{"id":1122,"date":"2009-02-16T07:07:42","date_gmt":"2009-02-16T07:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=1122"},"modified":"2009-02-16T07:07:42","modified_gmt":"2009-02-16T07:07:42","slug":"rock-%e2%80%98n%e2%80%99-roll-icon-motorhead%e2%80%99s-lemmy-coming-to-guitar-hero%c2%ae-metallica%c2%ae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=1122","title":{"rendered":"ROCK \u2018N\u2019 ROLL ICON, MOT\u00d6RHEAD\u2019S LEMMY, COMING TO GUITAR HERO\u00ae METALLICA\u00ae"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney, Australia \u2013 February 16, 2009 \u2013 Once honoured by Metallica with seven Mot\u00f6rhead covers performed as \u201cThe Lemmys,\u201d GRAMMY\u00ae Award-winning legend and lead vocalist and bassist of Mot\u00f6rhead, Lemmy, will take his rightful place on stage alongside Lars, James, Kirk and Robert in Activision Publishing Inc.\u2019s Guitar Hero\u00ae Metallica\u00ae this autumn.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Budding rockstars will have the opportunity to experience Lemmy\u2019s in-game likeness as he wails away on vocals and shreds his bass guitar \u2013 or play as the icon himself.\u00a0 The rock \u2018n\u2019 roll legend, born Ian Kilmister, will have a familiar tune with him as Mot\u00f6rhead\u2019s 2008 re-record of \u201cAce of Spades\u201d rocks its way into the set list.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lemmy says, &#8220;It&#8217;s great to be in Guitar Hero with all these famous people and I&#8217;m really pleased to be in it with Metallica&#8230;but James is still taller than me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRide the Lightning\u201d with musical icons Metallica and 21 other rockin\u2019 acts in an all new Guitar Hero\u00ae experience \u2013 Guitar Hero Metallica.\u00a0 Enter the world of Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo and experience the intensity and skill of one of the greatest bands of all time.\u00a0 Shred on the guitar controller, rip on the drum kit controller and wail on the mic to a set list featuring over 45 explosive hits from Metallica\u2019s illustrious career and a wide variety of other legendary artists personally selected by the band, such as Alice In Chains, Bob Seger, Foo Fighters, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Queen.\u00a0 Fans will be able to rock as Metallica while performing in venues reminiscent of the band\u2019s epic album covers, themes from their music and real world locales.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Guitar Hero Metallica is being developed by Neversoft Entertainment for the Xbox 360\u00ae video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PLAYSTATION\u00ae3 computer entertainment system.\u00a0 The Wii\u2122 home video game system from Nintendo and the PlayStation\u00ae2 computer entertainment system versions are being developed by Budcat.\u00a0 The game is rated M (Infrequent Coarse Language) by the Classification Board.\u00a0 For more information about Guitar Hero Metallica, please visit guitarhero.com.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>About Activision Publishing, Inc.<\/p>\n<p>Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Publishing, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, the Netherlands, Australia, Japan and South Korea. More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company\u2019s website, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.activision.com\">www.activision.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements: Information in this press release that involves Activision Publishing\u2019s expectations, plans, intentions or strategies regarding the future are forward-looking statements that are not facts and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. 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Factors that could cause Activision Publishing\u2019s actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements set forth in this release include, but are not limited to, sales levels of Activision Publishing\u2019s titles, shifts in consumer spending trends, the impact of the current macroeconomic environment, the seasonal and cyclical nature of the interactive game market, Activision Publishing\u2019s ability to predict consumer preferences among competing hardware platforms (including next-generation hardware), declines in software pricing, product returns and price protection, product delays, retail acceptance of Activision Publishing\u2019s products, adoption rate and availability of new hardware and related software, industry competition, rapid changes in technology and industry standards, protection of proprietary rights, litigation against Activision Publishing, maintenance of relationships with key personnel, customers, vendors and third-party developers, domestic and international economic, financial and political conditions and policies, foreign exchange rates, integration of recent acquisitions and the identification of suitable future acquisition opportunities, Activision Blizzard\u2019s success in integrating the operations of Activision Publishing and Vivendi Games in a timely manner, or at all, and the combined company\u2019s ability to realize the anticipated benefits and synergies of the transaction to the extent, or in the timeframe, anticipated, and the other factors identified in Activision Blizzard\u2019s most recent annual report on Form 10-K and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. The forward-looking statements in this release are based upon information available to Activision Publishing and Activision Blizzard as of the date of this release, and neither Activision Publishing nor Activision Blizzard assumes any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements believed to be true when made may ultimately prove to be incorrect. These statements are not guarantees of the future performance of Activision Publishing or Activision Blizzard and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond its control and may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney, Australia \u2013 February 16, 2009 \u2013 Once honoured by Metallica with seven Mot\u00f6rhead covers performed as \u201cThe Lemmys,\u201d GRAMMY\u00ae Award-winning legend and lead vocalist and bassist of Mot\u00f6rhead, Lemmy, will take his rightful place on stage alongside Lars, James, Kirk and Robert in Activision Publishing Inc.\u2019s Guitar Hero\u00ae Metallica\u00ae this autumn.\u00a0 Budding rockstars will<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=1122\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1122"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1123,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1122\/revisions\/1123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}