Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Cover of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, with Slash in the center, fictional guitarists Judy Nails on the left and Lars Ümlaüt on the right.
Developer(s)	Neversoft Budcat Creations (PS2) Vicarious Visions (Wii)
Publisher(s)	Activision Aspyr Media (PC & Mac)
Distributor(s)	RedOctane
Series	Guitar Hero
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X
Release date(s)	Console versions NA: October 28, 2007 AU: November 7, 2007 EU: November 23, 2007 JP: March 6, 2008 (PS2 & PS3) JP: May 22, 2008 (Wii) JP: July 24, 2008 (X360) Microsoft Windows NA: November 13, 2007 EU: November 30, 2007 AU: April 19, 2008 Mac OS X NA: December 10, 2007 EU: January 21, 2008
Genre(s)	Music, Rhythm
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock is a music rhythm game, the third main installment in the Guitar Hero series, and the fourth title overall. The game was published by Activision and distributed by RedOctane. It is the first game in the series to be developed by Neversoft after Activision's acquisition of RedOctane and MTV Games' purchase of Harmonix, the previous development studio for the series. The game was released worldwide for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360 in October 2007, with Budcat Creations assisting Neversoft on developing the PlayStation 2 port and Vicarious Visions solely developing on the Wii port respectively. Aspyr Media published the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X versions of the game, releasing them later in 2007.

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock retains the basic gameplay from previous games in the Guitar Hero series, where the player uses a guitar-shaped controller to simulate the playing of lead, bass, and rhythm guitar parts in rock songs by playing in time to scrolling notes on-screen. The game, in addition to existing single-player Career modes, includes a new Co-Op Career mode and competitive challenges that pit the player against in-game characters and other players. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock is the first game in the series to include an online multiplayer feature, which is enabled in the PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360 versions. Initially the game offers over 70 songs, most of which are master tracks. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions feature the ability to download additional songs. The musicians Tom Morello (of the bands Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave) and Slash (of Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver) make appearances both as guitar battle opponents and playable characters in the game. The PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows versions also include Bret Michaels (of Poison) as a non-playable character.