Guitar Hero World Tour Dated For Australia, Rock Band Nowhere In Sight
When you link the words “video games”, “Australia” and “complete and utter failure”, there are a few things that spring to mind: the lack of an R18+ rating, the refusal of classification of Fallout 3… Oh, and the failure of EA to launch Rock Band (or give any indication on the release of Rock Band 2).
Fortunately, Activision still knows that Australian gamers love to rock, and has announced the release date for their upcoming Guitar Hero World Tour game, which features a whole heap of extra instruments (like Rock Band), and music from Around the world.
The game is due to launch on November 12 in Australia according to GameSpot AU, although there’s no mention of pricing for either the game or the peripherals. However, my guess is that those drums aren’t going to come cheap…
If this was a “Battle of the Bands” type competition, Guitar Hero would have just won the heart of the naturally stunning Australian chick in the front row, right out from under the nose of the snobbish Rock Band band. And come November, I reckon that GH will be taking that Aussie chick (which means you, in case the metaphor isn’t quite clear enough) on a stairway to heaven.
[Gamespot]
- Next Post: USB Heated Gloves Keep Your Gaming Hands Warm »
- « Previous Post: Apple To Launch Album Cover App?
Comments
Nick, you summed up this stunningly attractive* Australian females** feelings extremely well.
It’s nice to know that sometimes, just sometimes, big companies remember that it’s not always about the bottom dollar all the time.
If Rockband had have been released here at a reasonable time, there is no way that GH4 would do half as well as it’s about to.
*May or may not be Attractive
**May or may not be Female
Wow, coming so soon. That’s great to know. Not that I have the spare cash for it but I’ve been keeping an eye on Rock Band 1 import prices so I’d best hold off until the GH:WT pricing.
Quoting Dexxie “It’s nice to know that sometimes, just sometimes, big companies remember that it’s not always about the bottom dollar all the time.”
The gaming industry wouldn’t be doing this and cutting into real musicians territory if it wasn’t about the bottom dollar. They are making MEGA on everyone that buys into it. The gaming equipment costs enough and soon injuries from bad technique will be on the rise.
Enough said.
Even though I have no cash and no room for either, I still can’t quite fathom why EA/Harmonix have not released Rock Band yet. It seems not only a massive slap in the face to Aussie gamers but just plain stupid business sense. This is made even moreso with the (comparitively) strong Aussie dollar.
Hears hoping Guitar Hero does well enough to make EA realise thier mistake for future titles they may wish to hold onto.
Still no Rock Band? Wow thats slow. I bought Rock Band 1 Special Edition in Hong Kong in July and carried it back on the plane!! Best investment ever, LOVE it to death.
I held out for so long for Rockband. EA have lost my money.
Guitar Hero World Tour now has it.
At least Activision are trying to keep us in the loop. I wouldn’t have minded so much if EA had at least given some news. Instead they’ve been silent and making those of us in Australia lose faith in Rockband.
At least these guys know how to make a world wide release and understand the market as to which they are selling to. I’ve always been a fan of the guitar hero series and it’s good to hear they’ve got another game soon to be released. I’ve already pre-ordered the game from my local store and they said the price is going to AU$329. Which isn’t too bad for the drums, guitar, microphone and the game. Sounds like it will be some good fun. Happy gaming.
ROCKBAND is a great game when it was released in november 2007 ! and i bought a american version for my ps3 and have been playing it for a long time now, but what australia should be getting is ROCKBAND 2 which has better everything over world tour, but it looks like we are getting all the out of date games and controllers. rock band 2 has wireless drums with cymbols, wooden guitars and more !
my 2 cents.