Video Gaming News - November 2005
Sunnyvale, CA (November 22, 2005) - RedOctane today announced a
strategic partnership with MTV Games for Guitar Hero and future generations of
the Guitar Hero franchise.
From RedOctane:
Under this partnership, MTV Games will feature the Guitar Hero franchise in
original programming, creative promotions and competitions across a range of its
properties, including MTV, mtv.com, MTV Overdrive, MTV2, mtvU, mtvU Über, and
MTV 44 ½. This highly anticipated title was released nationwide on November 8th
for the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system.
“The partnership between MTV Games and RedOctane was motivated by the strong
integration of music and gameplay in Guitar Hero,” said Kai Huang, CEO of
RedOctane. “For the first time rock music is not in the background but instead
it IS the game!”
“Guitar Hero is the next best thing to actually being a rock star,” said Joseph
Varet, Senior Director of MTV Games. ”It’s a unique game that truly delivers on
our audiences’ passion for music, perfectly representing the kind of experience
that MTV Games was established to create.”
In Guitar Hero, choose to be one of six rock characters and perform at concert
venues that grow in size as your music career progresses. RedOctane also has an
exclusive deal with musical giant Gibson Guitar where a selection of famous
Gibson electric guitars is available for characters to play. The game’s set list
includes over 30 licensed rock songs including tracks made famous by Franz
Ferdinand, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Queens of the Stone Age, Audioslave, The
Donnas, Sum 41 as well as such legendary artists Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, Ozzy
Osbourne, White Zombie, and The Ramones.
The sleek, guitar-shaped Guitar Hero SG Controller designed by RedOctane, is
held just like a real guitar and features five responsive fret buttons, a
durable strum bar, a working whammy bar, and stylized START and SELECT buttons
that resemble a guitar’s actual volume knobs.
The game has met rave reviews in the gaming community, winning “Best of Show
2005” at the Electronics Entertainment Expo (E3).
Guitar Hero is rated “T” for Teen and the game/peripheral bundle retails for
$69.99. The bundle includes the Guitar Hero game, the Guitar Hero SG Controller,
adjustable guitar strap and sticker sheet. Gamers nationwide can buy Guitar Hero
at Best Buy, GameStop, and Electronics Boutique (EB), or they can order online
through redoctane.com, shop.mtv.com, shop.vh1.com, and shop.vh1classic.com.
Guitar Hero is the latest game title to ship through MTV Games’ strategic
partnerships with a range of videogame publishers and independent developers,
including RedOctane and Midway Games.
For more on Guitar Hero, please visit the official game website at
www.guitarherogame.com.
« Back to last page
· News Page »
 |
