Activision pulling the plug on Guitar Hero
Wednesday, February 9th, 2011
Say goodbye to Guitar Hero. The once powerful gaming franchise that turned on millions of people to playing rock music on plastic guitars while exposing a new generation of music listeners to bands they'd never heard is officially done.
Activision released a statement saying, "Due to continued declines in the music genre, the company will disband Activision Publishing's Guitar Hero business unit and discontinue development on its Guitar Hero game for 2011.… Read More
RiO!B episode – May 4, 2010
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010Guitar Hero: Red Hot Chili Peppers?
Monday, May 3rd, 2010
Guitar Hero and Rock Band aren't going away anytime soon.
Between releasing exclusive games with bands like The Beatles, Green Day, Metallica, Aerosmith and Van Halen and with possible releases of Jimi Hendrix and The Who, the plastic guitar will continue to reign supreme as long as people have rock stardom fantasies.
The newest rumor is that Guitar Hero will release a Red Hot Chili Peppers version of the game (via Kotaku).… Read More
NYU offering Guitar Hero as a class
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
When I was at Rutgers University I thought the coolest class I ever took was one where I wrote a 12-page paper comparing Superman to Jesus Christ. Well that class has officially been one-upped by the folks at New York University.
Prefix Mag is reporting that the class known as "Guitar Heroes (and Heroines): Music, Video Games and the Nature of Human Cognition" will be made available… Read More
Johnny Cash in Guitar Hero 5
Thursday, August 13th, 2009Steven Tyler, Them Crooked Vultures, GH: Van Halen and Slipknot
Thursday, August 6th, 2009Guitar Hero: Van Halen tracklisting released
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
The newest installment of Guitar Hero has just released its tracklisting. And it bears the name Van Halen.
GH: Van Halen is hitting shelves on December 22nd. Just in time for Christmas which means it'll be a mad dash at your local Best Buy for parents of kids who demand they must rock out to the "Eruption" solo. And speaking of "Eruption", that's just one of the songs that appears on the game. Check out the full tracklisting below.
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