Guitar Hero History
Guitar Hero is a series of music video games published by RedOctane in partnership with Activision.
The games use a plastic guitar-shaped peripheral to simulate playing music, represented on-screen by colored notes that correspond to fret buttons on the controller. The games support individual play as well as cooperative and competitive modes for two players.
Guitar Hero Releases
The original Guitar Hero was released on the PlayStation 2 in November 2005 and was developed by Harmonix. The popularity of the series increased dramatically with the release of Guitar Hero II for the PlayStation 2 in 2006.
Guitar Hero II was later released for the Xbox 360 in April 2007 with an exclusive Gibson X-Plorer guitar controller and an additional 10 songs, among other features. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock was released in late 2007 for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC, and Mac platforms.
Guitar Hero World Tour, previously named Guitar Hero IV, is the fourth full game in the series was released on October, 2008 for PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii.