Activision announces Guitar Hero: Aerosmith!!!

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World Renowned Recording Group Aerosmith Rocks This Way to Guitar Hero®: Aerosmith®

Epic Collaboration Creates First Music-Based Game to Feature One Band

Free Download of ''Dream On'' Offered to Commemorate Alliance

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fire up the fret board, crank the amp to 11 and get ready to rock this way with Activision, Inc.'s (Nasdaq:ATVI) Guitar Hero®: Aerosmith®, the first game built around the legendary music of America's Greatest Rock 'N Roll Band: Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer. Slated for release this June, this latest installment from the franchise with the #1 best-selling video game in 2007, puts players in the shoes of Perry (guitar), Whitford (guitar) and Hamilton (bass), as they rock out alongside frontman Tyler and drummer Kramer. Gamers will experience Aerosmith's GRAMMY® winning career, from their first gig to becoming rock royalty, in a way that no other entertainment vehicle offers.

To celebrate this historic, ground-breaking collaboration, Guitar Hero® III: Legends of Rock fans will have the opportunity to download and jam to Aerosmith's "Dream On." The song will be available for free from February 16-18 on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION®Store for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system. For more information, please visit www.guitarhero.com.

"Having a game built around Aerosmith has been a huge honor and really a great experience for us," says Joe Perry. "We've put a lot of ideas into the game so that fans can have fun interacting with our music, getting inside our body of work and learning about the band's history."

Steven Tyler says, "Any band that can go from 'Don't Want to Miss A Thing' (Aerosmith's #1 smash hit) to the ass-kicking 'Sweet Emotion' to the cheekiness of 'Love in an Elevator,' to the classic ballad 'Dream On' shows why Activision chose us to headline this game based on the diversity of the Aerosmith catalog. Not only is songwriting a *****, but then it goes and has puppies."

Perry adds, "On a larger scale, it's cool for us to be pioneers helping to rebuild the music industry through a format like video games. It's great for rock since the record companies are struggling to make sense of how things are changing. Fans want to get and experience music in new formats--and there are going to be some of them who will play the game, then pick up the guitar for real and start bands. It's what's happening now, and it's only going to build more momentum in the future. It's a massive change for the music business."

"We are extremely excited that Aerosmith chose to team up with Guitar Hero, bringing one of the world's all-time best-selling artists together with one of the biggest video game brands, to deliver a new and unique interactive way for our customers to connect with artists and their music," said Dusty Welch, head of publishing for Activision/RedOctane. "This partnership will give Aerosmith, a band that has sold more than 150 million albums worldwide, a powerful and innovative platform to reach their fans and new audiences."

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith brings these quintessential rock legends to the interactive realm to create the ultimate gaming experience. As fans progress through their careers in the game, they can rock out to scores of Aerosmith's greatest hits, as well as songs from celebrated artists that the band has either performed with or has been inspired by in some way. Venues from historical moments during the band's illustrious career offer the experience of "sweet emotion" and further capture the essence of the band's rise to fame.

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith is being developed by Neversoft Entertainment for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system. The Wii™ version is being developed by Vicarious Visions. The PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system version is being developed by Budcat. The game is not yet rated by the ESRB.

http://kotaku.com/356916/dream-on-wi...hero-aerosmith

[CptGreedle]

Isn't this starting to get to be a little much?

[GreenScar]

I may just have to take up the guitar!

I love Aerosmith!

[Borris]

Now if only they could do Guitar Hero featuring U2's The Edge and Adam Clayton.

[WeApOn]

I really hope they don't think they can get people to pay full price for a new game already--- let alone ONE BAND.

[Thegide]

This is the best they could come up with? Aerosmith?!? Not to trash the band, but aren't they kinda washed up for this gig? And we're going to have a new guitar hero game built off boring note charts for three dozen rock ballads and a handful of upbeat songs? The Aerosmith songs in existing GH games already put me to sleep.

I want to see this about as much as I want to see Guitar Hero: George Michael.

[quaylie]

I think this is a filler in until Guitar Hero 4.

[evo_dadi]

Originally Posted by CptGreedle

Isn't this starting to get to be a little much?

very much so as much as i like aerosmith this is a bit too much.

[Chocolatejas]

A filler like the 80s? 80s was fun for like 2 weeks. Have't touched it since then.

[Steelmaker]

It's all about Rock Band and DLC baby! I've left Guitar Hero behind me!

[Chocolatejas]

Originally Posted by Steelmaker

It's all about Rock Band and DLC baby! I've left Guitar Hero behind me!

Same here.

[rebfandan]

Originally Posted by CptGreedle

Isn't this starting to get to be a little much?

Absolutely ridiculous! I used to think anything GH put out was gospel. But over the last couple of years I am just so freakin' bored with it. I do agree that this is just filler until....Guitar Hero CREED! Can they take us higher? I pass.

[WickyWoo]

It's probably if nothing else than an effort to keep them off the Rock Band DLC train.

I'm fully convinced that GH is trading more on a name than anything else, and by next Christmas the far superior rock of Rock Band will crush it.

[foots]

I'll take Rock Band DLC over this any day.

[hardcore_canadian]

They'll release JUST the game right?

[kingofgrills]

Originally Posted by rebfandan

Absolutely ridiculous! I used to think anything GH put out was gospel. But over the last couple of years I am just so freakin' bored with it. I do agree that this is just filler until....Guitar Hero CREED! Can they take us higher? I pass.

Well, now that Neversoft has taken over Guitar Hero duty from Harmonix, be prepared to have these installments shoved up our @sses as often as Tony Hawk games.

I used to love Tony Hawk games too.

Aerosmith should have released a band pack on Rock Band instead. What's the point of being Aerosmith if you can't act a fool as Steven Tyler?

Rock Band DLC is definitely where it's at. Guitar Hero's best days are behind them.

[BStecke]

Depending on the song selection I may get it. I like some Aerosmith . . . Metallica makes more sense, but whatever. I still like the Guitar more on Guitar Hero 3 than Rock Band. Plus I haven't had any interest in any of the DLC for Rock Band yet. The Nine Inch Nails pack coming out though . . . I'm all over it.

[JakeNRoland]

I think Aerosmith is cool, but I can't imagine paying full price for a game with just them, and just guitar. If Rock Band did the same thing... maybe. Though again, not sure I'd want to pay full price for it.

Unless Guitar Hero starts lowering their prices to maybe $50 or below, I can't imagine justifying a guitar only game purchase now that I've played Rock Band. But maybe that's just me.

I might check out the free track of Dream On. That's about the only reason I'll go back to GHIII, is free add on stuff. Otherwise screw Activision.

[bilbravo]

Originally Posted by hardcore_canadian

They'll release JUST the game right?

Hopefully. Although I wouldn't mind buying it if it came with a bluetooth guitar that worked with GH1-3.

If they were smart they would make this a downloadable game for $20.

[Amon37]

I don't like aerosmith enough to buy a game just with their songs.