Owners of the Wii version of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock have been complaining the American version of the music-rhythm videogame has a mono-only soundtrack.
To quote some members of the official Guitar Hero forum: “It says Dolby pro logic II, isn’t it suppose to be surround sound? But there is no sound come out from my rear speakers.” and “I’ve experienced this same issue. Just to make sure it wasn’t my audio connection, I put in Metroid Prime 3 and Zelda and they both sounded perfectly fine on my Dolby ProLogic speaker system. I put GHIII back in and the sound only seems to come out of the center speaker when I’m playing a song. I hope they didn’t mess up the Wii version of GHIII by forgeting to check the stereo button before shipping.” and “All sound except for center channel is completely cut in the game… no front or rear sound, period.”
Since you should be able to switch between mono and stereo in the Audio options menu, Activision has now labeled this as a known issue and are looking into it. A representative said: “Rest assured, [we] are working to offer a possible solution to our fans. However, the time frame is still unknown.” It’s really curious how mono sound got through the testing of a music game, and then almost none of the 286,300+ buyers (at the American launch) noticed it until a month later. The just released European Wii versions of the game does play stereo sound. — Via 1UP
In appreciation of Guitar Hero and Halo fans alike, Neversoft, Bungie, Activision/RedOctane, and Microsoft have all joined forces to bring players the iconic Halo theme (MJOLNIR Mix) as a free playable song for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, exclusively for the Xbox 360. The theme will be available from Xbox Live Marketplace starting today. Happy Thanksgiving!
The Halo theme was written, composed, and performed by Martin O’Donnell and Michael Salvatori; and the MJOLNIR Mix features guitars performed by the Grammy Award winning guitar hero, Steve Vai.
“It’s a real pleasure to hear one of the best loved and most iconic themes from Bungie’s Halo Universe in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock,” said Marty O’Donnell, Composer and Audio Director for Bungie Studios. “As longtime fans of the Guitar Hero franchise, it was great to collaborate with Neversoft and Activision/RedOctane to offer this exciting free download to our fans.”
Since I couldn’t find a video of someone playing the song, here’s a “scientist” putting Halo 3 and a Guitar Hero 3 X-plorer guitar controller in the blender! “Will it blend?”
PS: There’s also a Demo for The Orange Box’s Half-Life 2 Episode Two available on Xbox Live today.
Good news for all you Guitar Hero 3 rock stars playing the game on the Xbox 360. You can now go online via Xbox Live and download the “Boss Battle Track Pack” with all of the game’s three boss songs for FREE! I know a lot of you were worried about having to pay for downloadable Guitar Hero 3 content that was already in the game, so this is a relief. No doubt it will show up next week on the PS3’s PlayStation Network download service as well.
The Boss Battle Track Pack includes: The Devil Went Down to Georgia as made famous by The Charlie Daniels Band. Slash’s Original Composition for the Boss Battle Recording. Tom Morello’s Original Composition for the Boss Battle Recording.
Activision earlier announced that gamers bought over $115 million of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock games within seven days of the game’s North American release, making it the largest single product launch in the company’s history. The game was released on October 28, 2007, and will launch in Europe on November 23, 2007. The franchise has sold more than six million units worldwide to date!
Two Guitar Hero III song packs have been released online for download from the Xbox 360’s Xbox Live Marketplace. There are also two free trailers (included below) that preview the content in these song packs:
1. Content: Velvet Revolver Pack
Price: 500 Microsoft Points (that’s US$6.25 / €6 / £4.25 / CAN$7.75 / AU$8.25)
Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions
Dash Text: [ESRB: T (Teen) MILD LYRICS,MILD SUGGESTIVE THEMES] “She Builds Quick Machines” Off of the “Libertad Allbum”, “Slither” Off of the “Contraband Allbum”, & “Messages” Off of the “Libertad (deluxe version)”. As performed by Velvet Revolver.
2. Content: Foo Fighters Pack
Price: 500 Microsoft Points (that’s US$6.25 / €6 / £4.25 / CAN$7.75 / AU$8.25)
Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions
Dash Text: [ESRB: T (Teen) MILD LYRICS,MILD SUGGESTIVE THEMES] “The Pretender” Off of the “Echoes Silence Patience & Grace”, “All My life” Off of the “One by One”, & “This Is A Call” Off of the “Foo Fighters (self titled)” as performed by Foo Fighters.
Update: In America the two Guitar Hero III track bundles are available for PS3 download from the PlayStation Store. Also priced at US$6.25 each.
While looking through Guitar Hero 3’s Xbox Live Leaderboards, a Scorehero forumer found (with photographic proof) nine songs not in the game that are meant to be released as downloadable content along with the three battle songs for scoring. Expect each band’s songs to be sold separately as a 3-song pack. Like in our Guitar Hero 3 74 songs list, I’ve linked to videos for each song.
Keep in mind that only PS2 owners of the game cannot download extra song packs, everyone else will be able to get these… at a so far unknown price. The previous Guitar Hero 2 downloads cost $6.25 for each pack on the Xbox 360, and since those have been downloaded over 650,000 times, I wouldn’t expect Activision to change the price.
Rock out to the third entry in in Red Octane’s music series for guitar gods! Songs for Guitar Hero 3 (full title Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock) on Wii, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, PC & Mac include Barracuda by Heart, One by Metallica, Sabotage by Beastie Boys, Rock And Roll All Nite by Kiss, and much more! In addition, players can experience an incredible number of 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 also allow axe-shredders worldwide to compete head-to-head for true legendary rock status.
Also for the first time ever, Guitar Hero fans can thrash and burn with new wireless guitar controllers available for each platform. The exclusive Gibson guitars include innovative features such as removable faceplates that will allow fans to personalize their guitars and make it their own, and a new button color design that is integrated for an even greater authentic feel and rock experience.
Does Guitar Hero still have the chops to be worth the ticket price? See in this Guitar Hero 3 video review:
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 launch of the game on October 28th for Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, and Wii. Later on November 12th the PC and Mac versions will appear. And Europeans will have to wait until November 23rd, 2007.
The below list is ordered by song title and followed by band name. You’ll notice the two link to a video of the song itself or the song being played in Guitar Hero 3 (depending on availability), each video will pop up in a new window for you to watch when you click on the link.
Activision has added 17 new songs to Guitar Hero III: Slipknot, The Killers, Aerosmith, Sonic Youth, Santana, the Dead Kennedy’s, The Who, White Zombie and more are all represented in this new, updated and confirmed list for the guitar-shredding sequel which has a release date of October 28th in the United States, sometime in October for Europe and November 7th in Australia for Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC and Mac.
Seven of the new songs for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock are master tracks, which means they are the actual original recordings done by the original recording studio, which Neversoft was able to obtain thanks to their unparalleled access to vast catalogs of music due to partnerships with major and independent record labels for an unbelievably authentic rocking experience.
Master tracks include: Sonic Youth’s “Cool Thing”, Aerosmith’s “Same Old Song and Dance” and The Killers “When You Were Young”. Covers include White Zombie’s “Black Sunshine” and “Devil Went Down to Georgia” by the Charlie Daniels Band.
The full tracklist of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock include:
· Same Old Song and Dance (by Aerosmith)
· Helicopter (by Bloc Party)
· Stricken (by Disturbed)
· Monsters (by Matchbook Romance)
· Before I Forget (by Slipknot)
· Kool Thing (by Sonic Youth)
· When You Were Young (by The Killers)
· Devil Went Down to Georgia (as made famous by Charlie Daniels Band)
· Sunshine of Your Love (as made famous by Cream)
· Holiday in Cambodia (as made famous by Dead Kennedys)
· Cliffs of Dover (as made famous by Eric Johnson)
· Hit Me with Your Best Shot (as made famous by Pat Benetar)
· Black Magic Woman (as made famous by Santana)
· Story of My Life (as made famous by Social Distortion)
· Pride and Joy (as made famous by Stevie Ray Vaughn)
· The Seeker (as made famous by The Who)
· Black Sunshine (as made famous by White Zombie)
Owners of the Wii version of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock have been complaining the American version of the music-rhythm videogame has a mono-only soundtrack.
