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Guitar Hero co-publisher RedOctane is looking to squeeze a few more Ulysses S. Grants out of gamers, providing fans of the rhythm genre with a more expensive, but of questionable value, edition of Guitar Hero: World Tour. For $US239.99, exactly $US50 more than the standard retail price, you get... a t-shirt, two recharge kits, a gig bag and a keychain? Surely, that can't be everything.
It's been a long time since I've put my hands on a Crash game and honestly, the most entertaining run in with him I've had recent years was watching him get trampled by a mad horde of fans rushing into GC back in August. I'm not saying Mind Over Mutant will be a bad game, I'm just skeptical. Anyway, here is a launch trailer you guys can take a look at until the game hits stores tomorrow for Xbox 360, PS3, PSP, and DS.
First off when I heard about Guitar Hero: On Tour, I was to say the least, skeptical. Then at E3 I got to try Fahey's copy of it and I must say, honestly, it really wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I looked ridicules while playing it, but it was actually fun. Speaking of which we got some new screens for Activision's next iteration of the game.
Activision Blizzard. Before, they were just "Activision" (full stop) and "Blizzard" (full stop). But when the two companies went all Voltron on us, they turned into Activision Blizzard. Alphabetic ordering aside, how'd Blizzard feel about that. Company co-founder Frank Pearce:
We actually requested that it be called Blizzard Activision... You can't win every battle.
What, no one was hip to Blizzivision? Or our personal favourite Actard? About Activision CEO Robert Kotick, Pearce added, "He understands the value of the success that we've achieved, and recognises that we've got a franchise that's successful, and doesn't want to mess with that". Whew, that's good to know.
Pearce Interview [Kikizo via VG247]
About 2 hours ago Crecente told you that the Ted Nugent was going to lend his voice, likeness, and guitar style to Guitar Hero World Tour. Now you get to see it for yourself. It'll be interesting to see his signature show entrance - riding a live buffalo onto the stage.
Nice camera work at the end there, Mum. Way to accentuate the cleavage.
Those figures of your "favourite" Guitar Hero "characters"? They're just the start of Activision and McFarlane's push to sell you more mostly-immobile hunks of Guitar Hero-related plastic. Due for release in January 2009 will be a line of customisable guitars that let you swap out the heads, necks and bodies (no word on size or price), while later in the year, there'll be more versions of the guitars, as well as 10" versions of the already-seen characters, eight more of the 6" characters (including Clive Winston and Eddie Knox) and a few lines of 2" character figures. If you're torn between just which Johnny Napalm 10" figure you'll want - the "British Flag" variant or the "Skeleton" variant - the full release (sadly, lacking any pictures) follows.
Posted by Logan Booker at 1:30 PM on September 8, 2008
We all know with World of Warcraft under its belt, Blizzard is a force to be reckoned with. At Activate Asia 08, Activision Blizzard's senior VP and MD Philip Earl agreed with this sentiment, stating that, with the exception of Australia and NZ, the two companies will have separate offices to handle their respective titles. As for us, Activision Blizzard handles it all - Call of Duty and World of Warcraft alike.
Sounds simple enough, right? Mostly, until you throw in the fact Blizzard will handle Sierra products in Southeast Asia. What's left of Sierra that is.
