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Guitar Hero 5

Platforms

Nintendo Wii
PS2
PS3
Xbox 360

Initial release Sept. 1, 2009

Developers

Neversoft

Genres

Rhythm

Publishers

Activision
Activision Blizzard

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All Guitar Hero, DJ Hero song DLC to be removed

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All Guitar Hero, DJ Hero song DLC to be removed

Activision pulls the plug at the end of the month.

March 19, 2014 Tom Phillips

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Maroon 5's Adam Levine sues Activision

Over 2009 game Band Hero.

Aug. 5, 2011 Wesley Yin-Poole

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Guitar Hero III generated tons of money

More than any other game in US history.

March 25, 2011 Wesley Yin-Poole

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Activision closes Guitar Hero dev

RIP Budcat Creations.

Nov. 16, 2010 Fred Dutton

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A Guitar Hero game every year "a given"

"We lost our souls," admits dev.

Aug. 9, 2010 Wesley Yin-Poole

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Kotick regrets not courting Harmonix

Won't play games in case he's hooked.

Feb. 19, 2010 Tom Bramwell

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Cobain would find GH5 funny, says Love

But she's not done with "sleazy" Activision.

Feb. 1, 2010 Robert Purchese

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Face-off

Digital Foundry | Xbox 360 vs. PS3 Face-Off: Round 23

Dragon Age, Beatles, Guitar Hero 5, FIFA 10, PES 2010.

Nov. 30, 2009 Richard Leadbetter

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Guitar Hero 5 demo on Xbox Live

Strumming up enthusiasm.

Oct. 12, 2009 Tom Bramwell

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Music games are "crap", says Bunnyman

Hopes players get "electrocuted".

Sept. 29, 2009 Eurogamer Staff

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Trine, Bomberman head PSN refresher

Lots of special offers, too.

Sept. 18, 2009 Robert Purchese

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Activison predicts console-free future

Plans to "take the fun out of making games".

Sept. 15, 2009 Robert Purchese

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UK charts: Guitar Hero 5 beats Beatles

Plus: McRae sees off Batman.

Sept. 14, 2009 Robert Purchese

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EG rocks with Pixie Lott at GH5 launch

Europe-wide record attempt underway.

Sept. 11, 2009 Johnny Minkley

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Review

Guitar Hero 5

Rocking all over again.

Sept. 11, 2009 Keza MacDonald

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Activision: Love "signed" Cobain deal

GH5 spat entices Nirvana statement.

Sept. 11, 2009 Robert Purchese

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Love to "sue the s***" out of Activision

Furious at Cobain's GH5 resurrection.

Sept. 10, 2009 Robert Purchese

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GHWT-to-GH5 song transfer priced

35 songs can be copied over.

Sept. 2, 2009 Tom Bramwell

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GH5 DLC won't work in GH World Tour

But will in future games, apparently.

Aug. 24, 2009 Tom Bramwell

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Buy GH5 and get Van Halen free

Activision tired of Scrooge image?

Aug. 12, 2009 Robert Purchese

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Wii GH5 to stream from large SD cards

Feature enables 32GB of DLC space.

Aug. 12, 2009 Robert Purchese

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GH5 is "a massive leap" for Wii games

Vicarious Visions has "re-architected" it.

Aug. 4, 2009 Robert Purchese

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Miis will work in Guitar Hero 5

PS3 Home Avatars not so much.

Aug. 3, 2009 Robert Purchese

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GH5 supports Xbox Live Avatars

Deck them out in thumping threads.

July 31, 2009 Robert Purchese

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Activision completes GH5 track list

Dire Straits! Arctic Monkeys! Stevie!

July 30, 2009 Robert Purchese