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Guitar Hero Makers Want to Compete With iTunes: related news
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After selling 20 million copies and earning over a billion dollars, Activision Blizzard, the creators of Guitar Hero, think the next logical step for the franchise is to open up an iTunes-like digital music store. “I don’t think there have been a lot of credible alternatives to iTunes, but Guitar Hero certainly has that potential,” Bobby Kotick, chief executive of Activision Blizzard said, adding that “the natural evolution” of the franchise would be to create an online music platform. Activision Blizzard was formed yesterday as the result of the merger between Activision (the company behind the Guitar Hero franchise) and Vivendi Games, the group responsible for World of Warcraft and the gaming arm of the company that also owns Universal Music.
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via Rolling Stone @ 16:15 11th Jul
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When the house lights go down this fall, a new generation of axe shredders, drummers and fearless frontmen will come together and rock with Guitar Hero World Tour. Guitar Hero World Tour hopes to transform music gaming by marrying the guitar gameplay of Guitar Hero with a cooperative band experience that combines wireless instruments with new online and offline gameplay modes. The game will feature a newly redesigned guitar, a genuine electronic drum kit and a microphone, as well as a Music Studio music creator that lets players compose, record, edit and share their own rock-and-roll anthems, along with online Band Career and eight-player Battle of the Bands. Guitar Hero World Tour is being developed by Neversoft Entertainment and will be available for Xbox 360 this fall.
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via Adrenaline Vault @ 2:19 17th Jul
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According to rollingstone.com, Guitar Hero will be getting multiple songs from arguably the greatest rock star the world has ever known, Jimi Hendrix. "The ultimate guitar hero, Jimi Hendrix, is finally coming to the Guitar Hero game franchise, according to Janie Hendrix, who oversees his estate. The Hendrix estate, which had difficulty locating the original masters until now, has delivered multiple songs — including 'Purple Haze', 'Foxy Lady' and 'Little Wing' — to GH's developers, although it’s not yet clear which tracks they will use. The next edition of the game, Guitar Hero: World Tour, hits stores October 27th."
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via Mygamer @ 10:54 19th Jul
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Michael Shorrock, Sony's director of third-party relations, announced on the Playstation blog that he's been working with the major music game developers (i.e. Rock Band's Harmonix, Guitar Hero's Activision, and others) to ensure basic compatibility for peripherals between the games. Joystiq has a compatibility matrix that shows which devices work with which games. "...Rock Band 2's guitar and drum set will work with Guitar Hero: World Tour and with Rock Revolution. Conversely, Rock Revolution's drum set will work with both Guitar Hero: World Tour and Rock Band 2. In addition, Guitar Hero: World Tour and Rock Band 2 will both support the SingStar microphones. We're still working hard to ensure compatibility between the Guitar Hero and Rock Band titles currently on the market, and we hope to have an announcement on that shortly.
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via Slashdot @ 10:21 21st Aug
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When the house lights go down this fall, a new generation of guitarists, drummers and fearless frontmen will come together and rock with Guitar Hero World Tour. The latest installment in the #1 best-selling video game franchise of 2007, Guitar Hero World Tour transforms music gaming by expanding Guitar Heros signature guitar gameplay into a cooperative band experience that combines the most advanced wireless instruments with new revolutionary online* and offline gameplay modes including Band Career and 8-player Battle of the Bands, which allows two full bands to compete head-to-head online for the first time ever. The game features a slick newly redesigned guitar controller, drum kit controller and a microphone, as well as an innovative Music Studio music creator that lets players compose, record, edit and share their own rock n roll
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via Team Xbox @ 5:57 9th Aug
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ACTIVISION BRINGS MORE GUITAR SHREDDING EXCELLENCE TO GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK WITH NEW GUITAR VIRTUOSO TRACK PACK
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via Develop @ 15:52 22nd Jul
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So time has passed, and time heals all wounds right? It was with a hopeful heart that some people bought a copy of Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, and tried firing it up with a Rock Band guitar, only to be greeted with a screen telling them, "An unsupported guitar peripheral has been detected."
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via NG4.com @ 22:18 1st Jul
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Santa Monica, CA July 15, 2007 Activision Publishing (Nasdaq: ATVID) today revealed that Metallicas highly-anticipated full studio album, Death Magnetic, will be available simultaneously in record stores and as downloadable content for the worlds best-selling rhythm-based video game series, Guitar Hero. Metallica fans will be able to rock out to new anthems from the band in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock this September and will be able to unite on drums, guitar and vocals as the album will also be released as downloadable content for Guitar Hero World Tour when it ships this Fall.
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via Cariboo Computer Magazine @ 14:35 22nd Jul
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The latest installment from the #1 best-selling video game franchise of 2007, Guitar Hero World Tour will transform music gaming by marrying Guitar Heros exhilarating guitar gameplay, with a cooperative band experience that combines the most advanced wireless instruments with revolutionary new online and offline gameplay modes. The game will feature a slick newly redesigned guitar, a genuine electronic drum kit and a microphone, as well as an innovative Music Studio music creator that lets players compose, record, edit and share their own rock and roll anthems, along with online Band Career and 8-player Battle of the Bands.
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via GameInfoWire @ 20:53 24th Aug
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After playing to sold-out crowds in living rooms around the world, the blockbuster video game Guitar Hero is hitting the road with Guitar Hero: On Tour for Nintendo DS, Activision today announced. Available now at retail outlets nationwide, Guitar Hero: On Tour brings a new dimension to handheld gaming and gives fans the ability to shred along to their favorite tunes with complete portability.
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via Game Freaks 365 @ 20:04 2nd Jul
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iTunes can easily share its content over your local network. But if you want a complete copy of your media library on more than one Mac, you’ll need to synchronize some files. However, merely copying, say, a folder full of AAC files from one Mac to another is not enough; you must also copy the iTunes Library files containing metadata, playlists, and other important information. And therein lies the rub: If you’ve changed the contents of iTunes on both Macs, merely copying the iTunes Library files in one direction or the other (manually or with a file-synchronization utility) won’t synchronize their contents, so neither iTunes library will be correct. For example, songs present on both Macs’ hard disks may not actually show up in iTunes on one Mac or the other, and one Mac’s playlists might entirely overwrite the other’s.
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via Macworld @ 15:14 3rd Jul
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After raising the bar of authenticity with every release in the Guitar Hero franchise, Activision Publishing, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: ATVI) Guitar Hero World Tour is cranking it to 11 by featuring several of the most influential instrument and equipment brands in the music industry. Gamers can score in-game sponsorships and gear from Ampeg, Audio-Technica, EMG Pickups, Ernie Ball, Evans Drumheads, Guitar Center, Krank Amplification, Mackie, Marshall, Orange County Drum & Percussion, Pork Pie Percussion, Regal Tip, Sabian cymbals, Vox and Zildjian drumsticks.
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via GameSpy @ 21:03 27th Aug
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Activison today revealed that the Top Gun Theme is coming to Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock , as a free download. Beginning July 3, 2008, the legendary, "Top Gun Anthem" will be available as a free downloadable song for the game.
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via NG4.com @ 22:23 1st Jul
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A new survey sent to users of the invitation-only survey site u.talk.back asks the question: which would you rather get, Guitar Hero World Tour, or Rock Band 2? Along with the question, each game is described with various new features. Things such as Rock Band DLC working in RB2, new online modes, and more are described for Rock Band 2, while World Tour is given some new instrument information, as well as a peak at the names and bands involved.
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via NG4.com @ 7:35 30th Jun
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Apple might be expanding its iPhone into gaming, but the Guitar Hero franchise is gunning for iTunes' music business.
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via The Escapist @ 21:12 30th Jul
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Since its launch a little over a year ago, iTunes U has grown into a large collection of educational material and resources from over 70 colleges and universities worldwide. Yesterday, at the National Education Computing Conference in San Antonio, Texas, iTunes K-12 was announced as a service on the iTunes Store, similar to that of iTunes U, but aimed at primary and secondary education. "K-12 on iTunes U" is a modest start in comparison to what iTunes U has become, but with 11 entities already, it's a start.
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via ArsTechnica @ 19:06 2nd Jul
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"Apple® today announced that movies from major film studios including 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM), Sony Pictures Television International and Lionsgate are now available on the iTunes® Store in Australia (www.itunes.com/au) and in New Zealand (www.itunes.com/nz). Movie purchases and rentals feature iTunes’ legendary ease of use, which makes discovering and enjoying movies as simple and easy as buying music on iTunes has always been. The iTunes Store in Australia and New Zealand feature over 700 films for rent or purchase, with new release titles available for purchase on the same day as their DVD release, including favorites such as “National Treasure 2,” “Jumper,” “27 Dresses,” “Cloverfield,” “Vantage Point” and
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via Digital Media Thoughts @ 10:11 15th Aug
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This is hardly a new phenomenon, but the Wall Street Journal is noting that some bands and some record labels are avoiding putting music on iTunes (or in some cases, pulling music off iTunes) in an effort to force people to buy the full album, rather than just a few tracks. There are plenty of reasons to dislike iTunes, but it seems hard to believe that this does anything positive for the bands in question. The article quotes Kid Rock's manager, who compares apples to oranges, by pointing out that people who are on iTunes sell more single songs than albums, but that's rather meaningless in comparing to an artist (like Kid Rock) who's not on iTunes at all. Not putting your music where people want it is only going to piss them off.
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via Techdirt @ 10:53 29th Aug
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Activision and Line 6 Announce Full Line 6 POD(R) Guitar Technology Integration Into Guitar Hero(R) World Tour Music Studio
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via Yahoo! Canada @ 12:35 11th Jul
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EIF: Guitar Hero, Nintendogs Better Educational Tools Than 'Serious Games' [08.13.08] Instead of making serious games for education, why not embrace traditional gaming? Two innovative educators at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival talk about how Guitar Hero and Nintendogs can be invaluable learning tools.
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via Gamasutra @ 23:01 13th Aug
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. and CALABASAS, Calif., July 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Activision, Inc. and Line 6, Inc. announced today that Guitar Hero(R) World Tour for the Xbox 360(R) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer entertainment system will integrate Line 6's guitar tone technology, enabling gamers to use amps, cabs and effects from the world-renown Line 6 POD(R) in the game's Music Studio. The game's innovative new Music Studio lets players express their musical creativity by giving them access to a full complement of tools to compose, record, edit and share their own rock 'n' roll anthems.
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via Stockwatch @ 12:35 11th Jul
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. and CALABASAS, Calif., July 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Activision, Inc. ATVI and Line 6, Inc. announced today that Guitar Hero(R) World Tour for the Xbox 360(R) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer entertainment system will integrate Line 6's guitar tone technology, enabling gamers to use amps, cabs and effects from the world-renown Line 6 POD(R) in the game's Music Studio. The game's innovative new Music Studio lets players express their musical creativity by giving them access to a full complement of tools to compose, record, edit and share their own rock 'n' roll anthems.
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via Houston Chronicle @ 12:34 11th Jul
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. and CALABASAS, Calif., July 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) and Line 6, Inc. announced today that Guitar Hero(R) World Tour for the Xbox 360(R) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer entertainment system will integrate Line 6's guitar tone technology, enabling gamers to use amps, cabs and effects from the world-renown Line 6 POD(R) in the game's Music Studio. The game's innovative new Music Studio lets players express their musical creativity by giving them access to a full complement of tools to compose, record, edit and share their own rock 'n' roll anthems.
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via Macro World Investor @ 12:35 11th Jul
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