Guitar Hero Metallica

[AdmiralViscen]

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6191921.html

Earlier this year, Activision unveiled Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, the first installment in its billion-dollar rhythm series based entirely on a band. No sooner had the publisher announced the deal than speculation began to spread about what the second band-based Guitar Hero game would be. Along with Van Halen, the most mentioned group was Metallica, the legendary San Francisco Bay Area heavy-metal quartet.

Time to ride the royalty lightning!

Now, talk of Guitar Hero: Metallica is no longer a case of wishful thinking or idle speculation--it's fact. When sifting through an SEC filing of Activision's over the weekend, Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Edward Woo--associate of the highly visible Michael Pachter--uncovered a gem in the section where the Santa Monica, California-based publisher discussed its upcoming game slate.

"In fiscal 2009, we plan to publish Guitar Hero: On Tour for the NDS; Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, Guitar Hero: Metallica, and Guitar Hero IV across multiple platforms," the company said in its report. Activision's fiscal year ends on March 31, 2009, which means that the game will likely follow the holiday release of Guitar Hero: World Tour (nee Guitar Hero 4).

Guitar Hero: Metallica will be the first time a game based on the multiplatinum-selling band--which has become only slightly less famous for its antipiracy efforts as its musical achievements--has made it to retail. However, it is the second such game to be announced. In 2003, Vivendi Games--which will soon merge with Activision--struck a deal to create a vehicular combat game inspired by Metallica's music. Unconfirmed reports stated that the project had been quietly canceled in 2005.

In other news, Activision's SEC filing also confirmed that the next James Bond game, which will be developed by Treyarch using the Call of Duty 4 engine, will indeed be titled Quantum of Solace like the next James Bond film.

[archie4208]

Milk does a body good.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

awkward promotional video or it didn't happen

[Howard Alan Treesong]

and they still haven't formally announced the Guitar Hero controller action game!

It's like four years of milking in one!

[fistfulofmetal]

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE

[Van Cruncheon]

i'll buy this like the twee little hetfield fanfaggot i am

[Powerslave]

Guitar Hero: Iron Maiden

[BobFromPikeCreek]

SAAAAAINT ANGA ROUND MAH NECKAH

Guitar Hero: Iron Maiden

Please god yes.

[Grecco]

Ill buy this.

[Robo]

I hate to say it, but I'll definitely buy this.  And worse, I'll probably end up getting GH: Aerosmith too. 

[chronovore]

Wow! It's like Rock Band DLC except four times the cost and only supporting one instrument. 

[Rman]

Wow, man, what the heck, Activision?!  I so prefer the DLC model offered by Rock Band.  How many times are you going to shell sixty bucks for basically the same game with new tracks?!

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Wow, man, what the heck, Activision?!  I so prefer the DLC model offered by Rock Band.  How many times are you going to shell sixty bucks for basically the same game with new tracks?!

Well I mean technically the sequels cost less per song than Rock Band DLC.

[Rman]

I guess from an interface perspective as well.  I would prefer having an electronic jukebox of sorts within a game like Rockband, instead of switching discs to play different songs. 

I'm not terribly against it, but I just don't want this to become a fight for exclusive songs, where you only can play certain songs on either RB or GH.

[CajoleJuice]

I'll probably end up getting GH: Aerosmith too. 

ROBO NOOOOOOO

[Powerslave]

SAAAAAINT ANGA ROUND MAH NECKAH

Guitar Hero: Iron Maiden

Please god yes.

Will never happen. Too underrated.