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Activision Announces Guitar Hero Live Is Coming This Year

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Activision has just revealed that Guitar Hero Live, the latest game in the newly revived Guitar Hero franchise, is going to be released this Autumn.

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The game is currently being developed by FreeStyleGames who are known for creating DJ Hero and DJ Hero 2. The Guitar Hero Live pack will cost $99.99 and is planned to be released on the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and Wii U. The game will also be supported on select mobile devices.

Guitar Hero controller

A new guitar controller has also been revealed but is not branded by any particular guitar manufacturer like Gibson or Fender. A number of artists have been confirmed for the track list including  The Black Keys, Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, Gary Clark, Jr., Green Day, Ed Sheeran, The War on Drugs, The Killers, Skrillex, The Rolling Stones, The Lumineers, Pierce the Veil and Blitz Kids.

The game will now feature a first person perspective which will make gamers feel like they’re on-stage looking out at a crowd of people. The crowd will react in real time according to how well you play and the game will feature a new multiplayer mode which will allow you to challenge your friends, or random people online.

[Source: IGN]

 

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