Archive for January, 2008

Rumor: Wireless GHIII Les Pauls to be released in March »

A number of websites are reporting today that the Guitar Hero III wireless Les Paul controllers will be released sometime in March.  Please keep in mind that the information in this post has not been confirmed by Activision/Red Octane/et al…  so the prices are just rumors and not neccessarily the actual prices.

For the Wii:  USD […]

New Songs for Rock Band - The Progressive Track Pack »

The latest downloadable content for Rock Band has been released on both the XBOX Live Marketplace and Playstation Online Store.
The latest Track Pack is called “The Progressive Track Pack” and features the following songs;
Smashing Pumpkins - “Siva”
Rush - “Working Man”
Coheed and Cambria  - “Ten Speed (of God’s Blood and Burial)”

Guitar Hero Effects Pedal for Whammy and Star Power »

React has released a 2 pedal effects pedal for the Playstation 2 that works with Guitar Hero games.

Guitar Hero for the Nintendo DS? »

Rumours are starting to heat up that the upcoming Guitar Hero port to the Nintendo DS will be called “Guitar Hero: On Tour”
Guitar Hero fanatics will recall that back in April 2007, Kai Huang, president and founder of RedOctane, confirmed to GameSpot that the company is looking at a DS Guitar Hero for release early […]

Guitar Hero Tom Petty NOT playing Guitar Hero III at Superbowl Halftime »

So I received an e-mail with a link to a news story stating that Tom Petty would be performing “Through the Fire and Flames” at this years Superbowl halftime show. Unfortunately the story is not true.
A little research showed that the story was copied from the Serious Sports News Network website, which is […]

Guitar Hero on the Commodore64?! »

Playing Guitar Hero on the Commodore64 isn’t just a wacky dream, someone’s making it work!
Welcome to The Shredz64 Project. Toni Westbrook, a software developer who runs Synthetic Dreams, has been working in his spare time to make a Guitar Hero like game for the Commodore64 that is tentatively titled Shredz64.

Right now he is using […]

Get A Guitar Hero III Tag »

The good folks over at Leeds Student Gamers have developed a nifty little program that will allow you to display your Guitar Hero III stats in a “picture” that you can display on webpages.
The great thing about this is that once you place this on a webpage, it will automatically update anytime your account updates […]

Rock your way into the Guiness Book of Records with Guitar Hero III »

If rocking out on Guitar Hero III while being part of setting a world record sounds like your idea of a good time, Guiness, the publishers of the annual Guiness Book of Records, have an event for you.
To celebrate the launch of The Guiness Book of Records Gamer Edition, Guiness is holding an international Guitar […]

New Track Pack released for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Classic »

Activison released their latest track download today with three new songs, part of the the Legends of Rock series.
The song pack features “Peace of Mind” as performed by Boston, “Juke Box Hero” as performed by Foreigner, and “Any Way you Want it” as performed by Journey.
The latest track pack is available online for Guitar Hero […]

Guitar Hero franchise reaches $1Billion in sales »

Activision Inc.(Nasdaq:ATVI), makers of the hit video game series Guitar Hero, recently announced that they had surpassed $1 billion in retail sales - an industry first.
 Fueled by impressive sales, the serie’s latest installment, Guitar Hero(R) III: Legends of Rock(TM) was the #1 title in units and dollars for calendar year 2007
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