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Guitar Hero: Metallica supports Lips mic, Rock Band 2 patch 'this summer'

by James Ransom-Wiley on Apr 3rd 2009 12:59PM

Microsoft has issued a plea to new and future purchasers of Guitar Hero: Metallica for Xbox 360 to also please, please, PLEASE buy its Lips karaoke game -- for the microphones. Didn't you know? The metal music game features built-in support for those uh-huh-they-do-sparkle mics. Neversoft, the current Guitar Hero developer, initially confirmed this compatibility -- which isn't coming to World Tour -- on its Twitter feed last month, but the posting has since been removed. Nevertheless, Guitar Hero: Metallica is the first music game to support the much praised, wireless Lips peripheral, which has been unsuccessfully bundled with a mediocre singing game.

Additionally, Microsoft has tentatively dated that long-ago-promised Rock Band 2 patch for "this summer" and suggested that additional titles supporting its mic will be available later this year. When, surely, we'll be able to purchase a standalone Lips mic. Pretty please?

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Tags: guitar-hero, guitar-hero-metallica, inis, lips, Microsoft, mics, neversoft, rock-band, rock-band-2, wireless, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (27)

Yay?

I would only buy them if they had the controls on the mic. I don't see why they don't.

yeah this is a mess lol

yay for more compatibility

So does this mean me might possibly be getting it for World Tour too?? Yay??

From above - "confirmed this compatibility -- which isn't coming to World Tour"

Anything is possible if you just believe.

This article peeks at a much larger issue.

Microsoft and their attempts at the casual market = FAIL

When your system caters to such a small niche (i.e. FPS crowd) it's tough to break that mold of a public image.

this is the first time ive been confused by a post
I can use my Lips mic on GH:M right now?

Cool? On a related note does Guitar Hero: Metallica wii version connect to 4 wiis?

...what?!

Why all the delays from rock band, it takes 6 + months to implement?

Agreed. I bought that game, fully understanding the mics wouldn't work YET for RB, but that Harmonix was working on a patch. I played the game once, realized the songs were horrible, and haven't touched it since...

Now the wireless mics are gathering dust.

@gib: "I played the game once, realized the songs were horrible"

C'mon! You mean you don't like UM-BER-ELLA ELLA ELLA by Rihanna?! That's pure gold! Plus, easy achievements... I mean, c'mon!

This seems needlessly snarky. I get that you guys don't like Lips already.

It's not a bad karaoke game. Different people enjoy it that I can't even get to play much of Rock Band. Get over it already.

Right on. As I stated when it was released, patch it to work with RB, and I'll buy it for the mics.

I bought it for the mics but the game stopped working for me. No scratches but it becomes so laggy on local games. The game locks up at points. If there is to much shaking from the mic it'll lock up as well.

love the mics but when I bought it I expected the RB patch by end of Jan 09.

I like Lips, it's a good game. They need to get better DLC, that's for sure, and the online community is not that good. But it's a fun game and people getting it only for the mics should at least give it a try.

Are the mics better quality than the standard rock band ones?

The rock band/logitech sound like crap on a good loud sound system. The premium rock band mic was awesome but broke in a couple of weeks...

Why would they patch GH:M but not GH:WT? Aren't they the same friggin' game engine? Or is Guitar Hero World Tour already old hat since they've got GHM and GH:Greatest Hits on the way as well.

James- Major Nelson just tweeted that the patch also allows for use with Rock Band 2 right now. Not sure if it's true, check it out.

http://twitter.com/majornelson

I was at BB, and the price on Lips was down to $50. So maybe the longer it takes for LIPS compatibility to come to RB, the lower the price. "You're in The Movies" was $20. If I hadn't made the mistake of buying it in December, I'd finally pick it up, if only for the second video camera.

$20!!! Thank you sir, I am going to get that RIGHT NOW, I was waiting for a price drop and then forgot all about it.

That is soo METAL!

/sarcasm

The mics are awesome, but LIPS sucks. Much.

Sweet i'm going to buy lips right now

The Beatles: Rock Band will hopefully support these mics as well.

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