Stack this one up in the rumor bin, but it deserves our immediate attention for a few reasons I will make apparent. From a story picked up by Destructoid, it seems Activision is not content to rest on the laurels of their numerous, marketplace-flooding entries in the Guitar Hero franchise (Guitar Hero: Metallica edition due out this month) and are already hard at work on numerous ways to take more of your money. Except this time, they might pull it off, because the rumor is that Guitar Hero: Van Halen will be the next entry in the franchise, scheduled for August 2009 (if real).
PLEASE let this be me and my three friends.
If the rumor turns out to be true, this will be awesome, because Van Halen is awesome. There are so many fantastic, kick-ass air guitar songs that people already kick out jams on in their virtual rock band mind. Put a plastic guitar in your hand and watch the magic happen. And if they sell a hardware bundle that, oh, say, comes with a version of Frankenstat?
Oh PLEASE let me play this!
Dude, this will be pure rock and roll orgasm. Forget Metallica–those guys stink. We need serious Eddie Van Halen action in our living rooms!
(Tight spandex pants not included. Or maybe they will be. Oh man, I hope so!)
By Adam Arseneau
I have those exact strawberry milk cow print leather coveralls that Eddie is wearing in the first picture.
No Haggar, no purchase!
Seriously though – i see this doing about as well as Aerosmith did, which is to say middling business at best.
Man i’m still sitting on goddamn Aerosmith bundles.
Release a Guitar Hero: Dave Mustaine Hates You edition and I might buy it, Activision.