[Heinrich Laue] was kind of a latecomer to the fake guitar playing video game phenomenon. He played Frets on Fire — an open source clone of the game — on PC and eventually bought a copy of Guitar Hero ...

Guitar Hero was all the rage for a few years, before the entire world apparently got sick of it overnight. Some diehards still remember the charms of rhythm games, though. Among them you might count ...

Guitar Hero has no business being relevant in 2015. Ten years is an eternity for video games, especially so for games tied so closely to specific technology like Harmonix's revolutionary PlayStation 2 ...

News of the title, which will feature an electric guitar and songs from the Rolling Stones and Nirvana, comes on the heels of Activision's pulling the plug on "Guitar Hero." By Paul Bond A little more ...

Tim Dunn and Nate Coppard are on a mission to rewire your brain. They're respectively the senior producer and senior designer behind Guitar Hero Live's new six-button guitar, and while neurological ...

LAS VEGAS – As popular as Guitar Hero and Rock Band are, the games elicit winces from some musicians who've taken the time to learn to play instruments rather than their plastic imitations. Thanks to ...

Freestyle’s Guitar Hero Live is an interesting, technically ambitious deviation from expectation, and its guitar also reflects the changing tides for the franchise. Initially, its custom design looks ...

Guitar Hero III raises the bar on guitar-based gameplay. Forget about Xbox vs. Wii. This Christmas, the fiercest videogame rivalry is a battle of the bands. The makers of Guitar Hero III: Legends of ...

SAN FRANCISCO--The first couple of weeks of September are going to be a banner time for music video games. On September 9 (09/09/09), the much-anticipated The Beatles: Rock Band will hit store shelves ...

Gibson and Fender, two of the biggest companies making guitars are in debt. One reason is declining sales in electric guitars and the waning popularity of guitar heroes in popular culture. This ...

Former EA Chief Creative Officer Bing Gordon recalls how EA passed on three major deals that went on to help Activision become a dominant force in the industry. Wii players will soon be able revisit ...