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Guitar Hero: Metallica due by Q1 '09

Latest SEC filing by Activision confirms Bay Area metal quartet will be subject of next band-centric rhythm game; new James Bond game gets final title.

Earlier this year, Activision unveiled Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, the first installment in its billion-dollar rhythm series based entirely on a band. No sooner had the publisher announced the deal than speculation began to spread about what the second band-based Guitar Hero game would be. Along with Van Halen, the most mentioned group was Metallica, the legendary San Francisco Bay Area heavy-metal quartet.

Time to ride the royalty lightning!

Now, talk of Guitar Hero: Metallica is no longer a case of wishful thinking or idle speculation--it's fact. When sifting through an SEC filing of Activision's over the weekend, Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Edward Woo--associate of the highly visible Michael Pachter--uncovered a gem in the section where the Santa Monica, California-based publisher discussed its upcoming game slate.

"In fiscal 2009, we plan to publish Guitar Hero: On Tour for the NDS; Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, Guitar Hero: Metallica, and Guitar Hero IV across multiple platforms," the company said in its report. Activision's fiscal year ends on March 31, 2009, which means that the game will likely follow the holiday release of Guitar Hero: World Tour (nee Guitar Hero 4).

Guitar Hero: Metallica will be the first time a game based on the multiplatinum-selling band--which has become only slightly less famous for its antipiracy efforts as its musical achievements--has made it to retail. However, it is the second such game to be announced. In 2003, Vivendi Games--which will soon merge with Activision--struck a deal to create a vehicular combat game inspired by Metallica's music. Unconfirmed reports stated that the project had been quietly canceled in 2005.

In other news, Activision's SEC filing also confirmed that the next James Bond game, which will be developed by Treyarch using the Call of Duty 4 engine, will indeed be titled Quantum of Solace like the next James Bond film.

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  • tysse23

    Posted Aug 31, 2008 9:13 am PT

    YES!!! METALLICA *headbangs*

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  • maddom67

    Posted Aug 31, 2008 8:30 am PT

    would u have van halen and ac/dc

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  • KGrimm03

    Posted Aug 27, 2008 11:16 am PT

    yes i agree 100% with you guys below me....i wish i could make my own guitar hero i would have metallica...stone temple pilots....nirvana...the list gos on and on.

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  • ACME_IVIURSEY

    Posted Aug 26, 2008 4:54 pm PT

    Thank you. Yeah you guys should listen to the guy below me. He agrees with me.

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  • RabidShark001

    Posted Aug 25, 2008 5:48 pm PT

    People need to start realizing theres like like a billion different rock genres. I agree with Acme Iviursey too they start as thrash with albums like rided the lightning now there more Alternative Metal.

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  • Justinge3

    Posted Aug 24, 2008 7:47 pm PT

    I hope that there will be a lot of songs in this!

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  • ACME_IVIURSEY

    Posted Aug 21, 2008 2:52 pm PT

    How can you possibly get sick of Metallica? You would have to be like a communist or something to get sick of Metallica.

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  • benybob

    Posted Aug 20, 2008 2:28 pm PT

    this will be sweet, expecially with the drums guitars and singing. it will be super hard though, but i don't think it should be all metallica, there should be some other bands that are simmilar in there as well. sometimes you'll get sick of playing metallica through out the whole game. But it will still be a wicked awsome game.

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  • KoRn4all

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 12:26 pm PT

    Metallica rules

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  • soad-forever

    Posted Aug 17, 2008 8:04 am PT

    Wow. This is great, I was just thinking about this the other day, and to see that it is really coming out is awesome, but I've read the comments some people have left and I'd like to address comments left by some people:
    1. Gamelunatic92: Unless you want a guitar hero in which, practicaly the whole guitar arrangement is just power chords and really basic guitar riffs which would bore a lot of people, be they guitarist and not, a Guitar Hero: Linkin Park would not be good at all, Don't get me wrong, when I was a kid, I loved them, but it would be really boring, I dont wish to offend with this comment, being a fan of linkin park myself (Their older stuff, of course).

    2.bunny686: Metallica are originally a Thrash Metal, being a guitarist and die-hard fan, I know that more than anything.

    3.abcdark3: Guitar Hero: Dragonforce would be hilariously intense, but their songs are pretty similar with the notable exceptions of their softer songs (Starfire, etc...), so it would get boring, if not impossible for some people.

    4.TheGodPhoenix: Bands like Aerosmith and Metallica have cemented themselves in history because of their music and influence on young guitarists everywhere (me being one of them), but don't worry, bands like Avenged Sevenfold and Bullet For My Valentine will probably be a likely candidate for "Guitar Hero: Emo", which will be released with a razor blade strum bar, for all the slicing action moronic emos could ever dream of and a sharpened disc edge for emos who eventually give up playing and commit suicide with the edge of the disc.

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  • KoGfullmetal980

    Posted Aug 16, 2008 5:03 pm PT

    I wonder who you'll be battling against for the guitar battle? James or Kirk....or maybe both?!

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  • jamminmurken

    Posted Aug 15, 2008 10:25 am PT

    the best selling guitar hero - single band - game would be guitar hero: Tool.

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  • ACME_IVIURSEY

    Posted Aug 10, 2008 7:14 pm PT

    I like Linkin Park but think Metallica has a lot more fans than Linkin Park and Metallica has enough songs to fill the setlist Linkin Park Just doesn't cut it.

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  • Gamelunatic92

    Posted Aug 8, 2008 2:29 pm PT

    **** no guys......haha the best game would be...
    GUITAR HERO: LINKIN PARK!!!!!
    seriously, that would rock the charts right there :]

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  • maddk

    Posted Aug 7, 2008 3:22 pm PT

    IMO GH:Metallica will crush the sales of Aerosmith... Metallica didnt sell over 100million albuns without a reason, Metallica is and will always be one of, if not, the best metal band ever.

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  • ACME_IVIURSEY

    Posted Aug 7, 2008 9:18 am PT

    If they have ...And Justice For All, Master Of Puppets, To Live Is To Die, The Call Of Ktulu, The Four Horsemen, and any other song 7 minutes or more than my goal is to play each one of them at the highest difficulty I can do without failing all in a row and see how much my hands ache of metal!!!!

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  • MaddMan3

    Posted Aug 6, 2008 10:23 am PT

    This looks awesome. Metallica isn't my favorite band but i think they will easily make the best "band-exclusive" guitar hero game besides Led Zeppelin but that is highly unlikely to ever happen. Metallica has such a large library of music that it won't be a struggle to get a group of good songs. Fade to Black, Master of Puppets nuff' said.

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  • Tommy-Tucker

    Posted Aug 3, 2008 5:41 pm PT

    Metallica is nice. You guys don't understand that there are legal reason why there can't be a Guitar Hero: Van Halen or a Guitar Hero:" AC/DC...

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  • dyns510

    Posted Aug 3, 2008 10:10 am PT

    Where's GH Pink Floyd? For the Wii they could make a bong attachment.

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  • godofwarfan3000

    Posted Aug 2, 2008 8:35 am PT

    dont put st.angeir activision

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  • SkellitonKiller posted Jul 27, 2008 1:46 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. login to show)

    SkellitonKiller

    Posted Jul 27, 2008 1:46 pm PT (hide)

    I would have peffered a Guitar Hero: Van Halen or Guitar Hero: AC/DC those would have been better.

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  • Slipstream720

    Posted Jul 26, 2008 4:42 pm PT

    Metallica FTW!

    '09 Games for me:
    Guitar Hero World Tour and Metallica
    Quantum of Solace

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  • Krayler

    Posted Jul 24, 2008 8:41 pm PT

    Oh hell yeah this'll be a first '09 game for me!

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  • monkeymano

    Posted Jul 19, 2008 8:00 pm PT

    This is going to sell, seeing that they were the top selling band of the 90's and continue to sell.

    I for one, will be getting this.

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  • Jbaty660

    Posted Jul 17, 2008 1:07 pm PT

    Metallica is good but it's just goona be like aerosmith only fans of them are going to buy it

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  • ACME_IVIURSEY

    Posted Jul 17, 2008 10:53 am PT

    Knoxs is pretty much retarded in the review they even tell you Metallica's heavy metal hince "legendary San Francisco Bay Are HEAVY-METAL quartet" yes metallica is thrash metal but it's also heavy metal again just like black sabbath is doom metal Metallica is thrash metal just another branch of heavy metal also bunny whatever the hell your name is you are also one hell of an idiot because why would a METAL band with METAL in the name play hard rock seether is hard rock linkin park is hard rock Metallica is not hard rock they are metal mudvayne is metal pantera is metal now have you ever listened to a metallica song because any one who has half a brain knows thats metal and listen to the similarities between pantera and metallica everyone knows pantera is metal and they even said themselves that they were inspired by Metallica's thrashy sound

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  • score89

    Posted Jul 11, 2008 3:10 pm PT

    if this game comes out after GH world tour it will be a mic-drum.bass-guitar game?

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  • 360pauly

    Posted Jul 10, 2008 7:49 pm PT

    OMG i think im gonna cry, i was wishing for a metaillca gh yesterday, not knowing that it was being made!!!

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  • darthvulger

    Posted Jul 8, 2008 7:25 am PT

    metallica is awesome, but i hope that someone decides to make a guitar hero iron maiden, that would pwn

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  • Beastieburns

    Posted Jul 7, 2008 12:36 pm PT

    Sweet, Metallica Own. It's all a matter of opinion, Either you like of hate Metallica, i personally love them, say what you will, the first 4 albums were amazing, Black album was amazing too (prefer first 4 but still ownage) and then crap until the pure anger and aggression of St Anger which was good in it's own right but not like their classics. Death Magnetic should be ace... Do you think they'll be any Death Magnetic on here?

    Looking forward to this, i have to say i didn't buy aerosmith (as i personally dont like them, but opinions again) but i'll buy this and GHIV.

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  • jamesallenyz431

    Posted Jul 6, 2008 1:46 pm PT

    dyers eve is gonna be so frickin sic. that will be the impossible achievment right there. theres gonna be a dozen songs that are gonna be tough tho. be cool if they made GH heavy metal and did a bunch of slipknot, mudvayne, coal chamber ...... could go on for days but u get the point. i thought GH would be gay my wife bought it and i think the game is a blast

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  • heatmaster22

    Posted Jul 5, 2008 7:21 pm PT

    I'm glad that they're doing GH metallica for two reasons.1. metallica rocks 2. guitar hero aerosmith is garbage.

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  • nintendo890

    Posted Jul 5, 2008 6:30 pm PT

    finally thank you video game gods METALLICA, the best band ever, is getting its first guitar game and it is going to be hard

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  • O-ZoneX

    Posted Jul 3, 2008 11:22 pm PT

    Awesome! It sure beats GH: Aerosmith by a long shot.
    They also better have Fade To Black, Master Of Puppets, The Thing That Should Not Be, and any other awesome music they've done.

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  • DYSTOPIAN_BITE

    Posted Jul 3, 2008 12:14 pm PT

    beats Aerosmith.

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  • johneese

    Posted Jul 3, 2008 1:32 am PT

    This is gonna kick so much ass i cant wait to shred Fade To Black as kirk!! Maybe they'll have their new album on it!

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  • TheCritic9393

    Posted Jul 2, 2008 6:52 pm PT

    The Black Album was Metallica's last great album. Well, S&M was if you count that as a "true album".

    Oh and bunny8686: Metallica started out as a thrash metal band. Have you even listened to Kill 'Em All and Ride the Lightning?! The more albums they made they grew farther away from their thrash roots and hit the peak with the Black Album, but then went on a slow descent into mediocrity.

    It's actually weird because James Hetfield said he didn't really like the Justice Album and that it was only good for it's time. I personally rank it among their best work. ....And Justice for All = Metal Anthem

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  • xlxhalo2

    Posted Jul 2, 2008 7:14 am PT

    hey hello3483434, Ummm how was the black album bad, Plz let me no, Cause i think you are dumb. The black Album was one of Metallica's Greatest albums.

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  • xlxhalo2

    Posted Jul 2, 2008 7:12 am PT

    Will People Plz stop saying " hey they should make a Guitar Hero: Dragon force it would be awsome" NO NO NO NO! Dragon Force is the dumbest band ever. Who wants to play a game where all of there songs are 20 mins long and are absolutly horrible. Metallica was a good way to go, I want to see how this plays out. Oh and these other peopel saying, well how about guitar hero, Bullet for my gay time. NO, Stop! Ok those bands have made one album. Plz . Avenge Sevenfold is good but there not as big as metallica was. AeroSmith is also a joke because, WHO CARES! That game got a horrible rating and its not worth 60 bucks.

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  • bunny686

    Posted Jul 1, 2008 6:31 am PT

    topraman517: Are you stupid? Metallica isnt trash metal! They're Hard Rock.

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  • topraman517

    Posted Jun 30, 2008 12:29 pm PT

    To knoxs: They're not trash metal, they're thrash metal. So you're just as ignorant as everyone else. Just for the record, heavy metal usually refers to Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and Deep Purple, though these days LZ and DP are considered hard rock. In other words, "heavy metal" is an outdated term. Black Sabbath is doom metal if anything, though considering they invented the metal genre, they should just be called a metal band. THE metal band.

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  • sosola

    Posted Jun 29, 2008 8:58 pm PT

    As a matter of fact when Metallica first originated it was considered heavy metal but the term 'heavy metal' was changed to an even more intense version of metal. Iron Maiden back in its day was considered heavy metal. But i do agree that Metallica does most definitely not suck =]

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  • knoxs

    Posted Jun 28, 2008 9:47 am PT

    Oh for **** sake, why are people so ignorant?. FACT: Metallica is not heavy metal, heavy metal is a branch of Metal you morons, and metallica is actually Trash Metal. Don't believe me? go figure. Don't just say stupid things like ''Metallica sucks because it's heavy metal'' because it's not heavy metal, and It's one of the best bands there is. They just sucked on their last two albums, that's all.

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  • abcdark3

    Posted Jun 27, 2008 8:38 pm PT

    y dont they just skip these and work on guitar hero 4 i no these can be good but it will mostly appeal to die hard fans. rock band is probly working on 2 and then 3 so it will be a more popular series then guitar hero and GH will start to end. i prefer guitar heros controlers and CIRCLE notes. i dont want it to be gone. but if they need to do these then make guitar hero dragonforce. (i will probly get aerosmith tho)

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  • da-ps3-player posted Jun 27, 2008 11:50 am PT (does not meet display criteria. login to show)

    da-ps3-player

    Posted Jun 27, 2008 11:50 am PT (hide)

    i won't buy this crap metallica sucks!!
    they have 1 or 2 good songs they arent that good of a band i rather aerosmith.cause aerosmith actually is rock and not heavy were they are dumb

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  • TheGodPhoenix posted Jun 26, 2008 8:38 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. login to show)

    TheGodPhoenix

    Posted Jun 26, 2008 8:38 pm PT (hide)

    dude guitar hero aerosmith and now metallica (-_-) how about giving the world something like guitar hero avenged sevenfold or bullet for my valentine seriously!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • bobazz

    Posted Jun 26, 2008 12:07 pm PT

    Man im going to by it on th releese metallica own

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  • grybo

    Posted Jun 24, 2008 6:35 pm PT

    I think GH Metallica will add some nice variety giving us some more hardcore rock instead of mostly classic or punk. I like it all but I'm happy in general.

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