Guitar Hero 5 announced

Mike Bantick
Friday, 08 May 2009 10:34

Your IT - Entertainment

Activision has given details on a slew of upcoming Guitar Hero titles, including Guitar Hero 5, DJ Hero and Band Hero.  Details that could have you shamelessly stating,  in your best Tina Turner warble: We don’t need another hero.

Guitar Hero is undeniably great fun, but there comes a point in time when a company might go one too many times to the fun well. 

Activision has opened up their intentions for more “Hero” games this upcoming [southern] sprint.  They include Guitar Hero 5, DJ Hero (including pictured turntable peripheral) and Band Hero.

The aim is to ensnare consumers who previously have not joined Guitar Hero’s legion of players.

Activision say;

* The company’s groundbreaking DJ Hero expands Guitar Hero’s signature social gaming to all-new consumers with the addition of diverse music genres including hip-hop, R&B, Motown, electronica and dance.  Introducing an all-new innovative turntable controller, DJ Hero transforms players into DJs who rule the club scene by creating original mixes of popular songs and music from the world’s most exciting artists and DJs.

* Letting fans continue to fulfill their rock fantasies, Guitar Hero 5 features the hottest rock and roll artists today as well as classic rock bands and gives players an unprecedented level of control over the way they play the game with the ability to drop in and out of songs and change band members, instruments and difficulty levels on the fly.

* Last but not least, Band Hero delivers an exciting music collection featuring top-40 hits designed to expand the experience to a new genre and appeal to a broad family audience who can play together on the guitar, drums, bass and microphone.   The game builds upon Guitar Hero’s easy-to-play, difficult-to-master signature gameplay and allows novice players and expert fans to join together on their favorite songs.

“Guitar Hero has made music social again and has become one of the most popular ways to experience music,” said Dan Rosensweig, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Guitar Hero franchise.  “Today’s fans enjoy a variety of music and are looking for more ways to engage with their favorite songs, artists and fellow fans.  These games will let them listen, participate and socialise with music in ways they have never been able to before.”

So we have a buttoned turntable for budding video DJ’s.  Most likely this will consist of the 3 buttons, plus a limited ‘up’ / ‘down’ turntable control, all in sync to hip-hop beats.

Guitar Hero 5 continues the successful formula, whilst Band Hero looks to be a more family orientated version of the World Tour concept. 

Does this mean we should expect a complete Partridge Family or Brady Bunch laden set-list?  Here is one vote for no.