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Are you sitting down? What we have here is the extremely awkward first footage of Activision's and Neversoft's Guitar Hero World Tour. Speaking at the All Things Digital 6 conference, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick introduced the game for the first time, bringing out Paula Abdul to clap, and Tony Hawk to play guitar.

This footage brings the official confirmation of a few things. One, Lenny Kravitz's "Are You Gonna Go My Way?" is indeed a playable song. Two, the gameplay sure does look and vibe a hell of a lot like Rock Band (which is not a bad thing). And three, Paula Abdul can't go anywhere with out her meds. 

Most hilarious is the following exchange between Kotick and interviewer Kara Swisher:

Kotick: We have a new product coming out in the fall called Guitar Hero World Tour, which is the first time you'll have multiple instruments -- drums, mic, bass, a different guitar ...

Swisher: It's called Rock Band, I think. 

Kotick (after a slight pause): We're calling it Guitar Hero World Tour.

Awkward ...

[Via Joystiq]


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galagabug 's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/29/2008 08:48
galagabug
i wonder if kara swisher has a very large clit, to match that giant set of balls. fucking classic.
loki d20's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/29/2008 10:27
loki d20
But eh, I'm more interested in this than Rock "months late and over twice as expensive" Band.

Yeah, because I'm sure you won't be paying an arm and a leg to play GH IV either...
fozzyozzy's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/29/2008 11:57
fozzyozzy
Personally, I'd rather have a late as hell Rock Band sequel that's been fine-tuned for ass kicking power than a yearly Guitar Hero or Tony Hawk. You see what Neversoft is doing? it's not Guitar Hero 4, it's World Tour. Just like it wasn't Tony Hawk 5 but "American Wasteland" or some nonsense. They plan on oversaturating us with sequels so they've got to start the brand name changing to avoid confusion. Not to mention what a annual music game will do to the kind of dwindling supply of game selling songs. It could just be a case of GH3's "Songs That We Could Get" as opposed to Rock Band's more careful "Songs That We Want". /rant
Venomex's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/29/2008 13:30
Venomex
"Hi, we're gonna world premiere a game....but have a bunch of B-list celebrities play it and hardly show you any footage.

oh, and we'll make sure those B-listers don't know anything about the game, so they're gonna suck and they're gonna suck hard while we humor them and consider them better than you. because they are. BUY OUR GAME!!! GIVE US MONIES.....please?"

~Activision
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/29/2008 13:50
Dexter345
This is the first time I've ever even imagined playing guitar, drums, and singing, all in the same game. What are you guys talking about?
skullivan's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/29/2008 15:47
skullivan
I can't wait to see what Harmonix has cooked up for Rock Band 2 because you know it's going to blow away GHIV, and GHV will be copying it next year. It's always going to be a perpetual game of catch up for Activision.
Kamakazie's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2008 04:05
Kamakazie
@kielejocain:

Oh yes, Harmonix doesn't want exclusive instruments, thats for sure, but Activision does. The GH2/3 guitar only works with Rock Band on the 360, on the PS3 they are SOL; the patch you're talking about was Harmonix wanting to release a patch to make the GH3 guitar work with Rock Band on PS3 but Activision refused to allow them to do this.

So yes, if Activision were smart they would allow some cross-platform rocking, but they're convinced that they will make more money if they force the consumer to buy more. This might be true for all we know, but I for one would be much more inclined to buy GH4 if I could use my pre-existing setup; I do not want yet more plastic instruments in my room nor do I want to pay $200 to play a game I am already playing.
Rivent's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2008 12:51
Rivent
Rock Band and Guitar Hero really does seem alot less cool when you are watching some one else play it?
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