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The '''Guitar Hero series''' is a series of music video games. The games allow the player to play along to several popular rock songs using a [[guitar]]-shaped peripheral. The games are among the most commercially and critically successful of all time.
==History==
In 2005, the first Guitar Hero was released. It was extremely well received; it became the number two selling game in 2005, following [[Fight Night: Round 3]]<ref>http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=8483</ref>, earned a ten out of ten from Play Magazine, and 92% and 91% from aggregate critics Gamerankings and Metacritic, respectively. The developer, [[Harmonix Music Systems]], went to work and created Guitar Hero II for the [[Playstation 2]], released in late 2006. Later on, an [[Xbox 360]] version was released, but due to the acquisition of former publisher [[RedOctane]], [[Activision]] published that version. The last game in the series developed by Harmonix (afterwards, the company was bought by MTV Studios and has since been the developer for the [[Rock Band series]]) was an expansion pack entitled [[Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s]]. All later games would be developed by [[Neversoft]]. [[Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock]] was released to all major consoles on October 28, 2007. In the main series, however, this version was the least well received, receiving scores in the low-to-mid 80% range from Metacritic. This game was followed by another spin-off title, [[Guitar Hero: Aerosmith]]. The fourth installment in the main series, [[Guitar Hero: World Tour]] was released on October 26, 2008. The band play, designed to compete with Rock Band, contributed to the great amount of sales.
[[Category:Video Games]]
==History==
In 2005, the first Guitar Hero was released. It was extremely well received; it became the number two selling game in 2005, following [[Fight Night: Round 3]]<ref>http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=8483</ref>, earned a ten out of ten from Play Magazine, and 92% and 91% from aggregate critics Gamerankings and Metacritic, respectively. The developer, [[Harmonix Music Systems]], went to work and created Guitar Hero II for the [[Playstation 2]], released in late 2006. Later on, an [[Xbox 360]] version was released, but due to the acquisition of former publisher [[RedOctane]], [[Activision]] published that version. The last game in the series developed by Harmonix (afterwards, the company was bought by MTV Studios and has since been the developer for the [[Rock Band series]]) was an expansion pack entitled [[Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s]]. All later games would be developed by [[Neversoft]]. [[Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock]] was released to all major consoles on October 28, 2007. In the main series, however, this version was the least well received, receiving scores in the low-to-mid 80% range from Metacritic. This game was followed by another spin-off title, [[Guitar Hero: Aerosmith]]. The fourth installment in the main series, [[Guitar Hero: World Tour]] was released on October 26, 2008. The band play, designed to compete with Rock Band, contributed to the great amount of sales.
[[Category:Video Games]]