According to a posting on
METALLICA's official web site, the
Guitar Hero: Metallica game will be released in North America on March 29 for
Xbox 360 and
Sony Playstation 3. Europeans will get the game in early May.
Nintendo Wii and
PS2 will follow later in the spring, also most likely in early May.
METALLICA is only the second act to get its own version of
Guitar Hero, following last year's
AEROSMITH game.
METALLICA frontman
James Hetfield told
The Pulse of Radio some of the reasons why his band has embraced the video game phenomenon. "A lot of kids that maybe wanted to play guitar, or even, especially adults that wanted to play guitar and never did, they're getting a chance to somewhat live a little bit of that in their living room or whatever it is," he said. "And it's a good way to get your music out there. With all the big record stores closing up, getting music to people, it's getting a little limiting. But there are many places, new places to explore, and one of them is
Guitar Hero."
METALLICA bassist
Robert Trujillo told
The Pulse of Radio about the extensive motion-capture process that the band has to go through in order to make them come to life in the game. "We're basically in wetsuits, and you've got all these little tassels, what would be like tassels on your body, that helps trigger the image in the computer," he said. "It's like a performance in a wetsuit, so you're very hot, you're up there, you're headbanging, you're under the lights, but it's a workout. You know, they usually want you to do a song, like, five times or more, so it's a lot of work."
A post at the
METALLICA web site revealed that the new game "allows you to play as us in either single instrument or band career game modes in your choice of some famous settings or new venues with in-the-round staging."
The game will include 28
METALLICA songs, as well as tracks from
ALICE IN CHAINS,
FOO FIGHTERS,
QUEEN,
MACHINE HEAD and others.
According to gaming site
1UP.com,
Guitar Hero: Metallica will include a new difficulty level for drummers, featuring double bass drum pedals, along with new
METALLICA guitar tones.
Guitar Hero: Metallica official trailer:
(Thanks:
Nicolo Orlando)
