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Aerosmith Exclusively on Guitar Hero
Posted on May, 27 2008Its no suprise with so many rhythm games coming out now-a-days that companies would start trying to get exclusive deals with bands so they could be the only ones cash in on their popularity.
The first sign of this is coming for Activision upcoming game Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, it was recently found out that Aerosmith is exclusive to the Guitar Hero Series for an undisclosed length of time.
Tim Riley, Activisions Vice president of music affairs has stated "I can say that we do have the band exclusively, and their catalogue should be exclusive to us beyond the one or two tracks they had licensed out to Rock Band before we made our deal."
So don't expect to hear or see Aerosmtih songs in any other band or music related games for the forseeable future.
I think its interesting that companies are doing this, in a way you have to. It wouldn't be that hard for another company to copy them or for Harmonix to include all the Aerosmith songs in a download pack or in an upcoming game of theirs.
Now I'm wondering what other kinds of exclusive deals with bands exist or may pop up soon.
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Being a videogame rockstar can really work up a sweat, so 7-11 has partnered with Coca-Cola, Activision, and Microsoft to bring you Guitar Hero Aerosmith themed Slurpee cups nationwide.
I don't think it's been mentioned how many different designs will be released yet, all I know is the ones in the image below aren't the new Aerosmith ones being released.
These new Guitar Hero Slurpee cups aren't just for collecting either; you also have a chance to win all kinds of Guitar Hero Merchandise, games and more.At Slurpee.com, you'll be able to enter codes found on the new 22-ounce Guitar Hero-branded Slurpee cups for a chance to win a copy of the new Guitar Hero: Aerosmith video game, an Xbox 360 console from Microsoft, or Microsoft Points to purchase content from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace.
So get out there and get your sweaty rockstar hands on some ice cool Guitar Hero Slurpees.
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Nyko Frontman Guitar for Wii / PS3 Release Date
And New Guitar Hero Guitar Controllers Section
Posted by GuitarZeroToHero on March, 18 2008The release date for the Nyko Frontman for Wii and PS3 seems to keep moving. When the Wii version of the Guitar Controllers came out on the 15th at Amazon, they were almost immediately "unavailable", same thing at Buy.com. The only other dates I could find were from DDRGame, which say the Frontman Guitar Controllers come out March 24th. DDRGame is a reliable seller of Guitar Hero merchandise and they allow you to preorder the Nyko Frontman for Wii or PS3 so I trust their date a bit more. Plus it's the same date Amazon now has for the Nyko PS3 Frontman.
The official Nyko site says that the controllers will be released in April, so the end of March beginning of April seems to be around the time the real release date will be.Also be sure to check out the official Guitar Hero Guitar Controllers which are now on sale at RedOctane. This is great because finally you can get a separate Guitar Controller without having to buy an extra bundle.
I wonder why they didn't release the official guitar controllers sooner especially on systems like the Wii where it was in extremely high demand.
I also created a new Guitar Hero Guitar Controllers section so people can specifically find places online to buy Nyko Frontman Guitar for Wii or PS3 and the Official Guitars for all systems.
Guitar Hero 3 Rock Band Compatibility on Nyko PS3 Frontman:
Last thing, some people are wondering. Is the PS3 Frontman Wireless Guitar compatible with Guitar Hero 3 and Rock Band? The answer is, yes.
I got the official word back from an e-mail I sent to Nyko asking about the compatability, they said:
"The PS3 Frontman Guitar Controller is compatible with "Rock Band" on the PS3 and PS2, and Guitar Hero on the PS3 only.
It is not compatible with PS2-gen Guitar Hero games on the PS3 via backwards compatibility. The PS3 Frontman is only compatible with PS3-gen Guitar Hero games on the PS3."So you can't play the Playstation 2 games on Playstation 3 through backwards compatibility with the new Nyko Frontman Guitar, but you can switch over to play Rock Band on the PS3 or PS2 which is nice to finally have.
Buy Nyko Frontman Wireless Guitar for Wii
Buy Nyko Frontman Wireless Guitar for PS3
If you're looking for a controller that plays the older games check out some of the Guitar Hero Guitars for PS2 and Guitar Controllers for PS3.
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Is Guitar Hero: Aerosmith Guitar Hero 4
Posted by GuitarZeroToHero on March, 13 2008First, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith is NOT Guitar Hero 4 it's the middle game between Guitar Hero 3 and Guitar Hero 4 just like Guitar Hero: Encore was to Guitar Hero 2 and Guitar Hero 3.
Also, if it's going to be any number it should be Guitar Hero 5 because the timeline looks like this:1.) Guitar Hero 1
2.) Guitar Hero 2
3.) Guitar Hero: Encore Rocks the 80's
4.) Guitar Hero 3
(some really smart people leave the company)
5.) Guitar Hero: Aerosmith - Hi, I'm the fifth game...
So why people call it GH4, I don't know. I think it's because Guitar Hero: Aerosmith was completely unexpected and almost seems like it was thought of at the last second. While people have been salivating over and expecting Guitar Hero IV since Guitar Hero III came out. So when they heard of a Aerosmith Guitar Hero they thought Activision had REALLY gone in another direction by making the rest of the Guitar Hero games about one band.
Don't worry, even Activisions not that crazy. Well...
So this June we get Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, hopefully they took that opportunity to try new things in the game for GH4. Then we should see Guitar Hero: On Tour for the DS and Guitar Hero 4 ( with multiple bands ).
It will be really interesting to see what Activision does or doesn't do with Guitar Hero: Aerosmith and Guitar Hero 4, but they are definatly not the same game.
