Sydney, Australia \u2013 September 12, 2008 \u2013 Multi-platinum guitar icon,\u00a0 best-selling author and outspoken activist, Ted Nugent will lend his voice and likeness to Activision Publishing, Inc.\u2019s Guitar Hero\u00ae World Tour, joining the all-star cast of rock legends to be featured in the game including Jimi Hendrix, Ozzy Osbourne and Sting.\u00a0 Aspiring axe shredders will be able to challenge The Nuge in an epic guitar duel, tear up the six string as the music icon\u2019s in-game character or jam alongside the Motor City Madman as he rocks his 1975 smash hit \u201cStranglehold.\u201d\u00a0 Recognised as the world’s leading guitar showman, Nugent’s no-holds-barred career spans five decades of multi-platinum sales exceeding 35 million albums.<\/p>\n
When the house lights go down this spring, a new generation of guitarists, drummers and fearless frontmen will come together and rock with Guitar Hero World Tour.\u00a0 The latest instalment in the #1 best-selling video game franchise of 2007, Guitar Hero World Tour transforms music gaming by expanding Guitar Hero\u2019s signature guitar gameplay into a cooperative band experience that combines the most advanced wireless controllers with new revolutionary online* and offline gameplay modes including Band Career and 8-player \u201cBattle of the Bands,\u201d which allows two full bands to compete head-to-head online for the first time ever.\u00a0 The game features a slick newly redesigned guitar controller, drum kit controller and a microphone, as well as an innovative Music Studio music creator that lets players compose, record, edit and share their own rock \u2018n\u2019 roll anthems.\u00a0 Music creators will also be able to share their recordings with their friends online through GHTunesSM where other gamers can download and play an endless supply of unique creations.<\/p>\n
Guitar Hero World Tour is being developed by Neversoft Entertainment for the Xbox 360\u00ae video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION\u00ae3 computer entertainment system.\u00a0 The Wii\u2122 version is being developed by Vicarious Visions.\u00a0 The PlayStation\u00ae2 computer entertainment system version is being developed by Budcat. The game is rated \u201cPG\u201d (Mild themes and Violence, Sexual references and mild coarse language) by the OFLC.\u00a0 For more information on Guitar Hero World Tour, please visit www.guitarhero.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sydney, Australia \u2013 September 12, 2008 \u2013 Multi-platinum guitar icon,\u00a0 best-selling author and outspoken activist, Ted Nugent will lend his voice and likeness to Activision Publishing, Inc.\u2019s Guitar Hero\u00ae World Tour, joining the all-star cast of rock legends to be featured in the game including Jimi Hendrix, Ozzy Osbourne and Sting.\u00a0 Aspiring axe shredders will<\/p>\n