But Guitar Hero Live is more than just re-release of the previous games. From the guitar peripheral to the visual direction of the game, to the way music is accessed, Activision is promising a ...

It’s launching Guitar Hero TV: a “channel” where you can not only watch music videos, but play along with them, too. Maybe I should clarify: Guitar Hero TV isn’t a channel you buy from you ...

the designers behind DJ Hero, the game, priced at $99.99, will combine the familiar functionality of a guitar controller with new features such as first-person point of view and a 24-hour music ...

Activision built a multibillion-dollar business with Guitar Hero earlier this decade — and then saw it all collapse as gamers tired of fake guitars. Now, like an aging rock star, it’s trying ...

Guitar Hero has been hailed as a new outlet for artists to get attention — but it's not all sunshine and roses for the music industry. Host Robert Smith examines the love-hate relationship.

As president and CEO of the Guitar Hero division of game publisher Activision Blizzard (ATVI), he's watched the music-genre video game industry explode. When the first "Guitar Hero" video game ...

Having nearly been sunk by its demise, the studio is now heading Guitar Hero Live, a revival of the series that's at the forefront of a new wave of music games. What killed the genre, what's ...

Downloadable tunes for music-based games "Guitar Hero," "Rock Band" and "SingStar" have become as vital as iTunes itself — and one of the last ways to expose youngsters to classic rock.

Guitar Hero III is a music label’s best friend, according to an inside music industry source who claims songs included on the popular game boost real-life sales ...

It works brilliantly for its intended use – to create music and patterns to share with ... and I think I know why This controller took me back to my Guitar Hero glory days, and now the PDP ...

Five years after the games (and their millions in music licenses ... $2 billion and $1.7 billion in revenue, respectively, Guitar Hero and Rock Band were discontinued by their publishers as ...