Guitar Hero Tops The Ops

Here's something that absolutely nobody saw coming: just weeks after Call of Duty: Black Ops was announced as the highest grossing video game ever released in America, it has now been confirmed that Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock has just overtaken the shooter in sales to become the new highest grossing title! Of course, we should bear in mind that the former effort by Activision and Treyarch was released last November, whereas the latter (also released by Activision- clearly they're popular in the States!) was released back in October 2007. Legends of Rock, out now on PlayStation 2, PS3, Nintendo Wii and Xbox 360, includes songs such as "The Metal" by Tenacious D, "Rock and Roll All Nite" by Kiss and "School's Out" by Alice Cooper, along with a storyline where your rock avatar attempts to go from performing at the Battle of the Bands at their school to gaining a guitar that can take on the Devil in a masterful performance of DragonForce's "Through The Fire And Flames". What with the phenomenal success of the game over in the US, and an equally large following of the Guitar Hero franchise here in the UK, Activision just might start to regret ending the franchise last month...