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December 15th, 2009 at 02:00am
Under Wii / Nintendo
You gotta hand it to this kid’s parents, who managed to turn up their boring old Christmas lights to 11 and into quite the Guitar Hero homage. It’s not the first time we’ve seen Activision’s franchise mix it up with some Christmas lights, but it’s certainly the most unique and inspired. We’ve embedded the video past the break so put on your favorite Rudolph sweater (the good one with the blinking nose you keep in the back of the closet), pour yourself a hot cup of cocoa and give it a watch.
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Christmas Light Hero brings rhythm to the holidays originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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By Mister-X
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December 8th, 2009 at 08:15pm
Under Xbox 360
Major Nelson has revealed that two new demos are available on Xbox Live Marketplace. The first is Guitar Hero: Van Halen. It’s like Guitar Hero, but with Van Halen in it. At this point, if you need more description than that we can’t really help you. The demo is available in all regions.
The other demo is for Crash Time 3. Honestly, how that game ever made it past Crash Time 1 is a mystery we will never solve. The demo is available in European regions only. You can add either demo to your 360 download queue by clicking the links below.
Shortcut: Download the Guitar Hero: Van Helen demo [Via Xbox.com]
Shortcut: Download the Crash Time 3 demo (Europe only) [Via Xbox.com]
Van Halen and Crash Time 3 demos hit XBL originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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By Mister-X
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October 28th, 2009 at 10:50pm
Under DS
Activision is making people believe in the weird DS “drum skin” attachment for Band Hero the best way it knows how: by finding the most excitable shills it can in shopping centers, and putting the game in their hands. Predictably, they love it. We’ve never seen a mall so full of people willing to dance awkwardly to a DS game.
The buttons that go on top of the DS’s buttons are only one of the selling points espoused in this trailer. Band Hero’s extensive track list and flexible multiplayer (just like in the console version, you can combine instruments in any configuration) get lip service too. But they aren’t as noticeable as that thing you put on the DS to play drums.
Band Hero’s DS ‘drum skin’ in action originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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By Mister-X
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October 21st, 2009 at 02:00pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
Ever have a musician friend over to your house, only to find yourself ever-so-slightly embarrassed by the pile of fake instruments filling your den? Well, you should probably never let them catch you with the Altec Lansing Stage-Gig, a replica monitor meant to give guitar heroes the sense of a real rock show by blaring their audio straight up at them from the floor.
It’s kind of a cute idea, but we’re not sure we’re willing to pay $99 to have our 5.1 audio replaced by a single Altec Lansing speaker. Sure, you could buy two and have a really inconvenient stereo setup, but we think it’s safe to chalk up another victory for imagination.
[Via Engadget]
Altec Lansing feeds rock fantasies with mini monitor originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 20th, 2009 at 01:30pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
The Beatles: Rock Band’s initial U.S. tour at retail has proven boast-worthy for its promoters. Following two promising platform appearances in NPD’s top 10 software sales chart for September, MTV Games and Harmonix have declared B:RB “the top selling music video game in the U.S. for September.” The Beatles-only game (released September 9) outsold Guitar Hero 5 (released September 1) with 595,000 units to 499,000 units in total U.S. sales for the month, according to a statement released by the NPD*. Additionally, charity-driven purchases of the “All You Need Is Love” DLC track exceeded 100,000 downloads on Xbox 360 in September.
The makers of B:RB have also rubbed in a few seemingly noteworthy facts; namely, (1) U.S. purchases of GH5 in September were eligible for a free mail-away copy of Guitar Hero: Van Halen, and (2) GH5 is available on one additional platform, PS2. Of course, Van Halen isn’t exactly the American equivalent of The Beatles, and the PS2 is no longer the dominant platform to stage one’s acts upon. Still, despite the staggering odds stacked against its success, B:RB managed to capture the mindshare of U.S. gamers. (And we all know that Americans like to speak their minds with their monies.)
The sales de-feat must feel good for MTV Games and Harmonix — what with B:RB being burned in the sales competition with GH5 by the kingdom that birthed the band (see: Chart-Track UK September sales rankings posted after the break). What was it? Right: Guitar Hero 5 supposedly outsold The Beatles: Rock Band “2-to-1 in the UK.”
So, score a victory for B:RB in the battle of the bands fought in U.S. retail last month. But let’s not forget there’s a bigger, “World War of Rock” being waged, as well. And our wallets are the oft-unreported collateral damage.
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Beatles: Rock Band bests Guitar Hero 5 in U.S. Sept. sales originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 19th, 2009 at 11:34am
Under DS
If you’ve been savoring the slow trickle of track list announcements for Activision’s tween-oriented rhythm title, Band Hero, your prolonged pleasure is about to come to a satisfying, yet abrupt end. The publisher has revealed all of the songs that will be available on the generically monikered game, and we’ve posted them — along with details about compatible DLC and song importing from other Guitar Hero games — after the jump in the least confusing manner we could possibly conjure. To help in this endeavor, we’ve even added a table of contents!
Man, we’re seriously too nice for our own good.
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Full Band Hero track list, importable songs revealed originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 15th, 2009 at 01:00pm
Under Xbox 360
The Major sends word that a Band Hero demo is now available on Xbox Live Marketplace. The demo allows players to try out three different songs in the new, family-friendly Hero title and offers both the Party Play mode and the new Sing-Along mode. The three playable songs are:
That’s right, Taylor Swift is right there. With some clever positioning and a few mirrors, you might be able to convince your daughter this is the full game, saving you the trouble of actually buying it. Good luck.
Band Hero demo walking on Xbox Live originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 9th, 2009 at 01:45pm
Under Xbox 360
Major Nelson has dropped knowledge, and we must heed: A Guitar Hero 5 demo is now available on Xbox Live Marketplace. The demo offers three songs that can be played in the game’s Party Mode, which allows players to jump in and out of a song at any time. The songs available are:
If you’ve yet to try out the latest in the series grab the demo and give it a go.
Add the Guitar Hero 5 demo to your 360 download queue
Guitar Hero 5 demo rocks XBLM originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 7th, 2009 at 08:30pm
Under Xbox 360
We were just as perplexed as anyone when Guitar Hero 5 trounced The Beatles: Rock Band in the UK — where we hear the Fab Four is fairly popular still. Thankfully, Activision’s Guitar Hero business CEO, Rock ‘n’ Roll Dan Rosensweig, is there to explain it all. “The number one thing about Guitar Hero is that it’s fun as hell — it’s focused on the guitar, and the variety and value proposition — and the reviews are spectacular. So I guess we’re the only ones not surprised.”
Rosensweig went on to tell GamesIndustry.biz that “internally we always talked about the Fab Five – Guitar Hero 5 – was going to beat the Fab Four.” So, we’ve also discovered Activision’s real secret weapon that keeps it ahead of the competition: Hilarious wordplay.
Activision: Guitar Hero beat Beatles because it’s ‘fun as hell’ originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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September 28th, 2009 at 02:31pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
Activision has announced all of the forthcoming Guitar Hero 5 DLC tracks for … Rocktober! Queens of the Stone Age, Billy Squier and Wolfmother are the featured track packs next month, along with some themed collections later in the month. Each pack will cost 440
on Xbox 360, $5.50 on PS3 and 550 Wii Points on Nintendo’s console — each track will also be sold separately for the respective console’s $2 equivalent.
Check out the full list of artists, tracks and release dates after the break.
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Guitar Hero 5: October DLC originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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