Guitar Hero World Tour

Guitar Hero World Tour
Cover art
Developer(s)Neversoft[a]
Publisher(s)Activision[b]
SeriesGuitar Hero
Platform(s)Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X,[2][3] N-Gage 2.0, J2ME, BlackBerry OS, Android
ReleaseWii, Xbox 360
  • NA: October 26, 2008
  • EU: November 7, 2008
  • AU: November 12, 2008
PlayStation 3
  • NA: October 26, 2008
  • AU: November 12, 2008
  • EU: November 14, 2008[1]
PlayStation 2
  • NA: October 26, 2008
  • AU: November 12, 2008
  • EU: November 21, 2008
Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X
  • NA: July 26, 2009
N-Gage 2.0
  • WW: 18 September 2009
Genre(s)Rhythm
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Guitar Hero World Tour is a 2008 rhythm game developed by Neversoft and published by Activision. It is the fourth main installment and the sixth overall installment in the Guitar Hero series. The game was launched in North America in October 2008 for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360 consoles, and a month later for Europe and Australia. A version of World Tour for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X was published by Aspyr in July 2009.[2][3][4] A mobile version developed by Hands-On Mobile was released for BlackBerry, Android, Java, and the N-Gage platform.[5]

While the game continues to feature the use of a guitar-shaped controller to simulate the playing of rock music, Guitar Hero World Tour is the first game in the Guitar Hero series to feature drum and microphone controllers for percussion and vocal parts. This is in many ways similar to the competing Rock Band series of games. The game allows users to create new songs through the "Music Studio" mode, which can then be uploaded and shared through a service known as "GHTunes". The PlayStation 2 version uses venues that are pre-rendered videos, due to the console's technical limits.

World Tour received generally positive reviews, with critics responding positively to the quality of the instrument controllers, the customization abilities, and improvements in the game's difficulty compared with the previous Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (2007).

  1. ^ "Guitar Hero: World Tour - Band Bundle". HMV. 2008-11-01. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
  2. ^ a b c Callaham, John (March 24, 2009). "GDC 2009: Guitar Hero World Tour officially coming to the PC". Big Download. Archived from the original on 2019-09-09. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
  3. ^ a b c Faylor, Chris (2009-03-25). "Guitar Hero World Tour Coming to PC, Mac". Shacknews. Archived from the original on 2010-12-04. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
  4. ^ Ahearn, Nate (2009-03-25). "GDC 09: Guitar Hero World Tour Hands-on". IGN. Archived from the original on March 30, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
  5. ^ "Guitar Hero World Tour Mobile (2008) (video game)". Grouvee. Retrieved 2024-09-11.


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