Guitar Hero World Tour PC Edition Listed by ESRB; Logitech to Offer 'Premium' Instrument Controllers

by Aaron Linde, Jul 31, 2008 10:48am PDT

Related Topics – xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Rumor, ESRB, PlayStation 2, Nintendo Wii

A new listing on the Entertainment Software Ratings Board's website appears to indicate that Neversoft's multi-instrument rhythm title Guitar Hero World Tour (PS2, PS3, Wii, 360) may be coming to PCs.

Though the port has not yet been officially confirmed by publisher Activision, it would follow the PC and Mac edition of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, which was developed for those platforms by Aspyr Media and released after the console version.

While Activision did not issue an outright denial of Guitar Hero World Tour on PC, the publisher told GameCyte that "that title has not been announced yet."

Curiously, the listings make no mention of the PlayStation 2 and Wii versions of Guitar Hero World Tour, which were announced alongside its PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 incarnations. It remains to be seen whether those platforms will be shown in a second entry, a la the ESRB's listings for Guitar Hero: Aerosmith.

In related news, Activision and hardware manufacturer Logitech today announced a partnership to develop and market "premium" instrument controllers for the console editions of Guitar Hero World Tour. The peripherals are set to roll out after the title's release later this year.

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hmm Logitech making the instruments, that could be interesting. I think it would be better for a seperate company to make the instruments so activision and harmonix could focus on software. For consumers it means less equipment purchases and more gaming.

Jul 31, 2008 11:12am PDT

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hmm Logitech making the instruments, that could be interesting. I think it would be better for a seperate... : headbone
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- Red Octane already makes the instruments. Harmonix is behind Rock Band now- Guitar Hero 3, Guitar Hero: ... : TerranUp16

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Remember people, you can still plug a PC into a T.V. and for solo play it'll depend on preference whether you like sitting up front or not. Those FoF'rs are extra ghetto and hold the keyboard like it's a guitar, and it works.

Anyway, I remember that horrible port of GH3, I'm surprised they are even bothering with this.

Still, you'll find the PC version of GH3 for 50 dollars just so they can get people to buy it, that's WITH the guitar - I think that's the worst and most laziest port out there...and now they are putting GH: World Tour on PC?

Let us hope they learned from their mistakes.

Jul 31, 2008 1:47pm PDT

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Remember people, you can still plug a PC into a T.V. and for solo play it'll depend on preference whether... : ElArabDeMagnifico
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- Actually, it wasn't a great port, but it is still the best version of the game. It has the best graphics... : TerranUp16

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Hopefully an enterprising soul will make Windows drivers for the Xbox 360 instruments and we could use them with this game!

Jul 31, 2008 11:47am PDT

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Hopefully an enterprising soul will make Windows drivers for the Xbox 360 instruments and we could use th... : Zimmy
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  Wait, don't they already work? They're USB and the one that came with GH3 PC was pretty much the one from... : Schnapple
  - Yep. : OmegaRed59
- Rock Band's drums (and probably guitar) detected fine in Windows, as long as you were using USB. If GHWT ... : xsoulbrothax

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I can't imagine sitting in front of a PC monitor with 4 people, that just seems silly.

Jul 31, 2008 12:04pm PDT

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I can't imagine sitting in front of a PC monitor with 4 people, that just seems silly. : shredomatic
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  It's probably be for people who use PCs as their media center. : freshyk
  - Also at QuakeCon I saw last night a bunch of people bring GH controllers along with their PC. And the GH3... : Schnapple

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Another good clue that a PC port is coming is that a game company in my city (Beenox) was asking for testers for a Guitar Hero game for the PC not long ago.

http://www.beenox.com/en

I don't see any mention of the game being for PC on their website, but I think the job listing mentioined it. Also, if you through the process of elimination of which developer is porting which port, I guess that would leave one more company.

Jul 31, 2008 11:28am PDT

Another good clue that a PC port is coming is that a game company in my city (Beenox) was asking for test... : Geoffrois

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