They’re two of the biggest game publishers, they both have the hottest music games out right now, and to be fair, they both do a their own share of shovelware production. This week, we want to know:
Tell us why in comments and check out the results on the next Infendo Radio!
Infendo reader Ki used an unlicensed nuclear accelerator to nab this picture in a New Zealand game store. Activision may have shut down the protection grid, but it seems likely another publisher will prepare for the coming of Gozer. Let’s hope they don’t cross the streams.
Ghostbusters nerds should be able to decode that. If that excludes you…nothing happens. I go to jail peacefully, quietly. I’ll enjoy it.
Everyone else? Not so much.
You see, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith was not intended for rhythm game fans. Maybe not even music fans. It was made for die-hard Aerosmith fans.
No surprises here, really. Guitar Hero: World Tour will look at lot like Rock Band when it comes out. There’s only so much you can do with the screen with today’s rhythm game. The real test will be the custom song tracks and online play. After the reaction to yesterday’s E3 conference you’d think this third party game isn’t coming to a Nintendo system, but, oh, yes, yes it is.
I told you so.
Not bad at all for a Wii game. This might just win top Wii game at E3. Yup, a third party.
Hit the jump for a few more screens from both the Wii, and DS versions. We’ll be sure to post up the official Wii trailer when it hits the press.
Treyarch might have rushed the development of the so-so Call of Duty 3, but they’re not making the same mistake twice. With almost 2 years of development time Call of Duty World at War seems to be coming along nicely. Still no video, or screens for the Wii, or DS versions, but there’s always E3.
We’ve managed to compile all we know about CoD5 on both Nintendo platforms. Be sure to check out our preview. We know you’ll love what you read.
Activision has updated the official Guitar Hero: On Tour Web site with new content, including 16 custom skins for the DS plug-in grip.
Among the new designs are multi-colored variations of the Guitar Hero logo, a hard-rocking alien robot and a hellish motif with chains, bones and a fist rising above the flames.
Head over to the Guitar Hero: On Tour site to download a design, print it out and customize your cramp-inducing plastic grip.
The Guitar Hero series has always been about making you feel like a Rock god, a “Guitar Hero” if you will. The series has spanned many consoles and now finally manages to jump over to the portable market. I bet you guys are eagerly wondering if this game is any good, and are awaiting my blessing or my quashing of this title. So come join me inside for a trip down the path of becoming a portable rock god. (more…)
The portable version of Guitar Hero was released for DS today. Did you get it? What do you think? And look forward to Infendo’s review coming soon!
Santa Monica, CA – June 23, 2008 – Leave your packs and bring extra ammo, Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) and Treyarch, announced today that they will be taking Call of Duty players deep into the South Pacific and European theaters this fall for Call of Duty: World at War™, a gritty fight that will pit players against enemies that know no surrender and show no mercy. Utilizing the Call of Duty 4®: Modern Warfare engine, Call of Duty: World at War throws out the rulebook of war to transform WWII combat through a new enemy, new tactics and an uncensored experience of the climatic battles that gripped a generation. As U.S. Marines and Russian soldiers, players will employ new features like cooperative gameplay, and weapons such as the flamethrower in the most chaotic and cinematically intense experience to date.
Treyarch senior producer Noah Heller revealed details about the Wii version of Call of Duty: World at War in an interview with VideoGamer.com at the game’s official London unveiling.
In good news for Wii aficionados frustrated by weak development efforts, Heller confirmed the Wii version will have a co-op mode, support multiplayer and utilize the Wii Zapper peripheral.
Perhaps most encouragingly, though, he actually seemed to give a crap about the Wii version. Said an enthusiastic Heller:
“(World at War) is going to look better than any Wii game I’ve ever seen on the market. … For all intents and purposes, it’s the same game (as the ‘next-gen’ version). It will easily be the best shooter on the Wii.”
As reported on Infendo earlier this month, Treyarch is developing the Wii version of World at War on-site using a ported version of the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare engine.
Sounds promising. First The Conduit, now Call of Duty: World at War…could the potential for Wii shooters finally be realized?
GameDaily has the story, that’s informative and well worth your time. But here’s the really juicy part:
Players can either download songs to the Wii System Memory or store songs on a SD Card, called the “Rock Archive”. When you want to play songs from the Rock Archive, players can create a custom set list, and then choose a venue and play!
Thanks, SD Cards! What’s more, it sounds like the Wii version of Guitar Hero World Tour will match its 360/PS3 counterparts in every way, including both online cooperative and multiplayer, create a player mode, and the music editor.
Developer attitudes and excuses sure do change once you’ve established yourself as the leading console.
Joystiq yesterday posted several new details on major upcoming Activision titles, based on information from an Intellisponse survey leaked on the popular NeoGAF gaming forum.
The juiciest details concern Guitar Hero: World Tour, which the survey states will be priced at $180 on all current-gen platforms, Wii included, and feature music from artists such as Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Foo Fighters, Smashing Pumpkins, Korn, System of a Down, Ozzy Osbourne, Interpol, Muse and “dozens more.”
Most compelling, however, are details about the game’s new “touch-sensitive” guitar. According to the survey, Guitar Hero: World Tour will utilize an “all new wireless guitar controller with the first-ever touch-sensitive neck slide,” apparently allowing for a more authentic guitar-playing experience than can be provided by mere buttons.
I love Guitar Hero, and I plan on buying World Tour later this year, but I’m having a hard time understanding this marketing ploy by Activision. It’s a weird mish mash of vandalism, cheapness, bad taste and quick thinking (you know Rock Band’s guys had the same idea cooking in their heads too). Seriously, that’s the same posterboard stuff I can buy at my local CVS. Then again, it was quick thinking, and a lot of people like GH. Like I said, I’m torn… (hence the humor tag)
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