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Metallica to Star in Next Major Guitar Hero?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the milk-it-while-you-can dept.

Many readers have written in to let us know Metallica may be the star of the next major installment to the Guitar Hero franchise. "Edward Woo, a Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst, was going through some SEC filings from Activision, and found the following plan. 'In fiscal 2009, we plan to publish Guitar Hero: On Tour for the NDS; Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, Guitar Hero: Metallica, and Guitar Hero IV across multiple platforms,' the report read. Since the fiscal year ends March 31, 2009, it doesn't sound like we have long to wait for this title. That's four Guitar Hero games coming in the next year. How many can the market take?"

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  1. Who cares by Archangel+Michael · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Really? They're just trying to win back some fans that have long since written them off for their hatred of their fans.

    --
    Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
    1. Re:Who cares by Red+Flayer · · Score: 4, Funny

      Heh, reminds me of a great exchange from James:

      [lights come up]
      crowd goes wild, then quiets down
      How many people own our first album?
      crowd cheers loudly
      How many people own 'Kill 'em All'?
      Crowd goes nuts and erupts
      They're the same fucking album, assholes!

      --
      "Trolls they were, but filled with the evil will of their master: a fell race..." -- J.R.R. Tolkien on Olog-hai
  2. Obligatory bash.org by phorm · · Score: 4, Funny

    As seen here

    Metallica is pretty good at following the money. Much better than actually caring about their fans.

  3. Where's the real Guitar Hero? by Alzheimers · · Score: 4, Insightful

    All this talk about Guitar Heroes -- where's the G3 edition?

    -Satriani
    -Vai
    -Petrucci
    -Malmsteen
    -Gilbert
    -Johnson

    These are the REAL Guitar Heroes.

    As good as some of the early Metallica tracks were , their reputation with fans is completely shot and TBH their last few albums make them sound washed up and done.

    Now, if they made a game where fans could shoot Lars Ulrich in the face with a bazooka, that would probably sell.