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It turns out that Guitar Hero: World Tour isn’t shaping up to be a sensational seller, like the other entries in the series. The New York Times is reporting that World Tour sold roughly 534,000 copies in the week after it was released, while Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock managed to sell around 1.4 million copies in the week after it launched. So, based on those early figures, one could reason that World Tour is only a third as successful as Legends of Rock. Perhaps this means that Rock Band is having an incredibly visible impact on Guitar Hero‘s sales. Or, it could be an indication that people are cutting back on extravagant video game purchases.

Guitar Hero: World Tour, which is the fourth entry in the series and the first to incorporate instruments other than guitars into the game, was launched on October 26, 2008…

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While I am fully aware that Rock Band and Guitar Hero are each separate games, the music selections that each title offers make me wonder whether or not they should just cease the competition and join forces to release a singular musical instrument-based game.

Yesterday, Activision announced that The Killers would be releasing their musical wares onto Guitar Hero World Tour’s musical store as downloadable content on Tuesday, November 25, 2008.  Not content to be left out of this party, MTV made it known that Rock Band would be receiving music from this group as well, on the very same day.

The songs that will be

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Good news for fans looking to bust some ghosts in the near future - the impressive looking Ghostbusters: The Video Game has been brought out of development limbo. One of the most famous casualties of the Activision-Blizzard merger, Ghostbusters was homeless until this morning, when it was announced that Atari (of all companies) will pick up the game and distribute it in 2009. The game is set to roughly coincide with the possible (and oft-rumored) next film in the franchise - officially, with the original film’s 25th anniversary - and it was written by original Ghostbusters actors/writers Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd.

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Yes! The oft-rumored DJ-flavored version of the uber-popular Guitar Hero franchise has just been confirmed, thanks to a Joystiq interview with Brian Bright: 

“Activision’s doing a DJ Hero game, and I can’t comment on what we’re doing. But… we’re working on the future and next gen. If I wasn’t excited about it I wouldn’t be there.“

A post at 1Up has the brief history of the oft-rumored title, including the little news nugget back in February regarding Activision’s trademarking of the DJ Hero title, but this is the first real confirmation of the game. There are no firm details yet, but I’d be willing to bet that the gameplay will follow a fairly similar structure to GH, and that some kind of funky turntable-esque controller will be included in the package. It just wouldn’t be a Hero game without it.

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We were officially blown away when Logitech unveiled its $250 super guitar controller for Guitar Hero World Tour with all its realistic body features. That was before we knew about the Gene Simmons Axe Guitar that’s made for both Guitar Hero and Rock Band for the PlayStation 2 and PS3. It’s being sold for $79.99 on Amazon and will become officially available on October 31, 2008.

The main draw of this guitar is its unique look. This guitar looks like a battle ax and…

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Activision has officially started the closed multiplayer beta for Call of Duty: World at War exclusively on the Xbox 360. The multiplayer portion of the game is expected to be just as good or even better than Call of Duty 4. The beta is only running for a few weeks so time is of the essence. You can join the WWII inspired mayhem by doing one of two things.

Fair Warning - The first is very easy, the second requires a bit of luck.

Click through to find out how to get in on the beta…

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It was only a matter of time before someone picked up the recently dropped 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand.

According to a listing at Australia’s Office of Film and Literature Classifications (found by a member of forum site NeoGaf), the financially savvy company smart enough to pick up a guaranteed million copy seller is THQ.

Even though the first game, 50 Cent: Bulletproof, was a critical failure, the game did go on to…

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The only thing better than watching Quantum of Solace is playing Quantum of Solace and winning a PS3 at the same time.

Entering the contest is a bit easier than training to become a secret agent. All you have to do is register at the Quantum of Solace website to obtain some Activision credentials. Then you’ll be free to access the online strategy game based on Quantom of Solace by entering your information and game code here. Activision will be giving away one PS3 each week beginning…

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We already know that the late great Jimi Hendrix will not only have his music in the new installation of Guitar Hero: World Tour, but also his likeness. Yet, it seems that Activision isn’t stopping at having just a few songs of the legend in their upcoming title.

Velvet Revolver’s guitarist, Slash, revealed to Rolling Stone that Activision is at work on a Hendrix special edition game similar to what it did with Aerosmith…

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