Guitar Hero Live launches this autumn with reactive FMV crowds

Guitar Hero Live will launch this autumn on PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii U, Activision and developer FreeStyleGames have announced.

The new version of the billion dollar franchise features two ways to play, including GH Live, a first-person point of view with the player up on stage. Real crowds will dynamically react in real-time to how well or bad your performance is going.

Also included is GHTV, a playable music video network which runs 24 hours a day and features a continually-updated collection of official music videos from the newest releases to favourite hits. Multiple channels will be available to choose from, with songs playable as it is heard or selectable on-demand.

Both game modes will be playable on consoles and to be announced mobile platforms.

“Guitar Hero is a franchise that so many people love. Figuring out how to bring it back with true breakthrough innovation has been years in the making, and a labour of love,” said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing, Inc. “Guitar Hero Live lets people rock real crowds with real reactions. Our goal was literally to give people stage fright. And with GHTV, we have created the world’s first live, playable music video network. All of it is playable on consoles, or mobile devices. Guitar Hero is back and better than ever.”

The game will also introduce a “modern, redesigned guitar controller,” which offers two rows of three buttons which Activision says “better reflects the way people naturally play”.

The game will feature hundreds of playable songs, including The Black Keys, Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, Gary Clark, Jr., Green Day, Ed Sheeran, The War on Drugs, The Killers, Skrillex, The Rolling Stones, The Lumineers, Carrie Underwood, Pierce the Veil and Blitz Kids.

The game and guitar bundle will retail at $99 in the US, though UK pricing hasn’t been revealed.

Source: Activision