In Real Life

The Metallica Game We Never Got (But Maybe Should Have)

Around 2003, Black Rock Studio (which is sadly now no more) was working on something fairly unique: a Metallica game that didn’t involve plastic instruments.


November 2, 2010
News

What Good Can Come From Metallica Meeting Call Of Duty: Black Ops?

About a million dollars worth, actually. Activision and Metallica are teaming for a good cause and a selfish one, with the band headlining the publisher’s Call of Duty: Black Ops launch party and finding unemployed military vets jobs.


March 23, 2009
News

Metallica’s Hetfield: Games are ‘Gateway Drug’ to Music

Metallica frontman James Hetfield continues the payday publicity blitz in an interview with Rolling Stone that comes straight out of the celebrity endorsement playbook for music games.


March 21, 2009
In Real Life

Lars Ulrich Is A Dirty, Rotten Guitar Hero III Cheater

We don’t expect celebrities to genuinely be good at the video games they appear in, but one would think that Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich could play his own band’s songs in Guitar Hero. But no…


February 27, 2009

Throw Up The Horns For Four Minutes Of Guitar Hero: Metallica Gameplay

Even as someone who hasn’t taken to the post-Harmonix Guitar Hero games, Guitar Hero: Metallica looks like a bucket of fun. This four-minute trailer, of which 94% is gameplay footage, only seals the deal.


January 24, 2009
News

Here, The Full Guitar Hero: Metallica Tracklist

We don’t need ESRB leaks. Metallica themselves have gone one better and released the full, complete tracklist for the upcoming Guitar Hero: Metallica on the band’s website. And it’s a good one.


January 16, 2009
News

Guitar Hero: Metallica Dated For North America

Metallica’s own Guitar Hero game will be riding the lightning on its way to retail shelves on March 29 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, according to the band’s official site.


December 31, 2008
News

Getting Slayer In GH: Metallica Was Tough, Tough, Tough

Perhaps the most promising thing about Guitar Hero Metallica isn’t Metallica themselves, but the slew of accompanying artists that are also appearing in the game. One of those is Slayer. And getting Slayer was tough.


December 20, 2008
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Metallica Debuts Guitar Hero: Metallica Trailer

Who gets the exclusive first trailer for Guitar Hero: Metallica? Well, Metallica does. The band revealed the game in motion via its official site, with a guest appearance from… Ennio Morricone?


December 16, 2008
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Metallica On Guitar Hero: Metallica

Boy, Guitar Hero: Metallica got exciting all of a sudden, didn’t it? Promising tracklist, a fine selection of “other bands” to play with…let’s see what Metallica have to say about the whole thing.