Sting and Tool to Rock in Guitar Hero World Tour

September 5, 2008

Sting and Tool to Rock in Guitar Hero World
Tour

Police Frontman/Bassist Sting to Lend Voice
and Likeness; Rockers Tool Bring Three Popular Tracks and Band-Designed Venue to
the Game

Rock and roll legend Sting and progressive metal
pioneers Tool are making their video game debuts, contributing more than just
music, in Activision Publishing, Inc.’s Guitar Hero World Tour.

In what will be the largest collection of artists
ever to appear in a Guitar Hero game, singer-songwriter, actor, author, activist
and lead singer/bassist of The Police, Sting will add his voice and likeness as
an in-game character. Aspiring frontmen can take the stage as Sting throughout
their vocal career or play alongside him as he performs one of The Police
classics, “Demolition Man.”

Hugely popular alternative metal band Tool, known
for their epic, intense musical arrangements and killer visual arts, will also
soon be known for their contribution to the upcoming Guitar Hero World Tour.
Guitar Hero fans from all over the world will be able to rock out to “Parabola”
and Grammy-award winning “Schism” from Tool’s critically-acclaimed 2001 album
Lateralus in addition to “Vicarious” from their 2006 Grammy-award winning album
10,000 Days. The game will also feature an all-new venue designed in
collaboration with the band and highlighting the art style that has become a
staple in their music videos, live shows and album artwork.

When the house lights go down this fall, a new
generation of guitarists, drummers and fearless frontmen will come together and
rock with Guitar Hero World Tour. The latest installment in the #1 best-selling
video game franchise of 2007, Guitar Hero World Tour transforms music gaming by
expanding Guitar Hero’s signature guitar gameplay into a cooperative band
experience that combines the most advanced wireless controllers with new
revolutionary online and offline gameplay modes including Band Career and
8-player “Battle of the Bands,” which allows two full bands to compete
head-to-head online for the first time ever. The game features a slick newly
redesigned guitar controller, drum kit controller and a microphone, as well as
an innovative Music Studio music creator that lets players compose, record, edit
and share their own rock ‘n’ roll anthems. Music creators will also be able to
share their recordings with their friends online through GHTunesSM where other
gamers can download and play an endless supply of unique creations.

Guitar Hero World Tour is being developed by
Neversoft Entertainment for the Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3. The Wii version is
being developed by Vicarious Visions. The PlayStation 2 is being developed by
Budcat. The game is rated “T” for Teen by the ESRB. For more information on
Guitar Hero World Tour, please visit
www.guitarhero.com.