Guitar Hero: Aerosmith announced, GHIII getting 'Dream On' for free

by Jason Dobson { Feb 15th 2008 at 9:40AM }

In an announcement that may just usurp the throne from Electronic Arts as the king of milking franchises, Activision has announced plans for a new Guitar Hero title, casting aside the franchise's reputation for offering a wide breadth of rocking tracks in favor of highlighting a single band -- Aerosmith. The news echoes comments made by guitarist Joe Perry last year regarding the series' next installment, at which time he said that the next Guitar Hero game would be dedicated to the band's music.

The announcement comes following Activision's promise earlier this month to return to the well this year, with the newly announced Guitar Hero: Aerosmith currently expected to ship to retail in June with Neversoft handling the game for the Xbox 360 and PS3, and Vicarious Visions taking care of development on the Wii. Details remain nonexistent concerning what tracks we can expect to make the cut, with guitarist Joe Perry commenting only that the title is "based on the diversity of the Aerosmith catalog." With a game dedicated to one -- and only one -- band, we have to assume that whatever songs do find their way onto the disc, they'll be master tracks (they better be).

And if June seems to far off for those of you hugging your Steven Tyler doll while staring at the Pump tour poster on the wall, Activision has announced plans to release the band's 1973 power ballad 'Dream On' as a download for the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of GHIII (Sorry Wii owners, but you knew what you were getting into). The song will be free from February 16-18, so get it while it's hot!

Tags: activision, Aerosmith, breakingnews, guitar-hero, guitarhero, milking, neversoft, PSN, Vicarious-Visions, VicariousVisions, Xbox-Live, XboxLive

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)

Fernando Rocker @ Feb 15th 2008 9:45AM

I don't even know what to say...

wait in the car @ Feb 15th 2008 9:53AM

Lame, flop, and overrated come to mind.

Fernando Rocker @ Feb 15th 2008 9:59AM

It may work if they release only the disc, without guitar, and at $39.99.

But it's Activision...

Fernando Rocker @ Feb 15th 2008 10:12AM

They must be crazy, crazy, crazy...

Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Feb 15th 2008 10:13AM

Um, try 20 bucks, tops. Otherwise, epic failure.

Victor @ Feb 15th 2008 11:45AM

Here's what I'm saying:
Fuck this shit. I'm done with Guitar Hero

amy glasgow @ Feb 25th 2008 9:36AM

Ok... so I normally don't do this but I was just skimming through the comments, and I think all of you are dumbasses. Aerosmith is one of the greatest bands ever! Their ablum sales alone kick ass, and this is going to make more then all the other Guitar hero games. Dumbasses

mietha CAG @ Mar 12th 2008 1:15AM

"Their ablum sales alone kick ass, and this is going to make more then all the other Guitar hero games." So something is good because it sells well? You're either a sheep, a moron, or... what, that's redundant... Ok, you're an idiot either way. And it MIGHT outsell guiter hero 80s, simply because it's being released on current systems. It won't TOUCH I, II, or III.

Noel @ Feb 15th 2008 9:52AM

This headline from the press release seem less like something to brag about and more like something to be ashamed of:
"Epic Collaboration Creates First Music-Based Game to Feature One Band"

g.Park @ Feb 15th 2008 9:55AM

Come on, Guitar Hero, you're going to have to jump higher than that if you want to get over the shark!

Fernando Rocker @ Feb 15th 2008 9:57AM

I guess Surfer Girl was right... she (probably a fat guy) has been talking about this game for months...

Sinnix @ Feb 15th 2008 9:57AM

epic, epic fail...

SID SPACE @ Feb 15th 2008 9:57AM

DO NOT WANT

This sounds like it would get old really fast. Even if I did like Aerosmith, I would never buy an entire game based completely on ONE band. Mix it up a little, add some variety. Yeah, I know there are a lot of people out there who may worship Aerosmith, but they certainly aren't the greatest band to ever walk the Earth.

OMGOMG @ Feb 15th 2008 11:02AM

Maybe Led Zeppelin. That's the only band I could envision buying a GH game with only 1 artist. Nothing against Aerosmith, because I like them, but what makes GH and Rock Band great is the variety of artists in the game. Only having one is going to make the game collect dust even quicker than GHIII did.

Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Feb 15th 2008 11:52AM

Or Pink Floyd.

3cubed minus 3squared plus1 @ Feb 15th 2008 1:16PM

Or Queen.

Mr Khan @ Feb 15th 2008 4:43PM

Or the Who

Jhongerkong @ Feb 15th 2008 5:34PM

Or Smile.dk

mindg4m3 @ Feb 18th 2008 5:04PM

Or Metallica

SID SPACE @ Feb 15th 2008 10:00AM

Michael Bolton: "That's the worst idea I've ever heard in my life, Tom."

Samir: "Yes, this is horrible, this idea."

james.bonkowski @ Feb 15th 2008 10:01AM

Considering this is coming out in June, this is more like rock the 80s not "IV". I wouldn’t expect too much from it, but it could still be decent.

Tegolin @ Feb 15th 2008 10:55AM

Took the words out of my mousth

Zootittles @ Feb 15th 2008 10:06AM

I'd rather puke on a DVD ROM and try to play that.

Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Feb 15th 2008 10:12AM

Best comment today. I lol'ed

NorCal05 @ Feb 15th 2008 1:00PM

Winnar

harma41 @ Feb 15th 2008 10:07AM

Aerosmith is one of the top 5 most horrible bands ever. Why would you make a game based on such a terrible discography of absolute garbage.

I like GHIII, but I hope this fails hard.

baby sea tuna @ Feb 15th 2008 10:48AM

Because we all know that only good bands sell tons of albums, right?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macarena_%28song%29

THE WICKER MAN (BWF) (GT: Dalek Prime) @ Feb 15th 2008 10:53AM

report. No need to be a jerk about it. You must be one of the people that made Nsync such a hit. (and chumbawumba)

Cesaria @ Feb 15th 2008 11:42AM

No, sales don't necessarily translate to quality, I'm just saying the band has been around for nearly 40 years, and have sold shit tons of records, they must be doing something right. And for the record, take a look at my icon, that just screams NSync fan, doesn't it?

harma41 @ Feb 15th 2008 3:39PM

How could you listen to radiohead, and defend aerosmith. I thought my radiohead brethren had more respect for quality music.

[.sm0ke.] @ Feb 16th 2008 10:32AM

Hey guys? Chill. It's a fucking video game.

Cesaria @ Feb 16th 2008 12:16PM

I'm not necessarily just defending them and their music, I'm defending the fact that there are at least 1 million other shitty bands out there. Aerosmith has some pretty good songs, mostly from their back catalog, and there's a reason they've gotten this far. They at least have talent. And no, they do not even begin to compare to the brilliance that is Radiohead. Not. Even. Close.