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Guitar Hero….if you didn’t know…this is the future of Video Games!

24 October 2008 418 views 4 Comments AUTHOR: Dan

I ran across this article and it blew my mind. No longer do you need to know how to play a real instrument to compose you’re own music. This will be the hottest toy this xmas season. Do not be surprised if you hear of riots occuring because people are fighting to buy this game. Be sure not to miss the Music set list that will be included with this game. Variety of music will be incredible I can’t wait…

Now, for an encore, the wildly popular “Guitar Hero” video game franchise has a new, more ambitious goal: It wants to help you record original music and share it with other fans around the world.

“Guitar Hero World Tour,” the fourth major installment in the gaming series, hits stores Sunday, October 26. Unlike past “GH” games, which came only with a guitar-shaped controller, “GHWT” also includes a drum kit and microphone, so gamers can tackle bass, vocal and percussion parts, too.

The game’s new studio mode will allow players to use the instrument controllers to record music tracks. Through an online service called GHTunes, players also will be able to upload their songs, download others or collaborate to create music together.

The 86 songs in “Guitar Hero World Tour,” all master recordings, include such riff-heavy classics as Jimi Hendrix’s “Purple Haze,” Ozzy Osbourne’s “Crazy Train” and Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ On a Prayer.” But the game also ventures into such new “GH” genres as country (Willie Nelson’s “On the Road Again”) and even dance pop (”Beat It” by Michael Jackson).

CNN spoke with “Guitar Hero” creators Charles and Kai Huang of RedOctane about the new game. (Some of their answers have been edited.)

Track List:

  • 311 - “Beautiful Disaster”
  • 30 Seconds To Mars - “The Kill”
  • Airbourne - “Too Much Too Young”
  • The Allman Brothers Band - “Ramblin’ Man”
  • Anouk - “Good God”
  • The Answer - “Never Too Late”
  • At The Drive-In - “One Armed Scissor”
  • Beastie Boys - “No Sleep Till Brooklyn”
  • Beatsteaks - “Hail to the Freaks”
  • Billy Idol - “Rebel Yell”
  • Black Label Society - “Stillborn”
  • Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - “Weapon of Choice”
  • blink-182 - “Dammit”
  • Blondie - “One Way or Another”
  • Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - “Hollywood Nights”
  • Bon Jovi - “Livin’ On A Prayer”
  • Bullet For My Valentine - “Scream Aim Fire”
  • Coldplay - “Shiver”
  • Creedence Clearwater Revival - “Up Around The Bend”
  • The Cult - “Love Removal Machine”
  • Dinosaur Jr. - “Feel The Pain”
  • The Doors - “Love Me Two Times”
  • Dream Theater - “Pull Me Under”
  • The Eagles - “Hotel California”
  • The Enemy - “Aggro”
  • Filter - “Hey Man, Nice Shot”
  • Fleetwood Mac - “Go Your Own Way”
  • Foo Fighters - “Everlong”
  • The Guess Who - “American Woman”
  • Hush Puppies - “You’re Gonna Say Yeah!”
  • Interpol - “Obstacle 1″
  • Jane’s Addiction - “Mountain Song”
  • Jimi Hendrix - “Purple Haze (Live)”
  • Jimi Hendrix - “The Wind Cries Mary”
  • Jimmy Eat World - “The Middle”
  • Joe Satriani - “Satch Boogie”
  • Kent - “Vinternoll2″
  • Korn - “Freak On A Leash”
  • Lacuna Coil - “Our Truth”
  • Lenny Kravitz - “Are You Gonna Go My Way”
  • Linkin Park - “What I’ve Done”
  • The Living End - “Prisoner of Society”
  • Los Lobos - “La Bamba”
  • Lost Prophets - “Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)”
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd - “Sweet Home Alabama (Live)”
  • Mars Volta - “L’Via L’Viaquez”
  • MC5’s Wayne Kramer - “Kick Out The Jams”
  • Metallica - “Trapped Under Ice”
  • Michael Jackson - “Beat It”
  • Modest Mouse - “Float On”
  • Motorhead - “Overkill”
  • Muse - “Assassin”
  • Negramaro - “Nuvole e Lenzuola”
  • Nirvana - “About a Girl (Unplugged)”
  • No Doubt - “Spiderwebs”
  • NOFX - “Soul Doubt”
  • Oasis - “Some Might Say”
  • Ozzy Osbourne - “Crazy Train”
  • Ozzy Osbourne - “Mr. Crowley”
  • Paramore - “Misery Business”
  • Pat Benatar - “Heartbreaker”
  • R.E.M. - “The One I Love”
  • Radio Futura - “Escuela De Calor”
  • Rise Against - “Re-Education Through Labor”
  • Sex Pistols - “Pretty Vacant”
  • Silversun Pickups - “Lazy Eye”
  • Smashing Pumpkins - “Today”
  • Steely Dan - “Do It Again”
  • Steve Miller Band - “The Joker”
  • Sting - “Demolition Man (Live)”
  • The Stone Roses - “Love Spreads”
  • Stuck In The Sound - “Toy Boy”
  • Sublime - “Santeria”
  • Survivor - “Eye of the Tiger”
  • System of a Down - “B.Y.O.B.”
  • Ted Nugent - “Stranglehold”
  • Ted Nugent’s Original Guitar Duel Recording
  • Tokio Hotel - “Monsoon”
  • Tool - “Parabola”
  • Tool - “Schism”
  • Tool - “Vicarious”
  • Trust - “Antisocial”
  • Van Halen - “Hot For Teacher”
  • Willie Nelson - “On The Road Again”
  • Wings - “Band on the Run”
  • Zakk Wylde’s Original Guitar Duel Recording

4 Comments »

  • Sharninder said:

    This is definitely the future of Gaming. This and a Wii with the wii fit kit, of course … you know how seriously I take my exercise :-)

  • Ankush said:

    this is ridiculous, Video Games are supposed to be like Black (PS2) or Wolfenstien or Halo (xbox & PC) or CS this is just complete BS

  • Shekhar said:

    I played a lot of guitar hero (not this new world tour) back in states. tell you what, you may hate it or make jokes about it, the game had a great feel good factor. Once I was crackin up on it at champs (a local pub) after drinkin a lot of ale and even won myself a T-shirt :)

    Personally i like the real thing, but this is as good as it gets.

  • Abhilash Kumar said:

    No Man…. This wont do… this is seriously japanese manga shit and I dont like it…

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