Expensive; some mechanics need to mature; a bit 'cute' The pitch for Guitar Hero games has always centred on Good Times With Friends; the adverts and marketing materials tend to feature implausible ...

The official Guitar Hero Live trailer has been released, but there's still a tremendous amount of awesomeness that couldn't fit into 90 seconds. Thankfully, we were invited to hang out with the Guitar ...

My view glances around a wooden backstage as I walk and prep for the show. As I get closer to the stage, there are my band mates and crew clapping and cheering, trying to get me amped to play. Out of ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. The Guitar Hero series hit a high note last year with Guitar Hero 5, a slick, entertaining game that embraced the social aspect of living room rock.

Guitar Hero was all the rage for a few years, before the entire world apparently got sick of it overnight. Some diehards still remember the charms of rhythm games, though. Among them you might count ...

Activision built a multibillion-dollar business with Guitar Hero earlier this decade — and then saw it all collapse as gamers tired of fake guitars. Now, like an aging rock star, it’s trying for a ...

It's 2007 all over again. Hot on the heels of the news that Harmonix is hard at work on a new installment of Rock Band, Activision just announced Guitar Hero Live, reviving the two series' almost ...

I used to be a rock ‘n’ roll god. Armed with a plastic guitar covered in stickers and operated by a Wii remote, I was a Guitar Hero legend. My venue: the living room couch. My audience: anyone who ...

Freestyle’s Guitar Hero Live is an interesting, technically ambitious deviation from expectation, and its guitar also reflects the changing tides for the franchise. Initially, its custom design looks ...

Tracks are banging, the peripheral's bold and performing feels brilliant, but TV mode is a bust, making you rent songs rather than own them outright. Youre performing to actual people rather than ...