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Kotaku - Oct 7, 2008
Guitar Hero co-publisher RedOctane is looking to squeeze a few more Ulysses S. Grants out of gamers, providing fans of the rhythm genre with a more expensive, but of questionable value, edition of Guitar Hero: World …
Also tagged: activision, red octane, guitar hero world tour
Kotaku - Sep 29, 2008
Peak just sent me one of their solid wood Playstation 3 guitars for Guitar Hero and Rock Band. The Starplex is the same scale as a real guitar and uses the same sorts of parts, when possible. For instance the tuning …
Also tagged: controller, gallery, peak, rock band, starplex life sized guitar
Kotaku - Sep 29, 2008
First announced a few weeks back, here's a first look at perhaps the strangest piece of Guitar Hero-related marketing we've seen to date: McFarlane's range of small, stringless, unplayable plastic guitars. It looks …
Also tagged: media, toys, gallery, figures, merch, mcfarlane
Kotaku - Sep 26, 2008
We'll bet you never saw this one coming. A recent filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office shows that Activision has filed a mark for Dance Hero, claiming services such as "interactive video game programs" and …
Also tagged: top, original, dj hero, only activision, dance hero
Kotaku - Sep 17, 2008
Metallica fans are pissed. The release of the metal outfit's latest album, Death Magnetic, isn't quite what they were expecting, at least from a sound quality standpoint. Metallica fans contend that the album is overly …
Also tagged: activision, metallica, dlc
Kotaku - Sep 16, 2008
Wondering what that mysterious, new instrument was going to be for Guitar Hero: World Tour? Don't bother, it's not an instrument. But don't be glum, chum. It's something even better. Certain versions of the game (we'll …
Also tagged: news, activision, neversoft, guitar hero world tour
Kotaku - Sep 16, 2008
Fuck you Activision, you and your money-grubbing ways, you can't-oh. Sorry! This is actually a fairly sensible idea involving Guitar Hero and money. Seems Activision are looking at introducing subscriptions for Guitar …
Also tagged: business, news, activision
Kotaku - Sep 16, 2008
After sitting on genre-establishing properties GuitarFreaks and DrumMania for close to a decade, never releasing a single console title in either series in the West, Konami decided — after watching Guitar Hero become a …
Also tagged: konami, wtf, rock band, rock revolution
Kotaku - Sep 14, 2008
I had the distinct honor and pleasure of interviewing Mark-Paul Gosselaar at Nintendo's party Friday night. Of course we talked a lot about video games, from his personal favs to what he's looking forward to the most …
Also tagged: original, nintendo world store, mark paul gosselaar, rock band
Kotaku - Sep 11, 2008
Those figures of your "favourite" Guitar Hero "characters"? They're just the start of Activision and McFarlane's push to sell you more mostly-immobile hunks of Guitar Hero-related plastic. Due for release in January …
Also tagged: news, toys, activision, figures, merch, mcfarlane