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Guitar Hero Live

Guitar Hero Live is a music game that served as a reboot of the Guitar Hero franchise, being the first new entry in the series since Warriors of Rock in 2010. Guitar Hero Live introduced major changes to the…

81 20 October 2015

Guitar Hero Live is a music developed by FreeStyleGames, released 20 October 2015 on PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox One and PlayStation 3.

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What Guitar Hero Live is

Guitar Hero Live is a music game developed by FreeStyleGames and released in 2015. It was published by Activision. It is available on PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and iOS.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Guitar Hero is a 2005 rhythm game developed by Harmonix and published by RedOctane for the PlayStation 2. It is the first installment in the Guitar Hero series. Guitar Hero was released in November 2005 in North America, April 2006 in Europe and June 2006 in Australia. The game's development was a result of collaboration between RedOctane and Harmonix to bring a Guitar Freaks-like game to United States.
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How it plays

It is played from a auditory perspective. Its themes are party. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

How it was received

Guitar Hero Live holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 75% of the 484 rated music games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 12 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Guitar Hero Live launched on 20 October 2015, within three weeks of Fallout 4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts of Stone and Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Fallout 4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts of Stone, Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Guitar Hero Live — frequently asked questions

When did Guitar Hero Live come out?
Guitar Hero Live was released on 20 October 2015 for PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and iOS.

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