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It’s a Guitar Hero Cake »

The ladies over at ‘Have Your Cake and Eat It Too’ have come up with this Guitar Hero themed cake - and you don’t have to finish a bunch of puzzles to get it as reward.
This mother and daughter team have been creating custom cakes in the Nanaimo BC area and have over 30 years […]

This Month’s Guitar World Magazine - Big Guitar Hero Influence! »

This months Guitar World Magazine has a pretty big Guitar Hero influence.
Starting with the cover you have Guitar Hero III star Slash from Velvet Revolver as well as Joe Perry, who will be featured in the upcoming Guitar Hero: Aerosmith.
To continue with the theme, they also feature a sneak preview of Guitar Hero: Aerosmith.
And to top […]

Activision Announces Details For Guitar Hero 4 titled Rock Gods »

I guess it was only a matter of time.
We found out a few months ago that British band ‘The Answer’ would have one of their songs on the upcoming Guitar Hero 4.
And last week Def Leppard announced on the radio show Rockline that 3 of their songs would be on Guitar Hero 4. We […]

Console Hero’s April Fools Day Roundup »

Happy April Fool’s Day!
We are not going to post a story trying to trick you, we’re just not funny enough.  We are however providing links to stories that were published today that are in line with todays theme and related to Guitar Hero and Rock Band…  So after scouring teh intarwebs here we go.  Stories […]

Guitar Hero Aerosmith Trailer Released »

Activision has released the first video trailer for Guitar Hero Aerosmith.
It’s available on a few different sites, and we’ve included a link to the trailer below that’s on the Kotaku site
You can really tell they’ve put a lot of time into the motion capture and overall graphics in the game.
Link and more info after the […]

Date and Price announced for Guitar Hero On Tour »

Activision has just released details on pricing for Guitar Hero: On Tour, as well as the release date.
On Tour is scheduled to be released on June 22, 2008. The suggested retail price is $49.99 USD and Guitar Hero: On Tour will include the Guitar Grip peripheral
Product Description
Rock out to Guitar Hero on the DS […]

Rock Band to get Full Albums Soon? »

As we mentioned earlier today, Harmonix is releasing a big update for Rock Band, which included an in-game store to review and purchase new songs.
One of the options listed, but not yet available to select, is ‘ALBUMS (COMING SOON)’
Harmonix has previously mentioned that they had planned on making full albums available for the game but […]

We Need Your Help - Guitar Controller Guide »

We’re putting on the finishing touches on the first edition of our Guitar Controller Compatibility Guide and we’re trying to get as much information in before the actual release.
The main focus is (obviously) guitar compatibility, but with a focus on unlicensed and 3rd party guitar controllers as well. On top of the compatibility, it […]

Rock Band DLC - Week of March 17 2008 - Ear Ache Trash Pack »

The latest Rock Band Downloadable Content, titled the “Ear Ache Trash Pack”, has been announced, and the artists/songs are as follows;
At The Gates - “Blinded By Fear”
Evile - “Thrasher”
The Haunted - “D.O.A.”
These are all master tracks, and as is par for the course each track is $1.99 or $5.49 for the whole pack.  They will be on […]

Rock Band hits 5,000,000 downloads of DLC Songs »

Rock Band Land has just announced that Harmonix has had over 5,000,000 downloads of songs for Rock Band
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