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News - Kotick: Guitar Hero Now $2 Billion Franchise
gamasutra.com - 5/8/2009
News - Kotick: Guitar Hero Now $2 Billion Franchise
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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 of the financial call, when quizzed on the ...
Activision announces Guitar Hero 5, Band Hero and DJ Hero for fall
joystiq.com - 5/8/2009
Activision announces Guitar Hero 5, Band Hero and DJ Hero for fall
— joystiq.com — 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 ... (more) Activision announces Guitar Hero 5, Band Hero and DJ ...

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Activision finally confirms Guitar Hero: Van Halen
joystiq.com - 5/7/2009
Activision finally confirms Guitar Hero: Van Halen
— joystiq.com — 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 ... (more) Activision finally confirms Guitar Hero: Van Halen

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edge-online.com - 5/8/2009
Guitar Hero Franchise Nets $2 Billion
— edge-online.com —  Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick says that the Guitar Hero franchise has now surpassed $2 billion in... sales, making it only the third franchise in gaming history to reach the milestone. read more (more) Guitar Hero Franchise Nets $2 Billion

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Sells 13 Million
GameDaily BIZ Features Feed — During a conference call , Activision CEO Bobby Kotick commented that the Guitar Hero franchise has reached $2 billion in sales, only the third game franchise to do so after Mario and Madden NFL Football . He asserted that Guitar Hero: Metallica "is off to a good start" and that the series has seen 34 million song downloads. For the Call of Duty franchise, Activision publishing CEO Mike Griffith ...

Best of the Week: May 4th - May 8th, 2009
Binge Gamer Dot Net — ... - Gamasutra ESA to hold charity events at E3 - Joystiq Brutal Legend could have been a *shudder* rap game - Destructoid Nintendo Wii tops 50 million sold, DS well over 100 million - GameDaily Nintendo is also swimming in dosh - Shacknews Your face shall be rocked with these Guitar Hero: Smash Hits tracks - Destructoid Guitar Hero franchise now worth $2 Billion - Gamasutra Also, Guitar Hero is getting a LOT of sequels, plus a TV show - Reuters ...

The Bender - Episode 040 - Duke, Trek, and Too Many Games
Binge Gamer Dot Net — ... awesome Starlight notice Perry hits up Too Many Games convention NEWS! Duke Nukem Forever developer 3D Realms closes. Some leaked screens, for your pleasure. Also, List of things that have happened since the production started on the game. Lord British is suing the shit out of NCSoft Ghostbusters now exclusive to Sony… in Europe Busy week for Guitar Hero: Track list. $2 Billion franchise. Guitar Hero TV show?. Oh, and GH: Van Halen is official ...

Guitar Hero: Dilution
Dubious Quality — From Gamasutra: 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. Damn, Robert, did you misspeak? I think you meant to say that you've RELEASED two billion Guitar Hero games. On Friday, I was in Target and saw Guitar Hero: Aerosmith on clearance for $39.95. That's the game and TWO Les Paul controllers for forty bucks. I'm happy for Bobby and his $2 ...

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'DJ Hero' To Include Playable Guitar Sections — G4 TV - TheFeed 5/7/2009
DJ Hero is becoming more and more interesting. During a financial call with investors and analysts today, Activision Blizzard's said that in addition to a turntable peripheral, their upcoming music game will also include optional guitar parts ...
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