On March 12th, Rise Against will join the growing roster of artists to debut exclusively created music to Guitar Hero fans with the debut of

Launched November 19th 2008, NXE (New Xbox Experience) connects you effortlessly to friends, family and the world's largest online

Real news from the virtual world: — RIDE THE LIGHTNING: Activision's "Guitar Hero World Tour" is one of this year's most eagerly anticipated games, but the company has big news for fans who can't wait for that: Metallica will be releasing its next album, "Death Magnetic," as a "Guitar Hero III" download on the same day that the CD arrives in stores.

Rockers Metallica are set to follow Aerosmith's lead and release their own video game in collaboration with the makers of Guitar Hero.

In 2005 Red Octane released Guitar Hero, a rhythm based music game in the vein of Dance Dance Revolution - except players used plastic guitars to follow the beat instead of their feet. The risky move of selling a game and guitar for just under a hundred dollars paid off for the company and a brand new genre found its way into the spotlight.

News from the virtual world: -GRAND OPENING: Ready or not, ''Grand Theft Auto IV'' is only two weeks away. It's widely expected to be 2008's best-selling game, and players all over the world are planning to call in sick on its April 29 release date.

When the first Guitar Hero was released for the Playstation 2 in November 2005, it was met with both critical acclaim and a lot of buzz: a video game that substituted a simulated guitar for the standard controller?

Country great Charlie Daniels is far from happy his fiddling anthem The Devil Went Down To Georgia has become a tune on video game phenomenon Guitar Hero III.

Jodie Foster channelled her inner rock star during an appearance on Rachael Ray's show on Friday - the Oscar winner showed off her skills playing video game Guitar Hero.