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Guitar Hero/Megadeth Team Up? Band Says Maybe

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by Jeff Cork on January 18, 2010 at 09:53 AM
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Megadeth is no stranger to rhythm games, with three of its songs appearing on disc in various installments of Guitar Hero and the entire “Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying?” album available as DLC for Rock Band. And if the band has its way, you haven’t seen the last of Megadeth in the gaming space.

In response to a fan question on Megadeth.com, frontman Dave Mustaine says that he’s been in talks with Activision and Neversoft about a game.

"I have recently had two very important high-level meetings with the people from Activision and Neversoft, and we are talking about a lot of things, but a Guitar Hero box set is not as attractive to me and the people from Guitar Hero as the new idea that they offered me, as the creative stuff that we are talking about is over-the-moon! I just hope that someone doesn’t stand in the way of this happening. I know that there are a lot of really damaging results from our mothership (WEA) having some legal disputes with YouTube and Guitar Hero to name just a few."

Seeing the slipshod manner in which Guitar Hero: Van Halen was thrown together, it’s understandable that the band is wary of being part of another installment of Guitar Hero: [BAND NAME]. Of course, if this thing is still in the negotiation stage, concrete details are going to be impossible to suss out. It’s interesting to think about what exactly the band and Activision’s team are considering, though. A deeper look at the evolution of metal would be quite interesting, with Megadeth serving as hosts of a sort. The Guitar Hero series is drifting away from metal in favor of embracing more mainstream talent, and fans of the original games would likely be happy to get back to their metal roots again.

Whatever the result of these talks, it's clear that music games aren't nearly hot as they've been. According to NPD data released last week, sales in music games were down 46 percent from last year, pulling in a mere $1.06 billion. Is it possible that people have had enough of the genre, even as publishers continue to pile more games onto shelves?

What do you think? Will anything concrete come from this? Do you miss the good ol’ days of Guitar Hero, or are you more interested in playing a more eclectic mix of tunes? Also, have you ever used the term "Over the moon"?

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  • by Monday, January 18, 2010 at 10:12 AM

    This would be a worthy addition to the Guitar hero series. I get really dissapointed with some of the song choices they put on the games. I ask myself "why the *** would they put this *** on guitar hero?" Like Beastie Boys or Coldplay.

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    by Monday, January 18, 2010 at 10:21 AM

    Megadeth is a good band...but look at that list of Guitar Hero games. I mean Rock Band has already included Green Day (ick?)...how long will it be before this series is also scraping at the bottom of the barrel as well?

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    by Monday, January 18, 2010 at 10:26 AM

    Another guitar hero, featuring another band? Let's face it, the music game craze is pretty much over.

  • by Monday, January 18, 2010 at 10:43 AM

    I don't understand why everyone was ripping on Van Halen. It was still a very fun game, it just was running the same engine as GH: Metallica (which was my favorite music game this year). \

    Megadeth is probably my third favorite band... I can't wait.

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    by Monday, January 18, 2010 at 10:46 AM

    I'd probably buy Guitar Hero Megadeth or some form of Metal edition of Guitar Hero. I started loosing interest in the series when the songs got to easy and boring to play but this game could be a decent challenge.

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    by Monday, January 18, 2010 at 11:01 AM

    The way Guitar Hero and Rockband keep producing more games just with a band name there is ridiculous.  No one is going to keep paying 50-60 dollars just for another game full of tracks.  They need to slow it down a bit and not have a new one out every month.  I mean jeez they might run out of good bands eventually.

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    by Monday, January 18, 2010 at 11:03 AM

        hows about a comet hits the building of activision and neversoft, and we never hear of them again.  those games are completely terrible.  it was a novel idea at first, but now it's out of hand.  when will it stop?  or when with they upgrade the experiance, like a different gutair controller, or different look of the game.  

        in a million years there will be a layer in the earth called the rockband/gutair hero layer where all those games didn't decompose after years of pressure upon them, and aleins will excavate the earth finding these games and conclude that the humanrace didn't reach enlightenment and because they wasted there lives on crap that held them back from their full potential... harsh.

  • by Monday, January 18, 2010 at 11:06 AM

    so... no, i don't care for no megadeth guitar hero pack.  neversoft tends to do one thing and run as far as they can with it... i.e tony hawk series.

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    by Monday, January 18, 2010 at 11:20 AM

    nice

  • by Monday, January 18, 2010 at 11:33 AM

    The idea of a GH Megadeth seems a little "Over the moon". Kyate is right, there are only so many songs worth playing in the game. Eventually theyll run out, and then what? GH macy gray? Strangely enough id probably rent that.

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    by Monday, January 18, 2010 at 11:37 AM

    GH: Megadeth would be a greatr addition. GH is about metal, not about sissy rock bands like Coldplay and Green Day. GH: Metallica was probably my favorite because it is non-stop heavy metal, the way Guitar Hero should have always been.

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    by Monday, January 18, 2010 at 11:49 AM

    Dude i have been waiting for this since guitar hero 1.  please oh please let this be!

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    by Monday, January 18, 2010 at 11:55 AM

    I have never had a guitar hero game and never intend too.

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    by Monday, January 18, 2010 at 12:06 PM

    First off, it's hard to imagine the lead singer to Megadeath using the term "over the moon".  That'd lose a lot of cred in my book if I was a band.

    I totally understand them wanting to stay away from a standalone Guitar Hero game, as I'd imagine those are the biggest losers in terms of sales.

    My biggest thought on it would be that perhaps they'd be one of the frontliners in Guitar Hero 6.  Perhaps the whole last stage would be a versus concert against them or something.  But seeing how Activision milks the dead horses for all they are worth, I don't see them changing the formula that much.

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    by Monday, January 18, 2010 at 12:10 PM

    Megadeth one of my favorite bands. Though there's too many music/rhythm games

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    by Monday, January 18, 2010 at 12:17 PM

    Guitar Hero should just take another rest. Seriously, people will stop buying this after the 20th one gets released

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    by Monday, January 18, 2010 at 12:37 PM

    Guitar heroes 1-3,and metallica: the best. They really Dropped the ball on the newer ones.

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    by Monday, January 18, 2010 at 01:00 PM

    Lol at a "mere" 1.06 BILLION. Yea thats not a lot of money or anything...

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    by Monday, January 18, 2010 at 01:45 PM

    @Scratius

    The way major industries go, it's not as much as you'd think. A 46% decrease in sales is a major drop.

    But about the article, the original guitar hero games were really fun and inventive when they first came out and once I heard about Rock Band I was excited for that. Although soon enough they started releasing game after game and the formula just got boring to me. The Beatles Rock Band was a great idea because they gave a lot of inspiration to music even from today. But Activision needs to stop releasing so many editions of these games, then they won't have to lose as much money.

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    by Monday, January 18, 2010 at 01:47 PM

    Guitar Hero was created for a band like MegaDeth. The guitar styings of the band would be a great addition to Guitar Hero. Even the newer stuff would be fun to play and a few singles of old hardcore classics like Anthrax and Motorhead would be great as well. I think this is a great idea and I'd be really pumped to play it!!!

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