Guitar Hero III getting a little more hardcore

Aug. 5, 2008   Leave a Comment  

Activision announced Tuesday it was releasing a distinctive three-track download for Guitar Hero III that will include “Tina” by the Flyleafs, “Carcinogen Crush” from AFI and a remix of Marilyn Manson’s fast-paced “Putting Holes In Happiness” by Nick Zinner from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. This Interscope Records track pack will be available for download from [...]

Jimi Hendrix coming to Guitar Hero: World Tour

July 21, 2008   Leave a Comment  

LOS ANGELES — There will be a slight hint of haze in this year’s latest installment of the Guitar Hero franchise. [...]

Guitar Hero 4 more like Rockband?

April 27, 2008   Leave a Comment  

You still prolly can’t use the same damn guitars on PS3 though…

Def Leppard unreleased single to be part of Guitar Hero III download

April 17, 2008   Leave a Comment  

The upcoming single “Nine Lives” will be in the track pack with two other songs April 29, five days before the song hits the radio waves.

Activision trademarks “DJ Hero”

Feb. 18, 2008   Leave a Comment  

For those about to rock — we salute you. And for those who aren’t, Activision is cool with that too. Tradmork reported that Activision, makers of the highly successful Guitar Hero series have recently filed a trademark for the term “DJ Hero.” The official documents, filed February 8, state that Activision is looking to use [...]

Activision makes “Guitar Hero: Aerosmith” official

Feb. 16, 2008   2 Comments  

Screenshot of Guitar Hero: Aerosmith

How do you make one of the world’s most popular video game franchises even bigger? Throw in a little Love in an Elevator mixed with a touch of Dude Looks Like a Lady. Activison announced today that it is teaming with legendary rock band Aerosmith in the latest installment of the long running, and massively [...]

Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground

Jan. 10, 2008   1 Comment  

Proving Ground is the deepest “X-sport” video game ever developed, and that means something considering the Tony Hawk franchise singularly created the alternative sport video game genre. That said, Neversoft should have done a hell of a lot more testing. Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground brings new features like “nail the grab” and the speedy aggro [...]

Activision statement regarding guitar compatability

Dec. 20, 2007   Leave a Comment  

Here is the compete text of the Activision statement received by Blast December 14. To Music Gaming Fans: The recent announcement by MTV Games/Viacom’s Harmonix division that Activision is blocking Sony from releasing a patch and their plea to enable Rock Band software to work with Guitar Hero hardware paints a very misleading picture. In [...]

Details sparse on Rock Band vs. Guitar Hero III guitar issue

Dec. 20, 2007   1 Comment  

Many people bought Guitar Hero III. Some of them bought it with Rock Band to be able to add the second guitar to Rock Band, to, you know, make a band. Much to the surprise of many, the guitar for the Playstation 3′s Guitar Hero III will not work with Rock Band. Adding to the [...]

Breaking News: No Guitar Hero 3 guitar support for Rock Band on Playstation 3

Dec. 13, 2007   2 Comments  

This just in to the Blast Magazine Newsroom from our Senior Gaming Reporter, Bradley Ouellette: If you have Rock Band, you’d probably like to get a second Guitar. Well looks like, for the Playstation 3 at least, you won’t ever be able to use the Guitar Hero 3 Guitar. Harmonix made a patch for Rock [...]

Activision and Blizzard merge, create $20 billion game company

Dec. 2, 2007   Leave a Comment  

The combination of Activision’s best-selling Guitar Hero, Call of Duty, and Tony Hawk, with Vivendi Games’ Crash Bandicoot and Spyro, and Blizzard StarCraft, World Of Warcraft nets the world’s largest video game company. [...]

Guitar Hero III

Nov. 26, 2007   2 Comments  

Guitar Hero III came into the world with a large reputation to live up to. For months, gamers have been waiting to get their hands on the newest hit in the Guitar Hero franchise. It represents one of the best party games around and with new multiplayer modes, and it’s better than ever. Guitar Hero [...]