Guitar Hero Van Halen

Activision shuts down RedOctane, Underground Development

by JC Fletcher (Feb 12th 2010 7:30PM)

Activision wasn't done after yesterday's round of layoffs. Kotaku reports that RedOctane, the former music game peripheral company that originally published Guitar Hero before being purchased by Activision in 2006, has been shut down, with only the staff directly involved with instrument development...

Van Halen and Crash Time 3 demos hit XBL

by Richard Mitchell (Dec 8th 2009 7:15PM)

Major Nelson has revealed that two new demos are available on Xbox Live Marketplace. The first is Guitar Hero: Van Halen. It's like Guitar Hero, but with Van Halen in it. At this point, if you need more description than that we can't really help you. The demo is available in all regions. The oth...

Runnin' Late with the Devil: Guitar Hero Van Halen delayed on PS3

by JC Fletcher (Oct 15th 2009 9:32AM)

If you have a PS3 and Guitar Hero 5, you might have noticed that, well, you don't have your free copy of Guitar Hero: Van Halen. While copies of the freebie are shipping out for the other systems, all PS3 owners are getting right now is an apologetic email. "Unfortunately, we made a printing error...

Buy one PS3 game at BestBuy.com, get a second for 50% off

by Ben Gilbert (Sep 7th 2009 10:15PM)

Here's our big, greedy idea: Buy one of the 140 PlayStation 3 titles being offered in the current BestBuy.com deal for a lucky friend's future Christmas present, and get one for ourselves in the process for half the price! Dealzon spotted the sale we're selfishly taking advantage of over the weeke...

Buy Guitar Hero 5, get Guitar Hero: Van Halen for free

by Justin McElroy (Aug 11th 2009 1:45PM)

Even if you're experiencing some music game overload, you have to take notice of something like this: Those who buy Guitar Hero 5 during the month of September will be able to send away for a free copy of Guitar Hero: Van Halen, which will be sent to them before it arrives in stores. OK, it's not...

First Guitar Hero: Van Halen trailer released, leaves us wanting for more

by Ben Gilbert (Aug 9th 2009 5:30PM)

Though Guitar Hero spin-off games have already set a precedent for low expectations in terms of playable songs, Guitar Hero: Van Halen will be arriving at retail with only 48 songs available to play (three of which are guitar solos, mind you). We think it's fair to be disappointed, as the $60 Activi...

No Guitar Hero: Van Halen for Europe this year

by Griffin McElroy (Aug 6th 2009 12:44PM)

We bring you sad tidings of yet another game's delay into 2010 -- but two elements of this particular delay may soothe your frayed nerves. First, the title in question will only be delayed in Europe, where a good number of you do not live. Second, the delayed title is Guitar Hero: Van Halen, which...

Jump for Guitar Hero: Van Halen's full track list

by David Hinkle (Aug 5th 2009 5:56PM)

Activision finally got around to confirming Guitar Hero: Van Halen in May and, while our question regarding which singer will be featured in the game has been answered, the featured tracks and release date have been a mystery ... until now! MTV Multiplayer managed to get the info straight from Act...