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Music Games + REAL Instruments = Power Gig, Due Fall 2010

VGChartz writes: After the ever-declining sales of music games, there has been a frantic quest for "the next big thing." Behold "Power Gig: Rise of the Sixstring," the first music game to feature a real guitar.

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bmw695209d ago

Wow, this could be big...

rroded5209d ago (Edited 5209d ago )

hope this catches on like wildfire

imagine if all those guitar hero addicts had this. Learning a real skill rather than jus mashing buttons...

Motion5209d ago (Edited 5209d ago )

Guitar Rising has been in the works for a while-
http://www.engadget.com/200...

Guitar Wizard-
http://www.engadget.com/200...

Real Guitar-
http://www.maximumpc.com/ar...

I'm not sure of the availability of these programs currently, and with a little patience you can probably find several more. Like I said, this is definitely not a new concept.

Bubbles_Kitty_Cat5209d ago (Edited 5209d ago )

I wish someone would make a game that used your own guitar.

I would love to play a game using my Carvin 7 string.

Motion5209d ago

in guitar rising you can...
it will probably ignore the 7th string though

Redempteur5209d ago

dunno, i actually enjoy the game part of music games ..

BUt i'll reserve my final jugement when i'll try this

Bubbles_Kitty_Cat5209d ago

"in guitar rising you can...
it will probably ignore the 7th string though"

I guess I'll have to wait for Guitar Rising: Death Metal Edition, then. :D

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Nitrowolf25209d ago (Edited 5209d ago )

this may actually be the first guitar game i buy
this was the first thing me and my bro asked ourselve when guitar hero came out why don't they just use real instruments, not only is it fun, but your actually learning guitar
rockband and guitar hero better watch out,
hopefully they have good songs
just watch though acti and rockband creator to make a guitar like this

themizarkshow5209d ago

I agree. I mess with guitar when I have downtime (and have for years), so something that takes that into an actual videogame would be huge for me.

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Is Guitar Hero Coming To The PS5 Or Xbox Series X?

It’s been nearly a decade since the release of the last Guitar Hero game. Is time running out for Guitar Hero, or are we closer than ever to the long-awaited reunion tour on the PS5 and Xbox Series X? As it turns out, we might soon see the return of a rock giant — at least, if modern gaming trends are to be trusted.

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Cacabunga25d ago

I miss those times with Rock Band, DJ Hero and all rhythm games.

BeHunted25d ago

Thank you for supporting Microsoft by purchasing Guitar Hero.

SPEAKxTHExTRUTH26d ago

I just don’t see this being nearly as popular as it was back in the day. These kids are way too attached to phones and tablets to care about plastic guitars and drums. Would be cool if it did return but I just don’t see hype for it like the good old days of gaming.

DarXyde25d ago

Or....in the modern era, it could support real electric guitars and drum sets...?

I think we can do better than the buttons at this point

ThatArtGuy25d ago

Rocksmith does real guitar.

DarXyde25d ago

ThatArtGuy,

All the more reason to get with the program.

S2Killinit25d ago (Edited 25d ago )

Hmmm maybe you are correct. Unfortunately. Also, there is the VR rhythm games already in the wide which are very popular. But back in those days we only had gutar hero.

Gaming4Life198126d ago

I would gladly buy a guitar hero collection or just guitar hero 2 again on series X or ps5.

neutralgamer199225d ago

Most likely answer is both platforms because why leave out 60-70 million platform gamers

Dandalandan11725d ago

Make it some kind of collection or greatest hits then I'm sold

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15 Impactful Video Games That Forever Changed The Industry

These groundbreaking video games changed gaming forever and drew in scores of fans in the process.

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Call of Duty killed Guitar Hero but the world is ready for its return

The Guitar Hero franchise died in the wake of Activision's lust for Call of Duty, but we should be dusting off those plastic guitars for a new Guitar Hero game.

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Thundercat77458d ago

Guitar Hero was good. The problem was Activision started creating many versions. Guitar Hero had the every one year cycle like COD and people felt they were being robbed.

myfathersbastard458d ago

It was even worse then that. My roommate and I were big into rock band. Had a concert sized sound system for it in the shop. Both rock band and guitar hero were doing a yearly release yeah, but then also doing song packs and band packs every other week almost at one point. AND releasing them on physical disc. Before we stopped we had litterely dozens of discs for different songs and bands. They just never stopped coming out. People can only handle buying so much for 1 game.

Ra3030458d ago

Why in the hell would one want to spend time to learn a button mashing order when you can lean to play a real guitar in the same time frame.