<![CDATA[Kotaku: Guitar Hero 3]]> http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: Guitar Hero 3]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/guitar hero 3 http://kotaku.com/tag/guitar hero 3 <![CDATA[Auto Guitar Hero Confirms Humanity's Worthlessness]]> We've seen various Guitar Hero mods to help interested parties artificially enhance their game, but the systems are imperfect and lack that 100% flawless automation that can confirm, yes, we're wasting away our lives by mastering properly timed button presses. But this Auto Guitar Hero mod subverts our work ethic with ease. Streaming the Wii's composite output directly into the guitar, software can detect precise timing on each button press, guaranteeing perfect accuracy every time. Oh, and you know there's gonna be video: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=382613&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[No Doubt About Guitar Hero 3]]> Finally I get to post a giant picture of Gwen Stefani's face! Activision has just released a track pack featuring songs from No Doubt's diamond-selling album, Tragic Kingdom. The three songs, as originally performed by Gwen and crew, are "Don't Speak", "Excuse Me Mr.", and "Sunday Morning". Not exactly my favorites. Personally I would have preferred to see "Spiderwebs" up there, but I suppose it doesn't really lend itself to the game. Still, giant Gwen Stefani face! That's worth something, right? The pack is available right now via Xbox Live for 500 Microsoft points and should be up shortly on PSN for whatever that translates to in real money. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=361839&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Mariah Carey Guitar Heroes It Up]]> Guitar Hero 3 makes a guest appearance on Mariah Carey's video for Touch My Body. It's buried about a minute and two seconds into this short about the beauty and a geek. Yes, it's used to accent how nerdy someone is. Nice to know that Mariah is on top of current popular trends. That was sarcasm. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=361778&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Pre-Teen Guitar Hero Wails on The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]> More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=350157&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Zero Punctuation Rocks Guitar Hero III, Asserts Heterosexuality]]> Every week I fear watching Zero Punctuation. It's true. My tiny mind can't comprehend how "Yahtzee" can maintain the hilarity from week to week, let alone his not-so-subtle poignancy regarding the factors that make a decent game fall short of its potential. So far my fears have been unrequited, and now that I've enjoyed his latest review of Guitar Hero III, I will sleep soundly...until next week...if by "soundly" you mean waking in cold sweats with images of oral to anal barbed wire flossing. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=333093&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Some Guitar Hero Bundles Lack The Bundle]]> Apparently some Guitar Hero III bundles are missing the game. As reported by our sister site The Consumerist, an EB Games employee looked on as his manager opened every Xbox 360 GH3 bundle box they had following a customer complaint, finding that none of them had the game inside. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=324495&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Rock Band Vs. Guitar Hero 3, Difficulty]]> Click to viewGamesRadar put Rock Band and Guitar Hero through the paces on their shared songs "When You Were Young" by The Killers, "Sabotage" by Beastie Boys and "Cherub Rock" by The Smashing Pumpkins. You can judge the clip for yourself, but it's clear that Guitar Hero grabs the difficulty award—at least in pure notes on the screen (their accuracy has also become more lenient, so it's tough to tell). But, in my humble opinion, Cherub Rock looks a lot more fun in Rock Band, with the melody looking more like you're actually playing it. To each his own, I guess. But what do you think? More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=323265&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[GHIII Wii Only Offers Mono Sound]]> The consumer is officially prepared for the Wii graphics letdown, and if a you buy a game on the Wii that's uglier than the PS3/360 version, you wouldn't be surprised. But when Guitar Hero III is found to only play mono sound on the Wii (as opposed to the box-advertised stereo and Dolby Pro Logic II options), heads turn. According to one affected forum member on the Guitar Hero site, Activision is "looking into it right now," and the implication is that some horrible software problem is preventing users from playing a music game in its full spectrum—not that the Wii is incapable of the task. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=321590&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[South Park Teases Guitar Hero]]> Many of you have probably already watched South Park's Guitar Hero episode that aired last night, but we enjoyed this very telling clip that compares playing real guitar to playing the hyperbolic air guitar that we know better as the GH controller. Because we understand where those kids are coming from. Back in our band days, we'd have loved some positive reinforcement for nailing our trombone solo. Alas, the real world is not garnished with the crack that is a high score. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=320282&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Frankenreview, Guitar Hero III (Xbox 360)]]> A war is brewing. Just as Man fights over the superiority of various football teams, cars, female hair colors and brand of fiber supplement, so too will Man fight over whether Guitar Hero is a better series than Rock Band. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=317576&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[GHIII Target Bundle Offers Double Trouble (Second Guitar)]]> We're not sure how this news slipped by us, but we wanted to let potential PS2 Guitar Hero III buyers know about yet another exclusive GHIII bundle on the market. While Wal-mart may be offering GHIII with a wired controller, Target is offering a Dueling Axe Pack version packaged with not one but two SG controllers for $110 (or $100 this week). While the guitars are wired, tethering you to your PS2 like a rocker on a heroin drip, it's not a bad deal if you haven't owned a Guitar Hero game before and wanted the option to play with a buddy. Yes, we did just say heroin and buddy within the same breath. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=316898&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Guitar Hero Recharge Kit]]> For all you Guitar Hero III rockers who are ready to shred with those fancy wireless guitars, Red Octane is releasing their first party Guitar Hero Recharge Kit. The kit, available only on Red Octane's website, will recharge the batteries on your 360 or PS3 wireless GH guitar so you can keep on rockin' all through the night (Sorry Wii, no recharge for you). It is available for pre-order now and will begin shipping Oct. 30. Look for the sub standard Mad Catz version soon at a store near you. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=315867&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Site Up, High Scores Top 27 Mill]]> Wow, the Guitar Hero site went live earlier today and already it's packed with the sort of scores I'll never be able to achieve. The top Xbox 360 Rocker tops the charts at more than 27 million as of this writing. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=315787&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[GH3 CD Comes With Three Game Songs]]> The upcoming release of the Guitar Hero 3 soundtrack on CD will come packed with a code that will give you three new songs for the game, Activision said today. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=311321&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Community Site Announced]]> Activision is launching a new community site for Guitar Hero that will let you earn groupies, find friends and enter tournaments. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=309666&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Lord of Rock and B Roll]]> This new vid is just the thing to start stoking my need to play a little Guitar Hero 3. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=309116&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Guitar Hero III Controllers]]> Activision just sent over a whole slew of Guitar Hero 3 box art, screens and controller images. Hit the gallery to check out the images, including nice ones of all four GH controllers. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=308669&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Digital Life Gaming Show Winners]]> Ziff Davis' DigitalLife show is all over, but the awards were just announced today. Among the dozen award winners were two gaming standouts: Guitar Hero III in the Game category and HP Blackbird 002 in the Gaming Hardware category. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=306779&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Guitar Hero 3 Skins]]> HeroGear.Net, maker of custom Guitar Hero skins, announced today that they are releasing 15 sticker sets for the Guitar Hero 3 controller. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=297658&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Activision - Rock Band Will Never Be Prom Queen]]> Activision's Will Kassoy has plenty to say about their franchise versus the upcoming Rock Band:
I think some of the early signs we've seen might make [Rock Band] a little more complex than some of the things that make Guitar Hero so great, which is its accessibility and ease of play for everyone...[and] If you go beyond the game industry to just really mass market consumers, people haven't heard about Rock Band yet and the fact that it's only on next-generation platforms is going to be a little bit limiting.
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]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=287432&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Guitar Hero 3 Impressions]]> Neversoft's other big game for the year is Guitar Hero 3. The developers started off their presentation by explaining how it was that a team known for skate games managed to land the guitar-rocking rhythm game. It was, they say, because they were such huge fans of both Guitar Hero and Guitar Hero 2. So much so that their weekly Guitar Hero Fridays often oozed into the rest of the week and slowed product of their current games. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=277404&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Slash Playable in Guitar Hero 3]]> Metal Injection reports that Slash of Velvet Revolver and Guns N Roses fame will be a playable character in Guitar Hero 3. To play as Slash, who did motion capture for the game, you have to complete all of the songs in the game and then face him in a one-on-one duel. No idea what sort of cred Metal Injection has and they don't list a source, but it sounds very conceivable. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=275993&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Guitar Hero 3 Gameplay]]> Arrogantics was kind enough to post up two new videso from Guitar Hero 3 confirming that the game will look pretty much the same despite the fact that Neversoft is now developing it instead of Harmonix. This first video shows My Name is Jonas. The video on the jump shows Slow Ride. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=264787&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Tenacious D, Wireless Hits Next Guitar Hero]]> The next Guitar Hero will feature wireless controllers, a multiplayer battle mode, a playlist that will include Tenacious D and appearances on the Playstation 2, Playstation 3, Wii and Xbox 360, Activision announced today. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=262809&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Wii GH3 Includes Guitar Controller, Online Play]]> It looks like Guitar Hero 3 for the 360, PS3 and Wii will indeed be hitting this fall, unfortunately the Wii version will be using the same guitar-shaped controller you've grown used to. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=252554&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Red Octane Responds to GH3 Rumblings]]> I heard back today from Red Octane about the Guitar Hero 3 information buried on their site. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=251379&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Beyond Guitar Hero 2]]>
Joystiq is reporting that Red Octane is considering three new sequels to the uber-popular Guitar Hero franchise and they have the logos to prove it. More »
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