The latest installment in the #1 best-selling video game franchise of 2007, Guitar Hero World Tour transforms music gaming by expanding Guitar Hero’s signature guitar gameplay into a cooperative band experience that combines the most advanced wireless controllers with new revolutionary online and offline gameplay modes including Band Career and 8-player “Battle of the Bands,” which allows two full bands to compete head-to-head online for the first time ever. The game features a slick newly redesigned guitar controller, drum kit controller and a microphone, as well as an innovative Music Studio music creator that lets players compose, record, edit and share their own rock ‘n’ roll anthems. Music creators will also be able to share their recordings with their friends online through GHTunesSM where other gamers can download and play an endless supply of unique creations.
KEY FEATURES:
State of the Art Wireless Instruments – In addition to a newly redesigned, more responsive guitar controller which features a touch-sensitive slide bar on the neck, Guitar Hero World Tour will deliver the most realistic drum experience ever in a video game with an authentic drum kit. Featuring three drum pads, two raised cymbals and a bass kick pedal, the drum controller combines larger and quieter, velocity-sensitive drum heads with soft rubber construction to deliver authentic bounce back and is easy to set up, move, break down and store.
The Next Great Songwriter, is You – Guitar Hero World Tour’s innovative new Music Studio lets players express their musical creativity by giving them access to a full complement of tools to create digital music from scratch utilizing the redesigned touch-sensitive guitar controller and an authentic drum kit. Virtuosos can then play their compositions in-game and share the recordings with the entire Guitar Hero community through GHTunes™ where other gamers from around the world will be able to download and play their original tracks. Available to Xbox 360 and PlayStation3 gamers is Line 6’s guitar tone technology, enabling them to use amps, cabs and effects from the world-renown Line 6 POD®.
An Original Set List that’s Truly “Everlong” – Guitar Hero World Tour features the largest, most diverse on-disc set list to appear in a music-based video game. Comprised entirely of memorable master recordings from some of the greatest artists of all-time including Van Halen, Linkin Park, The Eagles, Sublime and many more, Guitar Hero World Tour delivers over 85 tracks for countless hours of rocking. In addition to the killer track list, the game will feature rock icons such as Hayley Williams of Paramore and Travis Barker of +44 and blink-182 and a collection of many other superstar musicians making their video game debuts on the Guitar Hero stage.
Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough – Starting with initial releases at launch, gamers will be able to expand the “Everlong” set list with frequent downloadable singles and track packs – including for the first time ever, in-game downloadable content on Wii. Making the options endless, rock stars will have a limitless supply of downloadable content through GHTunes™ creating a set list where the music never ends. In both the quickplay and career game modes, gamers can build their own playlists which allow them to select and perform up to six tracks in a single gig.
Making the Band – Guitar Hero World Tour features an all-new cooperative band experience allowing gamers to share in the most social and expressive music revolution ever. Budding rock stars can live out their rock ‘n’ roll fantasies by playing either a single instrument or any combination of instruments, in addition to the full band experience. When rocking as part of a band, up to four players can jam together in quickplay or as they progress through a career. Both band and single-player careers feature non-linear progression giving artists the option to change difficulty and instruments with a variety of different gigs available at any time.
Global Invasion – Guitar Hero World Tour introduces revolutionary new online game modes including “Battle of the Bands” which allows eight players to join online and challenge each other band-to-band to establish global supremacy. Virtual musicians in need of band mates can take their careers online forming worldwide ensembles so no rock star ever has to play a gig solo.
Fully Customizable – Featuring one of the most extensive character creators ever, Guitar Hero World Tour allows gamers to create a rock star with style as unique as their own. Absolute customization from the clothes to the facial and body structure to the tattoos and accessories, players are encouraged to unleash their inner rock legend. The Rock Star Creator doesn’t just allow players to build the ultimate rock god; the in-depth creators include the ability to customize guitars, drums and microphones. Adding yet another layer of personalization, gamers can create custom logos for their instruments, band or album covers.
EXCLUSIVE FOR Wii:
Don’t Forget Mii Too! – Gamers can unleash their Miis by taking them into Guitar Hero World Tour’s Mii Freestyle mode for a unique experience that connects players to the music and adds yet another layer of personalization to the game. Featuring an intuitive pick-up and play mechanic, Mii Freestyle mode gives players the freedom to play what they want, when they want, while still providing some guidance. Players can even rock out just using the Wii remote and Nunchuk to “air drum.”
You Always Remember The Very First Time – For the first time ever in a Wii game, the availability and access to an ongoing flow of in-game downloadable content will give Wii fans around the world the ability to regularly expand their set lists with a wide array of new music. Via the new Music Store, gamers will also be able to browse, sort, sample and download new music as they please.
You’ve Got a Friend in Mii – Guitar Hero World Tour peripherals have been optimized for Nintendo’s standards incorporating their proprietary wireless technology for the ultimate Guitar Hero experience.
Guitar Hero World Tour Song List
All songs are master recordings by the original artists.
(*) Denotes tracks recorded/re-recorded for Guitar Hero World Tour
30 Seconds To Mars – The Kill
311 – Beautiful Disaster
Airbourne – Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast
The Allman Brothers Band – Ramblin' Man
Anouk – Good God
The Answer – Never Too Late
At the Drive–In – One Armed Scissor
Beastie Boys – No Sleep till Brooklyn
Beatsteaks – Hail to the Thief
Billy Idol – Rebel Yell
Black Label Society – Stillborn
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Weapon of Choice
blink–182 – Dammit
Blondie – One Way or Another
Bob Seger – Hollywood Nights
Bon Jovi – Livin' on a Prayer
Bullet for My Valentine – Scream Aim Fire
Coldplay – Shiver
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Up Around the Bend
The Cult – Love Removal Machine
Dinosaur Jr. – Feel the Pain
The Doors – Love Me Two Times
Dream Theater – Pull Me Under
The Eagles – Hotel California
The Enemy – Aggro
Filter – Hey Man, Nice Shot
Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way
Foo Fighters – Everlong
The Guess Who – American Woman
HushPuppies – You're Gonna Say Yeah!
Interpol – Obstacle 1
Jane's Addiction – Mountain Song
Jimi Hendrix – Wind Cries Mary
Jimi Hendrix – Purple Haze (Live)
Jimmy Eat World – The Middle
Joe Satriani – Satch Boogie
Kent – Vinternoll2
Korn – Freak on a Leash
Lacuna Coil – Our Truth
Lenny Kravitz – Are You Gonna Go My Way
Linkin Park – What I've Done
The Living End – Prisoner of Society
Los Lobos – La Bamba |
Lostprophets – Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama (Live)
Mars Volta – L’Via L’Viaquez
MC5's Wayne Kramer – Kick Out the Jams*
Metallica – Trapped Under Ice
Michael Jackson – Beat It
Modest Mouse – Float On
Motorhead – Overkill*
Muse – Assassin
Negramaro – Nuvole E Lenzuola
Nirvana – About A Girl [Unplugged]
No Doubt – Spiderwebs
NOFX – Soul Doubt
Oasis – Some Might Say
Ozzy Osbourne – Crazy Train
Ozzy Osbourne – Mr. Crowley
Paramore – Misery Business
Pat Benatar – Heartbreaker
Radio Futura – Escuela De Calor
REM – The One I Love
Rise Against – Re–Education Through Labor
Sex Pistols – Pretty Vacant*
Silversun Pickups – Lazy Eye
Smashing Pumpkins – Today
Steely Dan – Do It Again
Steve Miller Band – The Joker
Sting – Demolition Man (Live)
The Stone Roses – Love Spreads
Stuck in the Sound – Toy Boy
Sublime – Santeria
Survivor – Eye of the Tiger
System of A Down – BYOB
Ted Nugent – Stranglehold
Ted Nugent’s Original Guitar Duel Recording*
Tokio Hotel – Monsoon
Tool – Parabola
Tool – Schism
Tool – Vicarious
Trust – Antisocial
Van Halen – Hot For Teacher
Willie Nelson – On The Road Again
Wings – Band on the Run
Zakk Wylde’s Original Guitar Duel Recording* |
The latest instalment from the #1 best-selling video game franchise of 2007, Guitar Hero World Tour will transform music gaming by marrying Guitar Heros exhilarating guitar gameplay, with a cooperative band experience that combines the most advanced wireless instruments with revolutionary new online and offline gameplay modes. The game will feature a slick newly redesigned guitar, a genuine electronic drum kit and a microphone, as well as an innovative Music Studio music creator that lets players compose, record, edit and share their own rock and roll anthems, along with online Band Career and 8-player Battle of the Bands.
Delivering the largest on-disc set list in a music-rhythm game to-date, Guitar Hero World Tour is comprised entirely of master recordings from some of the greatest classic and modern rock bands of all-time including Van Halen, Linkin Park, The Eagles, Sublime and many more. Additionally, the game will offer significantly more localized downloadable music than ever before on all of the next-generation consoles. Budding rock stars will also be given creative license to fully customize everything from their characters appearance and instruments to their bands logo and album covers.
In addition to a newly designed more responsive guitar controller and microphone, Guitar Hero World Tour will deliver the most realistic drum experience ever in a video game with an authentic electronic drum kit. Featuring three drum pads, two raised cymbals and a bass kick pedal, the drum controller combines larger and quieter, velocity-sensitive drum heads with soft rubber construction to deliver authentic bounce back and is easy to set up, move, break down and store.
Guitar Hero has set the standard for music-based gaming and with Guitar Hero World Tour and the games groundbreaking Music Studio, we are once again delivering unprecedented innovation that has the potential to revolutionize consumer generated music, much in the same way that video sharing hubs have driven user generated video, said Dusty Welch, Head of Publishing for RedOctane. With the introduction of our advanced high-quality new wireless instruments, in-depth customization options and advanced online functionality, the game enables music fans and gamers globally to share in the most social and expressive music experience ever.
Guitar Hero World Tour delivers more ways to play than ever before. Virtual musicians can live out their rock and roll fantasies by playing either a single instrument, or any combination of instruments, in addition to the full band experience. In addition to all of the online gameplay modes from Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Guitar Hero World Tour introduces Battle of the Bands mode which allows eight players to join online and challenge each other band-to-band to determine who is the best of the best. In the Band modes, up to four players can jam together, online or off, as they progress through the game, and in single-player Career Mode, players can jam on any of the instruments in branching venue progression enabling them to rock out in the order of their choice.
The games innovative new Music Studio lets players express their musical creativity by giving them access to a full compliment of tools to create digital music from scratch, utilizing all of the instruments, and then play their compositions in the game. Music creators will also be able to share their recordings with their friends online through GHTunes where other gamers can download their unique compositions and play them.
The latest instalment from the #1 best-selling video game franchise of 2007, Guitar Hero World Tour will transform music gaming by marrying Guitar Heros exhilarating guitar gameplay, with a cooperative band experience that combines the most advanced wireless instruments with revolutionary new online and offline gameplay modes. The game will feature a slick newly redesigned guitar, a genuine electronic drum kit and a microphone, as well as an innovative Music Studio music creator that lets players compose, record, edit and share their own rock and roll anthems, along with online Band Career and 8-player Battle of the Bands.
Delivering the largest on-disc set list in a music-rhythm game to-date, Guitar Hero World Tour is comprised entirely of master recordings from some of the greatest classic and modern rock bands of all-time including Van Halen, Linkin Park, The Eagles, Sublime and many more. Additionally, the game will offer significantly more localized downloadable music than ever before on all of the next-generation consoles. Budding rock stars will also be given creative license to fully customize everything from their characters appearance and instruments to their bands logo and album covers.
In addition to a newly designed more responsive guitar controller and microphone, Guitar Hero World Tour will deliver the most realistic drum experience ever in a video game with an authentic electronic drum kit. Featuring three drum pads, two raised cymbals and a bass kick pedal, the drum controller combines larger and quieter, velocity-sensitive drum heads with soft rubber construction to deliver authentic bounce back and is easy to set up, move, break down and store.
Guitar Hero has set the standard for music-based gaming and with Guitar Hero World Tour and the games groundbreaking Music Studio, we are once again delivering unprecedented innovation that has the potential to revolutionize consumer generated music, much in the same way that video sharing hubs have driven user generated video, said Dusty Welch, Head of Publishing for RedOctane. With the introduction of our advanced high-quality new wireless instruments, in-depth customization options and advanced online functionality, the game enables music fans and gamers globally to share in the most social and expressive music experience ever.
Guitar Hero World Tour delivers more ways to play than ever before. Virtual musicians can live out their rock and roll fantasies by playing either a single instrument, or any combination of instruments, in addition to the full band experience. In addition to all of the online gameplay modes from Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Guitar Hero World Tour introduces Battle of the Bands mode which allows eight players to join online and challenge each other band-to-band to determine who is the best of the best. In the Band modes, up to four players can jam together, online or off, as they progress through the game, and in single-player Career Mode, players can jam on any of the instruments in branching venue progression enabling them to rock out in the order of their choice.
The games innovative new Music Studio lets players express their musical creativity by giving them access to a full compliment of tools to create digital music from scratch, utilizing all of the instruments, and then play their compositions in the game. Music creators will also be able to share their recordings with their friends online through GHTunes where other gamers can download their unique compositions and play them.