Cooperative Band Experience, All-New Controllers Including Guitar, Drums
and Microphone, Robust 86-Song On-Disc Set List, In-Game Celebrity
Appearances and Innovative Music Studio Combine for Unprecedented Music and
Gaming Experience
Over 20 Tracks From Artists Such As Metallica, R.E.M. and Oasis Available
As Downloadable Content for All Next-Gen Consoles - including Wii - During
First Month
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Living-room legends are
now free to jump on stage and rock as Activision Publishing, Inc.'s
(Nasdaq: ATVI) Guitar Hero(R) World Tour, shreds, drums and wails onto
retail shelves nationwide. Transforming music gaming by expanding Guitar
Hero's(R) signature guitar gameplay into a cooperative band experience,
Guitar Hero World Tour combines state-of-the-art wireless controllers in
new online* and offline gameplay modes and a Music Studio feature that lets
you compose, record, edit and share your own rock and roll anthems. Guitar
Hero World Tour is the most complete music game to-date with 86 on-disc
tracks from music legends such as The Eagles, Van Halen, Metallica, Michael
Jackson and The Doors and featuring in-game appearances by world famous
artists like Ozzy Osbourne, Billy Corgan and Travis Barker.
"Only Guitar Hero World Tour has the star power and brand recognition
to bring family and friends together to rock this fall," said Dusty Welch,
Head of Publishing for RedOctane. "With a massive on-disc set list and a
host of downloadable content on the way, new high-quality controllers,
including the drum kit controller and a redesigned guitar controller;
multiple online and offline gameplay modes, plus the groundbreaking Music
Studio music creator and GHTunes(SM), a revolutionary user-generated music
hub, Guitar Hero has again set the standard in the music-based videogame
genre."
Guitar Hero World Tour delivers more ways to play than ever before.
Virtual musicians can live out their rock and roll fantasies by playing
either a single instrument, or any combination of instruments within the
game, in addition to the full band experience. In addition to all of the
online gameplay modes from Guitar Hero(R) III: Legends of Rock, Guitar Hero
World Tour introduces Battle of the Bands mode which allows eight players
to join online and challenge each other band-to-band to determine who is
the best of the best. In the Band modes, up to four players can jam
together, online or off, as they progress through the game, and in
single-player Career Mode, players can jam on any of the instruments
in-game utilizing the controllers in branching venue progression enabling
them to rock out in the order of their choice.
The game's innovative new Music Studio lets players express their
musical creativity by giving them access to a full complement of tools to
create digital music from scratch, utilizing all of the controllers, and
then play their compositions in the game. Music creators can also share
their recordings with their friends online through GHTunes(SM) where other
gamers can download their unique compositions and play an endless supply of
unique creations.
The Wii(TM) version of Guitar Hero World Tour features the exclusive
Mii(TM) Freestyle mode, an intuitive gameplay mechanic that connects
players to music in a whole new way by incorporating their Mii and engaging
players with the freedom to create their own groove.
In addition to a newly designed more responsive guitar controller which
features a touch-sensitive slide on the neck and microphone, Guitar Hero
World Tour delivers a genuine drumming experience by utilizing a realistic
drum controller. Featuring three drum pads, two raised cymbal pads and a
bass kick pedal, the drum kit controller combines larger and quieter,
velocity-sensitive drum heads with soft rubber construction to deliver that
certain bounce back when struck with a drum stick that drummers are used to
and is easy to set up, move, break down and store.
Guitar Hero World Tour is now available for the Xbox 360(R) video game
and entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer
entertainment system. The Wii(TM) home video game system from Nintendo
version is developed by Vicarious Visions. The PlayStation(R)2 computer
entertainment system version is developed by Budcat. The game is rated "T"
for Teen by the ESRB. For more information on Guitar Hero World Tour,
please visit worldtour.guitarhero.com.
Activision Publishing Broadcast Media Center
Members of the media can visit Activision Publishing's Broadcast Media
Center to download broadcast quality video, web-ready video and
high-resolution images. Members of the media using Pathfire can take
advantage of a Pathfire enabled video download.
Sound bites, behind-the-scenes and gameplay b-roll footage of Guitar
Hero World Tour are available for download.
Broadcast Media Center: http://www.usngondemand.com/index.php
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*Online gameplay is only available for the Xbox 360(R) video game and
entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer entertainment
system and Wii(TM) and may require an additional subscription.
Guitar Hero World Tour (C) 2008 Activision Publishing, Inc. Guitar
Hero, Activision and RedOctane are registered trademarks of Activision
Publishing, Inc. All other trademarks and trade names are the properties of
their respective owners. All rights reserved.
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trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Used with Permission.
Microsoft, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox LIVE, and the Xbox logos are trademarks of
the Microsoft group of companies. Wii and the Wii logo are trademarks of
Nintendo.
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