Guitar Hero: Aerosmith announced and a free GHIII DLC download
by Dustin Burg 
{ Feb 15th 2008 at 12:00PM }
Activision just made it official today that the next Guitar Hero incarnation will in fact be called Guitar Hero: Aerosmith and will feature songs exclusively from ... well, the band Aerosmith.GHAero (that's the official X3F abbreviation from now on) is scheduled for a June release when gamers will be able to play alongside Steven Tyler and truly embrace their inner Aerosmith fanboy. The number of tracks, what sort of bundle, pricing information and word about whether or not the GH franchise has been whored out have yet to be confirmed, but one could expect all the specifics to be in line with previous Guitar Hero releases. Yah dig?
Activision also revealed that in celebration of their "groundbreaking" GHAero (man are we love that abbreviation) announcement, they will be releasing Aerosmith's "Dream On" to the XBLM as a free GHIII download. The free DLC will be available from February 16th through the 18th, so be sure to gobble that up before it disappears.
[Via ScoreHero, Thanks Elliott]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Tony @ Feb 15th 2008 12:03PM
I don't own this, but I always grab free things so I can redownload them for free again later if I have to lol.
Wildcat1080 @ Feb 15th 2008 12:23PM
same
And :rollseyes: at this game
Good ol' Activision ($$$)
Etchasketchist @ Feb 15th 2008 12:13PM
http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/next_generation_to_take_a
Corleone @ Feb 15th 2008 12:25PM
Steven Tyler is the biggest hack on the planet. Guess I will never buy another GH game.
Josh @ Feb 15th 2008 12:29PM
Worst...decision...ever
Sunny @ Feb 15th 2008 2:37PM
This reminds me of Need for Speed: Porche Unleashed.
matthew @ Feb 15th 2008 12:32PM
What a terrible idea, how does this even get past the morning meeting???
Andrew @ Feb 15th 2008 12:42PM
And that seals the deal.... guitar hero has officially "jumped the shark". GHIII focused too much on metal in the latter parts of the game for my particular tastes and left me a bit disappointed. Obviously looking at their sales they're making cash hand over fist, but at this point I'm worried that they'll just pump out overpriced garbage. Steven Tyler is ugly enough in real life. I don't need to pay $60 to watch a virtual representation of him. Brett Michaels was bad enough, I was worried I'd get some kind of STD just from holding the guitar.
Pro-Truth League @ Feb 15th 2008 2:58PM
Metal????
Lie Metal maybe.. or baby metal. I prefer "baby metal", it's more insulting than lie metal, and not as mean as 'tard metal (Though, not nearly as appropriate.). Now, if it had some REAL metal, you know, something with real and good melody, it'd be different.
That's what happens when you leave a music game to people who probably think "WOW BOY EXPLOSIONS HEE HEHEHE SKATEBOARDS! THIS IS SO COOL! SLASH!"
If you ask me, GH immediately jumped the shark when Slash was on the god damned cover.
Jeramy @ Feb 16th 2008 2:59AM
yeah, slash on the cover continues to piss me off. they pretty much just whored out the series. they took a great franchise and sucked the life out of it in every way.
John @ Feb 15th 2008 12:55PM
Watch this be ludicrously overpriced and not worth it.
BUT.
My fav aerosmith track for free? Nice.
PlayaCDubb @ Feb 15th 2008 12:45PM
And they couldnt just release downloadable song packs...what a bunch of money grabbing ****s.
Bac0nator @ Feb 15th 2008 12:51PM
Nice, Ive been wanting to play this song for a while. And at a cost of FREE who can complain.
Bac0nator @ Feb 15th 2008 12:53PM
Oh wait.. people always complain.
Gemini Ace @ Feb 15th 2008 1:05PM
Time of death on the Guitar Hero franchise...12:00 PM.
dunnypop @ Feb 15th 2008 1:19PM
Guitar Hero 3 was a big dissapointment for me. Rock Band changed it up and made a great game, with a great group multiplayer career mode, however the lack of a good single player career mode.
Hopefully the GH guys know that a good career mode is what they need to stay fresh and innovative, unlike having stupid boss battles.
psyborg @ Feb 15th 2008 2:21PM
Lack of a good singleplayer career mode?
I guess I'm crazy because I thoroughly enjoyed the singleplayer drum campaign.
Anyways Guitar Hero went from a great and creative franchise to a soulless corporate money maker when Harmonix left, GH3 was extremely subpar and thats only the beginning. Its only a matter of time before Activision incorporates DDR dance pads and boss fights against Bam Mergera.
Paul @ Feb 15th 2008 1:32PM
the guitar hero franchise is as good as dead to me after a move like this.....time to get rock band.....
Ryan @ Feb 15th 2008 2:59PM
I don't get what the hell people's problem is here really. This isn't replacing Guitar Hero 4, and Activision has said that there will be a regular GH4 with mixed tracks. This is a supplementary, ADDITIONAL game. If you don't want it, just pretend it doesn't exist and then it's the same thing as if it actually didn't exist.
It would have been nice to see this released as a DLC pack, but it seems rather infeasible to include a download with ~60 tracks in it given that most of us are using meager 20gb hard drives.
Cool to see Dream On for free for GH3 too. GH3 is lacking in DLC frequency, but at least when they do it they do it right (free or with video previews if we're expected to pay).
Sunny @ Feb 15th 2008 2:02PM
No thanks. I'll gladly take the free track, and maybe rent the new game, but that's it.
Edicius @ Feb 15th 2008 2:44PM
What's with the complaining? This isn't instead of Guitar Hero 4. It's just a little side project like the 80s edition was. If you don't like it don't buy it. Guitar Hero 4 will still come out later. Aerosmith is a logical choice for a project like this because they have over 30 years worth of songs and fans They are one of the few bands that have enough material to fill multiple games. If you're not an Aerosmith fan, just look at it as opening the door for your favorite band to get their own game.
Phour ZwanZig @ Feb 15th 2008 11:08PM
Thank you Edicius
On the verge of turning 30, and still loving video games like a lil child, Im happy to hear that they are gunna do an Aerosmith version of GHIII.. I didnt buy GHIII yet so its not like I will be payin for a game I have already. I did purchase GHII and rented RockBand.. But being I grew up when Aerosmith and G'N'R were the greatest rockers, I've always loved Aerosmith.. Yeah Steven Tylers a lil on the freaky side (reminds me of a chick with a big mouth) but they are the music of my Gen. so Im gunna purchase this for sure.. hell, I use AeroTJ as my email and other onscreen avatars... been like that since AOL first came out..
Sofun @ Feb 15th 2008 3:40PM
Is this some kind of early April Fool's joke? Great decision Activision LOL
houkah @ Feb 15th 2008 3:56PM
I've said it before but harmonix was apparently the soul of guitar hero. Now that they're gone i expect the franchise to get steadily worse. I hated guitar hero 3, the charts didn't feel right and the boss battles were just stupid. Rock band owns guitar hero.
Sky Shark X2 @ Feb 15th 2008 4:18PM
Bleh, I'll get the song but not the new game. The only reason why Rock the 80s was acceptable was because last Generation of consoles didn't have this intergrated ever present online system. Back then that was the only way to disribute new/extra content. Now we have this little thing called DLC, just release them in packs or not at all unless its a GH4 IMO. Still I always had a love hate relationship, on the higher diffculties I felt they just slapped notes in and didn't test to see how possible they were. Rockband has given me a more fun expirence and reminds a bit more of GH2. Personaly my view is if Activision keeps this up we're gonna be talking about GH in the past tense soon
z @ Feb 15th 2008 11:55PM
although this rocks, this was not the first game to be based around aerosmith music, and im not talking about revolution X. "quest for glory" was for PC around 1995, using a virtual pick to pick the rhythm for the guitar tracks, featuring all aerosmith music, and 2 steppenwolfe songs.
LaughingMan @ Feb 16th 2008 9:40AM
I know everyone here is probably 14 and under, but yes there was a time when Aerosmith was legitametly good. "Don't Wanna Close My Eyes" and doing things like performaning with Britany Spears at the grammys have hurt their legacy, but as long as the game takes most of the songs from their earlier years, this should be good. "Big Ten Inch Record" FTW!
Luciusad2004 @ Feb 17th 2008 5:35AM
Am I the only person genuinely freaked out by that picture? I mean wtf. If that poped up out of the ground one night (as i suspect it would) and started stumbling in my direction I would run the hell away. ah... man... its just so horrible. I can't describe how awful that picture really is. Why... so awful