<![CDATA[Kotaku: Guitar Hero Ii]]> http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: Guitar Hero Ii]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/guitar hero ii http://kotaku.com/tag/guitar hero ii <![CDATA[Dethklok Wants To See You Play Guitar Hero]]> Dethklok has a new song in Guitar Hero today, and Metalocalypse creator Brendon Small is eager to see you give "Laser Cannon Deth Sentence" a try.  More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5454063&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[PS2 to PS3 Guitar Hero Adapter Rescues Otherwise Non-Functional Guitars]]> Here's some great news...that possibly comes a few months too late. TAC has released an adapter that will make your PS2 Guitar Hero controllers compatible with PS3 versions of Guitar Hero and Rock Band. Running $19.99, the company promises the adapter makes guitars "100% compatible" for use, supporting: regular PS2 controllers, Red Octane's and Activision's SG Controller, the Kramer Wireless, Nyko's PS2 Frontman guitar, the DreamGear Shredster, all React PS2 guitar controllers and all Psyclone PS2 guitar controllers. While the $20 sticker price is a bit steep to make this purchase a no-brainer, many of us have been sitting on otherwise useless PS2 guitars. So we'll just label this a good thing and call it a day. You can buy one here, hit the jump for the full details.
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]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=384690&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[GHII Gets Xbox Live Indie Lovin']]> While the rest of creation has since moved on to Guitar Hero III or Rock Band, there are still some Xbox 360 owners out there who prefer the great taste of Guitar Hero II, and to you Red Octane is sending out some love. The Indie Label Pack has just gone up on Xbox Live, featuring three songs from artists whose names are only vaguely familiar to me. . For the standard Guitar Hero DLC price of 500 Microsoft points, you'll get "State of Massachusetts" by Dropkick Murphys, "You Should Be Ashamed of Myself" by The Bled, and "Memories of the Grove" by Maylene & The Sons of Disaster. Of the three, Dropkick Murphys is the most vaguely familiar, and so they get a nice giant picture atop the article. The other two must try harder, and maybe next time you'll make it! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=328482&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Black Friday Deal: Get a Free GH2 With Xbox 360]]> Over at a site called BFAds.net they have posted a number of Thanksgiving weekend circulars. The Best Buy one shows a great deal: Buy an Xbox 360 system for $349 and get a free copy of Guitar Hero II. The PS3, on the other hand, is $399 with Spiderman 3 and Open Season Blu-Rays. But the best deal of all? Orange Box for $25 for the PC. Now that's value. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=321161&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Goes Double, Slightly Budget]]> If you've somehow managed to avoid catching Guitar Hero fever until only recently, the Guitar Hero Dual Pack may be right up your alley. The new edition of the Harmonix developed franchise packs in the original Guitar Hero and Guitar Hero II for the PlayStation 2 in a $60 package which, while not exactly cheap, does come in cheaper than buying the first two games separately. Reader Edward spotted it on Best Buy's site recently, but Activision makes it official today, as the game should be on store shelves as you read this. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=320187&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Music Invades iTunes, Crazy Expensive]]> You can now hit up iTunes to download the full set lists for Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II, Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. But wait, before you get all excited and start high-fiving strangers, check the price. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=313945&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[GH2 Tourney Hits E4All]]> Target and E for All are teaming up starting today to host a $3,000 Guitar Hero 2 tourney at the public gaming convention in LA. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=312045&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[New Guitar Hero II Song Pack Tomorrow]]> Three more songs are being added to the Xbox 360 Guitar Hero II lineup tomorrow morning at 2AM Pacific, once again for the bargain basement or entirely too expensive price of 500 Microsoft points, depending on where you stand on that issue. The three new tracks consist of: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=301658&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Guitar Hero II DLC Goes Multi-Platinum]]> Sure it's stretching the criteria a bit, but with 650,000 combined downloads across multiple song packs and three songs per pack, that makes...well, 1,950,000 downloads, but I am sure Activision took that into account when they put out the press release below, which boasts two million song downloads. I have to wonder how many more they would have gotten by now had they not released the packs with the ridiculous $5 price tag, but the $3,250,000 they've made off of the DLC so far is nothing to shake a stick at. Just ask Dusty Welch, RedOctane's head of publishing.
"The Guitar Hero II downloadable video game song packs are some of the most popular content on Xbox LIVE and are quickly becoming a very lucrative revenue stream and powerful promotional vehicle for musicians and record labels today."
Yep, we sure showed them. Overprice your song packs and we'll boycott them so hard you'll only make $3 million dollars. Take that! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=298583&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[June Software Sales Rich With Mini-Games, Pokémon]]> The NPD Group's software sales estimates for June show that American gamers haven't yet tired of mini-games, Pokemon or Guitar Hero. Nintendo revealed earlier this month that over a half-million gamers had snapped up Mario Party 8, with the lion's share of sales happening in June. Wii Play saw similar hardcore gamer heart-stoppingly stellar sales. You know what that means? More mini-games! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=281582&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[What Are You Playing This Weekend?]]> With a fiesta throwing down at Casa de McWhertor tonight, I wouldn't be surprised if it ultimately wound down with a late night series of Guitar Hero II battles. Be warned party-goers, I'm bringing my A-game to my performance of Lamb of God's "Laid to Rest." More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=269251&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Guitar Heroes Bring Down the Lightning]]> Two Connecticut rockers brought down the thunder AND the lighting last week while playing Guitar Hero II on their Playstation 2. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=266663&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[CBS To Air World Series Of Video Games]]> The wide world of "eSports" is coming to a television near you. CBS and the World Series of Video Games have announced that they've partnered to bring four hour-long recaps of WSVG events to television airwaves starting this summer. Competitive gamers will challenge eachother in titles such as World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, Guitar Hero II and Fight Night Round 3, among others. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=265039&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[This Guy's Better Than You At Guitar Hero]]> When I played Buckethead's "Jordan" for the first time in Guitar Hero II, I just assumed the multiple solo portions were a joke. I never expected anyone would take it seriously enough to actually, y'know, attempt to play but this guy did, scoring an impressive 95% on one of the game's infamously insane tracks. What do you think? More or less impressive than that expert level run of Pantera's "Cowboys From Hell" that I posted last year? I'm going with "more". Michael McWhertor More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=264242&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[GameStop Rolling In Money]]> Bricks-and-mortar retailer GameStop is making bank. Profits are up 111 percent, and that's a lot! Why the jump? CEO R. Richard Fontaine explains: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=263102&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Memories Of E3 2006]]> Today marks the one-year anniversary of the kick off of the final E3 as we used to know it. Part videogame industry expo, part freakshow, we were barraged by the hypnotic lights and the well-tanned thighs of booth babes trying to compensate for shit graphics and me-too gameplay for three solid days. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=259111&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Clip: Eight Year Old Blazes Guitar Hero II]]> This kid is amazing. Eight years old and he plows through Dead! on Guitar Hero II's expert mode like a pro. He even manages to play a portion near the end with his back to the television while singing along with the words. And he only misses three notes. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=256245&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Elite Pre-order Bundles Up, Not That Screw-jobby]]> If you can't drag yourself out of bed on Sunday morning to secure yourself a shiny (okay, matte) new Xbox 360 Elite and don't mind waiting a couple days to get it in the mail, GameStop has Elite pre-orders up now. And, as expected, they're bundle-only. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=255656&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[God of War? More Like God of Sales]]> Next-gen? Not quite yet. PlayStation 2 title God of War II pwned March by shifting 833,000 units — That's more than double the number two title, Ubisoft's G.R.A.W. for the Xbox 360. Following that were Guitar Hero II for the Xbox 360, Wii Play for the Nintendo Wii and Motorstorm for the PLAYSTATION 3. Glad to see the focus back on actual games and not on pieces of hardware. Brian Ashcraft More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=254741&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Van Kicks Off National Tour]]> To help promote Guitar Hero II hitting the Xbox 360 Microsoft put together a cool jam mobile, rigging two moving vans with video screens and copies of the game. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=254478&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Update: Guitar Hero II Update Fixes Whammy Bar Issues]]> So, it seems that all is not well with the recently released GH II patch for the 360. While many people have reported that the update fixed all their whammy bar issues, I have gotten quite a few emails claiming that the new fix has caused the game to freeze up and in some cases even given them the dreaded red ring of death. No official word from Red Octane yet on the situation, but I'm sure by the time Monday rolls around we'll hear all about it. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=252383&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Guitar Hero II Update Fixes Whammy Bar Issues]]> Good news for xbox 360 Guitar Hero II owners. The folks at Red Octane have posted a thread on their forums addressing the whammy bar response issue that cropped up soon after the game's launch. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=252351&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Guitar Hero II Song Packs Available]]> Since it's already April, it's fair to assume that all the Christmas gift cards have either been spent or lost by now and now all that is left to spend is that random 4000-point XBL that was bought recently probably out of curiousity. So what to spend it on? More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=251320&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Guitar Hero III Coming to Wii, PS3, 360]]> Guitar Hero 3 is coming to the Wii, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 this fall, according to Red Octane. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=251025&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Red Octane Responds To Defective 360 Guitars]]> Some Xbox 360 owners have noticed that while wailing on their whammy bars to snag more Star Power, that the performance of the controller has been less than rockin'. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=250451&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[What Are You Playing This Weekend?]]> In a week already rich with videogaming (and writing about videogaming), it makes this associate editor pine for a day off from the digital escapism. We've already played a full workweek's worth of The Godfather Blackhand Edition, we spent hours at the local watering hole playing Guitar Hero II on stage, and last night saw our monthly social gaming event, Geek Night, take place in Culver City. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=250373&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Frankenreview: Guitar Hero II (Xbox 360)]]> Until the Gods bestowed upon Man the grace of the Guitar Hero games, we were condemned to a legacy of producing faux music with air alone. (Or, alternatively, not producing any music at all with a real guitar sitting in our corner/closet/attic). Life was meaningless and dark. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=249801&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Rock Band to Support GH Guitars]]> A staffer over on the official Rock Band website reports that contrary to what IGN was reporting, Rock Band will be compatible with the guitar for the Xbox 360's Guitar Hero II. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=249635&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[See Gene Simmons Struggle With Guitar Hero Controller In New York City]]> If you're in the New York City area next week and want to bask in the tongue of The Demon himself, Gene Simmons, make your way to the Virgin Megastore in Times Square for a very special performance of the Kiss classic "Strutter." More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=249719&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Week in Games: Guitar Hero II for the Xbox 360 Edition]]> If I didn't already own both iterations of Guitar Hero for the PS2, you can bet I'd be picking up the 360 version so I could get my hands on those extra songs. Although truth be told, I hate the design of the 360 guitar. Prince of Persia swings onto the Wii and PSP, Enchanted arms ports to the PS3 and Final Fantasy fans get a new game in the form of Chocobo Tales. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=248740&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[What Are You Playing This Weekend?]]> After a big gaming blow out at my pad last night, which saw hours worth of Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection, Guitar Hero II, Ibara, Typing of the Dead and Samba de Amigo grace the liquid crystal of my Sharp Aquos, I've got a bit of a gaming hangover. It might have been the beer. It might have been the late night Ikaruga bender that ended when the power went out, but today I've got a teeny headache. Is there such a thing as too much gaming? Maybe! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=241208&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Guitar Hero II 360 Will Be $10 More Than The PS2 Version]]> This is for some reason coming as a surprise to many folks, but just like almost every other game that comes out on the Xbox 360 (and the PS3 for that matter), you can expect to pay now-gen premium prices for software in the form of a ten dollar mark up. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=230853&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[How To: Play Custom Guitar Hero Tracks]]> Tired of the stock jams available to you in Guitar Hero II? If you aren't yet aware, making your own Guitar Hero tracks, from any song, is not far out of reach. Those looking for a bloodied finger, near impossible challenge like the one below (Dragonforce's "Fury of the Storm") should read on. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=229771&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[What Are You Playing This Weekend?]]> After spending the entirety of my week playtesting new and upcoming Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows games at CES, I'm just about due for a break. But screw that. I'll be spending a good portion of my weekend playing some Diablo II (forgot to bring that much needed "play disc" with me to Vegas) and maybe a few games of Rumble Roses just for shits and jiggles. I'll also spend tonight detoxing, as I'm off the sauce in an attempt to recover from nearly a week long streak of expensive drinking. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=228498&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Guitar Hero 360 Achievements]]> You know, now that Guitar Hero II is coming to the Xbox 360 it's going to be that much harder to lie about how good you are at the title, thanks to the Achievements system. I'll go ahead and fess up right now. I suck on ice. I have large snausage-like fingers that don't lend themselves well to precision guitar movement, so if you see me with the "Start a Real Band Already Award" on Xbox live (Earn five stars on all songs in the Expert tour) I've either cheated horribly or kidnapped Edward Van Halen. Again. Long story. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=228119&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Hands-On: Guitar Hero II For 360, New Tracks Revealed]]>
At about 30 minutes deep into my Games For Windows and Vista meeting, I heard a familiar riff coming from the next room. Cheap Trick's "Surrender" shook me almost awake (no coffee at this point) as I realized the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero II was being played less than ten feet from me. While the Uno demo via Live was certainly interesting from a technical standpoint, all I could think about was when I'd get to try out that new white guitar controller and try out some new tracks. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=227078&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Witness The Guitar Hero II For Xbox 360 Bundle]]> Attention Xbox 360 owners: you're this much closer to having Guitar Hero II on your console of choice. Start drooling now at the promise of additional songs and downloadable content. That guitar controller looks wicked hot. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=226253&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[What Are You Playing This Weekend?]]> After a harrowing holiday travel experience that left me momentarily stranded in the San Francisco airport, I've returned to LA. Following a generous amount of hugging and kissing of my consoles, then spending far too much time updating my PlayStation 3 firmware, I got some hands-on time with the Gran Turismo HD Concept demo. Somehow, my enjoyment of the Gran Turismo series has skyrocketed, which I'll chalk up to the free download. My roommate and I have spent hours trying to best eachother's lap times, a heated battle that will last throughout the weekend. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=225156&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[2006's Best Game Music Moments]]> For me, nothing quite spices up gameplay like a little mood music. I'm not talking symphonic soundtracks, but something with vocals, lyrics, and a beat that compliments the game I am playing. Take a game like The Way of the Warrior for the 3DO. An unambitious Mortal Kombat clone made playable solely because they used an entire White Zombie album as BGM. This year was great for game songs, and here's a list of my top five favorites to prove it. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=224430&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Man Plays Guitar Hero II, Catches on Fire]]> This guy really gives "burning up the fretboard" a whole new meaning. Norwegian game reviewer, Stefan Ogden of news website, Dagbladet, put together this video to accompany his review of Guitar Hero II. In an attempt to emulate his favorite Guitar Hero characters, he actually bursts into flames while playing Monkey Wrench. This is obviously edited together to create a more dramatic effect, but damn... dude is ON FIRE! More »
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