Band Hero [SEP] publisher
Band Hero
Band Hero is a spinoff video game as part of the "Guitar Hero series" of music rhythm games, released by Activision on November 3, 2009, for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and Nintendo DS consoles. The game is structurally similar to "Guitar Hero 5", and supports full band play (lead and bass guitar, drums, and vocals) including the drop-in/drop-out and in-song instrument and difficulty change menus, and additional multiplayer
Music Group (which includes Green Day's label, Reprise Records) had yet to be included in games like "Guitar Hero" or "Rock Band", with the gaming industry believing that the music publisher was boycotting the music game genre over how little money they saw from the sales of the game. However, Warner Music Group and MTV Games stated that the lack of songs from the publisher was due to current negotiations over new licensing costs. The two companies had reached a deal by June 2009, when a downloadable