So what’s Activision’s idea of a “greatest hit”?IGN has the first bits of the track listingfrom one of the publisher’s seventeenGuitar Herogames for 2009, Guitar Hero Greatest Hits.
The following eight tracks out of the 48 songs (all masters, ripped fromGuitar Hero,Guitar Hero II,Guitar Hero Encore: Rock’s the 80s, andGuitar Hero III) have been confirmed:
The tracks have been adapted for the four instrument set up, including the Expert+ drum mode that debuts in this month’sGuitar Hero: Metallica. The game will also feature new “around the world” venues, including “The Amazon Rain Forest,” “The Polar Ice Caps,” and “The Grand Canyon.”
And that’s the good news. Other news after the jump.
Now on to the bad (bordering on idiotic) news: while the game will feature support for GH Tunes (including the ability to download user-created tracks), you won’t be able to use any of your existingGuitar Hero World Tourdownloadable content withGreatest Hits. Furthermore, there will be no way to transfer theGreatest Hitssongs for play inWorld Tour(a la theRock Band 1toRock Band 2transition).
Guitar Hero Greatest Hitsis scheduled for a June release; it has an MSRP of $59.99 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and $49.99 and $39.99 for Wii and PlayStation 2 respectively. Yup.
