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Some may remember a couple of a fiasco a couple of months ago when gamers were notified that the guitar peripheral in Guitar Hero wouldn't be compatible with the similarly styled Rock Band, and vica versa. Gamers worried that the increasing popularity of this music g...



Based on research done by UBS analyst Ben Schachter, music related video games have been a "key driver" for the music industry this year, with "sales of music-themed games responsible for 19% of overall industry software dollars in July (15% YTD) and 44% of y/...



So, the lone Metallica track in the Guitar Hero universe, One,isn't enough for you? Me either. Apparently, Activision has Metallica fans everywhere in mind. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, had a very interesting tidbit listed - a new title called Guitar Hero: Metallica.



From 12:00 a.m. on February 16 till 11:59 p.m. on February 18, owners of Guitar Hero III on the 360 or PS3 will have the opportunity to download, free of charge, the classic Aerosmith song "Dream On" as a playable track. This gift is just a little something to c...



Grab your old, dusty, plastic guitars and get ready to burst out the jams with the new Guitar Hero. Somethings a little different about this one. You will only be jamming with Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer; from Aerosmith.



We knew know that that Rock Band and Guitar Hero would end up butting heads at some point, but few of us probably imagined it would be occur in quite the fashion it was, as Activision and Harmonix have come to blows over compatibility issues with the guitar peripherals used in each other's games.



Acting on a tip from Michael, I found out that for today only (as far as I can tell), Microsoft, Activision, and Red Octane have released the Halo 3 Mjolnir Mix (as played at the beginning of Microsoft's E3 conference) as a free downloadable track for Guitar Hero III.



Hot on the tails of EA's announced new tracks for competitor Rock Band, today new tracks for Guitar Hero III were unleashed upon the legions of diehard GH fans by Red Octane, Neversoft, and Activision. They are as follows (and in my humble opinion are kind of...meh)

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