Activision today announced that they will be opening up a presence for Guitar Hero in PlayStation Home, letting PS3 users interact, communicate and share experiences together in one unified space.

Dubbed “Backstage with Guitar Hero”, the space will be a themed backstage lounge and massive concert venue where users will be able to meet up, hang out and check out videos for upcoming titles in the franchise. It will add more functionality over time.

Following Guitar Hero III and Guitar Hero Aerosmith, Neversoft’s multi-instrument music game Guitar Hero World Tour will be released on PC and Mac this summer, courtesy of Aspyr.

The computer editions will feature the same content found in the console versions, including all the on-disc songs, music studio mode and support for full band gameplay. However, the studio made no mention of downloadable content.

More details are expected soon.

Nerds rejoice! Stan Bush’s ballad “The Touch” from the 1986 animated film Transformers: The Movie will soon be available as a free download for Guitar Hero World Tour, according to a letter from the artist.

It wasn’t mentioned when the track would hit, though.

Seven new screenshots from Guitar Hero Metallica have been released, showing off the playable characters and the gameplay.

The game is due out on PS3, PS2, Wii and Xbox 360 soon.

Activision sends word that legendary lead vocalist and bassist for Motorhead, Lemmy, will be featured as a playable character in Guitar Hero: Metallica this spring.

His in-game likeness will rock and shred his way to the stage alongside Metallica or by himself. The band’s song “Ace of Spades” is featured in the game as a playable track.

The game is due out next month on PS3, Xbox 360, Wii and PS2.

Following up on the trailer, Activision has released the first screenshots from Guitar Hero World Tour. A picture of the drum kit can be seen in this post. The game is due out this Fall on PS2, PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii.

Activision today confirmed that the Wii version of Guitar Hero World Tour will support some form of downloadable content, though no details were provided. It is not known if the content refers to new songs or the sharing of user-created tracks.

Downloadable content on the Wii is a concern for developers due to the console’s paltry 512MB of internal storage. Users can expand that space through the use of SD cards, however, the Wii will only executive downloaded content if it is located within the internal memory.

In related news, a picture of the drum kit that will come with the game has been released. Enjoy.

In a surprising move, a free track for Guitar Hero 3 will be offered for PS3 gamers on Thursday, June 5. The free track in question will be inspired by God of War, Sony’s insanely awesome action game. This was revealed through a PlayStation Underground mailing from Sony (attached in this post), with no additional details provided.

This may seem odd at first, but Neversoft and Microsoft teamed up for a similar promotion that saw them giving away a free Halo tune for the Xbox 360 edition of the game.

Following up on revealing the game title to be Guitar Hero World Tour, Activision issued a trailer for the upcoming multi-instrument rocker in development at Neversoft. The game is due out this Fall on PS2, PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii.

The next entry in the Guitar Hero series won’t be called Guitar Hero IV, but Guitar Hero World Tour, publisher Activision has announced. Set to arrive on PS2, PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii this Fall, no further information was provided for the title.

The company, however, recently revealed the five-pad drum kit that it claims are “the most realistic drums”. The game will also reportedly let users record, create music and share it with the rest of the world. Four bands have already been confirmed to be in the game – Van Halen, The Eagles, Linkin Park and Sublime.

Not much is known about Guitar Hero 4, which is slated for release sometime later this year. But some new information has popped up, courtesy of none other than legendary guitarist Ted Nugent. In an interview on the Detroit Radio Station WRIF he mentioned that he is involved in the production of the fourth game in the series, using colorful language to express the motion capture work he did.

While he did not mention his level of participation in the game, he did mention one song specifically – “Strangle Hold”, though the game might feature more songs, or maybe even another different song. You can hear the whole interview here; just jump to the 12:30 mark if you want to skip the rest of the stuff.

Quite a few new songs have been available on both Xbox Live and PlayStation Network for Guitar Hero 3 since last week. The first batch of new songs is “No More Sorrow” by Linkin Park, “Pretty Handsome Awkward” by The Used and “Sleeping Giant” by Mastodon. The songs are available as a track pack for 500 Microsoft points ($6.25); there is also a free track – a cover of “We Three Kings” by Steve Ouimette.

There are also three individually released tracks – Extremoduro’s “So Payaso”, Trust’s “Antisocial” and Die Fantastischen Vier’s “Ernten Was Wir S?en” – that are selling for 200 points ($2.5) each.

A new Guitar Hero 3 trailer straight from Activision. The game launches later this month on PS2, PS3, Wii and Xbox 360.

New songs for Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock were revealed earlier this week by Activision. The announcement marks the addition of sixteen new songs from bands such as Aerosmith, Disturbed, White Zombie, Slipknot, Santana and The Who. This brings up the total number of known tracks to nearly 60. The new master tracks are:

• Same Old Song and Dance (by Aerosmith)
  
• Helicopter (by Bloc Party)
  
• Stricken (by Disturbed)
  
• Monsters (by Matchbook Romance)
  
• Before I Forget (by Slipknot)
  
• Kool Thing (by Sonic Youth)
  
• When You Were Young (by The Killers)

• Devil Went Down to Georgia (as made famous by Charlie Daniels Band)
  
• Sunshine of Your Love (as made famous by Cream)
  
• Holiday in Cambodia (as made famous by Dead Kennedys)
  
• Cliffs of Dover (as made famous by Eric Johnson)
  
• Black Magic Woman (as made famous by Santana)
  
• Story of My Life (as made famous by Social Distortion)
  
• Pride and Joy (as made famous by Stevie Ray Vaughn)
  
• The Seeker (as made famous by The Who)
  
• Black Sunshine (as made famous by White Zombie)

Yes, gamers can now rock out in front of their computers. Guitar Hero 3 will be brought to the PC and Mac thanks to Aspyr who has partnered with Activision on this.

Being developed and published exclusively by Aspyr, the PC and Mac versions will feature the same content as their console counterparts, but will feature expanded online multiplayer game modes, allowing imaginary guitarists from all over the world battle each other.

All versions of the game – including PS2, PS3, Wii and Xbox 360 – will ship later this Fall.