Bringing Guitar Hero to the Nintendo DS certainly sounds like a challenging proposition any way you slice it. Faced with the task of converting a peripheral-based game to a portable system while retaining the original feel of the franchise, Activision and Vicarious Visions have ultimately managed to do so in Guitar Hero: On Tour. That’s [...]

Publisher Crave Entertainment is the latest company to leave the ESA, according to a report on GamePolitics. They now join the ranks of LucasArts, Activision, and Vivendi, who have all left the association in recent months.
The company will still, however, set up shop at this year’s E3. Crave published numerous games on the Dreamcast and [...]

Guitar Hero and NASCAR are about to cross paths with each other.
Chip Ganassi Racing, Activision, and Target jointly announced this morning that the upcoming Guitar Hero: Aerosmith will be prominently fetaured on Dario Franchitti’s No. 40 Dodge on June 29 when the game releases.
“We’re very excited to have Guitar Hero bring together two great American [...]

Anyone who has ever followed Microsoft’s major press conferences over the last few years knows that a select few of their key announcements always manage to leak before they’re ready to announce it.
Yesterday, however, it appears someone found that leak and popped its proverbial bubble as a number of details from Microsoft’s, as well as [...]

Nintendo will release a new DS bundle to coincide with the upcoming release of Activision’s Guitar Hero: On Tour. Sporting a Guitar Hero logo on the unit itself, the new sliver and black DS will come with a copy of the game and its Guitar Grip peripheral.
“This one-of-a-kind bundle makes Nintendo DS even more appealing [...]

Electronic Arts is currently waiting on the FTC to complete its investigation into their acquisition proposal for Take-Two, but it hasn’t stopped people from talking about the possible alternatives in the meantime. While Ubisoft’s name has popped up recently as a possible suitor, what about Activision?
UBS analyst Benjamin Schachter says it’s unlikely:
Schachter notes that despite [...]

At last, some good news has come in for the ESA after the number of publishers dropping their memberships.
Quake developer id Software told the Washington Post that their departure was “probably temporary and was not political.” Chief Executive Todd Hollenshead made it clear that it was about this year’s financials:
“It was just a question [...]

The first details on the next Call of Duty have been revealed, courtesy of the newest issue of gamesTM. Officially titled Call of Duty: World at War, the Treyarch-developed title is shaping up to have a darker tone to it, as the magazine article states that “Right, apparently it’s going to be grittier, as gritty [...]

For standard licensed drivel, Kung Fu Panda is a pleasant, more than playable surprise. While aimed at the younger set with its non-existent difficulty, the superb feel of the beat-em-up combat and light adventure platforming offers enough for adults as well. Kung Fu Panda has a shot at being the best summer movie tie in [...]

Aerosmith’s not going to be the only band with their own Guitar Hero game if Lars Ulrich’s got anything to say about it.
According to a report posted earlier today by GameSpot, a recent SEC filing over the weekend by Activision has confirmed that Metallica will be the next band in line to highlight a Guitar [...]

Coldplay’s new single Violet Hill will be making its way to Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock next month, according to a report on Entertainment Weekly.
“[‘Violet Hill’] is the first Coldplay song to be put on ‘Guitar Hero,’” Martin bragged to EW on a recent visit to the band’s London studio. And unlike much of [...]

Certainly looking to capture the feel of a cheesy infomercial (which is pulled off flawlessly, by the way), Activision debuted a new video for their upcoming Nintendo DS title, Guitar Hero: On Tour. In this “how to” trailer, players are taught how to set up the Guitar Grip peripheral as well as some basic gameplay [...]

It appears that being a virtual rock star is beginning to pay off for some folks. This morning, The Ant Commandos, makers of guitar controllers that are compatible with both Guitar Hero and Rock Band games, revealed that they’ve signed 16-year old Chris Chike as their new spokesperson in an exclusive, long-term deal to promote [...]

Following the recently published preview for the game in the latest issue of Game Informer, Activision this morning released the debut trailer for Guitar Hero World Tour (formerly known as Guitar Hero IV). In the video, accompanied with Lenny Kravitz’s Are You Gonna Go My Way, all of the game sections (including the new drum [...]

Pitfall Harry’s getting ready for a comeback this Fall, as Activision announced “Pitfall: The Big Adventure” for the Wii this afternoon. Being developed by Edge of Reality, the game will feature over 60 levels for exploration all while taking advantage of the Wii remote.
“Pitfall is one of the most legendary franchises in the history of [...]

The upcoming Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (and possibly Guitar Hero: On Tour) tracklist got a new addition today, as “One Armed Scissor” by At the Drive-In was confirmed by the band to be in the game. While the press release specifically mentions Guitar Hero IV, this wouldn’t be the first time a band confused which game [...]

Earlier this afternoon, Activision reported their sales results for both the fourth quarter of 2008 as well as the entire fiscal year ending on March 31. Revenues for the company in the fourth quarter were $602.5 million, nearly doubling their efforts from the previous year.
Thanks in large part to the success of games like Call [...]