Entries in 'guitar hero' (97)
Activision appoints new Guitar Hero boss
Activision Blizzard has appointed former Yahoo COO Dan Rosensweig as CEO and President of Red Octane – the business unit which develops the blockbuster Guitar Hero franchise and soon to ...
Neversoft moves on from Tony Hawk
Speaking to the Great Falls Tribune, Neversoft head Joel Jewett has confirmed that the developer is not going to be working on the next Tony Hawk title.
UK CHARTS: Call of Duty shoots back to the top
While a late sales surge drove EA's FIFA 09 to claim the Christmas 2008 games No.1 last week, the title has been usurped by Call of Duty: World at War ...
Guns N’ Roses star slams Guitar Hero
Guns N’ Roses singer Axl Rose has slammed Activision and its Guitar Hero series for using his band’s songs without permission.
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Metallica: Video games and music industry to merge
Metallica’s Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett believe collaborative projects between bands and video game developers, such as the upcoming Guitar Hero: Metallica, could lead to the music and games industries ...
GameStop profits fall by $5M
GameStop saw its sales jump 5.2 per cent in the three-month period ending November 1st, but profits fell from $52 million to $46.7 million.
Nickelback slam Guitar Hero
Cheesy Canadian rockers Nickelback have blamed games such as Guitar Hero for reducing the number of new bands emerging in America.
Activision Blizzard accounts for 25% of last week's game sales
Gfk Chart Track has revealed that Activision's domination of last week's chart meant three of its titles - Call of Duty: World at War, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the ...
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UK CHARTS: Call of Duty shoots in at number one
Activision Blizzard's Call of Duty: World at War has swept last week's number one title Gears of War 2 from the top of the UK charts.
UK CHART: Gears of War marches to the top
Microsoft mega release Gears of War 2 has brushed off stiff competition from Sony and Nintendo this week to claim the No. 1 spot in the GfK-ChartTrack Top 40.
Guitar Hero: World Tour dated
The highly-anticipated release of Guitar Hero: World Tour is set to hit retail next month, with the title’s multiple SKUs set to launch over a three-week period.
Activision gives away free guitars
Activision UK has announced “the biggest pre-order incentive the industry has ever seen” as it gears up for November’s anticipated release of Guitar Hero World Tour.Advertisement
Kotick: Guitar Hero outselling Rock Band 6:1
The High Street battle currently raging between long-time gaming favourite Guitar Hero and plucky newcomer Rock Band is one of the more ferocious in today’s industry – and now Activision ...
Guitar Hero output to triple
Publisher Activision Blizzard has vowed to triple the number of Guitar Hero games on the market by 2010, the firm said at its investors gathering yesterday according to Shacknews.
Religious ‘Guitar Hero’ announced
A Christian clone of Guitar Hero is set to be launched in the US.
Kotick slams Warner Music
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has hit out at Warner Music – after the firm demanded games publishers should pay more royalties for tracks used in rhythm-based software.Advertisement
Warner Music to up licensing costs?
Warner Music has told Reuters that video game publishers should pay more royalties for tracks used in Rock Band, Singstar, Guitar Hero and other rhythm-based software.
Video games killing the radio star
Forget the iPod, iTunes or even commercial radio, video gaming is increasingly becoming the platform of choice for the music industry.
E3 08: Activision hails ‘transformative’ year
President and chief executive officer of Activision Publishing Mike Griffith has revealed the full extent of Activision’s growth in the last year, stating that the company has tripled in size.
Kotick: Guitar Hero can rival iTunes
No-one would argue that Guitar Hero’s achievements to date have been significant, but Bobby Kotick, the chief executive of Activision Blizzard, has said that the franchise can achieve even greater ...
US: Guitar Hero DS triumphs
One of modern gaming’s biggest success stories is celebrating newfound domination on Nintendo’s DS, with publisher Activision announcing that Guitar Hero On Tour sold over 300,000 copies in its first ...
Guitar Hero action figures on the way
McFarlane Toys is expanding its range of action figures after inking a deal with video games publisher Activision to produce collectables based on the smash hit Guitar Hero.Arriving in ...
The Beatles licence up for grabs
Representatives for The Beatles are in negotiations with the companies behind Rock Band and Guitar Hero with a view to licensing the Fab Four’s music.
New DS bundle for Europe announced
Activision has teamed up with Nintendo for a new limited edition Guitar Hero DS Lite bundle.
