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Activision has signed an exclusive partnership with Gibson Guitars to feature over 20 of the manufacturer's instruments in the upcoming Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, GamesIndustry.biz is reporting.
The game is also set to feature different wireless guitar peripherals, with the Les Paul guitar available for Xbox 360, Wii and PS3, and the Kramer brand for the PlayStation 2 version of the game. Both will offer removable faceplates for customisation.
"Our relationship with Activision began with the launch of Guitar Hero over two years ago," said Henry Juszkiewicz, CEO of Gibson Guitar. "Since then the game has had phenomenal success and many other makers have tried to compete with its popularity."
"We have combined the power of Gibson with the power of Activision to produce one of the greatest games ever for consumers," he added.
Activision said that it has also secured partnerships with all major record labels and music publishers and will be offering new downloadable content for multiple platforms when the game is released this Autumn.
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Saturn_Ascends
10/07/07 @ 13:19
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Rock Band does look like it could be incredible but, for me, the announced tracks for GH3 are far better than the RB ones.
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Saturn_Ascends
10/07/07 @ 13:22
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You don't have to buy all the instruments though, the AI will fill whatever track isn't being occupied by another player. So, you could just own the guitar and still be able to play through the game.
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There's a problem in the videos of the way the notes burst into flames when you hit them.
In GHII the flame from a previous note disappears if another note is hit, meaning there is only ever one flame on the fret board unless you play a chord. In the GHIII videos, the flame animation continues when a new note is hit. It sounds like this shouldn't be a problem, but it looks confusing and makes the fretboard harder to see IMO. Particularly in long HOPO sequences like the one in this video on the right hand side. http://youtube.com/watch?v=WlvMkvTLO8Y&m... Maybe I'm being picky, but it looks confusing. |
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kangarootoo
10/07/07 @ 15:10
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"We have combined the power of Gibson with the power of Activision to produce one of the greatest games ever for consumers," he added.
I can imagine how that meeting went. Activition: "Hi there, thanks for coming. We brought our power along to show you." Gibson: "Ah, we brought our power too. What does your power do?" Activision: "It makes the entire game. What does yours do?" Gibson: "Errr.... it makes the controller look a bit like one of our guitars." Activision: "Riiiight. Err, I think we are going to need to look at that payments contract again." |
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