Wouldn't you know that not only can we safely say that Guitar Hero IV will be releasing by the end of the year, but that The Answer's "Never Too Late" will be a part of the game's setlist. How do we know? Well, from a rather unlikely source. UK band The Answers and their record label just put out a press release confirming their inclusion in Activision's upcoming GHIV which also confirmed the game's 2008 release date and the first official track on the setlist, their song, "Never Too Late". Interesting stuff indeed. We'd also be lying if we didn't say that we're a bit worried by the fact that the Guitar Hero franchise can churn out a sequel this quickly all while holding back a very strong competitor.
[Via Joystiq]
Reader Comments (20)
Posted: Feb 6th 2008 4:05PM BigDaddyBooth said
I really wish that they would start putting out good songs each week for their current game. I'm almost leaning towards not buying Guitar Hero 4, just because they aren't keeping up with Downloadable Content!
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Posted: Feb 6th 2008 4:07PM (Unverified) said
So apparently Activision's plan is to forget DLC and instead release two stand-alone games each year?
I loved GH2 and played it to death. Was eager for GH3 and played it a fair bit until Rock Band came out. I can't see myself ever going back to the GH franchise unless I pick it up super cheap in a bargain bin somewhere.
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I loved GH2 and played it to death. Was eager for GH3 and played it a fair bit until Rock Band came out. I can't see myself ever going back to the GH franchise unless I pick it up super cheap in a bargain bin somewhere.
Posted: Feb 6th 2008 4:24PM ZeroCorpse said
1. Is anybody else sick of Guitar Hero / Rock Band yet?
2. This band sounds like a poor man's karaoke Led Zeppelin. Bleh.
3. Seriously. Isn't ANYBODY else sick of these Simon games yet?
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2. This band sounds like a poor man's karaoke Led Zeppelin. Bleh.
3. Seriously. Isn't ANYBODY else sick of these Simon games yet?
Posted: Feb 6th 2008 4:36PM (Unverified) said
Hmm, rushing another version out to market and all but ignoring the existing one ... not really addressing glitchiness in the current game ... if I didn't know better, I'd say EA was associated with Guitar Hero III/IV rather than Rock Band.
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Posted: Feb 6th 2008 4:51PM Bobthemonkey said
I just don't get it. What else can you put in this game? Why not just release DLC for the next year?
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Posted: Feb 6th 2008 4:53PM (Unverified) said
it's all about rock band for me. the fact that they have affordable dlc each week is a plus!
hopefully rock band will have a update soon so there's band world tour online, or something similar.
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hopefully rock band will have a update soon so there's band world tour online, or something similar.
Posted: Feb 6th 2008 4:54PM (Unverified) said
well rock band does have a karaoke and drum portion.
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Posted: Feb 6th 2008 4:56PM (Unverified) said
Game fly!! to the rescue im sure my gh 2 guitar will work just fine on this expansion pack.
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Posted: Feb 6th 2008 4:58PM (Unverified) said
And are they not coming out with like 3 different versions too this year?
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Posted: Feb 6th 2008 5:36PM Yeah TB said
For people complaining about the DLC thing...
Would it not be cheaper to buy 60 or 70 songs all at once for $59.99, as opposed to 2-3 bucks per song or $6.25 for a 3 pack?
Don't get me wrong, I play a lot more Rock Band than GH at the moment and have a bunch of downloaded songs. But overall it's so much cheaper just to buy a new game.
Plus that's a whole 1000 new achievement points to work with. I thought everyone loved to obsess over the points.
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Would it not be cheaper to buy 60 or 70 songs all at once for $59.99, as opposed to 2-3 bucks per song or $6.25 for a 3 pack?
Don't get me wrong, I play a lot more Rock Band than GH at the moment and have a bunch of downloaded songs. But overall it's so much cheaper just to buy a new game.
Plus that's a whole 1000 new achievement points to work with. I thought everyone loved to obsess over the points.
Posted: Feb 6th 2008 6:43PM (Unverified) said
I prefer having one music platform that is extendable. I put in Rock Band and I can play any song for that game I want.
If I want to play Sweet Child of Mine, followed by Welcome to the Jungle I can't do it with GH without completely getting out of the game and firing up the next disk. It will be even worse when the fourth disc comes out.
Now, if GH4 was just an expansion pack that loaded 60 more songs into the existing platform that would be a different thing....but it's not.
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If I want to play Sweet Child of Mine, followed by Welcome to the Jungle I can't do it with GH without completely getting out of the game and firing up the next disk. It will be even worse when the fourth disc comes out.
Now, if GH4 was just an expansion pack that loaded 60 more songs into the existing platform that would be a different thing....but it's not.
Posted: Feb 6th 2008 7:18PM ccc said
This series lost it's appeal after the second one. The third gh3 was ass and now theres a fourth?!
Come on, this series is getting worse than the ddr games. The gh series has been out less than two and a half years now and we already have 4 of them with another on the way, GH is dead, dead like disco.
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Come on, this series is getting worse than the ddr games. The gh series has been out less than two and a half years now and we already have 4 of them with another on the way, GH is dead, dead like disco.
Posted: Feb 7th 2008 3:04PM (Unverified) said
i loved the gh games... but ever since buying rock band, i find it hard to get excited about gh news. probably b/c i've come to thoroughly enjoy karaoke as a result of rock band
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Posted: Feb 15th 2008 5:28PM (Unverified) said
Hi all I just wanna say guitar hero rocks, I love it and so do a lot of people I know do and I work with students, I cant wait for gh4 to come out Its fooking mental, as for rock band well lets say thats great if you have loads mates round all the time where as guitar hero is the best for playing on your own or co-op on the live, I will play rock band sometime but as it is i like the guitar and plan to rock on with gh for as long as poss and I am sure many others will to so all rockers out there lets rock on till we drop. GH rules
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