Sydney, Australia \u2013 September 8, 2008 \u2013 Rock and roll legend Sting and progressive metal pioneers Tool are making their video game debuts, contributing more than just music, in Activision Publishing, Inc.\u2019s (Nasdaq: ATVI) Guitar Hero\u00ae World Tour.
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\nIn what will be the largest collection of artists ever to appear in a Guitar Hero game, singer-songwriter, actor, author, activist and lead singer\/bassist of The Police, Sting will add his voice and likeness as an in-game character.\u00a0 Aspiring frontmen can take the stage as Sting throughout their vocal career or play alongside him as he performs one of The Police classics, \u201cDemolition Man.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hugely popular alternative metal band Tool, known for their epic, intense musical arrangements and killer visual arts, will also soon be known for their contribution to the upcoming Guitar Hero World Tour.\u00a0 Guitar Hero fans from all over the world will be able to rock out to \u201cParabola\u201d and Grammy-award winning \u201cSchism\u201d from Tool\u2019s critically-acclaimed 2001 album Lateralus in addition to \u201cVicarious\u201d from their 2006 Grammy-award winning album 10,000 Days.\u00a0\u00a0 The game will also feature an all-new venue designed in collaboration with the band and highlighting the art style that has become a staple in their music videos, live shows and album artwork.<\/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 Classification Board.\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 8, 2008 \u2013 Rock and roll legend Sting and progressive metal pioneers Tool are making their video game debuts, contributing more than just music, in Activision Publishing, Inc.\u2019s (Nasdaq: ATVI) Guitar Hero\u00ae World Tour. \u00a0 In what will be the largest collection of artists ever to appear in a Guitar Hero<\/p>\n