Guitar Hero

By RawmeatCowboy Simply put, Guitar Hero 5 is a fantastic and full-featured Wii rhythm game. You can import songs from past titles, you have a large and diverse set list to go through, and there are interesting new challenges to tackle. Any Guitar Hero fan with Wii instruments would be remiss to ignore this ex...

By Chris Ah, the Hero games. I really liked some of the Guitar Hero games and I’m looking forward to Lego Rock Band (not part of the same series, but at least the same idea). Mind you, I pretty much suck at these games, but still I find them to be enjoyable.

By Gus Mastrapa See Also: Guitar Hero has always displayed a certain reverence toward music. Players can fail if they don’t re-create guitar gods’ every hammer-on and power chord with complete accuracy. See also: Jay-Z, Eminem Go Renegade for DJ Hero Premium Edition DJ Hero, the new music game from Activ...

By Mike Fahey I've been growing increasingly disillusioned with rhythm games over the past year. It seems like the two major players - Rock Band and Guitar Hero - are doing the exact same thing, only with different music, and let's be completely honest here - the music isn't all that different. New titles...

Claiming that this is the 5th Guitar Hero game is as preposterous as claiming Windows 7 is the 7th edition of Windows. We have multiple sequels to different versions, with single band spin-offs and portable versions. We are also soon to get Band Hero, DJ Hero and who knows: maybe MC Hero and Tr...

By Mike Fahey If you had any doubts about the ever-growing importance of Facebook to the game industry, look no further than today's Activision announcement, heralding the impressive number of fans the Guitar Hero Facebook page has gathered. It's not about sales. It's not about review scores. It's abo...

Activision actually trademarked DJ Hero after Guitar Hero exploded, long before the project that would actually become DJ Hero came to fruition. DJ Hero was originally an untitled, unannounced DJ take on Guitar Hero in development for Vivendi Games by FreeStyleGames before Vivendi me...

By David Spira The Not So Good I’m not sure this is really a problem with the game, but the track list is so broad and diverse that inevitably you spend a fair amount of time jamming on songs that you just plain dislike (even if you have broad musical tastes). I’m not sure there is a way around this other than ban...

By Gus Mastrapa See Also: 5 Rockin’ Tweaks in Guitar Hero 5Courtney Love Calls Guitar Hero 5’s Creepy Cobain ‘Vile …Why the Music Industry Hates Guitar HeroGuitar Hero 5 Counter-Programs Against Beatles: Rock Band …Finally, Guitar Hero for Actual GuitarGuitar Hero: Van Halen Sticks To The Classics

By gearsofrock Neversoft and Activision did something very cool in these tough economic times and offered Guitar Hero Van Halen free to those that purchased Guitar Hero 5 prior to Oct. 1, 2009. As a free game, GHVH is another excellent addition to the franchise, but is it worth paying for?

By The Unhappy Mediator Activision also added GH Jam mode, so you can jam along with songs, using the controller to produce notes. Music Studio, where you composing original music with the peripherals, debuted in World Tour. You can make and mix your own tracks, and upload them to an online server.

By delifte I was walking home today from somewhere and was listening to a song on my ipod and thought to myself, “man that’d be fun to play on a video game thing”. And then I realized that logically speaking, it probably couldn’t be done. That song is on this list by the way. I rocked to it all the way home becau...

By garvaos Now I know for most people this probably wont be as big a deal, but for me guitar hero releases are the highlight of my year and I’m pleased to say this new addition is no disappointment. With a set-list of over 80 songs and stunning graphics this is a must buy for any fan of the Guitar Hero series. A...

Five years ago, I could not have imagined a digital Jimi Hendrix appearing in a rhythm-action videogame. For me, the endorsement of real-life artists (even ones who aren't dead, like Paul, Ringo, Slash and Matt Bellamy) cements Guitar Hero and Rock Band as a legitimate way of enjoying mus...

By Michael McWhertor Guitar Hero 5 was developed by Neversoft and published by Activision for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation and Wii on September 1. Retails for $59.99 USD ($39.99 USD on PS2). Played all soundtrack selections, tested all modes online and offline with a maximum of three guitars, one dru...

By Tracey John Guitar Hero 5 (multiple platforms) What’s on the box: A road case bears the title of the game rendered in spray paint, just like real bands’ road cases. The bottom lists the artists and the instruments you can play with the game. See Also: See Also: See Also:

By RawmeatCowboy Publisher: Activision Publishing, Inc./RedOctane Developer: Neversoft Entertainment (Xbox 360 and PS3) Vicarious Visions (Wii) Budcat (PS2) Release Date: November 2009 ——————————– Publisher: Activision Publishing, Inc. Platform: Nintendo DS Lite Release Date: November 2009

By AJ Glasser I finished my demo with another Neversoft-created song that turned out to be a Back medley. I don't think I'm enough of a musician (or any kind of musician, really) to ever make something so wonderful myself. But if I buy Guitar Hero 5, I'll be a getting a ticket to enjoy the brilliance of other b...

Before every other rhythm game there was Bemani. It can be argued that just about every other rhythm ever invented is just a variation of Bemani – it is the series that introduced pressing buttons in time with the music. So before Guitar Hero there was Dance Dance Revolution, or Dancing Stage...

by: John Yan<br/>NEWS - I make no secret that I found Guitar Hero World Tour disappointing. So with expectations low, I set out to look at <strong>Guitar Hero 5</strong> today. I came away though with a sense that the game is back on track as being a fun musical game and one...

By Kiri(noreply@blogger.com) I'm excited to report that my first article on Guitar Hero and Rock Band has been accepted for publication in the Journal of the Society for American Music. According to my copyright transfer agreement, I have the right to post the unrevised manuscript version on a personal website -- see t...

By Mark Wilson Also, if you play both Rock Band and Guitar Hero, the cross-compatible hardware plugs into both drumsets and is toggled with a simple switch. I could see where using the same bass drum pedal for both games could be beneficial if you were a real score junkie.

By rss@youtube.com (ciunz) Download Games at http://here.wiigo.info/ As soon as Rock Band let you play guitar, bass, drums, and sing to your favorite music, it was clear the bar had been raised in the music-game genre. It wasn't long before Activision announced that the Guitar Hero series would follow suit. The result...

By Entar Before playing Guitar Hero: World Tour, I had not played any video games of that genre, save for a few quick tries of older games, glimpses which were few and far between. They seemed like a fun idea at the time, but I never got fully into them until recently, when I finally started playing it mo...

By cmfl3x The Guitar Hero: World Tour guitar may very well be the best guitar peripheral out there. 2. Gameplay Guitar Hero World Tour Rock Band 2 Guitar Hero World Tour Instruments: Guitar Hero Gameplay: Rock Band Difficulty: Guitar Hero Music Library: Rock Band Presentation: Guitar Hero ————-

By Rokusho Encore Guitar Hero: World Tour is an excellent game, after 3 previous tries with the guitar and bass, these two aspects were guaranteed to be solid.  The drumming and vocals are executed pretty well and everything works together.  There are some aspects the game would have done better to le...

By Sam Harrison With the advent of Guitar Hero and Rock Band I now have four plastic guitars and a plastic drum kit in my house and I am rapidly running out of space in my cupboard. Guitar Hero World Tour is adding to that collection with another drum kit and guitar, so I think it’s only fair to review the instrum...

By tips@infendo.com You’ve already read David’s take on Rock Band 2 versus Guitar Hero World Tour, but how about another take? Click over to read our second review and watch a gameplay montage video. Rock Band 2 Wii - Gameplay Montage from Jake Brandon on Vimeo. Final

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By Jason Chen The Gadget: Riff Rocker, an even smaller miniature USB guitar that's made to work with Frets on Fire, the open source PC knockoff of Guitar Hero. The guitar's got the normal amount of fret buttons, but instead of a strummer, you get a two-way rocker button that's meant to be played with two fi...

Guitar Hero World Tour is the answer to the release of Rock Band a year ago, as it introduces the full band set to the Guitar Hero franchise with the addition of drums, microphone, and bass support to go along with the guitar.  So is this enough for Guitar Hero to solidify its spot as the king of t...

By Brian Crecente Guitar Hero: World Tour was developed by Neversoft for the Xbox 360 and PS3, published by Activision and released on Oct. 26 for Playstation 2, Playstation 3, Wii and Xbox 360. The Band Kit retails for $189.99 USD. Completed single-player tour using guitar, played many songs using bass, drum...

By hattrick Gameplay Overall, I’m having a blast with the game. I would totally recommend it to anyone who is a fan of music/rhythm games, along with those who are big music fans in general. I can’t wait to play with a group of people in a band. So far, I have only played with my roommate (using my GH3 guitar for...

By Ross Miller Filed under: Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Rhythm This week marked the debut of a second contender in the full-band-simulator genre. It's hard to find a review for Guitar Hero: World Tour that utters Rock Band less than a half dozen times. Compar...

By TDavid Guitar Hero World Tour sports an impressive list of tunes, don’t get me wrong — and there is the ability to download for $$ a small few tracks (like Metallica’s complete Death Magnetic album) as well as what other players create in GH Tunes for free, but it doesn’t come close to matching Rock...

By Jen As we promised early last week, RockGamer has put together a hands on review of Guitar Hero World Tour, which we played at Neversoft Headquarters in sunny Santa Monica,, California. Now that Activision has announced Ted Nugent; the entire GHWT setlist and Metallica’s Death Magnetic alb...

By AJ Glasser This was the most shocking thing I retained from my interview with David. The rest is to be expected – of course Vicarious is pleased to have climbed from Jet Set Radio on the GameBoy Advance to such lofty heights as developing Guitar Hero: World Tour for the Wii.

Guitar Hero III takes the cake as far as a purist guitar game. As a guitarist myself, after playing both, I much prefer the style, design, and overall product that is Guitar Hero III to Rock Band to get my guitarist fix. Guitar Hero for your guitar purists, and Rock Band for everyone who just wan...

By Matthew Valdez Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s leaves nothing behind from the formula that was last used in Guitar Hero II. In fact, it doesn’t add anything either. Instead of jamming to songs that are popular today, Rock the 80s lets you jam on oldies such as "Turning Japanese" from The Vapors. Rock the 80s...

By Mark Wilson The covers of the songs don't feel as tuned or as polished as they did in the superior Guitar Hero II. Beyond that, you never feel like you're actually "playing" these songs as much as you're merely trying to hit a bunch of random fret buttons as quickly as possible.

By Ken Edwards If you're familiar with Guitar Hero II, you can jump right in and head bang to some of the best hair metal, no spandex required. Songs are grouped just as before, from "Opening Licks" to "Furious Fretwork." Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s will ship in July exclusively for the PS2, and will co...

By Ken Edwards Also new is the guitar controller, a white Gibson X-Plorer. This guitar is heavier than the PS2's SG, and a lot easier to hold without the strap (yes, I prefer strapless). Like other controllers on Microsoft consoles, it has a breakaway cable, and if any controller needs it, it's this one! Go...

By Jason Hill(jasonh@sent.com) While Activision plunder classic 80s rock anthems for their next edition of Guitar Hero, the game's creator Harmonix is busy working on something a lot more ambitious. Published by Electronic Arts, Rock Band will let Xbox 360 and PS3...

By Mark Wilson Until the Gods bestowed upon Man the grace of the Guitar Hero games, we were condemned to a legacy of producing faux music with air alone. (Or, alternatively, not producing any music at all with a real guitar sitting in our corner/closet/attic). Life was meaningless and dark.

By Ken Edwards Plus, TAC are giving us a Flying V designed controller, something every Guitar Hero rocker secretly wants. The Freedom V Wireless Guitar Controller is a 2.4 GHz wireless guitar that works with both Guitar Hero and Guitar Hero II (as long as you ordered your controller after Oct. 1, it works wi...

By Aaron Auzins While we’re starting to see the release of even more music-oriented games (including Konami’s original Guitar Freaks finally being worked on for a U.S. release under the name Guitar Revolution), Guitar Hero will always be at the top of the pack if it continues to update itself just like Gui...

By Jason Hill(jasonh@sent.com) Crank your amp up to 11 and lock up your daughters, gaming's rock 'n roll rebel is back. Anyone can be a rock star with the crowd-pleasing Guitar Hero II, released on Wednesday. Screen Play's Guitar Hero II Icon... Guitar Hero II Price: $79.95 or $149.95 with guitar

By CallmeMaddy Guitar Hero runs the same way. It comes with a controller shaped as a guitar. It will tell you to press one of the color fret buttons while strumming the "strum bar." This may sound boring, but it really isn't. Once you add a little music, it is a fun activity to do with friends, family, or by yoursel...

So caveat emptor when we point out this other Guitar Hero third-party controller made by DDRgame and sold by Amazon. It's a little more traditional looking, in line with the original Guitar Hero controller, with a slightly cooler beck and a flaming red color. Unlike the Shredder, the Amazo...

A week back or so, we enthusiastically burbled on about the Shredder, a third-party Guitar Hero controller that made the liquid in our crotches glow through the skin like a lava lamp. We said we'd go buy one. This was a lie. It was part of a devious plot to get you to spend your hard-earned money fo...