Farmville and Guitar Hero announced for iPhone
By Donald Melanson 
posted June 7th 2010 12:04PM
posted June 7th 2010 12:04PM
You knew it was bound to happen sooner or later -- Farmville is heading for the iPhone. But that's not all, Activision was also on hand at WWDC to announce an iPhone version of Guitar Hero, which packs classic rock from the likes of Queen and The Rolling Stones, and is available in the App Store today for $2.99. Check out a shot of it after the break, and look for Farmville to be available by the end of June -- or don't, it's up to you.
Update: Guitar Hero press release, with the complete tracklist and add-on packs, is now after the break.
Update: Guitar Hero press release, with the complete tracklist and add-on packs, is now after the break.
GUITAR HERO® NOW AVAILABLE ON APP STORE
Legendary Easy-to-Play / Challenging-to-Master Guitar Hero Gameplay Enjoyed By Millions Debuts for the iPhone® and iPod Touch®
Santa Monica, CA – June 7, 2010 – Having transformed the way over 40 million people across the globe experience music, the biggest music videogame franchise ever created, Guitar Hero®, is now available for the first time on iPhone™ and iPod® Touch, Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today. Created by Guitar Hero veteran developer, Vicarious Visions, Inc., and based on the easy-to-play / challenging-to-master mechanics, the new game features all-new, addictive gameplay exclusively designed for the iPhone and iPod Touch that will keep players rocking out as they strum, tap, slide and whammy to the hottest tracks from the bands they know and love such as Queen, Rise Against, The Rolling Stones, Vampire Weekend, Weezer and The White Stripes.
Built exclusively from the ground up for the iPhone and iPod Touch, the Guitar Hero app takes full advantage of the platforms' functionality and features a robust avatar customization mode that lets players personalize their game; built-in social integration so gamers can share their scores with their friends on Facebook, check leaderboards and get updates through in-game news feeds; innovative new mechanics that challenge fans to tap, strum and whammy their way to the top of the Rock Ranks; and the ability to download new tracks from an in-game music store; wannabe rock stars will be shredding on guitar or ripping it up on bass whenever, wherever they want.
"With Guitar Hero for the iPhone and iPod Touch, we are once again leveraging our leadership position in the music/rhythm videogame space to deliver an all-new Guitar Hero experience that millions of people around the world can enjoy anytime, anywhere," said David Haddad, Chief Operating Officer for Guitar Hero. "From our headliner set list in the base app and forthcoming song packs to the innovative new social integration and guitar shredding gameplay mechanics, Guitar Hero will let players experience and interact with music in all-new ways."
The Guitar Hero base app will feature the following tracks:
· Queen – "We Are The Champions"
· Rise Against – "Savior"
· The Rolling Stones – "Paint It Black"
· Vampire Weekend – "Cousins"
· Weezer – "Say It Ain't So"
· The White Stripes – "Seven Nation Army"
Six additional song packs, featuring three songs each, will also be available at launch.
Song Pack featuring The Faint, Minus the Bear and Silversun Pickups:
· The Faint – "The Geeks Were Right"
· Minus the Bear – "Secret Country"
· Silversun Pickups – "Substitution"
Song Pack featuring Band of Skulls, Obits and The White Stripes:
· Band of Skulls – "Death By Diamonds And Pearls"
· Obits – "Two-Headed Coin"
· The White Stripes – "Blue Orchid"
Song Pack featuring Darkest Hour, The Dillinger Escape Plan and Protest the Hero:
· Darkest Hour – "The Tides"
· The Dillinger Escape Plan – "Farewell, Mona Lisa"
· Protest the Hero – "Limb From Limb"
Song Pack featuring A Day to Remember, AFI and Breaking Benjamin:
· A Day to Remember – "I'm Made Of Wax, Larry, What Are You Made Of?"
· AFI – "Medicate"
· Breaking Benjamin – "Diary of Jane"
Song Pack featuring Vampire Weekend
· "A-Punk"
· "Giving Up The Gun"
· "Holiday"
Song Pack featuring Queen
· "Another One Bites The Dust"
· "Fat Bottomed Girls"
· "Killer Queen"
Guitar Hero for the iPhone and iPod Touch is available for $2.99 from the App Store at http://itunes.apple.com/app/id374801345. Song packs are only available through the Guitar Hero app and cost $1.99 each. For more information about Guitar Hero for the iPhone and iPod Touch, please visit GuitarHero.com.
About Activision Publishing, Inc.
Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Publishing, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products.
Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia, Russia, Japan, South Korea, China and the region of Taiwan. More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company's website, www.activision.com.
Legendary Easy-to-Play / Challenging-to-Master Guitar Hero Gameplay Enjoyed By Millions Debuts for the iPhone® and iPod Touch®
Santa Monica, CA – June 7, 2010 – Having transformed the way over 40 million people across the globe experience music, the biggest music videogame franchise ever created, Guitar Hero®, is now available for the first time on iPhone™ and iPod® Touch, Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today. Created by Guitar Hero veteran developer, Vicarious Visions, Inc., and based on the easy-to-play / challenging-to-master mechanics, the new game features all-new, addictive gameplay exclusively designed for the iPhone and iPod Touch that will keep players rocking out as they strum, tap, slide and whammy to the hottest tracks from the bands they know and love such as Queen, Rise Against, The Rolling Stones, Vampire Weekend, Weezer and The White Stripes.
Built exclusively from the ground up for the iPhone and iPod Touch, the Guitar Hero app takes full advantage of the platforms' functionality and features a robust avatar customization mode that lets players personalize their game; built-in social integration so gamers can share their scores with their friends on Facebook, check leaderboards and get updates through in-game news feeds; innovative new mechanics that challenge fans to tap, strum and whammy their way to the top of the Rock Ranks; and the ability to download new tracks from an in-game music store; wannabe rock stars will be shredding on guitar or ripping it up on bass whenever, wherever they want.
"With Guitar Hero for the iPhone and iPod Touch, we are once again leveraging our leadership position in the music/rhythm videogame space to deliver an all-new Guitar Hero experience that millions of people around the world can enjoy anytime, anywhere," said David Haddad, Chief Operating Officer for Guitar Hero. "From our headliner set list in the base app and forthcoming song packs to the innovative new social integration and guitar shredding gameplay mechanics, Guitar Hero will let players experience and interact with music in all-new ways."
The Guitar Hero base app will feature the following tracks:
· Queen – "We Are The Champions"
· Rise Against – "Savior"
· The Rolling Stones – "Paint It Black"
· Vampire Weekend – "Cousins"
· Weezer – "Say It Ain't So"
· The White Stripes – "Seven Nation Army"
Six additional song packs, featuring three songs each, will also be available at launch.
Song Pack featuring The Faint, Minus the Bear and Silversun Pickups:
· The Faint – "The Geeks Were Right"
· Minus the Bear – "Secret Country"
· Silversun Pickups – "Substitution"
Song Pack featuring Band of Skulls, Obits and The White Stripes:
· Band of Skulls – "Death By Diamonds And Pearls"
· Obits – "Two-Headed Coin"
· The White Stripes – "Blue Orchid"
Song Pack featuring Darkest Hour, The Dillinger Escape Plan and Protest the Hero:
· Darkest Hour – "The Tides"
· The Dillinger Escape Plan – "Farewell, Mona Lisa"
· Protest the Hero – "Limb From Limb"
Song Pack featuring A Day to Remember, AFI and Breaking Benjamin:
· A Day to Remember – "I'm Made Of Wax, Larry, What Are You Made Of?"
· AFI – "Medicate"
· Breaking Benjamin – "Diary of Jane"
Song Pack featuring Vampire Weekend
· "A-Punk"
· "Giving Up The Gun"
· "Holiday"
Song Pack featuring Queen
· "Another One Bites The Dust"
· "Fat Bottomed Girls"
· "Killer Queen"
Guitar Hero for the iPhone and iPod Touch is available for $2.99 from the App Store at http://itunes.apple.com/app/id374801345. Song packs are only available through the Guitar Hero app and cost $1.99 each. For more information about Guitar Hero for the iPhone and iPod Touch, please visit GuitarHero.com.
About Activision Publishing, Inc.
Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Publishing, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products.
Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia, Russia, Japan, South Korea, China and the region of Taiwan. More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company's website, www.activision.com.
Nice!
@Jerry Rawlings
Or play it on any Flash enabled phone.
Or, even better, don't play it at all.
@Jerry Rawlings
Farmville? of all games... the one that has 80 million players with tons of addicts to boot? now available all day everyday on your phone? humanity is doomed. what has science done!!
@skyblaze returned to its farming ancestor :/
So, does this mean the iPhone has officially sold out?
@Rick James No it's sold out in plenty of shops before.
@d0mth0ma5 Haha! You win!!! +1
Ug.. it was already bad enough with everyone on Facebook playing Farmville....
70 million only raising 2 million is pathetic if you thing about it since it come out to less than 30 cents per user
this was a smart move... Let them feed their addiction on the go.
Yawn.
Well that helps ease the flash debate a bit for apple. We don't need flash for games. We have apps for that.
@BillOwnz
My laptop can barely handle farmville... it's crazy resource intensive.
@BillOwnz
Yup. Trade in your platform agnostic media for stuff that's Apple Only.
@jedi What do you mean, "platform agnostic"?Last I checked, Flash was a platform, not a language. So yes, a shift to platform-specific apps, inclusive of writing for some resource-efficient platforms, is good.
Boo! Someone needs to develop/port the old, old school SimFarm game to the iPhone.
@nolie83 This.
FarmVille! Finally (I wouldn't mind Android app as well or symbian)!
@pankomputerek
You don't need an android app for it, I have played quite a few (although not farmville) facebook games in the browser on my Evo since it has flash.
Farmville? Really? iCaramba.
Hopefully it comes to android market to.
Man, between Netflix and Farmville, our 2 GB is going to dwindle pretty quickly...
Well that about verifies it. Steve Jobs = Big Brother. Now he's letting facebook rape your phone. Oh well, I don't use fb or any of that other crap. The people that need to know, know.
@jmcburna and b4 you flame me, I know it's and app and not something fb made.
Guitar Hero? Yeah, that'll be LOADS of fun on an iphone. Heck, it's been available for ages for WinMo, but what's the point? The whole concept of Guitar Hero is to play that you're playing the guitar, not fiddling with your phone. Now if somebody figures out how to use a wireless guitar controller with it...
Lol i knew it! flash games for mobile should be like this! for desktop its flash :D
I can play it on my N900 but i think you must be stupid to waste your time for playin at a virtual farm on your mobile or computer...
And now what a farmbile OS ?