Guitar Hero: World Tour is due out this holiday season, but before you decide whether or not to spend a bucketload of cash on another Band game, we are here to show you what Rock Band’s competition has up its sleeve in the hardware department. We have already seen Activsion’s attempt at upstaging Rock Band’s drum kit, but their newest Guitar peripheral has been a mystery up until now. As you can see from the picture above, the GH team is shooting for a much more realistic visual style with their latest Axe, and some of its new features add a certain degree of realism as well.

The most promintent new feature on this guitar controller is the touch sensitive slider located right next to the regular fret buttons on the neck. This sensor will allow players to alter the sounds of sustained notes by sliding their fingers back and forth across five frets, and can also be used to hammer rapid fire notes during difficult portions of songs. There is also a new button located where the bridge would be (on a real guitar) which can be used to activate star power for those times when you don’t feel like flipping the guitar up like a real rockstar. That is how real musicians activate star power, right?

The slider is the seller for me personally, but do these new features do it for you?

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A few weeks ago, a picture of the new Guitar Hero: World Tour drums was leaked in a magazine scan. The drums looked very similar to the Rock Band drums with the addition of symbals. I’m not trying to discredit the drums because the symbals are very cool, but maybe I was expecting a little more. But, the trailer above may offer that. The trailer above features a few important things about the game. First, a few glimpses of the new guitar, a focus on the drums, which do feature a bass drum looking thing, and a mic. There really isn’t much more, but check it out for yourself above.

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Guitar Hero is a really fun game, I must admit. And now for all those PS2 Guitar Hero players, get ready to Rock the 80’s. The last 10 tracks have been confirmed for the game adding such greats as Anthrax, Judas Priest, Winger, Dead Kennedys and Limozeen! I love 80’s music as much as the next guy, kinda… But, in any circumstance another 30 songs to play in Guitar Hero can’t hurt. Check it out the entire list after the break.

• “Balls to the Wall” (as made famous by Accept)
• “Caught in a Mosh” (as made famous by Anthrax)
• “Los Angeles” (as made famous by X)
• “Police Truck” (as made famous by Dead Kennedys)
• “Electric Eye” (by Judas Priest)
• “Because, it’s Midnite” (by Limozeen)
• “We Got the Beat” (as made famous by The Go Go’s)
• “(I Think I’m) Turning Japanese” (as made famous by Vapors)
• “Seventeen” (as made famous by Winger)

• “Radar Love” (as made famous by White Lion)
• “Ballroom Blitz” (as made famous by Krokus)
• “The Warrior” (by Scandal)
• “What I Like About You” (as made famous by The Romantics)
• “No One Like You” (as made famous by Scorpions)
• “Hold On Loosely” (as made famous by .38 Special)
• “Only a Lad” (as made famous by Oingo Boingo)
• “Wrath Child” (as made famous by Iron Maiden)
• “Lonely is the Night” (as made famous by Billy Squier)
• “Nothing But a Good Time” (as made famous by Poison)
• “Play With Me” (as made famous by Extreme)
• “Shaken” (as made famous by Eddie Money) [We're assuming they mean "Shakin'"]
• “Synchronicity II” (as made famous by Police)
• “I Wanna Rock” (by Twisted Sister)
• “Metal Health” (as made famous by Quiet Riot)
• “Holy Diver” (as made famous by Dio)
• “Heat Of The Moment” (as made famous by Asia)
• “18 and Life” (as made famous by Skid Row)
• “Bathroom Wall” (as made famous by Faster Pussycat)
• “I Ran” (by Flock of Seagulls)
• “Round and Round” (as made famous by Ratt)

Via[Joystiq]
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