GDC09: PlayStation gets new Home space, Backstage with Guitar Hero

Not long after announcing that they'd be opening up three new Home space per month, Sony announced in conjunction with Activision today that "Backstage with Guitar Hero" would open up tomorrow in Home. It's a Guitar Hero-themed space (dur) that looks slightly like the stage at the House of Blues merged with a backstage area. Equipment cases are piled up all over the place, and it's cavernous enough to house plenty of rhythm-based music fans.

You'll be able to watch trailers for upcoming titles in the Guitar Hero franchise, as well as access "Behind the Scenes" footage" on a separate screen. There's also a VIP space in the back which is sealed off by a velvet rope, and Activision wants your feedback about what exactly should be behind it. We imagine there will be scads of votes for "champagne room" and/or "strippers.

Besides hobnobbing with your thrasher buddies, you can also play RockGod... a Simon-esque "match the chord" minigame, which you play by mashing the buttons along a to series of notes. Compete for top spots on the leaderboard, and sneer at your fellow Home-dwellers. Rock on! Check out video of the new space behind the break.

PlayStation Home: Backstage with Guitar Hero

Reader Comments (23)

looks like fun...........

{ Mar 25th 2009 at 7:36PM } ?????

can you guys set the time on the articles or something?? lol

Yes, obviously we can.

nice...lol

Joystiq writing transcends the boundaries of time.

1.21 GIGAWATTS!!!

Much better.

"1.21gigawatts!?!?!?

How could I have been such a fool!!?!?!"

Would be cool if you had to have the platinum trophy to get past the velvet rope.

it would be cooler if the game had trophies.

Really? GH:WT doesn't have trophies? I wouldn't know. I'm a Rock Band-er.

yeah i have both. no trophies. granted, i haven't played it in a month so that might have changed but i would have found out by now.

If only one of them had trophies... actually, scratch that. If only RockBand2 would come out here (Australia) We still dont even have a release window, GG EA

@ Troy Powers

Yeah that is something that Sony needs to implement into Home. Whenever you get a Platinum Trophy in a game, and that game has a corresponding Space, you should get 'rare' clothing or object to keep or access to a room or something.

Now that you mention it Sony is behind in giving us that 3D Trophy Gallery.

I think that has to be done by the Devs. Like with the Namco Museum demo/game on the HK and JP store...

and I agree I want My trophy Room!!!

i could use a trophy case in my home apt

Yeah thats one thing I would be looking forward to. They give us a tonne of mantle/shelf space in our summer homes but no trophies to put on them. Wassupwiddat?!

Implement some music minigames and we'll talk business

Wow. Wasted Back to the Future reference.
Let's try it again.

A for effort?

Yeah.. these spaces really need some type of minigame with refrence to the real game. And some trophy related stuff needs to be implemented aswell. The VIP section should be VIP, in other words, it could be off limits to people who havent achieved a certain highscore on GH:WT. And that section should contain something that would make people play more to get access to, or smthn.

On another note, 3 spaces a month sounds awesome. As long as there's some content and not just another hang-around with different furniture. Lets go minigames and trophies!!

the simon says game got boring after the first run-through.

exclusive rooms need to have game tie-ins. a certain has to be completed in order to unlock the VIP room which has clothes or band gear or GH-themed items to wear/pimp out your HOME space with. I'm sure asking for a drum kit or a guitar is a bit much to ask for my HOME space, but somewhere down the line, that's what i'd want.

GDC09: PlayStation gets new Home space, Backstage with Guitar Hero

PlayStation Home: Backstage with Guitar Hero

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