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Setlist Sunday: Band Hero

July 31, 2016December 30, 2022 Oscar Bernard

The Guitar Hero train kept on rolling through 2009 with yet another side game. This time, however, the focus was almost completely off of the rock music seen in previous Guitar Hero games, instead having a more pop oriented feel designed around vocalists.…

Setlist Sunday: Guitar Hero 5

July 18, 2016December 30, 2022 Oscar Bernard

In September of 2009 the Guitar Hero series would get a major makeover. Not only did a new engine come in to take the place of the somewhat iffy World Tour one, a new logo was also brought in to reflect the series shift in focus away from purely hard rock and heavy metal.…

Setlist Sunday: Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits

July 10, 2016December 30, 2022 Oscar Bernard

Someone was clearly buying these Guitar Hero On Tour titles, because within a year Activision had released three of them. The third title in this series was Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits, with the unique selling point this time around being that all of the songs would hail from the 2000s.…

Setlist Sunday: Guitar Hero Smash Hits

July 3, 2016December 30, 2022 Oscar Bernard

Guitar Hero was still on top of the world in June of 2009, so it made sense that Activision would continue pumping out title after title. Enter Guitar Hero: Smash Hits (Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits in Europe and Australia), the 2nd game in the series released in 2009, and in the eyes of many casual fans the turning point against the Guitar Hero franchise.…

Setlist Sunday: Rock Band Unplugged

June 26, 2016December 30, 2022 Oscar Bernard

Guitar Hero had some success with their portable spin-offs On Tour and On Tour: Decades, so it’s only natural that Rock Band would want to get in on the fun. Rather than go on the Nintendo DS and have similar gameplay with something like the Guitar Grip, Rock Band Unplugged was released on the PSP with full band gameplay similar to previous Harmonix titles Frequency and Amplitude.…

Setlist Sunday: Guitar Hero: Metallica

June 19, 2016December 30, 2022 Oscar Bernard

The first proper spin-off of Guitar Hero World Tour would follow in the previously established format of having a band-centric game. This time the focus would be on the holy grail of metal bands, Metallica. March of 2009 would see the release of Guitar Hero: Metallica.…

Setlist Sunday: Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades

June 12, 2016December 30, 2022 Oscar Bernard

The first Guitar Hero On Tour was decently successful and for all intents and purposes a good way to play Guitar Hero on the go. That, combined with the might of the Guitar Hero brand by the end of 2008, was more than enough to warrant a sequel.…

Setlist Sunday: Guitar Hero World Tour

June 5, 2016January 1, 2023 Daniel

After the absolutely smashing success of both Rock Band 1 and 2, Activision knew it had to severely step its game up from just guitar in order to compete with its own former developer, especially after the somewhat tepid critical reaction to their recent DS and Aerosmith titles. …

Setlist Sunday: Rock Revolution

May 29, 2016December 30, 2022 Oscar Bernard

Up until now, Activision’s Guitar Hero series and ex-Guitar Hero dev Harmonix’s Rock Band series largely dominated the rhythm game scene in North America. What many people weren’t too aware of, however, was that the whole guitar based rhythm game genre was practically created by Konami’s GuitarFreaks series.…

Setlist Sunday: Rock Band 2

May 23, 2016December 30, 2022 Oscar Bernard

If you were to ask the casual rhythm game fan what the height of the genre was, they’ll probably tell you it was either Guitar Hero III or Rock Band 2. Even hardcore Rock Band fans will often swear up and down that Rock Band 2 was the best one.…

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