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Guitar Hero World Tour

Guitar Hero: World Tour is the fourth main game in the series and brings a major change to the concept. Following the release of Rock Band that built on the Guitar Hero concept but added additional…

83 26 October 2008

Guitar Hero World Tour is a music developed by Neversoft Entertainment, released 26 October 2008 on PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 2.

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What Guitar Hero World Tour is

Guitar Hero World Tour is a music game developed by Neversoft Entertainment and released in 2008. It was published by Activision. It is available on PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on GH Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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. A mobile version developed by Hands-On Mobile was released for BlackBerry, Android, Java, and the N-Gage platform.
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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, Single player and Split screen.

How it was received

Guitar Hero World Tour holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 81% of the 484 rated music games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 18 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 79, across 134 votes.

What it launched against

Guitar Hero World Tour launched on 26 October 2008, within three weeks of Dead Space (2008), Fallout 3, Dead Space and World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Dead Space (2008), Fallout 3, Dead Space, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

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When did Guitar Hero World Tour come out?
Guitar Hero World Tour was released on 26 October 2008 for PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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