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Would you like DJ Hero Game? Is no Guitar Hero

Now we all know that Guitar Hero is special with the use of guitars and Rock Band is stunning with guitars, drums and microphone, but how well could “DJ Hero” do?

Specialized games with specialized controllers that do work very well together, do you think there is room for a DJ rhythm. To think about a new game called “DJ Hero” would never compete with the likes of Guitar Hero and that is fact, the source link below explains all.

See the point is, buying a guitar for Guitar Hero is not really expensive, but for DJ Hero you would have to buy a turntable for around about $100+, the rock genre is far more superior that the techno genre.

So answer this question “Would you like DJ Hero Game?

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Starpex Instrument-Quality Guitar Hero/Rockband Controller Shipping

Peak Products, a gaming peripheral company dedicated to providing the best in instrument-quality gaming controllers, announces the immediate availability of Starpex Obsidian, the first-ever full-size, wood, PS2 / PS3 Guitar controller with the look and feel of an actual guitar Read more

Guitar Hero Air Guitar and MiJam Pro Air Drums

Like Nickelback said, “We all just wanna be big rock stars”. However, not all of us can afford the expensive instruments or lessons, and we don’t all have the talent and patience needed to play those complicated riffs. So how do you rock out like Jimmy Page without a guitar? And how can you kick out a mental drum solo like Keith Moon without the expensive drum kit? Prezzy Box have the answer with our best air-band products guaranteed to be popular this Christmas Read more

Xbox 360 and Guitar Hero: Aerosmith

Powered by the electric blues-infused, “grab you by your throat” rock n’ roll made famous by the legendary Boston rockers, Guitar Hero®: Aerosmith® represents the franchise’s first band-specific offering. They could have hardly chosen better as Joe Perry’s explosive guitar work seems tailor-made for Guitar Hero glory Read more

Starpex Sony PS3 Guitar for Rockband and Guitar Hero

Starpex will be the first ever full-size wood, Sony PS2 / PS3 Guitar controller and it will have the look and feel of an actual guitar. The gaming peripheral company launching this new gaming gadget is Peak Products.

The Starpex Guitar controller will boast a high-gloss lacquered finish that’s made to instrument-quality; it’s handcrafted by a leading guitar manufacturer with a hardwood body, neck, and headstock.

This is the Guitar controller Rockband and Guitar Hero fans have been waiting for, Sony PS3 and PS3 gamers will be able to use functionality of both games right on this realistic guitar.

Features Include:
Forward Thinking Compatibility – Starpex’s modular design allows users to easily separate the electronic components from the body of the guitar which will allow for further customization including new guitar bodies, pick guards, and more.

Connectivity Options – Dual wired / wireless capabilities allow players to use a 15’ wired cable or a 2.4 GHz wireless connection (both included).

Enhanced Strum Bar gives the perfect balance of tactile and audible feedback to maximize enjoyment and scoring.

High Quality Ten Fret Button Design features optimal button travel for enhanced feel, reduced fatigue, and higher score potential. Ten fret buttons means that players have the option of using traditionally positioned fret buttons, or rock out with solo buttons high up on the neck which also provide critical soloing capabilities in Rockband.

Unique Speed Star Power / Overdrive Button provides the fastest and most accurate access to Star Power and Overdrive. Additionally, built in tilt sensor technology allows users to access Star Power and Overdrive in a more traditional way.

Full Guitar Hero and Rockband Functionality for PS2 and PS3 – Starpex is compatible with both PS2 and PS3, and allows users to experience the full list of game play features in both Guitar Hero and Rockband, including toggle effects switch and solo button functionality.

The Starpex will be available in Circuit City and various retailers with an MSRP of $179.95 in late August. For more information on Peak Products, visit Go-Peak.com coming online in August.

Downloadable Content Transfer - keep gamers playing and paying

We have all heard about the Console war of Xbox 360, Sony PS3 and Nintendo Wii but now there is another war brewing in the games console world. This time it is directed at downloadable content and how the latest games have more downloadable options to keep gamers playing and paying.

The game developers know that adding better downloadable options will bring a lot more ways of making money after the game is sold and this area can be expanded over the life of the product. One example is a new game I have for the Sony PS3, SingStar 2 lets you buy the game at a cheap price and then download more songs after for around £1 each in the UK. This is good value; you get the song, a video and all the lyrics to sing along too. Our Playstation 3 now has over 60 songs added to the list of 30 that came with the disc at first.

The newest versions of all games are doing this, just look at the recently announced Rock Band 2 and other games like Guitar Hero: World Tour. These will give you many options to get downloadable content to expand the game after purchase. Once you have the content, what will happen when you upgrade the game?

With SingStar 2 your able to play all previously downloaded songs, as they are stored on the hard drive and linked to your online account but the songs on the disc of the first game cannot be taken off. This is a shame but you can still access them by putting in the disc.

Rock Band and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock have completely embraced this concept of downloadable content but you will get problems with some games. Content for Guitar Hero III will not work with Guitar Hero: World Tour or Guitar Hero: Aerosmith.

PS3 Daily show that Rock Band have done a better job when it comes to thinking about the user, this is because all content you downloaded for Rock Band will work with the second version. This seems common sense but then maybe not to every brand. What’s your view of making content work with all sequels?

Could The Beatles be heading to Guitar Hero or Rock Band?

It has been announced that legendary band The Beatles are currently in talks with Activision and MTV, on trying to expand their licensing deal to include video games. This deal could be worth millions of pounds and could of course lead to their appearances on Activision’s Guitar Hero, or MTV’s Rock Band.
The report suggests that this deal could be reached within a matter of weeks, so it will be interesting to find out more specific information on this as regards to Guitar Hero and Rock Band. Not everything is straight forward though as all the master recordings of the songs are owned by company EMI, and would need to be approved by them first, while another company Apple Corps manages all of their business interests. These are probably the main reasons why we are yet to see any of the Beatles tracks on Rock Band yet.

It is an interesting time ahead though for the rhythm genre as it may not be long until we see some of the Beatles tracks gracing the likes of Rock Band or Guitar Hero. A recent post on PS3Daily stated that Guitar Hero and Rock Band are now as popular as ever, as Guitar Hero: Aerosmith was the latest game to follow the current trend.

How many of you would like to see a dedicated Rock Band game based solely on The Beatles, I personally think it would be very popular, as it could target a whole new audience for the developers, not to mention, getting the younger generation playing classic rock music.

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Are you ready to rock? Guitar Hero Air Guitar

Are you ready to rock? Air guitarists the world over prepare to have your world transformed. No longer will your windmill thrashing be silent! With the suitably ludicrous skull and crossbones belt buckle sensor on your waist, the mini rock amp clipped alongside, and all important plectrum in your hand, you can now thrash away, and actually play up to some of the world’s greatest rock anthems.

As you ‘play’ your air guitar and the plectrum passes in front of the death buckle, a chord from the track is played through the amp. Whether you’re thrashing out ‘Smoke on the Water’ or ‘Ace of Spades’, it doesn’t matter if you’re rubbish at guitar, as long as you thrash in time, you’ll sound as mad and dangerous as the great rock guitarists of all time (well, within reason).

The rock-tastic tracks included with the kit are ‘Iron Man’, ‘Smoke on the Water’, ‘Ace of Spades’, ‘You Really Got Me’, ‘More than a Feeling’ and five other currently ‘undiscovered’ tracks. Being a Rock Amp, the volume goes all the way up to 11 (ten is just sooo pop), and if you want to go for full on cacophony, you can plug the amp into your own hi-fi and really annoy the neighbours. Alternatively you can plug in headphones and leave the paint on the walls - but that’s not very ‘metal’ is it?

Guitar Hero Air Guitar costs £29.95 on IWOOT

Why play Guitar Hero when you have Aero Guitar on Nintendo Wii?

Here is a question for Nintendo Wii owners who love WiiWare, Why play Guitar Hero when you have Aero Guitar? This is a rhythm game from Yudo, a Yokohama-based developer.

Aero Guitar will be a WiiWare release and we are hearing that it’s set to launch in Japan this summer. As normal you will have to wait longer if you do not live in Japan, but we are hearing that Aero Guitar will be released in Europe and America for around 800 Wii Points (about $8).

If you are a Guitar Hero fan and own a Nintendo Wii then this game could be just what you like, the game will get you using the Wii controller to play along like your using a guitar. They also plan to add downloadable content like additional tracks that could be tied to a particular regional version of the game.

We also here that Yudo will not stop at just Aero Guitar when it comes to WiiWare content, they have other plans that include some sort of Music Community Service. If you add two words together like Community and Wii, it’s got to be good.

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Guitar Video Tutorials Climbs on iTunes Podcast Charts: Is this thanks to Guitar Hero?

We all know that Guitar Hero is a gateway drug, well that is what some people have said and modern guitarists have many new options when it comes to learning more about their musical instrument, music lessons and chord books, but for the visual learner one of the best options in learning is not only Guitar Hero but more likely video tutorials. There are many ways online to learn but it seems that “iVideosongs” is one of the best.

Many people feel this way and of the top 20 podcasts which are offered by iTunes six of them are in fact iVideosongs tutorials and apparently the second most popular on iTunes is iVideosongs Beginning Guitar 101. The interest in guitar tutorials is definitely because of the popular games Guitar Hero and Rock Band.

If you are a guitarist who wants to become the best then try out iVideosongs lessons which you can purchase individually for $5 or $10, obviously dependant on if the song is being taught by the music artist who wrote it or not, there are certain titles that are available for free download within iTunes, you would like to know that all purchases are in HD quality and can be transferred onto iPods and iPhones for portable tutelage. The songs are broken down in segments - intro, verse, chorus, bridge and so forth.

IVideosongs have just recently updated these - Tom Petty’s “Refugee”, Peter Frampton’s “Baby, I Love Your Way”, Everclear’s “Wonderful”, Jimmy Buffett’s “Pencil Thin Mustache”, Garth Brooks’ “Friends in Low Places” and Brad Paisley’s “Alcohol”.

Go on get learning over at http://www.ivideosongs.com/

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith Exclusive and Rock out Trailer

For all you Guitar Hero fans the new Aerosmith version looks as though it will be awesome, one thing that I am not sure of though, will it have online play. Just check out this video man it rocks, for those of you who were left a little disappointed with GH3 the new Aerosmith will help make up for that.

I think that this could just be the start of Guitar Hero Band versions, if GH Aerosmith proves popular then that will open the door for a number of other versions, bring back Guns ‘n’ Roses. If Guitar Hero: Aerosmith is a little light for you, who would you like to appear on the GH game.

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith is now the fifth entry and only the second spin-off in the Guitar Hero series. The game allows you to use a peripheral in the shape of a guitar so when you play it will simulate as if you was playing a real guitar. The game has been developed by Neversoft which is then distributed by Activision.

All of the Aerosmith band has played their part in the new game and has took part in motion capture, so that the developers could accurately recreate their moves digitally for the game.

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith will be released on June 29 2008, and will be available on the Sony PS3 and PS2, the Xbox 360, and also the Nintendo Wii.

Guitar Hero IV Rumor: upgrades include drums and microphone for vocals

The whole Guitar Hero franchise without a doubt is a popular one and we know that when Activision get round to launching Guitar Hero IV there will be a number of new upgrades. Bobby Kotick the CEO of Activision has revealed that some of these upgrades will include drum kit as well as a microphone, so the new version will allow you to play the drums as well as adding your own vocals. Kotick also added that Guitar Hero IV could also have “local content” from “local bands.”

It does seem strange that they will call the game Guitar Hero IV as the game will be focusing on drums as well, should be Rock Band then. Although some people have suggested a few other names including Rockstar Hero or Band Hero. According to sources over at Activision, they feel that their drum kit add-on will be far superior to the one that is used on Rock Band.

One area that we know is wrong with the Guitar Hero franchise is their downloadable content, so I would assume that Activision is working hard to try and improve in this most important area. Activision has some great things coming this year, firstly we have the release of Guitar Hero: Aerosmith coming this June, once this is released Activision has stated that they will be releasing downloadable content at least once a week. There was also the announcement of the merger with Vivendi, this would mean that Activision will have access to a huge amount of record labels content from the Universal Music Group.

It does seem as if the Guitar Hero franchise is here to stay and will just keep getting better.

Source – Joystiq

Hotels offer Guitar Hero, Wii Sports and Xbox Live to guests

There are a number of hotels out there that hire basic game consoles and games but now top hotels are hoping to have a partnership with Microsoft and Nintendo so that they can bring Guitar Hero, Wii Sports and even Xbox Live to guests.

A Hotel in Seattle called the Monaco host Guitar Hero nights at the bar now that is what we want when we stay in hotels, entertainment. Also the Hotel Sax, is working with Microsoft to create a special Xbox Live network so that guests can play games with other guests in the hotel.

What do you think of this idea?

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Colorware paint Xbox 360, PS3 & Wii Guitar Hero axe: Sexy new colors

Many gamers think Colorware are gods and we would have to agree, they have just got their hands on Guitar Hero axe, they have got 3 stunning colors one for the Microsoft Xbox 360 a guitar for the Sony PS3 and one for the Nintendo Wii.

You can obviously change the colors to your preference and that is what we really love about Colorware, if you thought Colorware done a great job on the Nintendo DS Lite (Link 1 – Link 2) then you will definitely love what they can do with these guitars.

You can join the new color revolution for as little as $198 which includes the game title and painted guitar, or you can just send in your guitar for a new paint job for $99 plus.
If you want to know more then follow these links, please wear sunglasses the colors are bright people. Colorware’s Xbox 360 guitar - Colorware’s PlayStation 3 guitar - Colorware’s Wii guitar

Gibson sues over Guitar Hero: Wal-Mart, Target, Kmart, Amazon, GameStop & Toys R Us

You may have heard the news “Gibson sues Guitar Hero”, but more to the point is the fact that Gibson filed a federal lawsuit on Monday claiming that Toys “R” Us, GameStop Corp, Amazon.com, Kmart, Target Corp and Wal-Mart should stop selling the Guitar Hero game.

Gibson Guitar Corp has taken this action because they feel the Activision Guitar Hero game is violating a patent they hold. The start of March 2008 saw video game publisher Activision file a lawsuit in California that asks a federal judge to declare the game does not violate the musical virtual-reality patent from 1999.

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock has helped Activision see a 90% increase in sales for quarter 3 that ended December 31st. Now with Gibson’s lawsuit asking Activision to stop selling the game until they get a licence under the patent…they will not take that laying down. Why has it taken so long for this lawsuit to happen and would the success of Guitar Hero have something to-do with it?

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Guitar Hero on the Nintendo DS

A clip on controller for the Nintendo DS is being built which slides in to the BGA cartridge slot.

What the controller does is ads 4 input buttons which allow you to jam away to guitar hero. When hitting the buttons on the guitar you can use your other hand to strum the guitar strings on the touch screen.

This looks like quite a funky add-on for the DS and could sell quite well.

Guitar Hero: On Tour is expected sometime in the summer and will include over 20 licensed songs and uses the DS microphone as well as the touchscreen.

What do you think?

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Guitar Hero Hack: you will sound as good as Slash

There are so many of us who rushed out to purchase Guitar Hero, only to find that we suck at it and no matter how much we practice we just can’t get any better. Well it seems as if David Randolph from Read more

Wii Guitar Hero: Refunds now being offered

We have been told about a turn around for the Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock on the Nintendo Wii as there has been some issues with it. The first set of disks that were sold, had Read more

Play air guitar with this Guitar Hero t-shirt with Gibson SG print

Many of you gamers are so hooked on their Guitar Hero games that you just hate to leave your home without it. Well it seems that help is at hand with this new Guitar Hero t-shirt complete with a print of Read more

Guitar Hero Carabiner pocket game is so cute: only $14.99

Do you love Guitar Hero? Well you will be glad to know Guitar Hero has just had a little baby. This new toy debuted at the Toy Fair 2008 in New York and goes by the name of Read more

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