More Game Footage Showing Of Characters In Guitar Hero: Metallica So as it is no big surprise that this game is rolling out here in the U.S. at the end of the year, it should also be no big surprise that the marketing campaign will be starting soon, if not already, to start weaseling you out of your hard earned cash for this game. Damn that was long winded there. But in any instance. Read More...

            Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, spoke with CNBC last week while at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. During the interview in which he discussed several economic points regarding the video game industry, Kotick made mention of the fact that he company is working on a title called DJ Hero.   "We have the product called DJ Hero that's coming out later this year which is a turntable that you can actually play competitively and spin discs and mix songs."   FreeStyleGames, was purchased by Activision on September 12, 2008 to help produce downloadable content for games in the Guitar Hero series and are set to develop the game. Read More...

Well it turns out that you will be able to rock hard while playing Guitar Hero: Metallica In Europe this coming May. This was confirmed by Activision after GameStop boasted that the game will be released in the US on the 29th of March.The Metallica spin off  follows the Aerosmith version, and will bring with them full drum/guitar/microphone Guitar Hero World Tour kit support plus brand nw sounds for the GHTunes recording studio. Rock. On. Read More...

Finally Sony puts out a good Classic PS1 game onto the Playstation Store. As of Monday, December 12th, you can now download the classic J-RPG, Suikoden. Suikoden is a standout title that all J-RPG fans must play. Now it's readily available for PS3 owners, and if you have a PSP as well, you can freely transfer the game to your PSP for play on the go.  Suikoden 1 is rare title that you would have to pay from $40 to $75 depending on the condition and if it is complete or not. Brand new, the game can run you over $200. Read More...

Cast Of The Guild At Blizzcon So by now you should know about The Guild. If not, you either need to get learned and PWNed for being here without knowing them or watch the show. Either way will work. But in any instance, for those of you lucky enough to have got your tickets to Blizzcon this year but not lucky enough to have picked up their DVD at Comicon, or be lucky in both aspects, you will be able to meet up with them at Blizzcon. Pick up the DVD and meet and greet with the cast. You lucky sons of bitches. Read More...

ACTIVISION UNVEILS FULL GUITAR HERO® WORLD TOUR SET LIST Featuring 86 Master Tracks, Game Delivers The Biggest Selection of On-Disc Music In The Music-Rhythm Videogame Genre To Date Santa Monica, CA – September 12, 2008 – Delivering unparalleled depth and diversity featuring some of the most prolific artists of all time including Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Van Halen, Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne, Michael Jackson and more, Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) today revealed the highly-anticipated full set list for Guitar Hero® World Tour, the definitive rock ‘n’ roll music videogaming experience. Spanning over 40 years of rock history and featuring 86 tracks, comprised entirely of master recordings, the game will deliver Guitar Hero® fans the largest selection of on-disc music in the music-rhythm videogame genre to date. Read More...

New DragonForce Guitar Hero DLC So coming this Thursday, there will be yet more YouTube videos floating about of 8 year olds going insane on their Guitar Hero controllers. Why? Because there is going to be three new downloadable songs from DragonForce on the game. That's right, now there will be 4 of their songs on the game. Get your fingers loosened up you guitar hero fiends. Oh, the songs, almost forgot. Read More...

PS3 Music Peripheral Compatibility Update So the Rock Band/Guitar Hero debate will never end. The one where no one wants to say they are equal. Think about it, I'm sure you know a fan boy for one format or the other. I know I do. Well soon, Sony will be taking steps to bring these two giants together. Well a bit. Even include for some of their other less know or popular music titles coming out. Read More...

Everyone who plays Guitar Hero is curious to know what songs are going to be in the upcoming World Tour. Yes, Ozzy is confirmed and activision has nailed 2 of his songs, Crazy Train and Mr. Crowley. OZZFest has also been confirmed as an in-game venue, exclusive to World Tour. Zakk Wylde is confirmed to be a playable character with the song Stillborn. Metallica is coming back again with their song Trapped Under The Ice. And the song that I know a lot of people have been dying for is BYOB by System of a Down. Read More...

The Guild: DVD Being a man of my word *best Joker Impression*, on two fronts, I had to post something about this great Web series as well as their new DVD on sale at Comic Con, or you can get as of 8/1. First, I got asked by people here to make sure that the actors of the show knew about our site here. After three days of stalking them (pics below), I was having issues getting proper representation for the site, but I hooked them up with a professional implementation of advertisement. The other part, I told Felicia, Vincent and Sandeep that I would give them some webtime. Read More...

Guilty Gear has always been one of my favorite series of fighter games because it greatly impairs our oh-so-beloved button mashers from pwning ass. Take Soul Calibur II for instance: when playing as Rafael, by repeatedly pushing one button, Rafael will rapidly flail his sabre, often leaving the other player no chance to retaliate. The control structure in Guilty Gear is so brilliant because rapidly pushing the punch or kick button won't get you very far: special combos are based mainly on the combination of buttons and quarter or half turns with the joystick or directional pad. It has so far proven to be a very difficult game to master - but isn't that what one looks for? Read More...

Music Sim. Updates/News Like I stated before, I am going to hook ya up with all the fun stuff I find out about the Music Simulation games. So here we go. Top Gun Theme Free on Guitar Hero III So for you patriotic people, or at least those that like to feel it, here is a new song for GHIII. Not really an anthem of the country, but at least it is one for a movie that has the strong feeling of America. That is the "Anthem" for Top Gun. Who doesn't get that un chill down their back when hearing that? Read More...

GEN had the honor of being one of approximately 15 press outlets to get a first look at the new Guitar Hero World Tour game, coming out from Activision I have to admit, being an avid RockBand fiend, I was a little hesitant when I heard that Activision was jumping on the bandwagon and creating a game featuring all 4 instruments. You hear about “second helpings” of games and worry that a “knock - off” may just prove to be an epic fail. My worries were quickly put to rest when I sat down and was entertained by Neversoft’s Brian Bright, Project Lead and Alan Flores, Lead Designer who showed me that Guitar Hero World tour is RockBand …. Read More...

Mad Catz Rock Band Instruments Releasing Next Week I found this while surfing around for news on one of my favorite games. I'm not going to go all fan boy on the RB vs. GH thing. Honestly I don't care that much about fanboyism to do so. But I digress. Looks like there are some new official controllers coming out, some of which with things I wish would have been included in the first place. Let me list them with pictures below. Check It Out Mad Catz Dual-Strummer Release: XBox - 6/22, PS3 - 7/15, Wii - 8/1 Price: $69. Read More...

This last weekend, I joined my fellow A-KON 19 goers in a gathering of monsterous proportions. After 3 long hours of waiting, dehydration, an upset firemarshal and plently of waiting in line, 669* of us broke the record, "MOST PEOPLE DRESSED AS VIDEOGAME CHARACTERS IN ONE GATHERING". Now although the number was only 669*, I can assure you that the total number of people qualified at the con was in the 1,000s.I was proud to be amongst the many who went through an afternoon of choas to get the job done. Congratulations to everyone out there who participated!! Read More...