Guitar Hero is one of the most popular music franchises in the world, and it is slowly getting expanded across as many devices as possible. From Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, down to Nintendo DS, Guitar Hero's got it covered. And now, as The Guardian reports, it is now coming to Google's Android phone OS.T-Mobile announced the new game, which will be named Guitar Hero World Tour Mobile, to be the title that will kick off the new paid application service in the Android Market. The game itself will utilize the touch screen of the Android phones, and will initially feature 15 songs, including Black Sabbath's 'Paranoid' and 'Welcome to the Jungle' by Guns 'n' Roses, but there will be a new song release every month.
There's no word yet about pricing, but it has been revealed that there will be other games coming to Android, based on Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Tetris, and Monopoly. Exciting news for Android's Market, and will definitely kick it off to be a strong competitor to certain other mobile application distribution services. The question is, if Guitar Hero has already come to the Android market, why isn't it already on Apple's App Store?
What a load of ********!
[Reason for edit - to censor the swearing as there is a bug in the word filter. - CalumJR]
Last edited by CalumJR on 19 Feb 2009 - 23:05
I would rather get the satisfaction of learning to play the songs on a real guitar than playing dumbed-down versions on a plastic controller.
I would rather get the satisfaction of learning to play the songs on a real guitar than playing dumbed-down versions on a plastic controller.
Something tells me you haven't played the game ;D
Its been on apple store for ages
Guitar hero Rock tour ring a bell???
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This time, I will forward this onto them for you using our 'Report a Problem' feature, but in future, it would be a great help if you could use this too.
Thank you
However, I find you asking them to "not publicly question information" to be offensive. Everyone has the right to question everything.
However, I find you asking them to "not publicly question information" to be offensive. Everyone has the right to question everything.
I do apologise, dead.cell. I didn't mean to sound offensive when I wrote that and I asked these two users in a very polite manner.
There are three reasons I asked them not to publicly question information in the article.
1) It interrupts the flow of discussion regarding what the actual article is about (in this case, Guitar Hero arriving on Android phones).
2) The manner in which these two users questioned this article was offensive in itself, using phrases such as "WTF ur wrong" and "Yeh the writer of this article doesn't have much knowledge". Also, putting a pointless amount of question marks "???" does make a user's tone sound rude.
3) The 'Report a Problem' feature was created exactly for this purpose. This way the flow of discussion is not interrupted and also, a reporter's self esteem is not damaged. I merely asked them to use this feature as it really is helpful for the reporters and editors. We would like to try and prevent comments like the above in our news articles.
Again, I am sorry if I caused offense.
If you have any more questions, queries or problems, I will gladly answer them in a personal message
Thank you.
Last edited by CalumJR on 19 Feb 2009 - 15:26
Discussions are commonly interrupted and users bash each other much worse than calling into question whether or not the author is aware of Guitar Hero, clones or not, are already available.
Whether or not the topic is up-to-date or credible is indeed relevant.
What isn't relevant is the "This is news?" bandwagon where an article based on speculation or editorial is slammed based on the user's personal opinion of what is and isn't news and their ideal vision of how this site "should" be. (especially when they contribute nothing themselves)
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