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Songs from Paramore, Disturbed, Foster the People, more added to Guitar Hero Live

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Activision has announced ten more songs that will be included in this Fall’s Guitar Hero Live, bringing the total number of announced songs to 84. This time around, players can look forward to tracks from Paramore, Disturbed, Foster the People, and more. Here’s the latest tracklist update:

  • Asking Alexandria – “The Final Episode”
  • Cypress Hill (Featuring Tom Morello) – “Rise Up”
  • Disturbed – “Down With the Sickness”
  • Foster the People – “Coming of Age”
  • The Mowgli’s – “San Francisco”
  • OneRepublic – “Counting Stars”
  • Paramore – “Now”
  • TV On the Radio – “Lazerray”
  • The Vines – “Metal Zone”
  • Wolf Alice – “Moaning Lisa Smile”

Guitar Hero Live will be released for the PS3, PS4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and mobile devices on October 20.

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20 more tracks from Guitar Hero Live were revealed at E3 2015

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Shortly after confirming an October 20 release date for Guitar Hero Live, Activision revealed another 20 songs that will be available on the game disc. This batch of songs returns to the wider variety of music found in earlier tracklist updates with songs from Bob Dylan, Bruno Mars, Carrie Underwood, Green Day, Kongos, and many others. There’s also several Guitar Hero alums returning for an encore which were previously featured in the original Guitar Hero (White Zombie’s “Thunder Kiss ’65”), Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Rage Against the Machine’s “Bulls on Parade”), Guitar Hero: World Tour (Korn’s “Freak on a Leash”) and Guitar Hero 5 (Iggy Pop’s “Lust for Life”).

Here’s all the new songs Activision included in their E3 2015 announcement:

  • American Authors – “Best Day of My Life”
  • The Avett Brothers – “Another is Waiting”
  • Band of Skulls – “Asleep at the Wheel”
  • Biffy Clyro – “Sounds Like Balloons”
  • Bob Dylan – “Thunder on the Mountain”
  • Bruno Mars – “The Lazy Song”
  • Calvin Harris – “Feels So Close”
  • Carrie Underwood – “Before He Cheats”
  • Courtney Barnett – “Pedestrian at Best”
  • Dum Dum Girls – “Rimbaud Eyes”
  • Green Day – “American Idiot”
  • Iggy Pop – “Lust for Life”
  • Jake Bugg – “What Doesn’t Kill You”
  • Jet – “Are You Gonna Be My Girl?”
  • Kongos – “Come With Me Now”
  • Korn – “Freak on a Leash”
  • Rage Against the Machine – “Bulls on Parade”
  • The Strokes – “Under Cover of Darkness”
  • White Zombie – “Thunder Kiss ‘65”
  • ZZ Top – “I Gotsta Get Paid”

This update pushes the total number of songs in Guitar Hero Live to 74 (previous tracklist updates can be found here, here, here, and here). Activision hasn’t said how many songs will ship on the Guitar Hero Live game disc, but they plan to continue announcing new songs as it gets closer to release.

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Guitar Hero Live is coming October 20; Here’s your first look at GHTV

Here it is, your first momentous look at Guitar Hero Live‘s GHTV mode. Are you ready? Here it comes…

Wait, it’s just a Guitar Hero note highway overlaid on top of a music video. The list of available music videos will be periodically updated and players can opt to play individual songs or a themed series of videos. That’s exactly how Activision said GHTV would work when the game was announced a few months ago.

OK, Guitar Hero Live’s E3 2015 trailer is a bit of a bust, but we did also learn that the game will be released on October 20 for the PS3, PS4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and “select mobile devices.” If you’re thinking of pre-ordering Guitar Hero Live, you might also be interested to know that Activision has partnered with Avenged Sevenfold to create exclusive bonus content for fans of the rhythm game franchise. Prospective pre-order purchasers of the game will receive access to a playable concert performance featuring the heavy metal band in Guitar Hero Live’s GHTV mode. More information is available at GuitarHero.com/bonus.

Guitar Hero Live is in development at FreeStyleGames, the same studio that was responsible for DJ Hero and DJ Hero 2.

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Weezer, Queen, Alice in Chains, more join Guitar Hero Live in latest tracklist update

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Oh no! What do we do? I don’t care what they say about us anyway, so here’s another ten tracks from this Fall’s Guitar Hero Live:

  • Alice in Chains – “Stone”
  • Angus & Julia Stone – “A Heartbreak”
  • Bullet For My Valentine – “Temper Temper”
  • Catfish and the Bottlemen – “Kathleen”
  • Deap Vally – “Lies”
  • Neon Trees – “Everybody Talks”
  • New Politics – “Harlem”
  • Queen – “Tie Your Mother Down”
  • Wolfmother – “Sundial”
  • Weezer – “Buddy Holly”

90s favorites Weezer and Alice in Chains join 21st century rockers like Neon Trees, Wolfmother, Bullet For My Valentine, and New Politics in this update. Going a little further back, Queen is also on hand with one of their lesser known songs, “Tie Your Mother Down.” With this update, 54 songs have been confirmed for inclusion on the Guitar Hero Live disc and “hundreds” of additional songs will be available through the game’s GHTV Mode.

Guitar Hero Live, and its brand-new six-button controller, will be available for the PS3, PS4, Wii U, Xbox 360, and Xbox One this Fall.

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10 more Guitar Hero Live tracks revealed by Activision

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It worked so well the last week that Activision has decided to reveal another ten tracks from Guitar Hero Live that span the gamut from hard rock to metal all the way back to hard rock. What are you waiting for, throw up the horns for these tunes…

  • Anthrax – “Got the Time”
  • Architects – “Gravedigger”
  • Beartooth – “I Have A Problem”
  • Chevelle – “The Clincher”
  • A Day to Remember – “Right Back At It Again”
  • Halestorm – “Love Bites (So Do I)”
  • Pearl Jam – “Mind Your Manners”
  • Rise Against – “Tragedy + Time”
  • Soundgarden – “Been Away Too Long”
  • Tenacious D – “Tribute”

Including the first batch of songs, Activision has officially announced 44 tracks from the upcoming rhythm revival, which will be released this Fall for the PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Wii U.

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Activision cranks up the hard rock for second batch of Guitar Hero Live tracks

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Last week, Activision unveiled the first 24 songs that’ll make up the final tracklist for Guitar Hero Live. The tracks covered a wide range of musical styles including blues (Gary Clark Jr.), pop (Ed Sheeran), pop punk (Fall Out Boy, Green Day, My Chemical Romance), alternative (The Killers), and even some techno (Skrillex).

But for this week’s “Tracklist Tuesday,” Activision wanted to go a little harder with ten selections from the hard rock and heavy metal acts that’ll be included on Guitar Hero Live’s soundtrack:

  • Bring Me the Horizon – “Shadow Moses”
  • Deftones – “Diamond Eyes”
  • Killswitch Engage – “In Due Time”
  • Marilyn Manson – “Disposable Teens”
  • Marmozets – “Move Shake Hide”
  • Mastodon – “High Road”
  • Of Mice & Men – “Bones Exposed”
  • Royal Blood – “Little Monster”
  • Trivium – “Strife”
  • Vista Chino – “Sweet Remain”

Most of these bands are unknown to me, but I think I was most surprised to learn that Marilyn Manson is still a thing. Guitar Hero Live will be released this Fall for the PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Wii U.

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These 24 songs will be featured in Guitar Hero Live

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Guitar Hero Live will do battle with Rock Band 4 for the hearts and minds of plastic instrument virtuosos this Fall. However, before that we’ll have to deal with the inevitable series of announcements to reveal each game’s soundtrack. And Activision is first out of the gate with a list of 24 tunes that’ll be playable in Guitar Hero Live.

The publisher plans to announce new songs every Tuesday, but for now, here’s what we’ll definitely be rocking along with in Guitar Hero Live this Fall:

  • Alt-J – “Left Hand Free”
  • Alter Bridge – “Cry of Achilles”
  • The Black Keys – “Gold On The Ceiling”
  • Black Veil Brides – “In The End”
  • Blitz Kids – “Sometimes”
  • Broken Bells – “Leave It Alone”
  • Gary Clark Jr. – “Don’t Owe You a Thang”
  • Fall Out Boy – “My Songs Know What You Did In the Dark (Light Em Up)” by
  • Green Day – “Nuclear Family”
  • Judas Priest – “Breaking the Law”
  • The Killers – “When You Were Young”
  • The Lumineers – “Ho Hey”
  • My Chemical Romance – “Na Na Na”
  • Pantera – “Cowboys from Hell”
  • Pierce the Veil (featuring Kellin Quinn) – “King for a Day”
  • The Pretty Reckless – “Going to Hell”
  • Rage Against the Machine – “Guerrilla Radio”
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Higher Ground”
  • The Rolling Stones – “Paint it Black”
  • Ed Sheeran – “Sing”
  • Skrillex – “Bangarang”
  • Sleigh Bells – “Bitter Rivals”
  • System of a Down – “Chop Suey!”
  • The War on Drugs – “Under the Pressure”

Guitar Hero Live will be released for the PS3, PS4, Wii U, Xbox 360, and Xbox One this Fall. Prepare yourself for many more of these musical memos in the weeks to come.

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Take a gander at the new Guitar Hero Live controller

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I guess this morning’s announcement of Guitar Hero Live was just the opening act as Activision has now given us an even better look at the game’s brand new guitar controller.

Owing to the more realistic tone and first-person viewpoint, Guitar Hero Live’s guitar controller will use a simple two-tone color scheme. The new button setup will be included on the neck while the familiar Strum Bar and Whammy Bar will be part of the body. A Hero Power button will activate one of several Hero Powers, though a simple tilt of the guitar will also do that. Finally, GHTV button will launch GHTV Mode. More images can be found at the official Guitar Hero website.

Guitar Hero Live will be released for the PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Wii U this Fall.

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