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Guitar Hero World Tour: Zakk Wylde and Hayley Williams getting their mo-cap on

8:40 AM on 10.03.2008, Conrad Zimmerman 25 comments

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Activision has released a couple of new videos touting a couple of their prized rock star participants in Guitar Hero: World Tour. The clip above shows Zakk Wylde, Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist and the frontman for his Black Label Society, donning a motion capture suit and jumping about like a lunatic.

The second video, which you can find after the jump, features Hayley Williams of Paramore doing much the same, although I won't deny that she's more appealing than Wylde. I must live under a rock or something, because I have absolutely no idea who Paramore are but I hear that they're popular. 

Does having rock stars involved in the game have any effect on your interest in purchasing it? Do you think it lends some sort of legitimacy to the game? I can't say that I particularly care one way the other, since it's the track list and gameplay that appeal to me for the plastic instrument genre of games, but I'm sure that there are those out there for whom this could sway a purchase.

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Conrad Zimmerman at 10/03/2008 09:20
@Xhumation: Gah! I knew that too and I can't believe I screwed that up.

I mean... I don't make mistakes and I certainly didn't make that one.
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garison at 10/03/2008 09:29
Now that this game has paramore in it, I will most def have to buy this game...

im kidding, i already have rock band 2.
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Cycophuk at 10/03/2008 09:33
I understand that they are going for the Rock Band rip off, but if they desire to keep the Guitar Hero name, they should mocap guitar heros. You know, someone with talent instead of some flavor of the month girl, who ah, doesn't play guitar and will never qualify as a hero.
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Gameboi at 10/03/2008 09:38
Fantastic news. I've been a big fan of Zakk Wylde for many years.
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Aerox at 10/03/2008 10:02
Haley Williams was on my flight back from PAX. She kept bumping me with her luggage.
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king3vbo at 10/03/2008 10:35
Tracks are much more important
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Agent Orange at 10/03/2008 11:26
I'm going to go with no mo-cap because if they don't do that, the likelihood of lame "boss battles" goes down.
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superflossy at 10/03/2008 11:30
hayley williams more appealing than zakk wylde? wtf!? he is a rock legend, and she is just a manufactured pop star for emo girls. he has more talent in his right pinky than she will ever have in her whole life. sorry just had to get that off my chest.
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Sam Spectre at 10/03/2008 11:33
Awww I love Haley Williams and Paramore. I saw them live. They're so fun.
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Conrad Zimmerman at 10/03/2008 11:40
@superflossy: I thought it was pretty apparent that my complete ignorance of who she is meant that any appeal she had for me was superficial, shallow, and based solely on her appearance.
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Stahlbrand at 10/03/2008 11:47
I actively dislike 'real' rockstars (and manufactured pop commodities for that matter) being put in the game. To me it adds nothing and takes away from the atmosphere.

I fail to see the appeal. To say nothing of 'boss battles'.
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Stahlbrand at 10/03/2008 11:50
LOL, she doesn't even play guitar? So what, its just "hai, we got a chick some of you know in our game" then?
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TrailerParkJesus at 10/03/2008 11:53
<3 Hayley
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VampireChrist at 10/03/2008 12:00
i love them both
...just in very different ways
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MechaMonkey at 10/03/2008 12:15
While I actually do like a lot of Paramore's tunes, Hayley Williams is by no means a guitar hero.
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superflossy at 10/03/2008 12:47
heh, didn't mean to get all uppity. i just love zakk so much, he's such a badass.
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CountingConflict at 10/03/2008 13:05
Apparently Haley Williams and Paramore were from down the road from my house in Nashville.... never fucking heard of this band, and I was one of the biggest frequenters of Nashville music venues. Not that I'm disappointed or anything, but this band really came out of nowhere.
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Sharpless at 10/03/2008 13:37
I don't care about either person. Seriously. Go away, Guitar Hero.
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DrScience123 at 10/03/2008 15:49
Don't forget that the game has vocals now. It's not just about guitar anymore. Maybe you'll have to out sing her in a battle. Maybe they will add super lame power ups to it too. >_>
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Ronsauce at 10/03/2008 16:01
Boourns. Paramore has no right being in Guitar Hero, and Hayley Williams has even less right being featured in it. Although, if Interpol and the Beastie Boys, two groups that actually suck a ton of ass, are included, then it's only fair to let Paramore in. Unfortunately.
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Johnny Justice at 10/03/2008 16:40
Why care about which artists "have a right" or not being in a game choc-full with irrelevant product placement.
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braulio09 at 10/03/2008 16:48
yeah she's a great singer so she's probably in it for the vocals part
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