Hot off the heels of the Amazon listing rumouring the new name for Guitar Hero 6, today Activision confirmed the latest instalment in their button mashing rhythm action franchise is going to be called Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.
Heading back to the fantastical story modes of Guitar Hero 2 and 3, the main story mode, (known as Quest Mode) in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock has you setting off on an epic journey to help the demi-God of rock (voiced by Kiss' Gene Simmons) take down "The Beast", and save Rock n' Roll. We just hope this doesn't mean the return of the boss battles.
In addition to the Quest Mode, Quickplay has also been given an overhaul, with the introduction of Quickplay+, featuring 13 unique challenges for each song on the disc.
Songs confirmed for the game so far include the likes of Dragonforce, Drowning Pool, and Fallout Boy, and a specially written track by Dave Mustaine of Megadeth for the Quest mode. Here's the full list of confirmed tracks:
- AFI - "Dancing Through Sunday"
- Anthrax -"Indians"
- Avenged Sevenfold - "Bat Country"
- Black Sabbath - "Children Of The Grave"
- Buzzcocks - "What Do I Get?"
- Children Of Bodom - "If You Want Peace... Prepare For War"
- The Cure - "Fascination Street"
- Def Leppard - "Pour Some Sugar On Me (Live)"
- Dethklok - "Bloodlines"
- Dire Straits - "Money For Nothing"
- DragonForce - "Fury of the Storm"
- Drowning Pool - "Bodies"
- Fall Out Boy - "Dance, Dance"
- Foo Fighters - "No Way Back"
- Foreigner - "Feels Like The First Time"
- The Hives - "Tick Tick Boom"
- Jane's Addiction - "Been Caught Stealing"
- Jethro Tull - "Aqualung"
- KISS - "Love Gun"
- Linkin Park - "Bleed It Out"
- Megadeth - "Sudden Death"
- Metallica & Ozzy Osbourne - "Paranoid (Live)"
- Muse - "Uprising"
- My Chemical Romance - "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)"
- Night Ranger - " (You Can Still) Rock In America"
- Nine Inch Nails - "Wish"
- The Offspring - "Self Esteem"
- Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody"
- Rammstein - "Waidmanns Heil"
- The Rolling Stones - "Stray Cat Blues"
- Silversun Pickups - "There's No Secrets This Year"
- Slayer - "Chemical Warfare"
- Slipknot - "Psychosocial"
- Stone Temple Pilots - "Interstate Love Song"
- ZZ Top - "Sharp Dressed Man (Live)"
With the largest on-disc array of songs seen in a rhythm action game, Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock already looks like it's going to surpass World Tour and Guitar Hero 5, and finally bring Guitar Hero back to how it should be. Nonsensical, and brilliant. We're keeping all our limbs crossed.
