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Quillen, Dustin (2009-05-15). "First Guitar Hero 5 Details Revealed". Joystiq. Archived from the original on 2013-01-02 . Retrieved 2009-05-15. Xbox 360: Does not suffer from latency issue seen in PS3 version. Requires a generic Xbox 360 controller receiver, please see the Xbox 360 entry in Receivers and Dongles for more information. Parish, Jeremy (2010-02-26). "The Decade That Was: Essential Newcomers". 1UP.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29 . Retrieved 2010-02-26.

Note(s): World Tour guitars are known for having weak strum switches that must be replaced eventually. This modification is medium difficulty and requires soldering to complete. The WT and GH5 Guitars feature compatible swappable faceplates. Makuch, Eddie (January 18, 2017). "Ubisoft Buys Guitar Hero Live, DJ Hero Dev From Activision". GameSpot . Retrieved January 18, 2017. Heppe, Abbie (2009-06-29). "Guitar Hero Smash Hits Review". G4 TV. Archived from the original on 2012-01-14 . Retrieved 2009-06-29. A sequel, Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades, was released in November 2008, featuring music spanning four decades. [73] A third title in the series, Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits, was announced following various rumors of its existence, [74] [75] and was released in June 2009, featuring songs recorded since the year 2000. [63] [76] [77] Both games use the "Guitar Grip" controller, and allow two players to compete against each other using any version of the On Tour series, with songs being shared between versions. [73] Though the game was praised as a reinvention of the Guitar Hero series, the game did not sell as well as Activision expected; due to lowered forecasts, Activision let go of about half of FreeStyleGames' developers. [32] In January 2017, Ubisoft acquired FreeStyleGames from Activision, with unclear consequences for the game. [33] Activision shut down GHTV on December 1, 2018, reducing the available songs from almost 500 to the 42 present on-disc. [34] [35]

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Geddes, Ryan (2009-02-08). "DICE 2008: NanaOn-Shame on You". IGN. Archived from the original on 2009-02-23 . Retrieved 2009-04-29.In February 2009, the United States District Court for the Central District of California ruled against Gibson in their case against Activision, stating that the controllers are not musical instruments but "toys that represent other items", and that Gibson's patent only covers instruments that send out analog signals. [194] [195] Activision and Gibson settled the suit following this ruling. [196] United States Patent: 6018121 – Method and apparatus for simulating a jam session and instructing a user in how to play the drums" . Retrieved 1 January 2017.

Pfister, Andrew (2009-12-21). "The First Decade: Ten Influential Games". G4TV. Archived from the original on 2020-04-21 . Retrieved 2009-12-23. PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Arcade, Nintendo DS, Mobile phone, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox One, iOS Which songs are available for import into Guitar Hero 5?". Activision . Retrieved 2009-09-02. [ permanent dead link] Guitar Hero was created from a partnership between RedOctane, then their own company that produced specialized video game controllers, and Harmonix, a music video game development company who had previously produced Frequency, Amplitude, and Karaoke Revolution. RedOctane was seeking to bring in a Guitar Freaks-like game, highly popular in Japan at the time, into Western markets, and approached Harmonix about helping them to develop a music game involving a guitar controller. Both companies agreed to it, and went on to produce Guitar Hero in 2005. [1] The title was highly successful, leading to the development of its successful sequel, Guitar Hero II, in 2006. While the original controllers for the first Guitar Hero game were designed by Ryan Lesser, Rob Kay, Greg LoPiccolo, and Alex Rigopulous of Harmonix and built by the Honeybee Corporation of China, subsequent iterations and future controllers were developed inhouse at RedOctane. [2] Sale to Activision and development by Neversoft (2006–2009) [ edit ] If you are a fan of Guitar Hero games, you might have bought a special Guitar Hero controller already. Typically, those controllers are for Xbox or PlayStations.Rose, Mike (2011-04-12). "Activision: Guitar Hero Not Finished, 'On Hiatus' For Now". Gamasutra . Retrieved 2011-04-12. Band Hero was announced in May 2009 and features " Top 40" hits aimed at family audiences, using the full band play style of Guitar Hero 5. [65] The game was also developed for the Nintendo DS, using the Guitar Hero On Tour Guitar Grip, a new "drum skin" to fit the DS Lite, and the DS's microphone to support the full band experience. [67] Musician Taylor Swift appears as a playable character in the game, [68] as do the members of No Doubt. That means they are not compatible with PC or computers. So, you might be struggling to use those Xbox 360 Guitar Hero controllers with your PC. And you want to know if there is a way to use them with the PC. Kotaku: Nyko explains issues with Guitar Hero adapter". Kotaku. Archived from the original on 2008-03-12 . Retrieved 2008-04-01.