Activision revealed this morning that they have inked partnership deals with a number of instrument and equipment makers for Guitar Hero World Tour. Through the game’s modes, players can expect to see the following brands:
Ampeg, Audio-Technica, EMG Pickups, Ernie Ball, Evans Drumheads, Guitar Center, Krank Amplification, Orange County Drum & Percussion, Pork Pie Percussion, Regal [...]

GameStop reported their sales and earnings for the second quarter of the year this morning. Overall, net earnings were $1,804 million, an increase from $1,338 million the previous year. The top five games for the retail outlet during the quarter were Grand Theft Auto IV, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, NCAA Football [...]

A few months back, Performance Design Products revealed that they were working on Aly & AJ themed Guitar controllers for both the PlayStation 2 and Wii, and today they showed off the peripherals for the first time, with endorsers in tow .

Aly’s guitar features heart-and-crossbones print in pink and brown giving it a rocker chick [...]

Players of Guitar Hero and Rock Band games on the Xbox 360 were assured last month that the peripherals for each game would work across both titles, and today PlayStation 3 owners got the same. Confirming the details on their official blog, Sony announced that they’ve come to a deal that will allow all peripherals [...]

EA Sports announced the 42 song soundtrack to FIFA Soccer 09 earlier this morning. Featuring songs from 21 countries from a number of genres, the game follows the style of their previous sports games with a mix of both established and new music acts.
“We have exceeded our annual challenge to create videogames’ preeminent international [...]

Ozzy Osbourne in all his bat-eating glory will have a significant presence in Guitar Hero World Tour, as Activision revealed today that his famed OZZFest concert will be represented in the game. And in addition to being a playable character, “Crazy Train” and “Mr. Crowley” were confirmed as tracks.
Furthermore, joining Ozzy will be Black Label [...]

Music games like the Guitar Hero and Rock Band series are wildly successful right now, and in a case of “it was bound to happen”, music executives are starting to want more for song rights.
In a recent Reuters article, Warner Music CEO Edgar Bronfman let his thoughts be known on the issue.: “The amount being [...]

Those folks who didn’t jump at the chance to buy the Guitar Hero III soundtrack album last year missed out on the opportunity to download the three track Interscope Records Pack that exclusively came with it. Nearly ten months later, Activision is making them available for everyone else to play.
Staring on Thursday August 7, the [...]

Activision and Logitech will partner to produce premium instruments for Guitar Hero World Tour, as confirmed by the companies this morning. The products will be releasing for every version of the game, will also be compatible will the game’s advanced feature set allowing users to play the game at full capacity.
“Logitech is the leading producer [...]

Activision will be releasing a new downloadable track pack for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock this coming Thursday. Dubbed the Guitar Virtuoso Pack, the DLC will, naturally, feature a collection of reknowned shredders with some of their most notable tracks.
Included in the Guitar Virtuoso Pack will be Joe Satriani’s 1987 song “Surfing with [...]

Jimi Hendrix will make his proper Guitar Hero debut this fall in Guitar Hero: World Tour, according to a recent report on Rolling Stone’s website. Citing difficultly in locating the original master recordings as the reason for not doing it sooner, The Hendrix Estate has confirmed that they have delivered a number of songs, including [...]

Owners of Rock Band instruments on the Xbox 360 got a pleasant surprise last night during Activision Blizzard’s press event, as the company confirmed that all of them will be compatible with Guitar Hero World Tour. Game|Life’s Chris Kohler also confirmed the announcement on his blog, along with the details on how it’ll work:
“Speaking with [...]

Activision and Line 6 jointly announced today that the music creation system implemented in Guitar Hero: World Tour will be powered by Line 6’s POD technology. With it, players will have a wealth of creation options at their disposal, using the same tools that bands like U2, Nine Inch Nails, and Muse do.

“With Guitar Hero [...]

What happens when you take a popular music game franchise, focus it primarily on one band, and bring it out in the middle of the summer at full price right before your next full sequel? Guitar Hero: Aerosmith happens, that’s what. While the game plays as solid as any in the series thus far, there’s [...]

Introducing the Guitar Hero franchise to the Nintendo DS is apparently paying off for Activision, as the company revealed this morning that Guitar Hero: On Tour has sold in excess of 300,000 in its first week of release. In doing so, the game is now Activision’s best DS launch, in addition to being in their [...]

Guitar Hero III is getting ready to fly into the danger zone, as Activision announced this morning that the Grammy award-winning theme to Top Gun is headed to the game’s song list as a free downloadable track.
“The instrumental, guitar-heavy theme was immortalized in the hit film that inspired a generation of young men to awkwardly [...]

Analyst group DFC Intelligence released a sales forecast for the video game market today, predicting that the industry would reach $57 billion in revenue by 2009. They also state that despite the condidtion of the economy, sales of software products haven’t been affected in the slightest.
“Consumer spending on software is at record levels and the [...]

Todd McFarlane’s known for a lot of things, mainly Venom, Spawn, his love of sports memorbilia, and his notable action figure line. Today, his McFarlane Toys brand announced that they’ll be adding another lineup of toys into the fold: Guitar Hero.
According to company via MTV Multiplayer’s Steven Totilo, the toys will each have 15-18 moving [...]

Disney Channel stars Aly & AJ will be getting their own video game accessories line this fall, as they have partnered with Performance Design Products to launch a line of upcoming products aimed at female gamers.
The first of those products, coming in September, will be a line of guitar controllers for the Wii and PS2 [...]

More free DLC for Guitar Hero III is on the way, as Activision announced today that Level 70 Elite Tauren Chieftain’s song “I am Murloc” will arrive on both the Xbox Live Marketplace and PlayStation Store on June 26.
“World of Warcraft players will remember the hit “I am Murloc” as the tongue-in-cheek tribute to the [...]