Guitar Hero

Newsflash: people love Guitar Hero and Rock Band. You can tell because Logitech makes a $200 guitar controller that’s currently backordered 2 to 4 weeks.

Get ready for… Guitar Hero Idol, maybe! There’s some rumblings going on that Activision Blizzard is considering turning Guitar Hero into a TV show. It’d either be an American Idol-esque…

Short Version: If you’re a Metallica fan, this may quickly become your new favorite game. Drummers, too, will find the new Expert+ mode with double-bass pedal compatibility a welcome addition…

By routing the four buttons on a Kaossilator to the buttons on a Guitar Hero guitar, James Haskin has created one of the coolest little electronic instruments I’ve seen in…

Here’s one way to increase sales of a dumb game. Oh, I’m sure Lips is a fine game for wannabe singers, but it’s not for me. Today, Microsoft announced that…

Fans of 1960s mopefolk rejoice! Activision is releasing a new version of Guitar Hero featuring Leonard Cohen’s entire oeuvre including Suzanne, Bird on the Wire, and that one song that…

If you refuse to take up real instruments but insist on showing your love for Guitar Hero or Rock Band AND you have to wear a nice suit or a…

  Best Buy is selling the wireless Les Paul Guitar Hero controller for Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii for $19.99 each. You’ll have to pony up an extra $7.49 for…

Today, Activision and Sony announced “Backstage with Guitar Hero” for PlayStation Home so players can congregate and accost each other virtually while watching GH videos and sharing their own greatest…

Suddenly we will all turn into real rockstars when we get our hands on the Headliner Real Digital Guitar. Coming soon, it can be used as a standard electric guitar…

You’ll soon be able to purchase the GHWT wireless drumkit and/or wireless guitar (presumably on all platforms) without purchasing the game itself. This Sunday, standalone versions of the instruments will…

Can you believe it?!?! Guitar Heor: Metallica is only two and a half months away. I know! I can’t wait either! GameStop has a killer deal if you are willing…

Sirius XM have finally showed off its first interoperable radio, the MiRGE. It’ll be available this spring for $250, and you’ll be able to subscribe to a new $20 per…

Thrill as a young man gets 100% on “Devil Went Down to Georgia” in Guitar Hero. Then cry as you hear what he did to achieve it: he spent 10…

As someone who’s about to hit 30, I grew up love, love, loving Metallica. I went to the fabled Metallica/Guns N’ Roses double bill, bought the hundreds-of-dollars Live Shit: Binge…

Circuit City’s looking to rake in some last-minute holiday cash with an aggressive deal on Guitar Hero: Aerosmith for the Xbox 360. You’ll get the game and a wireless guitar…

Activision may have a slight problem on its hands what with Guitar Hero: World Tour not selling too well. The latest numbers, as one analyst from Electronic Entertainment Design and…

Short Version: As music games go, both Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero World Tour are impressive, fun, and either would make a great addition to any gamer’s lineup. But…

My thoughts on Rock Band/Guitar Hero accessories haven’t changed and I doubt they ever will, but Nyko’s Metal Pedal looks bitchin. Or course, my affinity for anything with skulls may…

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Near the beginning of this you’re like “Eh. It’s a kid on a bike.” Then, when you think of the planning that went into this carnival of lights, sound, and…

This is a silly, nigh inaudible video of some Harmonix developers playing Rock Band. They mostly stink, I think—I’m not a Rock Band or Guitar Hero connoisseur—but as Kotaku points…

In honor of Heidi Kium’s turn as a Risky Business-inspired Guitar Hero player (who, as John Brownlee notes, never looks at the screen), we present you with the ultimate Guitar…

User reviews of Guitar Hero World Tour aren’t so hot—it’s averaging a 5.8 on Metacritic (but nets an 87 based on “professional” reviews). One reason for the low score is…

Nothing makes me wanna buy Guitar Hero 4 now that I know Michael Phelps, A-Rod, Kobe, and Town Hawk find no fault in jamming on little plastic guitars.

Flickr’d Activision is hard at work at DJ Hero (may not be the final name), which, presumably, would bring the same sense of fun that Guitar Hero brings wannabe rock…

Young Chiam is at it again. His new product, the Axe Guitar for Playstation looks just like his real axe bass and even has Gene’s face and autograph printed on…

With a wood neck, a rosewood fingerboard and metal frets, Logitech is taking Guitar Hero to an uncharted realm of douchebaggery with its Premiere Edition Wireless Guitar. The $250 wireless…

For anyone out there who hasn’t played Guitar Hero yet (is there anyone?), now’s your chance to see what all the fuss is about on the cheap. Well, now’s not…