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Sunday, Apr 5
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-04-05
Bang Camaro LIVE videos. Thanks @SaikoSakura http://is.gd/qTiw # Speaking of deals… Lips (360), whose mics work with GH Metallica and soon Rock Band 2, is now $40 on Amazon: http://is.gd/qSC7 # Guitar Hero Metallica 360/PS3 20% off at Amazon… might be today only so hurry! http://is.gd/qSt...
Sunday, Mar 1
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-03-01
Congrats to @mikewithe for winning the February story submission contest. March prize: Guitar Hero Metallica http://tinyurl.com/and7uf # An epic adventure comes to an end. Thanks To Harrahs for treating us like rock stars! # Smeeguel and rockgamerjen in noox and crannies at the foundat...
Monday, Dec 22
Guitar Hero Metallica Trailer - New Video
I forget how much I love Metallica sometimes. Watching this video reminded me in less than 5 seconds. © Jen for RockGamer.com, 2008. I forget how much I love Metallica sometimes. Watching this video reminded me in less than 5 seconds. © Jen for RockGamer.com, 2008.
Monday, Nov 3
Why Guitar Hero and Activision Lost the Beatles War to MTV and Rock Band
Earlier in the year, there were rumors that both companies were in talks to nab the Fab Four’s great works. Sony/ATV chairman and CEO Marty Bandier mentioned in March that they were interesed in looking into Guitar Hero. Apparently, it was Activision’s deal to lose. Speaking of his t...
Wednesday, Sep 24
Guitar Hero World Tour; Hands on Preview at Neversoft
As we promised early last week, RockGamer has put together a hands on review of Guitar Hero World Tour, which we played at Neversoft Headquarters in sunny Santa Monica,, California. Now that Activision has announced Ted Nugent; the entire GHWT setlist and Metallica’s Death Magnetic alb...
Friday, Sep 19
KFC and Activision Cook Up Bizarre Press Release; Contest is Newsworthy
Guitar Hero, the popular series of music video games published by RedOctane, a subsidiary of Activision, is widely recognized for its use of a guitar-shaped controller to simulate the playing of music, represented on-screen by colored notes that correspond to fret buttons on the cont...
Activision Entices Guitar Hero World Tour Pre-Orders in US; UK
For folks across the pond, Activision is offering you a deal if you pre-order the “Super Bundle” which consists of Activision UK has announced “the biggest pre-order incentive the industry has ever seen” as it gears up for November’s anticipated release of Guitar Hero World Tour.
Bands Find More Money in Music Games than Traditional Album Sales
In addition to the downloadable content of “Death Magnetic” for Guitar Hero III and the upcoming Guitar Hero World Tour, there is also the rumor (as yet unconfirmed officially but taken from SEC filings) that Metallica is working with Activision on their own Aerosmith style game. I...
Thursday, Sep 18
Guitar Hero Outsells Rock Band 6 to 1
We’re outselling [Rock Band] 6:1. When you think about the access we have to 30% of the world’s music at Universal, we have a unique advantage there. I would also say when you look at resources, you know, our next-nearest competitor has a couple of hundred people working on these projects, we...
Thursday, Sep 11
Rolling Stone Reveals Guitar Hero World Tour Setlist Update
For the entire list we’ve been tracking, head on over to the Extras tab and check out the running tally we’ve been keeping score of on the Guitar Hero Confirmed Setlist page. I LOVE the Stone Roses song.. can’t believe that was from 14 years ago!!! Well, RockGamer is back in NYC from Neversoft H...
Wednesday, Sep 10
RockGamer and Scorehero at Neversoft HQ Today
Guitar Hero World Tour Live Blog Stream from Neversoft HQ Happy Hump Day rockers! Several folks from Scorehero.com and I are at Neversoft today testing out the new Guitar Hero World Tour game. We should be here until around 5pm PST (8PM Eastern) but I’ll update this post if we end earlie...
Activision Gets Official with Guitar Hero World Tour Setlist
While we’re here at Neversoft testing out Guitar Hero World Tour, we’ve been given some do’s and don’ts on what we can talk about. One thing we CAN say is that we can now officially confirm 63 of the 86 expected songs from the master list. Take a peek here as I’ve updated our running list by high...
Monday, Sep 8
RockGamer NYC is Headed to CA for GHWT Hands On Today (Site News)
Hello rockers - just a quick update to let you know that RockGamer and I may be a little light on article writing for the next two days as I’ll be flying over to sunny California to spend time with the Activision clan to do some hands on preview work with Guitar Hero World Tour!
Saturday, Sep 6
Rock Band 2 and Economics 101 (Exporting Songs From RB1)
Note: After publishing this story - we were given an update with the exact date for this patch for Playstation 3 owners from the Harmonix community. Look for your fix on September 11 - and you folks are getting double happy news - as this patch will also make the Les Paul Guitar peripheral f...
Keeping Up with the Guitar Hero World Tour Setlist
It’s been a busy week with several Activision press releases hitting the inboxes as well as some new videos showing scenes with pieces of the GH World Tour song list. All have confirmed more songs on the “leaked” set list we’ve been tracking - with one exception. We’ve added one song to the...
Tuesday, Aug 5
Activision Withholds “Good” DLC until World Tour Release
The Interscope Track Pack, originally offered to purchasers of the Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock soundtrack CD, will be available on August 7 for download on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION®Store for the PL...
Metallica’s “Death Magnetic” to Hit Guitar Hero Sept. 12 (Rumor)
A quick update from the trenches for Metallica fans. Rockgamer.com reported on Friday the full setlist of Metallica’s upcoming new album “Death Magnetic”, which will be released simultaneously in stores and as downloadable content for Guitar Hero III. According to Billboard.biz,...
Friday, Aug 1
Metallica’s Death Magnetic: Song List and Title Talk
Although we’ve heard rumors that there may be a Metallica-only version of Guitar Hero, no additional news on that one yet. For those of you who are pumped to get Guitar Hero: World Tour, don’t you worry, you will be able to experience Metallica’s “Death Magnetic” for drums, vocals, and guit...
Monday, Jul 14
Dance Dance Revolution Makers File Suit Against Harmonix
Many people will remember that Konami is planning on releasing its upcoming title this year, Rock Revolution, which is basically the same premise behind both Rock Band and Guitar Hero: World Tour. However, while Konami may be mostly ...
Saturday, May 10
Guitar Hero Downloads Surpass 15 Million Mark
Activision held their quarterly company earnings call this week and a few things were mentioned that caught RockGamer.com’s eyes. We reported yesterday that there could be a new Guitar Hero/Nintendo DS bundle forthcoming as well as the ...
