Activision’s had quite a run with the Guitar Hero franchise since acquiring Red Octane a while back, and today the company made another move to expand in the music genre by acquiring UK developer FreeStyleGames.
“This is an exciting time for our company and great recognition of our success to date that Activision Publishing would look [...]

The latest hardware and software sales numbers for August 2008 have just been released tonight courtesy of the NPD Group. On the hardware side, Nintendo continues its dominance with the sale of 453K Wii units, followed by a whopping 518.3K Nintendo DS units.
Microsoft’s Xbox 360, hot off the heels of a recent price cut, beat [...]

After having expansions featuring themes (Rocks the 80’s) and bands (Aerosmith, and reportedly Metallica) alike, Activision is looking to cross genres with their Guitar Hero series if a recent interview with Red Octane head Kai Huang is any indication.
Talking to the Houston Chronicle about the June release of Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, Huang discusses the chance [...]

Activision made it known this past July at E3 that Metallica’s upcoming album Death Magnetic would be coming to both Guitar Hero III and Guitar Hero World Tour, but today confirmed a few more details before its release this coming Friday. Along with the tracks from the album, two exclusive versions of “Suicide & Redemption” [...]

SCE executive producer and SingStar game director Paulina Bozek has left her position to head up a newly formed in-house studio at Infogrames. In doing so, she joins her former (now new again, please keep up) boss Phil Harrison, who took the reins as president of the company earlier this year.
“I am very excited to [...]

Continuing with the Guitar Hero World Tour announcements this week, Activision named a few more acts this morning that will be on the game’s soundtrack.
This time around, Police frontman and bassist Sting joins the party, both as a playable character and with of his group’s best known songs “Demolition Man”. In additon, the popular alternative [...]

Activision appears to be picking up the steam regarding track announcements for Guitar Hero World Tour, because for the second day in a row they are revealing new songs for the game. Joining the song list this time around are re-recorded versions of MC5’s “Kick Out the Jams”, Motorhead’s “Overkill”, and The Sex Pistols’ “Pretty [...]

Rock band The Smashing Pumpkins will have a significant presence in Activision’s Guitar Hero World Tour, as the company revealed this morning that a number of their songs will appear in the game at and post launch.
On the game disc, “Today” from their 1993 album Siamese Dream will be featured in addition to frontman Billy [...]

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 [...]