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Guitar Hero: Metallica is an upcoming rhythm game being developed by Neversoft and distributed by Activision. The game is expected to be released in Europe, North America, and Australia on the PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 in March, 29th of 2009; and is expected to release for the Wii and the Playstation 2 early in spring. Guitar Hero: Metallica will be the second game of the Guitar Hero series to focus on the career and songs of one band, similar to the previous Guitar Hero: Aerosmith. The game is based on Guitar Hero World Tour, with support for lead and bass guitar, drums, and vocals.
Guitar Hero: Metallica was revealed to be in production when an analyst for Wedbush Morgan Securities discovered mention of the game in Activition's 2008 SEC filings, slated to be released in "fiscal 2009", which ends on March 31, 2009 for Activision. Two posts made to Metallica's website in June 2008 also referred to the "not so top secret GH thing", and that Guitar Hero players could expect "a pile of 'Tallica [sic] songs". Lars Ulrich, when asked about the game during an interview with MTV, stated that "the people at ‘Guitar Hero’ and Activision are rapidly becoming our best new friends in the world. You can put the rest of it together yourself." Ulrich stated that the idea for the Metallica-themed Guitar Hero game came from the influence the original Guitar Hero games had on Ulrich and James Hetfield's children, learning about music and older bands such as Deep Purple and Black Sabbath.
The game was officially announced at the 2008 E3 conference during Microsoft's presentation, along with the announcement that Metallica's newest album, Death Magnetic, would be made as content for download for both Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Guitar Hero World Tour. A trailer for the game is included as an extra feature in Guitar Hero World Tour with "Master of Puppets" playing in the background and "Ride the Lightning" as the tagline.
As with Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, members of Metallica, including Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield and Robert Trujillo performed six songs and band and audience chatter for motion capture for their in-game avatars, which were captured down to the level of Trujillo's hair braids. Ulrich and Hetfield performed additional motion capturing sessions to help the developers. Metallica members will appear as their modern day incarnations, but unlockable skins will be available to reflect the band's history. Former band members Jason Newsted and the late Cliff Burton will not be represented in the game as the band felt their inclusion would slight Trujillo. However, the game will still include facts and trivia about both former members. The game will include DVD-style content such as photos, videos, and behind-the-scenes footage, as well as "Metallifacts", Pop-up Video-style trivia displayed on screen during the various Metallica tracks. Each Metallica song in the game will have an accompanying video of the band performing the song, with the quality ranging from fan-made videos at small clubs to large-scale video productions.
There are no plans to release a bundled version of Guitar Hero: Metallica with the instrument controllers, though Activision does plan to release special faceplates with Metallica's logos for existing instrument controllers as well as a double-bass pedal attachment for the drum controller.
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Guitar Hero: Metallica
- Published by: Activision
- Developed by: Budcat Creations
- Genre: Music
Release Date:
- North America (US): Q1 2009
- Europe: Q1 2009
- Japan: Not Set
- Australia: Q1 2009
* Author: Dr Mmm Pie
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