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Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock official
New Quest mode, renewed rock focus
The Guitar Hero franchise has never been one to sit quietly and let things carry on, but Activision's latest offering, Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, looks set to change the game quite a bit.
The biggest change comes with the inclusion of a story-driven 'Quest' mode, narrated by KISS frontman Gene Simmons, which has you journeying the world to aid the Demi-God of Rock to take down "the Beast" and save rock-and-roll. Sounds a bit Tenacious D to us, but that's no bad thing.
There'll also be a new Quickplay+ mode, which will offer unque challenges for all of the on-disc tracks as well as the 500+ downloadable Guitar Hero tracks. The challenges are themed to coincide with the Quest mode, as you can pick Warrior of Rock powers to help you achieve the targets, which comprise of such things as Band Streak, High Score and Power Challenge.
Neversoft are of course handling development (on PS3 and 360, at least; Vicarious Visions are handling the Wii version) , and promise the biggest number of tracks on disc yet seen in a music game- over 90 in all. There'll also be a new Guitar controlled to go with the game, which is apparently specially designed for shredding.
Confirmed tracks so far:
- AFI – “Dancing Through Sunday”
- Anthrax – “Indians”
- Avenged Sevenfold – “Bat Country”
- Black Sabbath – “Children Of The Grave”
- Buzzcocks – “What Do I Get?”
- Children Of Bodom – “If You Want Peace... Prepare For War”
- The Cure – “Fascination Street”
- Def Leppard – “Pour Some Sugar On Me (Live)”
- Dethklok – “Bloodlines”
- Dire Straits – “Money For Nothing”
- DragonForce – “Fury of the Storm”
- Drowning Pool – “Bodies”
- Fall Out Boy – “Dance, Dance”
- Foo Fighters – “No Way Back”
- Foreigner – “Feels Like The First Time”
- The Hives – “Tick Tick Boom”
- Jane’s Addiction – “Been Caught Stealing”
- Jethro Tull – “Aqualung”
- KISS – “Love Gun”
- Linkin Park – “Bleed It Out”
- Megadeth – “Sudden Death”
- Metallica & Ozzy Osbourne – “Paranoid (Live)”
- Muse – “Uprising”
- My Chemical Romance – “I'm Not Okay (I Promise)”
- Night Ranger – “ (You Can Still) Rock In America”
- Nine Inch Nails – “Wish”
- The Offspring – “Self Esteem”
- Queen – “Bohemian Rhapsody”
- Rammstein – “Waidmanns Heil”
- The Rolling Stones – “Stray Cat Blues”
- Silversun Pickups – “There’s No Secrets This Year”
- Slayer – “Chemical Warfare”
- Slipknot – “Psychosocial”
- Stone Temple Pilots – “Interstate Love Song”
- ZZ Top – “Sharp Dressed Man (Live)”
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock is out this Autumn for Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii.
