Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock

Publisher: Activision Inc.

Developer: Neversoft

Category: Simulation

Release Dates

N Amer - 10/28/2007

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British Rockers Muse to Play Encore in Downloadalbe Content for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Known for their exhilarating live performances and unique blend of rock music styles, British trio Muse is returning to Guitar Hero for an encore performance with the release of a three track downloadable song pack for Activision Inc.’s Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Charity Challenge to Benefit Starlight Starbright Children’s Foundation
Highest Scoring Rockers Win An All-Expense Paid Trip To Southern California For Tour Of Neversoft’s Studio

Def Leppard Issue Unreleased Single As Exclusive Downloadable Content For Guitar Hero IIi: Legends Of Rock
Quintessential Def Leppard Track Pack Releases on April 24, 2008

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Announces New Sponsor Activision
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum announced today that Activision, Inc. has signed on as a new sponsor, supporting the museum’s efforts to collect, preserve and interpret the global impact of rock and roll music

Activision Unveils New March DLC for Guitar Hero III
New downloadable songs for Activision Inc.’s Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock are set to storm living rooms across the globe

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Description

Turning it up to 11, Guitar Hero fans will channel their inner rock god using Gibson Guitar’s Les Paul and Kramer models as the industry standard. In addition, players will experience an incredible number of newly added features and explosive content including a new multiplayer action-inspired battle mode, grueling boss battles, a bevy of exclusive unlockable content and authentic rock venues. Expanded online multiplayer game modes will also allow axe-shredders worldwide to compete head-to-head for true legendary rock status.

While continuing to retain all the key features from their prior legendary performances, fresh downloadable content will be offered on multiple platforms, and players can now shred to a killer set list from many of the gnarliest rock songs ever recorded. Delivering more master tracks than ever before, strategic partnerships have been secured with all the major and independent music record labels and publishers to allow unrivaled access to their deep history of music catalogs, along with supplying artists’ original recordings for even greater authenticity.

Features

The initial list of face-melting awesomeness includes:

  • Paint It Black (by The Rolling Stones)
  • Cherub Rock (by Smashing Pumpkins)
  • Sabotage (by Beastie Boys)
  • The Metal (by Tenacious D)
  • My Name is Jonas (by Weezer)
  • Knights of Cydonia (by Muse)
  • Rock And Roll All Nite (as made famous by Kiss)
  • School’s Out (as made famous by Alice Cooper)
  • Slow Ride (as made famous by Fog Hat)
  • Cult of Personality (by Living Colour)
  • Barracuda (as made famous by Heart)

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ESRB Rating

Teen
Lyrics
Mild Suggestive Themes

GameZone's Review/Preview

8.8

GZ Rating

Gameplay8.9
Graphics8.5
Sound9.3
DifficultyMed/Hard
Concept8
Multiplayer8.3
Overall8.8

Reviewer: Michael Lafferty

Review Date: 10/31/2007


Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock offers a terrific song list, entertaining graphics, but does have a few off-key moments

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Michael Lafferty - 07/11/2007

Guitar Hero III looks to rock the house with new gameplay elements, graphics

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