Neowin News Feed for: Guitar

A happy Linus Torvalds is offering to build a guitar pedal for one lucky Linux dev

Sayan Sen — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 08:52:01 +0000

Linus Torvalds is quite happy this holiday season with how things have been going in his personal and professional life. As such, he has offered to build a guitar pedal for one lucky developer. Read more...

Save 96% off the Learn to Play Piano, Guitar & Drums Master Class Bundle

News Staff — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 20:00:01 +0000

With today's highlighted deal, you can go from novice to bona fide musician with 83 hours of hands-on instruction in playing instruments, songwriting, and producing, via Neowin Deals! Read more...

Save 97% off this Complete Guitar Master Class Bundle

News Staff — Fri, 03 Jul 2020 16:46:01 +0000

Develop a new talent and unleash the musician in you with 27 hours of training on guitar patterns, chords, riffs, techniques, and more with this deal that lets you save over $1,350 off the cost. Read more...

No Doubt sues Activision over use in Band Hero

Matthew Hopson — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:04:21 +0000

Rock group "No Doubt" have filed a law-suit over the band's appearance in Band Hero, Activision's latest spin-off of the Guitar Hero video game franchise. The group contend that the game has transformed them into... Read more...

Range of 'Hero' style games announced, given release dates

Sam Symons — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 02:45:23 +0000

Our good friends at Activision continue to see the 'Hero' series of games as a money making machine, and there is no signs of this frame of thought disappearing any time soon. Eurogamer is reporting... Read more...

Jesus-approved versions of Guitar Hero, DDR and The Sims.

Mitchell LeBlanc — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:20:17 +0000

You've heard of 'Guitar Hero', but what about 'Guitar Praise'? An offering (no pun intended) from Digital Praise Media, 'Guitar Praise' is a PC game that comes with a wireless guitar and features gameplay similar... Read more...

Guitar Hero World Tour touring with Sting, and Tool

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:05:01 +0000

For the first time in the Guitar Hero franchise, last year's Legends of Rock allowed gamers to play as (or against) likenesses of real-life axe-men. Unfortunately, the lineup of legends was rather slim, consisting of... Read more...

(PC) Guitar Hero III 1.1 Patch out now

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:40:42 +0000

Aspyr Media has issued a patch for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, updating to v1.1 the PC version of the game. This update adds many general fixes and improvements so it is recommended that... Read more...

Gibson Shows Self-Tuning Guitar

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:30:01 +0000

Musicians of the world are getting a new kind of artistic freedom with technology that eliminates the challenging chore of tuning. "Powertune," a robotics technology developed by German company Tronical Gmbh in partnership with Gibson... Read more...

Guitar Hero III boosts record sales in US!

Todd Tanner — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:58:07 +0000

There are early indications that Guitar Hero III has had a significant impact on record sales for bands featured in the game. The game, subtitled Legends of Rock, was released in the US at the... Read more...

Guitar Hero III PC goes gold (Mac version later this year)

Todd Tanner — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:36:53 +0000

AUSTIN, TX – November 12, 2007 – Aspyr Media has granted computer gamers a license to shred with the announcement that Activision, Inc.'s best-selling Guitar Hero® III: Legends of Rock is now available for the... Read more...

All 74 Guitar Hero 3 (new) songs revealed

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:38:19 +0000

Here's an early leak of the complete 74 songs list in Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock. Of course developer Neversoft had hoped to keep the last remaining 14 songs a secret until the American... Read more...

Guitar Hero III coming to PC and Mac!

Todd Tanner — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:08:46 +0000

The rock gods have spoken, and gamers around the world will now be able to unleash their inner-rock star on two brand new platforms. Aspyr Media, in partnership with Activision, Inc. today announced that the... Read more...

80s Guitar Hero golden, setlist finalized

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:58:40 +0000

Like a syndicated weekly dance program from the decade it touts so highly, Activision's Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s is Solid Gold. Actually, the publisher today just announced that the game has "gone gold,"... Read more...

Next Guitar Hero will rock the 80's next!

Todd Tanner — Fri, 11 May 2007 02:03:15 +0000

One of the worst-kept secrets in the games industry is finally out. After weeks of rumors, Activision has finally confirmed that Guitar Hero: Rocks the 80s is in the works. So far, the game has... Read more...

Guitar Hero developer annouces next game - Rock Band!

Todd Tanner — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 19:42:30 +0000

Harmonix, developer of the blockbuster Guitar Hero franchise, MTV: Music Television, a division of MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom, and Electronic Arts today announced Rock Band, an all-new platform for music fans and gamers... Read more...

Guitar Hero lawsuit settled out of court

Marcel Klum — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 18:09:06 +0000

RedOctane, Activision and peripherals manufacturer The Ant Commandos have settled the Guitar Hero lawsuit initiated in August this year. The suit accused The Ant Commandos of copyright infringement over Guitar Hero controllers, while the peripherals... Read more...

Guitar Hero II confirmed for 360, but not until 2007

Todd Tanner — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 16:28:12 +0000

Guitar Hero, which according to some people is the greatest game ever made, will be getting a sequel come this November on the Playstation 2, titled oddly enough - Guitar Hero II. Many gamers have... Read more...

Guitar Hero II rocks in November

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:43:28 +0000

Red Octane yesterday announced that Guitar Hero II will be released across Europe in November, and as close to the North American launch as possible. Although a tracklist for the game is yet to be... Read more...