Guitar Hero

Guitar Hero is a series of music video games originally published by RedOctane and later by Activision which allow a player to become an interactive user/guitarist. The player uses a guitar-shaped peripheral to interact with the game and simulate guitar playing. The series of games are available on all major gaming platforms, including Playstation, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii.

The music tracks used in the games consist of licensed and independent rock music songs from the 1960s to the present. The game is popular at parties, and bars throughout the U.S. and Canada sponsor Guitar Hero nights which are very popular with patrons.

Within three years of its introduction, Guitar Hero had sold 23 million units globally and the franchise has become a cultural phenomenon. Music games such as Guitar Hero and Rock Band have become so popular that they contributed to 32% of the industry's growth in 2008. Fittingly, Activision plans to triple the number of Guitar Hero games on sale by 2010.

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• The Xbox 360 Buyers Guide [Shopping Gift Guide]

  
  Kotaku — Authority: 827
  New Halo, new downloadables for Mass Effect, Fallout 3, and Grand Theft Auto, new Forza. It was a pretty good year for Xbox 360 owners. Pick through the list to decide which games to give and get and leave a comment to point out any you would add that we didnt review. And dont forget, this is more reference ...
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• Guitar Hero 6 Team Working With Project Natal Technology

  
  DailyGamesNews.com — Authority: 458
  Guitar Hero founder Kai Huang has revealed the Guitar Hero 6 development team is working with Project Natal technology for the next instalment of the franchise: “We haven’t made any specific announcements of what we’re doing with new technologies in Guitar Hero 6 and beyond, but one of the areas we’re ...
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• Learn Guitar – Here’s a Great Little Guitar Lesson – A Nice Guitar Chord Change That Crops Up in Many Songs!

  
  Info Online HQ — Authority: 147
  Mike here from KillerGuitarTips.com In the lesson this week we are going to have a look at a nice little chord change present in many, many songs and proves really effective but it does however require you to have a little knowledge of playing the guitar. Don’t worry though if you haven’t as my full guitar course ...
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• Gamers Have A Lot To Be Thankful For

  
  Platform Nation — Authority: 444
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• Guitar Hero 6 Team Working With Project Natal

  
  MTV Multiplayer — Authority: 682
  In addition to hearing Tesla in "Guitar Hero 6" players may be getting some added control systems, including actions tied to Microsofts Project Natal setup. Though the sequel is still in its infancy, the development team at Neversoft is already experimenting with alternative input possibilities. “There are a lot ...
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• Tesla To Appear In Guitar Hero 6

  
  Brutal Gamer — Authority: 514
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• Guitar Hero team looking at Natal

  
  GamingAngels — Authority: 576
  It’s not too surprising that various game development companies are looking at using Natal in various ways. Co-founder of RedOctane, Kai Huang told the Seattle Times that the Guitar Hero group is playing with the idea of having a camera track player’s movements. He also confirmed Guitar Hero 6 (like you didn’t ...
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• Buy Xbox 360 Arcade Console Get Guitar Hero World Tour For Free

  
  Free Snatcher — Authority: 612
  Buy Xbox 360 Arcade Console Get Guitar Hero World Tour For Free SuperSizedBargains.com has a great post today on how you can get Guitar Hero World Tour for free when you buy an Xbox 360 Arcade.  This is good today only.  Click below for details. Xbox 360 With Free Guitar Hero Enjoy this site? Please subscribe ...
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• Xbox 360 Arcade + Guitar Hero Band Kit = $200

  
  Blast: Boston's Online Magazine — Authority: 568
  Amazon wants your pre-Black Friday business, and today offers an Xbox 360 Arcade system and the Guitar Hero: World Tour Band Kit together for $199. Sure, World Tour is no Band Hero or Guitar Hero 5 , but the instruments it comes with are some of the finest out there, and will serve you well if you indeed decide to ...
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  Video Games Blogger — Authority: 550
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• TODAY ONLY!! Xbox 360 Arcade + Guitar Hero World Tour Band Bundle $199 Shipped

  
  GamerHotline — Authority: 575
  Xbox 360 Arcade + Guitar Hero World Tour Band Bundle $199 Shipped Exp.  November 25, 2009  11:59 PM A central hub in Xbox 360 for all your music, photos, video, TV, DVDs, CDs, digital pictures Media Center PC content and more. Everything that players need to get their game on with Xbox 360 including: a ...
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• Guitar Hero Subscription Fee Could Be in the Works

  
  PlayStation LifeStyle — Authority: 630
  How much could it cost? Activision let slip that they are looking into charging players for their online services. One possibility may involve Guitar Hero , and it actually sounds like something gamers could get behind. Red Octane , the company behind all those plastic band peripherals everyone loves to play ...
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• First Guitar Hero 6 Track Revealed. Its Tesla.

  
  MTV Multiplayer — Authority: 682
  The first track for "Guitar Hero 6" has been revealed by the artist of said track. That artist? Tesla! In an interview with Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles , Aaron Small of Tesla said, "Oh – by the way – Modern Day Cowboy is going to be on Guitar Hero 6." Talk about burying the lead! Small continued, saying the ...
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• Guitar Hero 6 News Leaked

  
  TheSixthAxis - PS3 and Xbox 360 News, Trophies And Opinion — Authority: 608
  Dont pretend youre shocked.
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• From Hero Subscription Fees To Little Big Planet Learning: News Roundup November 24th

  
  Dealspwn — Authority: 146
  Today’s news roundup sees Activision look at the possibility of incorporating a DLC subscription service to future Hero games, U.S. Law firm Abington IP consider filing a class action lawsuit against Microsoft over the recent string of Xbox Live bans, and President Obama embraces Little Big Planet as part of his ...
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• Guitar Rock Tour 2 available from Gameloft Blog

  
  iPhone / iPod Plus — Authority: 139
  Christian Very recently we had the launch of Game loft Blog for Latin America , and is right where we were with the announcement of free download of Guitar Rock Tour 2 , the emulator already acknowledged Guitar Hero, but it works for iPhone or iPod Touch. An interesting detail to note from his predecessor, is ...
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• Activision Blizzard (ATVI): 10 reasons to buy

  
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• DLC Subscription Coming to Guitar Hero?

  
  Endsights: Shedding Light on Video Games — Authority: 480
  Apparently, Activision isn’t limiting the idea of paid online content to the Call of Duty franchise, as Red Octane and Activision are looking into the idea of a monthly subscription allowing access to all of Guitar Hero’s downloadable content. In an interview with the Seattle Times (via 1Up ), Red Octane ...
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• Buy Band Hero Super Bundle, DJ Hero Bundle with Turntable, or Guitar Hero 5 Guitar Bundle, Get a $40 Amazon Credit

  
  GamerHotline — Authority: 575
  Buy a Qualifying Band Hero Super Bundle, DJ Hero Bundle with Turntable, or Guitar Hero 5 Guitar Bundle Game, Get a $40 Amazon.com Store Credit Offer valid November 21, 2009, 12:01 AM – November 27th, 2009 11:59 PM Pacific time GamerHotline September Game Giveaway Code: ghldeals68
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• Activision Considering Guitar Hero DLC Subscription

  
  Brutal Gamer — Authority: 514
  In case you didn’t already know, Activision wants your green. It’s already well known that Activision are considering a subscription based service for Call of Duty.  But it isn’t going to stop there, oh no.  Activision are now considering a similar service for DLC for the Guitar Hero franchise. Guitar ...
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