fray
G4 TV - TheFeed —
... enters the Guitar Hero-esque fray of music games and releases it's first trailer. Geared towards a family-friendly audience this entry will have a tracklist to satisfy the American Idol crowd. Everyone else should probably stick to the possible 8 Guitar Hero-like games to hit 2009 at some point. ...
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Rumor / Four more Guitar Hero games coming in 2009
thatvideogameblog.com 3/7/2009 —
We all already know that Guitar Hero: Metallica , Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits and Guitar Hero: Modern Hits are coming out in 2009, but three games under the mega-license isn’t enough for Activision. Sources are saying that there will be four more Guitar Hero music games coming in 2009 ...
Rock Out with Five New Guitar Hero Games
playstationlifestyle.net 5/8/2009 —
Remember when the CEO of Activision said that they only wanted franchises that they can exploit on a yearly basis or more? Well, he certainly wasn’t lying.
Today, Activision announced four new titles, Guitar Hero 5, Band Hero, DJ Hero, and, as previously reported, Guitar Hero: Van ...
To No One's Surprise, Guitar Hero Greatest Hits Announced
co-optimus.com 2/17/2009 —
I'm going to try to make it through this news item without calling any Activision CEO's Satan. This will be difficult for me, as it appears that the milking of the Guitar Hero franchise will be strong as ever in 2009.
During today's Activision Blizzard conference call, Activision ...
More Guitar Hero Toys Coming From McFarlane [Guitar Hero]
kotaku.com 9/11/2008 — Those figures of your "favourite" Guitar Hero "characters" ? They're just the start of Activision and McFarlane's push to sell you more mostly-immobile hunks of Guitar Hero-related plastic. Due for release in January 2009 will be a line of ...
Guitar Hero Metallica coming in early 2009
joystiq.com 12/16/2008 —
It's a Christmas miracle! Someone's actually admitting out loud that Guitar Hero: Metallica exists! The band spilled a ton of details to USA Today , including word on the game's difficulty (considerable) and the story, which casts you as a band, ...
Guitar Hero: Smash Hits (Review)
gamesradar.com 6/30/2009 — The Guitar Hero series has usually had a stellar track list – seriously, how many people would be willing to shred out to a ridiculous looking plastic guitar if the tunes were lame? So on one hand, it makes sense for publisher Activision to ...
Review / Guitar Hero: Metallica (Xbox 360)
thatvideogameblog.com 4/11/2009 —
Guitar Hero , that seemingly bottomless well of musical goodness, has done it again with Guitar Hero: Metallica . RedOctane has taken one of the most recognizable names in the music industry and turned them, and their music, into digital versions so we can act out all of our head banging ...
Guitar Hero®
gh5.guitarhero.com 5/30/2009 — Guitar Hero 5 Living room legends will rock any way they want in Guitar Hero 5. The entire set list is at your finger tips from the start, featuring genre-defining hits from some of the biggest rock artists and bands of all time, including The Rolling ...
Another addition to the Guitar Hero franchise
aeropause.com 4/13/2009 —
We’ve all heard about wanting to exploit, monetize, capitalize, pillage, etc; and, we’ve heard about all of the releases scheduled for this year. But allow me to introduce to you the latest (illegitimate) child in the Guitar Hero ...
Resident Evil Wii news promised soon —
play.tm 3/7/2009
Capcom exec teases over new title With Resident Evil 5 set to be unleashed on the Xbox 360 and the PS3 very soon, Capcom tease us this week over the prospect of a new Wii title.
Speaking with Joystiq , the publisher has said that fans ...
New Guitar Hero titles this year —
play.tm 3/7/2009
GH5 and Band Hero by Christmas? A source close to publisher Activision Blizzard is this week purporting to reveal that the firm will be further expanding their Guitar Hero series via new games this year.
Apparently, August will see ...
Activision still publishing for LucasArts —
play.tm 3/7/2009
New releases planned Activision Blizzard may have undergone radical changes in recent months, as part of the merger with Vivendi Universal Games, but that doesn't mean the end of the publisher's relationship with LucasArts.
Apparently, ...
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