Guitar Hero World Tour dated down under

Four-piece Guitar Hero game to ship on November 12 in Australia; four new tracks announced, including one from Aussies The Living End.

Activision Blizzard's Guitar Hero franchise has been a boon for the megapublisher, with its yearly iterations selling millions and turning the rhythm game into a bona fide cultural phenomenon. The next instalment in the series--Guitar Hero World Tour--notches the volume up to 11 by going down the Rock Band route and including guitars, drums, and vocals into the package. And while the publisher hasn't detailed when the game is set for release for the rest of the world, it has confirmed that Australians will get the full package on November 12, 2008.

The November 12 Australian release date was revealed at an Activision press event being held in New Zealand, with publisher reps saying confirmation on other global release dates would be made soon. Four new tracks were also unveiled, including one from Aussie rockabilly act The Living End, whose song Prisoner of Society will appear in World Tour. The other new songs are "La Bamba" by Los Lobos, "Scream Aim Fire" by Bullet for My Valentine, and "Our Truth" by Lacuna Coil.

Australians haven't had much luck when it comes to band rhythm games, with World Tour's main rival--Harmonix's Rock Band--still not available down under despite being released in the US last year. Rumours have been swirling about an impending release for both Rock Band and Rock Band 2, but the release date confirmation for World Tour may mean Activision's game will beat both Rock Bands into this country.

41 Comments

  • real-guitarhero

    Posted Sep 6, 2008 1:34 pm PT

    hope it comes out for the wii earlier than the austrailian date in NA

  • hsvwa

    Posted Sep 3, 2008 8:32 pm PT

    Lol, Deicide or Morbid Angel would be awesome! Probably need a double kick pedal though..

  • Helixm

    Posted Sep 3, 2008 9:19 am PT

    We want Deicide or Morbid angel for this GH don't fail us

  • SethKore

    Posted Sep 3, 2008 6:06 am PT

    Hell yeah Lord Panzerfaus, at least throw in some more soilwork like in gh2, would love to play along some Dimmu, Carcass or some SYL now that would heaven/hell
    getting sick of people calling emo Mcwrist slashy metal. IT AINT!! \m/

  • Lord_Panzerfaus

    Posted Sep 3, 2008 2:06 am PT

    lol why did they put in Bullet for My Valentine, they suck and are not true metal. Where is some Deicide or Immortal or anyone other than this emo crap.

  • Pete5506

    Posted Sep 2, 2008 8:14 pm PT

    I still dont think I'm going to get this game

  • Franke_51

    Posted Sep 2, 2008 8:11 pm PT

    Games should just be released at the same time for everyone, would make life easier for everyone

  • otanikun

    Posted Sep 2, 2008 5:58 pm PT

    Better songs from Lacuna Coil please, last song was way too easy a caveman could do it, and Our Truth is pretty easy too, they have better ones.
    Just preference.

  • Gam3rKidd

    Posted Sep 2, 2008 4:43 pm PT

    CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS GAME!!!

  • Dan65

    Posted Sep 2, 2008 3:31 pm PT

    Harmonix only likes the US market. they released Rock Band in August europe but they never released it in AUS???? THAT IS REALLY REALLY STUPID

  • fireboltjjl

    Posted Sep 2, 2008 2:36 pm PT

    good job activision. wat are the insruments? guitar.drums,vocals, and....?

  • Venom_Dragon

    Posted Sep 2, 2008 12:26 pm PT

    I'm from South Africa. We are also still waiting for a rock band release date. Gh world tour has an SA release date thankfully - 14 November!!!

    We also had to resort to importing RB from the UK

  • PaulG1984

    Posted Sep 2, 2008 9:58 am PT

    Harmonix and E.A only care about their U.S market. And to be honest they treat the rest of the world like dirt.

  • 555fabulous21

    Posted Sep 2, 2008 7:23 am PT

    Way to go for Australia, now what about the rest of the world...

  • LikwidX3

    Posted Sep 2, 2008 5:43 am PT

    awesome, this is definitely a good move for them, alot of people are gonna be really grateful. rockband isnt available in aus? i never knew, or thought they did such a thing. bad decision harmonix..

  • shani_boy101

    Posted Sep 2, 2008 5:08 am PT

    I Really like it that a developer is finally Acknowledging our continent by saying our release date first instead of a few weeks after. Like the article said, the Guitar Hero Franchise is BILLIONS of times more reliable than Rock Band will ever be in Australia. I mean A YEAR, COME ON.

  • MonkeyWrench127

    Posted Sep 2, 2008 5:03 am PT

    scream aim fire awesome!!
    seriously though, Harmonix and EA are basically allowing the competition to beat them in Australia...

  • thesimpsonsno1

    Posted Sep 2, 2008 4:54 am PT

    bullet for my valintine good

  • PS2_Forever

    Posted Sep 2, 2008 4:09 am PT

    scream aim and fire! aww yeah more metal is what we need.

  • TehUndeadHorror

    Posted Sep 2, 2008 4:06 am PT

    Yay! Metal!

  • GTA_freak22

    Posted Sep 2, 2008 3:17 am PT

    Finally! is this release date for all platforms? coz itd be good if i could get it for my bday for PS2

  • Pexalottle

    Posted Sep 2, 2008 3:13 am PT

    Whoo! Living End prisoner of society or disturbed down with the sickness? AHH! too hard to choose!

  • monkeyd_93

    Posted Sep 2, 2008 2:17 am PT

    GH:WT FTW, if the instruments are compatiable with rock band then i suppose by Xmas we could pick up the rock band game for about $80-$90

  • KH-mixerX

    Posted Sep 1, 2008 10:04 pm PT

    Why Scream, Aim, Fire? Why not Waking The Demon instead?

  • Eyceblock

    Posted Sep 1, 2008 9:37 pm PT

    Sword-Hunter277: You need the Rock Band 1 Disk to do the transfer of songs.

    Oh wait, we don't have Rock Band 1 Here.

  • samuraicowboy23

    Posted Sep 1, 2008 8:50 pm PT

    For Australians,
    Game have it listed as $329.95
    A little over 2 months and we'll finally be rocking on some drums...woohoo

  • asm607

    Posted Sep 1, 2008 8:39 pm PT

    Even though gamestop refuses to use the "unconfirmed" resources, I'm pretty sure that the release date in the US is end of october and it will be priced at $190.

  • Sagacious_Tien

    Posted Sep 1, 2008 7:53 pm PT

    Price?

  • Elitekiller1172

    Posted Sep 1, 2008 7:45 pm PT

    cool since their getting it november 12 we should be getting it earlier, YES Im pumped

  • Sword-Hunter277 posted Sep 1, 2008 7:37 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. login to show)

    Sword-Hunter277

    Posted Sep 1, 2008 7:37 pm PT (hide)

    I hope all of you Australians are aware that you will be able to purchase most (if not all) of the songs in Rock Band 1 for under 5 dollars.

    It was stated by Harmonix themselves. Don't sell yourself just to be disappointed by Guitar Hero and their hyped-up features

  • Eyceblock

    Posted Sep 1, 2008 7:33 pm PT

    THANK CHRIST SOMEBODY CAN GET A MULTI-PERIPHERAL MUSIC GAME RELEASE RIGHT.

  • mafdys

    Posted Sep 1, 2008 7:12 pm PT

    that is so awesome, scream aim fire by bullet is gonna be in it. I seriously cant wait for this game!

  • camian69

    Posted Sep 1, 2008 7:08 pm PT

    Great news....much prefer the GH World Tour instruments. But will most likely only buy the Rockband games, eventually......agree that Rockband 1 should be bonus with purchase of Rockband 2. Also the Rockband instruments WITHOUT the game will retail for just under $300! Go Guitar Hero.

  • Sellwin

    Posted Sep 1, 2008 6:58 pm PT

    If Rock Band's distributors want the game to even put a dent in Guitar Hero's sales (let alone compete) in Australia, they need to up their game big time. Release Rock Band 2 ASAP, with a bonus disc containing all the tracks from the original Rock Band. Then they might have a chance, otherwise kiss the Aussie market share goodbye.

  • huntercal

    Posted Sep 1, 2008 6:19 pm PT

    wow, its hard to believe that Guitar Hero World Tour will beat Rock Band to our shores. At least Activision isn't giving us a big, "screw you" like those folks at Rock Band are!

  • nklslinde21

    Posted Sep 1, 2008 6:07 pm PT

    awesome

  • wiifan001

    Posted Sep 1, 2008 6:05 pm PT

    La Bamba by Los Lobos?!? I just had a wtf moment.

  • TicTac8745

    Posted Sep 1, 2008 6:02 pm PT

    At least it's confirmed that we will get one of games - now hoping that RB1 and/or RB2 will follow suit here.

  • Mattyrock

    Posted Sep 1, 2008 5:51 pm PT

    Woohoo! Awesome. Somewhat better than Rock Band's ongoing delay. I wonder what the price for this is?

  • falcon11

    Posted Sep 1, 2008 5:50 pm PT

    SCREAM, AIM, FIRE!!! Weeoopp!!

  • KDogKool

    Posted Sep 1, 2008 5:36 pm PT

    wow you aussies are lucky to finally get a game at a reasonable release date

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