Tag: GUITARHERO

It seems like it was only yesterday that 'Guitar Hero' took rhythm gaming to previously unseen heights and created a whole market of instrument-based gaming accessories. But in reality that was all the way back in 2005. In the ensuing years, 'Rock Band' has offered some stiff competition and the novelty of gaming with a plastic Gibson SG has worn off. All of these things may be true, but that ...

Stop the presses! Axl Rose is having a conniption about something! The sole proprietor of Guns N' Roses has filed suit against Activision, demanding $20 million and claiming that the company broke a written agreement by featuring Slash alongside Rose in 'Guitar Hero III.' Filed Tuesday in Los Angeles, the suit also claims that Activision is in breach of contract due to its use of Velvet Revolver ...

It's been a few years since high school, so we're not sure if the kids who play 'Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock' are the same types that attend toilet-paper-hurling, expletive-laden live shows of 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show.' But, if you happen to be one of those game-geeks from Transsexual Transylvania, you're in luck this month. 'RHPS' tracks will be made available as a download pack for the ...

Selling a platinum album may seem like small potatoes for a band like Soundgarden, whose hit 'Superunknown' went five times platinum following its release in 1994. But, in the era of iTunes and rampant piracy, even going gold is a serious accomplishment. With the release of its greatest hits album, 'Telephantasm,' Soundgarden has scored its fourth platinum-selling album, and this one on the first ...

While we'd never claim that Megadeth's classic catalog holds a candle to Metallica's, Dave Mustaine has always out-shredded his former bandmates, and has only sharpened his metal edge -- even when Hetfield & Co. cut their hair and softened their riffage. Befitting that legacy, Megadeth has released a new song expressly for 'Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.' Its title is "Sudden Death," and its ...

For nearly as long as 'Guitar Hero' and 'Rock Band' have existed, so has the debate over whether or not such games could actually teach gamers to play real instruments. Guitar geek Freddie W. has answered with the most convincing affirmative to date: 'Future Rhythm Games.' Freddie doesn't think it's practical quite yet, but we, to paraphrase that song from 'Rock Band 2,' won't stop believin'. ...

The Web is teeming with the unrealized ideas of both students and established designers who set out to produce astonishing renderings and prototypes for unusual products. Unfortunately, due to the lack of time, money, or technology, many of those products never progress from the planning stages to the mass market. But that doesn't mean we can't salivate over them, nevertheless. Like them or ...

Back in May, we reported on rumors that 'Rock Band 3' might include a keytar peripheral and a mysterious new "Pro Mode." Today's official announcement clarified details on the next generation of everyone's favorite party game, arriving later this year. Pro gamers willing to shell out $150 can get a Mad Catz Fender Mustang peripheral loaded up with 102 buttons, 17 frets and six pluckable nylon ...

'Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock' looks to be the most ridiculous installment of the rhythm-based game, which is saying an awful lot. The cartoonish, but otherwise humanoid characters are getting booted in favor of pig-beasts, demons and what appears to be Storm's little sister. To accompany the new epic story mode and over-the-top characters, Activision is packing in a new guitar that players can ...

Among the less-notable announcements made at this year's WWDC, Steve Jobs and a handful of developers debuted three key apps that are sure to bring in massive amounts of iTunes Store revenue and cause millions of iPhone users to never leave home or see loved ones again. ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2009/12/14/garage-gets-decorated-with-guitar-hero-made-from-christmas-lig/'; A few years ago, this guy dazzled us (and nearly sent us into a seizure) with his musically-synced Christmas wonderland. For '09 Ric Turner, a former "imagineer" for Disney and special affects aficionado, raised the Christmas ante to another level. He transformed his entire house ...

Yesteryear's teen ska sensations No Doubt have filed suit against Activision Blizzard, Inc. over a depiction of frontwoman Gwen Stefani in the new game 'Band Hero.' Although No Doubt signed a contract allowing Activision to use the band's music and likenesses, the lawsuit maintains that the contract did not give Activision clearance to feature Stefani's avatar lip-synching to the Rolling Stones' ...

As unbelievable as it may sound, some of the Switched office's 20- and 30-somethings aren't, and never have been, Nirvana fans. Even the ambivalent among us, though, find the above video -- an excerpt from 'Guitar Hero 5' -- to be cringe-inducing, if not flat-out wrong. You're right; that's Kurt Cobain, the iconic (hair in the) face of Gen X and Y's disaffection. And, right again, he's ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2009/09/07/schools-offer-classes-in-twitter-guitar-hero-dumb-or-smart/'; Media outlets love headlines like 'University Teaches Twitter 101' or 'Facebooking Now Part of Curriculum.' Usually, though, such claims of kids being taught to tweet are sensationalized. It is true, though, that schools are increasingly looking towards new media to study the way we ...

Music-related video games like 'Guitar Hero' and 'Rock Band' can mean an awful lot of things to an awful lot of people, but to musicians, they seem to just be, well, insulting. Noel Gallagher, lead singer of the former super-band Oasis, made his feelings on the subject very well known earlier this year, and now Jack White is sharing a similar sentiment. White is the front man and guitar player of ...