Perhaps you're sick of traditional Christmas decorations. The tacky inflatable Santa sat on a roof. A light up reindeer on the lawn. Well if you're prepared to put aside a little time and effort, how about a Guitar Hero light show perfectly timed to the Cliffs of Dover?
Continue reading...Monday, September 21, 2009
Nick Mason deserves some credit. He is sticking to his beliefs and not looking for a quick cash-in. He claims he would “consider it,” referring to a Pink Floyd edition of Rock Band or Guitar Hero, depending on who had the better deal most likely. Mason does note: “It irritates me having watched my kids do [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 3, 2009
Are you excited to get Guitar Hero 5 and start downloading new songs? Sounds like fun, giving Activision more money for the same old crap, right? Well, that same old crap won’t work on, well, the same old crap. Any songs compatible with Guitar Hero 5 will not work with Guitar Hero World Tour. An Activision [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 13, 2009
All jokes about how we’re on the fifth version of Guitar Hero already aside, Vicarious Visions’ latest money maker is coming to the Wii in a positive way. While the game will be using the idiotic Friend Code system, as soon as you boot the game, all of your friends will be included, states Karthik [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Not one to take advantage of a deal? Too cheap when you bought Guitar Hero World Tour to buy the entire bundle? Well, Activision has found a way to take advantage of you too. All of the instruments included in the bundle are now available individually. The drum set will run you $100 by itself, [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, March 8, 2009
While most probably don’t even think about it, being handicapped and in a wheelchair eliminates your ability to play the drums in the recent music games. Modder extraordinaire Ben Heck has created a rather ingenious solution. Instead using your foot to power the pedal, you could use your breath, registering with the sensor. While undoubtedly [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Yes, all of that blabbering you did to friends about your “7eet skillz in Guitar Hero” means precisely nothing as of now. Why? You’re not this kid. He manages to perfect Guitar Hero’s disgustingly awful Devil Went Down to Georgia on Expert. Yes, an perfect freakin’ score on the hardest song pretty much in the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 13, 2009
*in best Dr. Evil Voice* One Billion Dollars! That’s exactly the amount Activision has made from Guitar Hero III. No, not the franchise, but just Guitar Hero III and its subsequent DLC that followed post-release. It’s the first game to ever reach this mark, and just think that it only cost Activision $100 Million to take the [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, December 7, 2008
Instrument crowded gamers can now relax a little bit. The drum kit for Guitar Hero World Tour now works in Rock Band 2 on the PS3. If you haven’t already done so, the next time you pop the game in you’ll be prompted to update to version 1.01. As an added bonus, you can also [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, September 7, 2008
You know how gamers always point fingers at the parents when the media blames video games for violent acts? Well, gamers have some fuel to show just how terrible parents can be these days. Two North Carolina parents have let their kid drop out of school to play Guitar Hero. Yes, really. No, I really [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 25, 2008
The GGL Wire is reporting that Activision plans to tap Blizzard Entertainment to bring Guitar Hero to “roughly 300,000 game rooms between China and Korea.” Clearly, Activision hopes to cash in on Blizzard’s extreme success in Asia, especially in South Korea, where StarCraft is essentially the national pastime. Readers with especially good memories will recall [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, December 9, 2007
It’s no secret that Vivendi has been trying to sell its gaming division for years. Now, in a surprising Sunday statement, Business Wire is reporting that Activision and Vivendi have announced they are merging to form Activision Blizzard, unquestionably the largest third-party video game publisher in the world. Gaming series falling under Activision [...]
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Monday, December 14, 2009
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