If you followed along to any of the live reports from Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference keynote this morning, you probably spotted that Activision announced Guitar Hero for iPhone and iPod Touch. (Here’s the press release if you’re so inclined.) That was a nice surprise to me — until I realized “Uh oh, people will expect me to have the scoop on this!” So I did some digging and here’s the scoop.
- It’s $2.99 and available now
- Six songs are included with the core app: Queen – “We Are The Champions”; Rise Against – “Savior”; The Rolling Stones – “Paint It Black”; Vampire Weekend – “Cousins”; Weezer – “Say It Ain’t So”; and The White Stripes – “Seven Nation Army”
- It supports downloadable DLC through an in-game music store. Each three-song pack costs $1.99 per pack, and six packs are available today at launch. I’ll give you the full list a little further down.
- It includes a custom character creator and Facebook intergration, which does seem to be the feature du jour lately
- It’s developed by Vicarious Visions, developers of four different GH games as well as Band Hero on Wii
- It’s built from the ground up for iPhone (so it’s not a DS port, even though VV worked on a DS GH)
You can find more screenshots at Apple’s site or iTunes. Needless to say I’ll give it a shot for $2.99.
So…what do you think? I’ll start: This is long overdue. I’ve been wondering where the iPhone version of GH was for some time, so I’m glad to see that it looks pretty full of features. I am very curious to see how it “feels.” You GH folks know what I’m talking about.
Full list of DLC follows after the jump.
Here’s the full list of DLC, all of which is available today for $1.99 per song pack:
Song Pack featuring The Faint, Minus the Bear and Silversun Pickups:
- • The Faint – “The Geeks Were Right”
• Minus the Bear – “Secret Country”
• Silversun Pickups – “Substitution”
Song Pack featuring Band of Skulls, Obits and The White Stripes:
- • Band of Skulls – “Death By Diamonds And Pearls”
• Obits – “Two-Headed Coin”
• The White Stripes – “Blue Orchid”
Song Pack featuring Darkest Hour, The Dillinger Escape Plan and Protest the Hero:
- • Darkest Hour – “The Tides”
• The Dillinger Escape Plan – “Farewell, Mona Lisa”
• Protest the Hero – “Limb From Limb”
Song Pack featuring A Day to Remember, AFI and Breaking Benjamin:
- • A Day to Remember – “I’m Made Of Wax, Larry, What Are You Made Of?”
• AFI – “Medicate”
• Breaking Benjamin – “Diary of Jane”
Song Pack featuring Vampire Weekend
- • “A-Punk”
• “Giving Up The Gun”
• “Holiday”
Song Pack featuring Queen
- • “Another One Bites The Dust”
• “Fat Bottomed Girls”
• “Killer Queen”
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