Guitar Hero

By Michael McWhertor Even if Nirvana and Johnny Cash fans—or those in control of their estates—do find this sort of virtual karaoke circus act in bad taste, just remember that to prevent this kind of stuff would be nigh impossible. Limiting the ability to use certain Guitar Hero 5 characters in other performer...

By RawmeatCowboy Remember htat video that showed Kurt Cobain in Guitar Hero 5? You know, the one that shows him singing all sorts of songs that he’d never sing? Yeah, it looks like that video is gone. Apparently Activision had it yanked. Could this have something to do with the impending legal threat from Cour...

By Owen Good Yeah, my last account was permanently disabled due to (I think) Activision. Right before my account was shut down, the Kurt Cobain vid was removed due to copyright claim by Activision Games Inc. I will be continuing with this account so whatever f—k it all.

By Mark Methenitis The well publicized dispute over the use of an avatar of Kurt Cobain in Guitar Hero 5 has provided a good backdrop to discuss the 'right of publicity.' For anyone who doesn't want to take time to read the stories, here's a summary. Guitar Hero 5 includes Kurt Cobain as an unlockable playable av...

By JC Fletcher This morning, we reported on Courtney Love's tweeted allegations that the ghastly Kurt Cobain avatar was included in Guitar Hero 5 without her consent. Though the company didn't mention whether or not the lawsuit has actually been filed against them, Activision just sent us a statement...

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By Duncan Geere News - Guitar Hero: Van Halen trailer releasedLink - Courtney Love on Twitter Tags: Gaming Biz Audio Guitar Hero Activision Guitar Hero 5 Kurt Cobain Courtney Love Courtney Love sues Guitar Hero publishers over Cobain likeness originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:...

By RawmeatCowboy …you hate The Beatles with all your heart. …you like at least half of the tracklist. …you’ve pre-ordered The Beatles Rock Band. …you got tired of the rhythm genre 3 years ago. …Kurt Cobain in a video-game makes your flannel and holey jeans wither and your dirty skin crawl.

By RawmeatCowboy Published by Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), Guitar Hero 5 is being developed by Neversoft Entertainment for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, and by Vicarious Visions for the Wii™ system from...