Guitar Hero goes 80s

PS2 News | Even more guitar heroics for the masses.

Well, this seems to have come from nowhere. Guitar Hero fever seems to be taking over the entire world, with Guitar Hero II hitting the shelves not too long ago to rave reviews. RedOctane and Activision are hoping to keep the trend going, announcing Guitar Hero: Rocks the 80s today, via press release. The game will focus on - get this - rock tracks from the 1980s. Somewhat surprisingly, it's going to be exclusive to the PS2 - sorry 360 fans, you miss out this time around.

This edition will feature thirty songs all up, but so far, we only know of:

Twisted Sister - I Wanna Rock
Flock of Seagulls - I Ran
Ratt - Round and Round
Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy
Quiet Riot - Mental Health
Dio - Holy Diver
Asia - Heat Of The Moment

The game isn't too far away, with a mid-year release scheduled. When we hear of any new tracks, we'll let you know.

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21 Comments

Gtpod

6 years ago

Time for me to jump on the GH bandwagon me thinks... most certainly be getting this one.

arbok

6 years ago

Guitar Hero is an outstanding game!

renegadesx

6 years ago

Its a game that can appeal to both hardcore and casual gamers, which makes it a hit. Personally I cant get into it sober, always seems to be a hit at parties though

And I admit, I totally suck at it

bluejay

6 years ago

Definitely a 'wait and see' thing, more because that exclusivity might just be limited....

Gizmocreative

6 years ago

Im gonna definitely add this one to the collection

realitybites

6 years ago

Yes, one of the best eras for rock'n'roll.

Asia - Heat of the Moment.

Its all goodness!!!

Newland

6 years ago

Holy crap! they even put in a Dio song, i'm definitely forking out for this one.
Hmmmm 80's era, I wonder if there are any plans for couple Metallica ones?

Crestfallen

6 years ago

RKO'd wrote

Holy crap! they even put in a Dio song, i'm definitely forking out for this one.
Hmmmm 80's era, I wonder if there are any plans for couple Metallica ones?

metallica aren't a fan of licensing out their music. So no.

If the GH franchise can grab metallica songs then no doubt they would have featured in GH1/2.

renegadesx

6 years ago

crestfallen wrote

metallica aren't a fan of licensing out their music. So no.
.

NAPSTER BADDD!

ittekimasu

6 years ago

lil bro of singstar is what i'm starting to think,

guess they wont need to release a new on on 360 since they can just make the songpacks avaliable off the store? and when is ps3 going to get some GH love >.>

Crestfallen

6 years ago

^ The Wii and PS3 (and 360) are all getting GH3.

Eyce

6 years ago

I'm pretty sure this sums up most feelings from me:

Jaws

6 years ago

Playstation 2 is also getting Guitar Hero III.

goodbye

6 years ago

I'd get it, but they seem to have no interest in allowing GH to work on the PS3, well I could use the control pad as the input but I may as well play Gitaroo Man - which now that I think of it also doesn't work.

griffter999

6 years ago

They better release a seperate guitar controller for the wii version instead of making us use the wii controller otherwise it just won't be the same

Eyce

6 years ago

griffter999 wrote

They better release a seperate guitar controller for the wii version instead of making us use the wii controller otherwise it just won't be the same

If you did some reading up on the Wii version, you would have seen the story on the fact that there will be a Wii Guitar Controller.

griffter999

6 years ago

i stand corrected. I will read more next time...

tootie_kicks

6 years ago

ittekimasu wrote

That's my thinking.

It's 'exclusive' for PS2, but the songs will probably be released in packs on xbox live.

ret the roman

6 years ago

I wonder if fight for your right will be on there?

but with metallica
MONEY GOOD NAPSTER BADD.

And alas we wait for the final countdown.

Newland

6 years ago

I was just thinking about it, is this an expansion for Guitar Hero 2?
30 songs isn't much, Guitar Hero 2 had 60 didnt it? I wont be paying too much for an expansion

bradc1988

6 years ago

I WANNA ROCK

doo doo dooooo doo doo dooooooo

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Australian Release Date:
  1/08/2007 (Confirmed)
Standard Retail Price:
  $69.95 AU
Publisher:
  Activision
Genre:
  Music
Year Made:
  2007

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