Rock Band Takes On Guitar Hero

November 26th, 2007

This holiday shopping season promises a musical showdown between virtual guitar loving video game players as Electronic Arts’ Rock Band aims at Activision’s Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.Developed by Neversoft, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock is on store shelves now for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 for $99.99 and the Wii and PS2 for $89.99. Rock Band, meanwhile, was developed by Harmonix, the company MTV bought last year for $175 million. The game hit the store shelves on November 20 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 systems.

“We are excited to unleash some of the most beloved rock songs of all time for consumers to customize their Rock Band game experience — for an amazing price,” said Paul DeGooyer, senior vice president of MTV Games. Most of the songs are selling for $1.99, and include classics from The Police, Metallica, and Foreigner. The actual game sells for about $60, or $160 for the entire system.

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