3 posts and columns on Guitar Hero 5

Windows Phone 7: There’s an App for Some of That

in News on October 11, 2010 at 9:15 am PT

How many Windows Phone 7 apps will be available when the first devices running the OS ship? Microsoft refuses to say, but I’m told it will be plenty. Or, as one exec told me, “enough.”

Weekend Update: 9.5.2009–One for the Kids

in News on September 5, 2009 at 2:47 pm PT

The week that took us from August to September was one for the books over at BoomTown, especially if you’re 12. Kara spent Monday morning at Activision Blizzard, where they are pushing forward with the entire Guitar Hero line, even as the game industry faces a nearly 50 percent decline in U.S. sales this year. Kara got to play hero to several of the forthcoming releases, including previewing the much anticipated DJ Hero console.
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Kara Visits Guitar Hero HQ (for a Sneak Peek of GH5, Band Hero and DJ Hero)

in News on August 31, 2009 at 1:01 am PT

Despite the challenges the music gaming industry has been facing of late–such as sales dropping, yipes, almost 50 percent in the U.S. this year–the top companies in the field are still churning out new products like it’s nobody’s business. Case in point is a spate of new products from the Guitar Hero division of Activision Blizzard, which is coming out this fall with three separate major launches, starting tomorrow with the GH5 and including the hip-hop flavored DJ Hero in late October. Here’s BoomTown’s sneak peek from GH’s HQ in Silicon Valley.
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