When Activision stealth announced the release of Guitar Hero: Metallica via an SEC filing, fears of artist exclusivity gripped Rock Band fans. After all, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick had referred to Aerosmith as “proprietary” to the Guitar Hero format earlier this year.
We contacted Activision to find out if Metallica getting the titular treatment in a new Guitar Hero game meant that they’d be locked in to that particular brand. “We do not have further comment beyond what was in the SEC filing” read a corporate statement. No help there.
Harmonix reps, on the other hand, helped to calm our fears, if just a bit.
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The videogame version of the Score internationals Baja 1000 desert race promises to give gamers a chance to participate in blistering, sun-drenched endurance races without ever leaving their climate-controlled living rooms.
According to Activision, the game features:
Over 90 vehicles across multiple classes… including trophy trucks, class I, motorcycles, ATVs and more – the game challenges players to not only be first across the finish line, but also keep their machine intact! Hyper-realistic dirt and damage modeling in the game means players need to be crazy enough to take chances, but not so reckless that their vehicle is destroyed before the race is over.
Developed by Left Field Productions, the game will be available this fall for the PlayStation 2, Playstation 3 , Xbox 360, Wii and PC. There’s a single, lonely screenshot over on G4tv.
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During Activision’s conference call about their Q4 earnings, Activision dropped a relatively large bomb: in addition to the normal game/controller bundle, Guitar Hero: On Tour will be released as a bundle with both the Guitar Grip and DS Lite hardware. This portable Guitar Hero thing is much bigger than we thought, and this show of confidence on Nintendo’s part bears out Todd Greenwald’s prediction of big sales.
In addition, Activision’s Mike Griffith announced a new DS-exclusive Tony Hawk game to be released this year, that will “utilize new technology not yet seen on the DS.” Maybe it’ll be wheels, so you can ride your DS for real.
[Via GameDaily]
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Tiny bits of concept art and… the logo(!!).
Activision has launched the official 007: Quantum of Solace website, which reveals so little actual information about the game that we probably could’ve made it ourselves.
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