Rocksmith: because the world needs a new Guitar Hero clone
Ubisoft announces a new game for the dying rhythm genre.
February marks the end of Guitar Hero DLC
Activision's culling of the Guitar Hero franchise gets kicked up a gear as all future DLC is cancelled.
Guitar Hero is Dead
Rumours are coming in this morning that Activision has had enough of flogging Guitar Hero every second week and has decided to change it’s strategy. Unfortunately the new strategy is pretty much an full annihilation of the series and anything linked to it. According to the rumours the Guitar Hero series is no more and so is DJ Hero. Last …
Activision has “Nothing but love†for Harmonix
But that doesn’t mean they’re going to be buying the developer, who’s recently been put up for sale by MTV owners Viacom. In an interview with Industry Gamers, Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirschberg talked about making peace with their former partners and progenitors of Guitar Hero. “I can’t comment on that, for obvious reasons. I can tell you I’ve got …
Axl Rose Sues Activision for $20 Million
Sometime in the 90’s Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose was abducted by evil aliens and replaced years later by a whiny,braid-headed, talentless, portly approximation – who shall henceforth be known as Fat Axl. Presumably because he needs the money to buy Christmas mince pies, Fat Axl is now suing Activision for the princely sum of $20 Million – for …
Cross platform gameplay between the Wii and DS for Guitar Hero
Sony were the first in this generation to start cross platform gameplay between the PS3 and PSP however I don’t know of any games that allow simultaneous gameplay between the two so this may well be a first. In the upcoming Guitar Hero Warriors of Rock for the Wii and NDS you are going to be able to play 4 …
Guitar Hero Warriors of Rock includes 93 tracks
Just a quick post, the latest Guitar Hero set list has been announced and it’s pretty lengthy. Guitar Hero Warriors of Rock will ship with 93 tracks which makes this the largest Guitar Hero set list to date. Check the full list below. Guitar Hero Warriors of Rock will include the titles first ever story mode, which may be worth …
Awesome videogame Demakes
As a gamer raised on a diet of 8 and 16 bit games, their general aesthetic invokes an overwhelming sense of nostalgia. Things like this though – combining my love of modern games with the heady wistfulness of bygone eras – make me giddy. After the jump you’ll find a collection of videogame demakes created by Swedish artist Junkboy. – …
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