The first details of Guitar Hero World Tour’s launch downloadable content were revealed by Activision yesterday. In what will be exclusive to the Xbox 360 for the first two weeks, a number of classic bands will be providing tracks.
The R.E.M. Track Pack, first announced at E3, will include “Horse to Water”, “Man-Sized Wreath” and “Supernatural [...]

A few months back, Activision confirmed that the Wii version of Guitar Hero World Tour will support downloadable content like its Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 brethren. It’s taken a while for Harmonix to come out and say the same for the Wii version of Rock Band 2, but today did just that via a [...]

After months of trickling out press releases with song announcements, Activision finally came clean this afternoon with the whole shebang announcing the entire setlist for Guitar Hero World Tour.
The soundtrack will spand over 40 years of rock and feature 86 tracks from artists such as Metallica, The Doors, Coldplay, Jimi Hendrix, and even Michael Jackson. [...]

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 [...]

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” [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

An 87 song setlist for Activision’s Guitar Hero World Tour has started to circulate among internet gaming communities over the last few days, with no official word from the company regarding its accuracy. Notable songs from artists like Eddie Van Halen, Michael Jackson, Tool, The Doors, Nirvana, and Sting are included in the list, and [...]

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 announced yesterday during Microsoft’s E3 Press Conference that Metallica’s upcoming new album, Death Magnetic, will be released simulataneously as DLC for Guitar Hero III when it hits stores. It will release again during the release of Guitar Hero: World Tour, in addtion to a R.E.M. track pack.
“Our strong and balanced portfolio illustrates our ongoing [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]