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Guitar Hero Live vs. Rock Band 4: Which Wins This Time?

Ben-Dutka 6 Comments

Looks like it's time to rekindle the old music rivalry.

It'll be Guitar Hero Live vs. Rock Band 4 and even though we don't have a ton of details on the latter, the recent unveiling of the former seems promising.

But I suppose the real question is this: Do we really care? Yeah, I know this particular industry was worth a couple billion dollars during its heyday in the last generation, but haven't we moved past it? Will this new "war" really be a huge draw in terms of press coverage and community discussion? As both franchises will release re-imagined iterations, I'm sure that's worthy of at least some discussion.

I'm just not sensing the a rejuvenation of interest. Doesn't seem like everyone is jumping up at down at the prospect of seeing these two franchises return. I wonder…once a fad dies, it's difficult to resurrect it. Sometimes, you have to wait a long time; perhaps even a few decades, as is often the case in fashion. It wasn't that long ago that Activision burned us all out on a hundred Guitar Hero entries. Are we really ready for another go-around?

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Related Game(s): Guitar Hero Live , Rock Band 4

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Rumor: “More Realistic” Guitar Hero To Be Unveiled At E3

Ben-Dutka 4 Comments

Looks like the Rock Band vs. Guitar Hero war may be rekindled for a new generation.

We've been hearing rumors that Harmonix will reboot Rock Band and now, it looks like Activision is planning a Guitar Hero resurgence as well.

According to Kotaku UK citing a couple inside sources, a "more realistic" Guitar Hero entry is in the works for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Supposedly, this project will be revealed at E3 in June and it'll ditch the "cartoonish" style of the series for something more authentic-looking. It seems Activision is also making the new guitar peripherals for the game but we have no further details at this time.

Whatever this new Guitar Hero is, it's scheduled to launch before the end of the year. Yeah, Activision probably wants another huge cash cow for the holiday season. But the question remains: Can you re-energize a fad that bit the dust over four years ago? We'll have to wait and see.

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