Monday, August 4, 2008

E308: 360 Guitar Hero: World Tour & Rock Band Instruments Compatible!

GameSpot has reported at the E3 2008 Activision Blizzrd press conference, Neversoft director Brian Bright announced that the company had programmed Guitar Hero: World Tour to recognize and adjust for Rock Band instruments. Bright explains:
"We use a five-channel input, and we've engineered the game to sense when you plug in a Rock Band drum set and switch to a four-channel input. The orange cymbal input in Guitar Hero [World Tour] automatically becomes the green fill or the blue pad on the Rock Band drum set, depending on what works best with the song. You don't even have to think about it."
The developer clearly informed GameSpot that Guitar Hero: World Tour will be compatible with Rock Band instruments. He did not confirm if Rock Band 2 instruments would work with Guitar Hero: World Tour. Furthermore, Bright has stated his comments only apply to the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero: World Tour. No word on PlayStation 3 compatibility.

For more details, visit GameSpot's full article here.

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