Activision has released the Guitar Hero III Wii Double Pack in Australia, which includes two guitars and the remastered, stereo-capable version of the game. You should be able to pick it up now for under AUD$170.
Activision has announced their Guitar Hero franchise has sold over 14 million units in North America alone, resulting in US$1 billion in revenue. Activision acquired Red Octane six months after release of the first Guitar Hero for a paltry $100 million. It’s little wonder they were the most successful game company of last year.
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Bits bytes pixels & sprites made me laugh this morning.
It’s that time of the week again, and this time Yahtzee is ripping into the soft flesh of the darling of the musical game world, Guitar Hero III. While the gaming public has gone Guitar Hero III crazy, Yahtzee is decidedly more subdued and proclaims that the change of developers “stopped Guitar Hero being fun.”
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Harmonix has publicly attacked Sony and Activision, claiming that their patch to use the Guitar Hero III controller on the PS3 in Rock Band was blocked. Harmonix claim they had the patch ready by December 4th but “continual objections” by Activision caused Sony to block its release. As a display of good will Harmonix have said that they “believe in an open standard philosophy of hardware and game compatibility” and that they “welcome all third party developers who wish to support our controllers and will provide any required support in order for them to do so.”
Its’ not really a big surprise that Sony would do this (we have all seen how they love their proprietary formats and devices), but I expected less selfish behavior from Activision.
Check after the jump for Harmonix’s statement.
The Guitar Hero Mobile trailer is not the most promising trailer we have seen, featuring only a couple of seconds of gameplay footage at a low framerate - although if the price is right it could be a nice time waster for those long train rides.
Harmonix have released a new track pack for Guitar Hero II on the Xbox 360 - the Indie Label Pack II. 500 Microsoft points gets you:
Video preview after the jump.
These wonderful haircuts and their owners are mobilizing legal action against Activision, Harmonix, and Red Octane over their song “What I like About You” in Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the ’80s. Seemingly worried that cover band Wavegroup Sound’s version will somehow “confuse the consumer” and detract from their sales, they are demanding the whole hog – the band wants to halt the sale of the game and accounting of all profits from the game, along with unspecified “compensatory and punitive” damages. For once the cover band gets it right, and the real band has to come along and spoil it for the rest of us.
Activision today announced the first three downloadable track packs for Guitar Hero III - the Velvet Revolver, Foo Fighters and Boss Battle Anthems packs. The Velvet Revolver pack includes master recordings of “Messages,” “She Builds Quick Machines” and “Slither.” The Foo Fighters pack includes “The Pretender,” “This Is a Call” and “All My Life.” Both are currently available on the Xbox Live Marketplace for 500 Microsoft points, and will be available on the PlayStation Store later this month.
After the South Park episode “Make Love, Not Warcraft” won an Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program, Matt and Trey are set to take another swipe at video games - this time, the hugely popular Guitar Hero.
The episode called “Guitar Queer-o” follows Stan and Kyle, who are hooked on Guitar Hero. Stan’s superior shredding eventually leads to a breakdown in their friendship, as he pursues bigger scores with a better partner. The episode premieres on Wednesday, November 7 at 10pm on Comedy Central, and will no doubt be uploaded to every video hosting site known to man shortly afterward.
