by John Carle, Jun 8 2010 // 7:00 AM
On Friday, Activision brought news of the latest installment to their smash music genre series Guitar Hero with Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. Instead of just being the traditional formula of playing through various setlists with no context or story behind it, Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock looks to redefine the style of the genre using Quest mode. In addition, the game will feature an all knew “rock inspired” guitar controller, the largest on disc collection of any Guitar Hero game to date and an all new Quickplay+ mode as well.
David Haddad, Chief Operating Officer, Guitar Hero said, “Guitar Hero has set the standard for music based gaming and with Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock’s all-new Quest Mode, robust and authentic set list, over-the-top challenges and rock-inspired new hardware, we are once again bringing the soul and energy of rock n’ roll to fans around the world.”
In Quest Mode, players will use eight Guitar Hero characters in any combination of instruments to help the Demi-God of Rock take down “The Beast” and save rock n’ roll. With “venues” ranging from the punk rock palace of CBGB’s in New York City to mythical lava fields, the game looks to have a fantasy motif under it somewhat similar to that of Brutal Legend. As seen in the trailer below, the game will put lots of focus on these eight characters and the respective beasts they become.
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by Chris Ullrich, Aug 13 2009 // 7:30 AM
To the growing list of musical superstars who will grace upcoming Guitar Hero games, we now must add multiple Grammy Award winner, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and legendary singer-songwriter Johnny Cash. Cash will be make his video game debut as a playable character in Activision’s upcoming Guitar Hero 5 game.
According to the company: “Cash’s virtual image will live on as Guitar Hero players can rock out on any instrument controller to ‘Ring Of Fire,’ and even unlock the ability to strum and sing along as the ‘Man in Black’ himself in the all-new Electric Honky Tonk Bar venue.” Cash joins the ever-growing list of playable in-game artists for the game including The Rolling Stones, The White Stripes, Kings of Leon, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan and Vampire Weekend, plus more than 25 artists from a variety of music genres that will be making their music video game debut.
Check out the trailer featuring Johnny Cash in his video game debut after the jump. Guitar Hero 5 hits store shelves September 1st.
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