Leave it to a gamer to come up with a set of rules to help survive a zombie apocalypse.

So, we know that Guitar Hero 5 has - for a price - backward compatibility with existing song catalogs. But does it enable frontward compatibility in previous titles?

Neversoft's Brian Bright announced at a Guitar Hero 5 event that the game is franchise compatible, confirming speculation that Activision's plan for world domination continues unhindered by lawsuit settlements.

That's what happens in this video. Guitar Hero fan and "speedcuber" Julian plays Ozzy Osbourne's "Mr. Crowley" in Guitar Hero World Tour on expert difficulty while also solving two Rubik's Cubes with his free hand.

Kotaku readers with money currently burning a hole in their pockets might want to hoof it down to the local GameStop tomorrow, as several tipsters forced to work retail warn of impending deal, including $100 off Guitar Hero World Tour.

Activision passed us some Stan Bush swag in celebration of "The Touch" being available as free downloadable content for Guitar Hero World Tour. If you know your Transformers the Movie trivia, it could be yours.

Nickelodeon once again justifies our nation's voting age restrictions, as Guitar Hero World Tour comes out at the top of a rather sad nominee pool at the 2009 Kids' Choice Awards.

It's company policy at Activision to exploit franchises. And you can't very well exploit Guitar Hero: World Tour if it's not on PC, can you? So Activision are bringing the game to PC (and Mac!).

There's so much Rock Band DLC on offer every week that it's easy to forget that, occasionally, Guitar Hero World Tour gets some as well. Here's what it's getting for the month of April.