Guitar Hero III Dated for Europe, Official U.S. Demo Drops Tomorrow, Contest Starts November 2

October 22, 2007 10:09 AM

Neversoft's Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock retails in the U.S. October 28, but Europeans will need to wait another month to start shredding, as publisher Activision today gave all versions of the game a November 23 release date for Europe.

And although there's already an unofficial Xbox 360 demo hosted on FileShack that you can burn and play with, the official version will hit Xbox Live Marketplace tomorrow. The demos are one and the same, and include Pearl Jam's "Even Flow," Priestess' "Lay Down," Tenacious D's "The Metal," Pat Benatar's "Hit Me with your Best Shot," and the Scorpions' "Rock You like a Hurricane."

To celebrate the U.S. release of the game, Activision will be holding a 72-hour Play & Win sweepstakes beginning November 2, with prizes like Slash-signed faceplates given away every hour for registered participants. The contest site opens tomorrow for registration.

The event kicks off with the opportunity to challenge and most likely be destroyed by Neversoft developers at their own game from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. CST on November 2. To take on the masters, look for the following Gamertags on Xbox Live:

GH DesLead (Alan, design lead)
GH AsstProd (Lee, assistant producer)
GH SrProdTech (Clive, senior producer, technology)
GH OnlineEng (Mario, online engineer)
GH OnlineEng2 (Tim, online engineer)
GH MidiDes2 (Chris, midi designer)
GH MidiDes3 (David, midi designer)
GH MidiDes4 (Geoffrey, midi designer)
GH MidiDes5 (John, midi designer)
GH MidiDes6 (Brian, midi designer)
GH MidiDes7 (Kyle, midi designer)

Carlos Bergfeld

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pun][sher

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October 22, 2007 11:18 AM

I just bought GH2 yesterday and an extra Guitar. Is it worth selling my extra guitar and getting the GH3 package with the wireless guitar? Or should I just get the game?
- jonin
  
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  October 22, 2007 11:21 AM
  
  I'd say just get the game. That's just my opinion.
  - skankcore
    
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    October 22, 2007 11:34 AM
    
    I would opt for having at least one newer guitar controller. They are supposedly much better in all aspects than the current controllers (according to every preview I've read so far).
    - pun][sher
      
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      October 22, 2007 1:24 PM
      
      How so?
      - OmegaRed59
        
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        October 22, 2007 4:08 PM
        
        A little heavier, sturdier, buttons press better, strum bar is a little better etc.
        
        At least, that is what some previews are saying.
- [deleted] 760578582
  
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  October 22, 2007 11:40 AM
  
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- DOOManiac
  
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  October 22, 2007 4:20 PM
  
  If you have the 360 GH2 controller: YES! A thousand times yes.
  
  If you have the PS2 one: Nah.
  - DOOManiac
    
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    October 22, 2007 4:21 PM
    
    Let me clarify. The 360 GH2 controller is a horrible abomination of shit-incarnate. Replace it with a better version at all costs. I haven't used the 360 GH3 controller, but I don't know how it could possibly NOT be better, and every report I hear seems to indicate that it is indeed teh win.
- 00kewk00
  
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  October 22, 2007 4:23 PM
  
  Once you put the new guitar in your hands a light will shine through the clouds onto the guitar. Angels will float around you singing soothing angle like music while you catch a faint sent of roses around you and your first thought will be " this is what a video game guitar is supposed to feel like!".
  - OmegaRed59
    
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    October 26, 2007 11:01 AM
    
    actually made me LOL!!