GH4: Aerosmith Confirmed

2008-02-15 by Jom | 55 Comments
Last September, rumors swirled that the Guitar Hero series would have a strictly-Aerosmith game in the series.

We can now substantiate that rumor.

(Courtesy of Yahoo! News)

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Activision Inc on Friday unveiled a new Guitar Hero video game focusing on the rock band Aerosmith, taking the billion-dollar franchise in a new direction.

Called Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, the new game will arrive in stores this summer, a surprise to many analysts and fans who had expected the next title to come out closer to the year-end holiday shopping season.

Aerosmith, known for hits such as "Dream On" and "Sweet Emotion," is the top-selling American rock band of all time, with sales of 66.5 million albums in the United States alone.

The game will feature about 30 Aerosmith songs as well as others from various acts that have opened for the band. The price has not yet been set.

"The premise is that it's going to cover the 30-plus years of the band, from high school all the way through the rock superstardom of today," Kai Huang, head of Activision's RedOctane unit, which guides development of the franchise, told Reuters in an interview. Huang said Activision had not yet decided whether it would offer a special controller with the Aerosmith game.

Tagged: Aerosmith

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combustion07
February 15th 2008
12882 Comments


Uh........ wow.

dub sean
February 15th 2008
1013 Comments


ha saw this on ultimate guitar...wow.

combustion07
February 15th 2008
12882 Comments


Anybody else kind of mad?

kmagnum
February 15th 2008
81 Comments


At least we have Rock Band

Thank god

VicariousIntent
February 15th 2008
1649 Comments


Ewww.

EverythingEvil2113
February 15th 2008
1329 Comments


Jesus Christ what's wrong with aerosmith? Only like one of the biggest bands in history, if anyone deserved a guitar hero game dedicated to them then it's probably them.

Zmev
February 15th 2008
983 Comments


if anyone deserved a guitar hero game dedicated to them then it's probably them.


You have obviously never played guitar hero. One of the fun things about the game is the variety in songs and artists picked, what is fun about playing 30 of the same band's songs?

EverythingEvil2113
February 15th 2008
1329 Comments


Ha seriously dude? Let's just say I'm decent at the game (aka beat through the fire and flames on expert) not that i think it's cool braggin up guitar hero scores because playing a real guitar is a whole lot more fun. My only point is that if a band did deserve getting a whole game dedicated to them than Aerosmith is probably a safe choice because they are universally loved.

McP3000
February 15th 2008
4121 Comments


This will suck so hard

ive never liked Aerosmith


and Led Zeppelin would be a lot more fun and diverse to have a Guitar Hero game centered on

McP3000
February 15th 2008
4121 Comments


Aerosmith:

CONFIRMED FOR BRAWL

combustion07
February 15th 2008
12882 Comments


I don't aerosmith but they sure as hell don't deserve 30 songs!

VicariousIntent
February 15th 2008
1649 Comments


lmfao McP300, I totally saw it coming. Steven Tyler's gigantic mouth will crush all foes on the battlefield.

8ight8all
February 15th 2008
178 Comments


Lame.

MadnessUnhallowed
February 15th 2008
403 Comments


Don't like Aerosmith, this will be terrible.

Dimmu Burger
February 15th 2008
82 Comments


Meh, I'd prefer Guitar Hero: Extreme Metal

Fort23
February 15th 2008
3776 Comments


or a strictly Converge.

Serpento
February 15th 2008
2351 Comments


Stephen Tyler's final smash: amazing

this news: not

Chewie
February 15th 2008
4544 Comments


damn... i'm actually really dissapointed, please redoctane and activision, dont do this.

Aficionado
February 15th 2008
1027 Comments


I would prefer no Guitar hero tbqfh

ohcleverhansyou
February 15th 2008
885 Comments


I think it's a good idea, but...the wrong band. They should've got together Slash and some other people to make a "new" band that you take to stardom or something. But then they'd need some thirty new songs, which I think would be pretty cool.

ironman4444
February 15th 2008
276 Comments


This is too much Aerosmtih. Seriously, 30 songs? Plus there's been plenty of Aerosmtih songs on other guitar heros.

Meatplow
February 15th 2008
5523 Comments


Guitar Hero: Burzum, Guitar Hero: Johnny Cash, Guitar Hero: Uwe Boll and Guitar Hero: Johann Sebastian Bach.

CoRpSeSlAyEr
February 15th 2008
855 Comments


This is really lame. Who the fuck actually wants to play Aerosmith on guitar hero. Why won't they learn to put songs that are actually guitar oriented on their games.

jarhead12343
February 15th 2008
25 Comments


Aerosmith are one of my favorite badns, but 30 songs is way to much tbh. I wuld be haapy with just 1 of their songs in guitar hero 4.

jarhead12343
February 15th 2008
25 Comments


ohh and btw it is not guitar hero 4. It is just an expansion for guitar hero 3 like rocks the 80s was for 2.

Yazz_Flute
February 16th 2008
19174 Comments


It better be. I like Aerosmith, but I would prefer more variety.

And yeah, they need something like Guitar Hero: Extreme Metal or something.

Win A Rabbit
February 16th 2008
60 Comments


i always thought the singer on gh3 looked like steven tyler. that's enough aerosmith guitar hero for me tbh.

Bfhurricane
February 16th 2008
6284 Comments


This blows. With Rock Band threatening Guitar Hero's existence, they need to find something innovative that will draw more customers and positive criticism.
This... will not. I can imagine this being fun for the first few songs.
And I'll cast my vote for Guitar Hero: Extreme Metal

McP3000
February 16th 2008
4121 Comments


You do realize that the most extreme band on GH: EM would be the new In Flames and maybe Atreyu

m/

FUKKIN ANARCHY BITCHES

Poet
February 16th 2008
6156 Comments


You do realize that the most extreme band on GH: EM would be the new In Flames and maybe Atreyu


:lol:

I'd rather have a Guitar Hero Dragonforce. That would be insane. Nothing like having 30 songs that I wouldn't even be able to pass on hard.

Doppelganger
February 16th 2008
3124 Comments


...and the franchise tanked

McP3000
February 16th 2008
4121 Comments


You'd be able to pass it on hard easily

after you be Through the Fire and the Flames you'd know the rest of the game except the solos

Poet
February 16th 2008
6156 Comments


You have a point. It isn't like it's Raining Blood esque with the random notes coming up on you.

botb
February 16th 2008
19810 Comments


wow, thats a really bad idea.

McP3000
February 16th 2008
4121 Comments


I think Extreme Metal guitar hero would be the best, or maybe a true Classic Rock one (70's), but either way they'd fuck it up.


icaught fire444
February 16th 2008
622 Comments


I'll pay 2 dollars. Final offer.

C.O.A.
February 16th 2008
55 Comments


They need to release an all metal edition of GH.

fuck aerosmith tbh.

SCREAM!
February 16th 2008
15755 Comments


GH: Extreme metal would be one of the best video games ever(if they did it correctly that it)

I really liked GH2 and 3 but im gonna stay away from this...this is really disapointing

hegster90
February 16th 2008
96 Comments


hopefully they'll reconsider this with the IMMENSE negative feedback they're getting. no guitar hero game should be dedicated to ONE band. that's just so...lame! They should have done like Rocks the 70s or Classic Rock, or Heavy Metal (because thats what these guys classify all kinds of metal as...), or Rocks the 90s, there are sooooo many ideas that are better than Guitar Hero: Aerosmith. poor show, activision.

gasmaskman
February 16th 2008
1006 Comments


RB > GH
Rock band is having an At The Gates song downloadable.

ATLbraves
February 16th 2008
193 Comments


At least we have Rock Band


Rock Band sucked.

And this will suck. What a waste of a Guitar Hero game. This is so pointless. Def not buying it.

McP3000
February 17th 2008
4121 Comments


I bet the worst thing about this game will be that crappy Aerosmith stickers that come on the guitar controller

FUKKIN EWW

Chewie
February 17th 2008
4544 Comments


"I think it's a good idea, but...the wrong band. They should've got together Slash and some other people to make a "new" band that you take to stardom or something. But then they'd need some thirty new songs, which I think would be pretty cool."

that would be so great, but Tom Morello, not fucking Slash.


DWittisarockstar
February 17th 2008
1501 Comments


Guitar Hero: Grunge. That I would actually buy.

Guitar Hero is stupid anyways.

Shattered_Future
February 17th 2008
1641 Comments


As fun as Last Child and Train Kept A Rollin are to play on GH and RB, respectively, I don't think I could take a game with 30 of those songs.

Muisee
February 17th 2008
679 Comments


The only band that could hold it's own GH would be Led Zeppelin. They are so diverse, had so many great tunes, and of course what else needs to be said about Page? Rock Band is so much easier then GH, so you have to hold out home for the series if you are a hardcore fan, but this just might kill it off. What is the point anymore business-wise, you have a more casual guitar based game now at market, better songs, more instruments, it may be over for the series.

I still want Folk Hero with guitar, mic and stand combo. You know if would be awesome.This Message Edited On 02.17.08

Thor
February 17th 2008
10384 Comments


Wow, this sucks.

McP3000
February 17th 2008
4121 Comments


Im with Muisee on the Led Zeppelin thing

im completey against the folk music hero though

it would be a series of chords and three pitches in the voice

GAY

Muisee
February 18th 2008
679 Comments


You would have to do both at the same time, or the game would be set-up where you should do both at the same time. Come on, I want some Folk music, at least cram it into Guitar Hero or Roch Band.

It would be awesome man! *Goes off to sob quietly*


El_Goodo
February 18th 2008
1016 Comments


This is really lame. Who the **** actually wants to play Aerosmith on guitar hero. Why won't they learn to put songs that are actually guitar oriented on their games.


Aerosmith isn't guitar based? Do you know what sound a guitar makes?

Joshshope777
February 18th 2008
3 Comments


Stupid. what the hell are they thinking? This is like releasing smash bros. brawl with only pokemon or something as stupid as that. GH's strength is in variety, take that away, it sucks.

Guitar Hero must recover

niobium
February 18th 2008
238 Comments


this fits so well

the lead singer in ghIII that has a mouth a little smaller than steven tylers

1drummer
February 19th 2008
330 Comments


yeah i guess they deserve it in a way, but im not playin that shit.

illpressureurhinges1
February 19th 2008
6 Comments


This is sad... What a waste.

WeLikeTheMoon62
February 20th 2008
11 Comments


. . .Really? Aerosmith? I just dont think that'll sell with the market that (i believe) buys GH games...Know what i mean?



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