UPDATE: Guitar Hero Aerosmith edition is very real
From the inbox, updating a previous item:
WORLD RENOWNED RECORDING GROUP
AEROSMITH ROCKS THIS WAY TO GUITAR HERO®:
AEROSMITH®
Epic
Collaboration Creates First Music-Based Game to Feature One
Band
Santa
Monica, CA – February 15, 2008 – Fire up the fret
board, crank the amp to 11 and get
ready to rock this way with Activision, Inc.’s (Nasdaq: ATVI) Guitar Hero®:
Aerosmith®, the first game built around the legendary music of
America’s Greatest Rock ‘N Roll Band: Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford,
Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer. Slated for release this June, this latest
installment from the franchise with the #1 best-selling video game in 2007, puts
players in the shoes of Perry (guitar), Whitford (guitar) and Hamilton (bass),
as they rock out alongside frontman Tyler and drummer Kramer.
Gamers will experience
Aerosmith’s GRAMMY® winning career, from their first gig to becoming rock
royalty, in a way that no other entertainment vehicle
offers.
We maintain that this is not a good idea for many reasons (not the least of which being that Aerosmith has already had a video game), but we want to highlight Steven Tyler's quote from the press release (emphasis mine):
Steven
Tyler says, “Any band that can go from ‘Don’t Want to Miss A Thing’ (Aerosmith’s
#1 smash hit) to the ass-kicking ‘Sweet Emotion’ to the cheekiness of ‘Love in
an Elevator,’ to the classic ballad ‘Dream On’ shows why Activision chose us to
headline this game based on the diversity of the Aerosmith catalog. Not only is
songwriting a bitch, but then it goes and has puppies.”
Just wow.