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Posted: Feb 15 2008 03:33 pm

Announced today: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080215/music_nm/activision_guitarhero_dc

An interesting concept. Too bad Activision makes Guitar Hero and not Midway... I'd love to see Revolution X as a bonus feature.

Posted: Feb 15 2008 08:17 pm

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UPDATE: RedOctane contacted 1UP to let us know that Neversoft is, in fact, developing the 360 and PS3 versions of Guitar Hero: Aerosmith. The story has been changed to reflect this.

ORIGINAL STORY:Last month EGM's Quartermann made a bold prediction about the future of the Guitar Hero franchise: four new Guitar Hero games in 2008. Today Activision announced the first of those four, and one which the Q-Man totally called: Guitar Hero: Aerosmith.

The new game, planned for a June 2008 release, will place virtual rockers into the shoes of Aerosmith guitarists Joe Perry and Brad Whitford and bassist Tom Hamilton. Sadly Steven Tyler and Joey Kramer will not take up the axes. The game will apparently put players on the same track as Aerosmith's career, going from small club shows all the way up to rock legends. So, basically, the same "story" as all the other Guitar Hero games, but with a more recognizable face on it.

Aerosmith leader Steven Tyler, humble guy that he is, took the opportunity to explain why they were chosen as the first band to receive a full Guitar Hero game all to themselves:

"Any band that can go from 'Don't Want to Miss A Thing' (Aerosmith's #1 smash hit) to the ass-kicking 'Sweet Emotion' to the cheekiness of 'Love in an Elevator,' to the classic ballad 'Dream On' shows why Activision chose us to headline this game based on the diversity of the Aerosmith catalog. Not only is songwriting a b*tch, but then it goes and has puppies."
Yes, Tyler just called his own band's song "Aerosmith's #1 smash hit." And yes, we have no idea what that last sentence means either.

To celebrate the announcement, Activision has revealed that Guitar Hero III owners will be able to download Aerosmith's "Dream On" for the game starting tomorrow, February 16 until Monday, February 18. Activision's press release was unclear as to whether or not the song would be removed completely on Monday or would be turned into a paid download, but until then it should be up on both Xbox Live Marketplace and the PlayStation Store.

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith will be available this June for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, and Wii. Guitar Hero III developer Neversoft will be working on the PS3 and 360 versions, while the Wii version is being worked on by Vicarious Visions (who did the Wii port for GH3), and the PS2 version is being created by Budcat Creations (who also did the PS2 version of GH3).

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3166299

Posted: Feb 15 2008 08:46 pm

Lowest-selling domestic music title since Unison, comfirmed. You'd have to *really* like Aerosmith to buy this, imo.

Posted: Feb 15 2008 09:19 pm

If it gets me a second Wii guitar, I'm there.

And I do like Aerosmith a lot, except for their #1 Smash Hit that James Brolin wrote.

Posted: Feb 15 2008 10:38 pm

The closest I've ever gotten to Aerosmith is the Testament cover of "Nobody's Fault"

Posted: Feb 15 2008 10:43 pm

As long as the game largely ignores all the stuff they did after "Get A Grip", it should be cool.

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Posted: Feb 16 2008 10:15 pm

Oh Christ, that's a Nine Lives stage. I fucking hate Nine Lives.

Posted: Feb 16 2008 10:42 pm

"If you were Steven Tyler for one night and you could have any woman in the world, who would you pick?"

:sigh:... Kaitlyn Bree...

"Her? Now me, I'd pick Liv Tyler."

Posted: Feb 17 2008 08:33 pm

I think I just puked.