Sydney, AUSTRALIA. June 5th 2010 \u2013 This fall, living room legends and their friends will join together and embark on an epic rock journey to save rock n\u2019 roll with Activision Publishing, Inc.\u2019s (Nasdaq: ATVI) Guitar Hero\u00ae: Warriors of Rock.\u00a0 The latest installment in the world\u2019s most popular music game series, Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock will once again redefine music gaming with an all-new, story-driven Quest Mode, a completely redesigned rock-inspired guitar controller, the biggest on-disc selection of rock music ever in a Guitar Hero\u00ae game and Quickplay+, which invites challenge-starved fanatics to test their rock skills in any of the on-disc or over 500 songs in the Guitar Hero Music Library.<\/p>\n
Running on the powerful Guitar Hero engine that has been expanded and refined, coupled with the return of the critically acclaimed and fan favorite features like Party Play\u2019s jump in\/jump out gameplay, a host of Competitive modes and the ability to play any combination of guitar, bass, drums and vocals, Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock offers the complete interactive and connected experience bringing friends and foes to the stage in the ultimate rock music adventure.<\/p>\n
\u201cGuitar Hero has set the standard for music based gaming and with Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock and the game\u2019s all-new Quest Mode, robust and authentic set list, over-the-top challenges and rock-inspired new hardware, we are once again bringing the soul and energy of rock n\u2019 roll to fans around the world,\u201d said David Haddad, Chief Operating Officer, Guitar Hero.<\/p>\n
In Quest Mode, using any combination of instruments, players will embark on a larger-than-life, epic rock journey from the stage of CBGBs, the infamous punk-rock club in New York City, to the molten lava fields of rock treachery as eight Guitar Hero characters transform into rock warriors that must join together to use their unique, game-changing powers to help the Demi-God of Rock take down \u201cThe Beast\u201d and save rock n\u2019 roll.<\/p>\n
\u00a0“The world is a boring place. Come with me, and enter a world populated of Demi-Gods and Beasts. Transform from an everyday person and become the savior of rock and roll,\u201d said Gene Simmons of KISS.\u00a0 \u201cIt was an honor and privilege to narrate Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, even more so, to voice the Demi God. From the God of Thunder to the Demi-God, how cool is that…”<\/p>\n
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock breathes new life into gamers\u2019 current Guitar Hero music libraries providing literally hundreds of hours of replayability with the introduction of Quickplay+, which features 13 totally unique gameplay challenges for every on-disc track as well as most downloadable and importable songs from Guitar Hero\u00ae World Tour forward,.\u00a0 Gamers will complete challenges such as Band Streak, High Score and Power Challenge, which allows players to choose any two warrior powers they have unlocked to try and earn ridiculously high scores, to rank up and unlock more rewards and content than ever before.\u00a0 All-new Challenge Leaderboards have been created in order to capture the outrageous scores that are capable with Quickplay+.<\/p>\n
Delivering the largest on-disc rock music set list to-date, Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock features more than 90 tracks that include guitar shredding hits from bands such as Black Sabbath, Megadeth and Slipknot and larger than life anthems from Queen, Muse and KISS.\u00a0 Additionally, Dave Mustaine of Megadeth wrote and recorded \u201cSudden Death,\u201d an original track for the game, which was inspired by Quest Mode\u2019s storyline.\u00a0 Along with original songs, the set list also includes special re-records by famous artists and tracks from bands that are making their music video game debut.\u00a0 The first songs off of Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock\u2019s set list to be revealed are:<\/p>\n
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To maximise players\u2019 shredability, Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock delivers the next evolution in finger-fretting with an all-new, show-stopping guitar controller that was inspired and born from the game\u2019s unique art style and specifically made for shredding.<\/p>\n
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock 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 and by Vicarious Visions for the Wii\u2122 system from Nintendo.\u00a0 The Wii version is not yet rated.\u00a0 For more information about Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, please visit GuitarHero.com<http:\/\/www.guitarhero.com<\/a>>.<\/p>\n