Rumor: Brian May Leaks Guitar Hero: Queen

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Rumor: Brian May Leaks Guitar Hero: Queen

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Queen's legendary lead guitarist Brian May may have accidentally confirmed the existence of a Guitar Hero: Queen scheduled for next year.

Speaking with Swedish news site DN [http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/musik/brian-may-tar-queenmusikal-till-cirkus-1.1126549] while in town for the tour of Queen-based musical "We Will Rock You," the guitarist-and-sometimes-astrophysicist apparently let slip an interesting bit of information: A Guitar Hero game featuring his famous band is in the works.

According to translations provided by Kotaku forum members [http://kotaku.com/5570601/rumor-guitar-hero-queen-coming-next-year], May says that the game is scheduled to be out next year, will feature the music of Queen (duh), and will "let players really experience a Queen concert."

If true, this could be a fairly big development for the Guitar Hero franchise, which has had to make do with bands like Metallica, Aerosmith, and Van Halen while competitor Rock Band got the freakin' Beatles. There is already a Singstar: Queen game (that we here at The Escapist are fond of breaking out at parties), but come on, how awesome would it be to be able to play the iconic drum beat at the beginning of "We Will Rock You"?

I can't wait to sing the opera part of "Bohemian Rhapsody," myself. It better have harmony support.

(Kotaku [http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/musik/brian-may-tar-queenmusikal-till-cirkus-1.1126549])

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[Gabanuka]

OH MY FUCKING GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


(if you haven't guessed I am a MASSIVE Queen fan, my last avatar proved it.)

 

[SomeBoredGuy]

Hell yeah is my response. I freaking love Queen and this would be my only reason to not sell my Guitar Hero stuff on eBay.

 

[Proteus214]

Oh. My. God.

WANT!

I've been waiting for something like this since the first Guitar Hero was released.

 

[Andronicus]

Aren't most of their songs already available on various Guitar Hero games and through DLC anyway?

 

[Marter]

Really? Another Guitar Hero game?

I guess I shouldn't be surprised, everyone loves to make money, and the Guitar Hero series makes a lot of it. I'm still tired of it though.

 

[UglyShirts]

'Bout damn time.

 

[Antiparticle]

Hm, this is one band-specific game I might actually be getting. I'm still really waiting for Guitar Hero (or Rock Band, I don't care) Red Hot Chili Peppers though. Someone make it already!

 

[Stilt-Man]

I can only hope they come out with a Red Special guitar peripheral to go along with this. I'm SO excited for this!

 

[Aggressor and Usurper]

....which has had to make do with bands like Metallica, Aerosmith, and Van Halen....

I shake my fist at you, sir. GH:Metallica is awesome.

OT: YEAAHHHHHHH! I love Queen more than any band in the frickin' universe. Fat Bottomed Girls will be epic.

 

[addeB]

Meh, the only thing that excites me about this is when I imagining Bobby Kotick's face when he find out that queen talked to the press.
And as a Swedish resident I have to say that this is the first time for quite some time that Dagens Nyheter(DN) have some news that I care about.

Edit: Also... Queen? Don't they make really wimpy songs about riding bicycles and stuff like that? Why don't they make any guitar hero about any giid bands, as Guitar Hero: In Flames, Guitar Hero: Killswitch engage or Guitar Hero: Metal?

 

[Irridium]

What is this feeling...

Am... am I excited for a Guitar Hero game? Is this normal?

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

Edit: Also... Queen? Don't they make really wimpy songs about riding bicycles and stuff like that? Why don't they make any guitar hero about any giid bands, as Guitar Hero: In Flames, Guitar Hero: Killswitch engage or Guitar Hero: Metal?

...Wait, you're dissing Queen, but at the same time, asking for a Guitar Hero game based around KSE?

 

[Plinglebob]

Damn, I was hoping it would be Rock Band so there's keyboard and harmony support. I also prefer the look of RB games. I may still buy it though.

 

[UglyShirts]

I can only hope they come out with a Red Special guitar peripheral to go along with this. I'm SO excited for this!

OoooOOoooh. Didn't even think about that, but YES. That would be beyond fantastic.

 

[soapyshooter]

OH MY FUCKING GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


(if you haven't guessed I am a MASSIVE Queen fan, my last avatar proved it.)

FUCK YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Massive doesn't even begin to describe how big of a fan i am.

Queen is my all time favorite band. I hate music games but FUCK I AM SOOO BUYING THIS!

 

[Meggiepants]

What is this feeling...

Am... am I excited for a Guitar Hero game? Is this normal?

No my good sir, you have that wrong. You are excited for a Queen game. Perfectly normal.

I myself am excited for a Queen game. It's about time they made one.

 

[addeB]

Haha, after reading the article on DN I felt that I had to share the best part with you IN ENGLISH!

Next year Brian May launches a new version of computer game Guitar Hero.

- We have invented a way of allowing game users to attend during our concerts, but I can not say more than that now. It's a secret.

That creates a image in my head of Brian as that stupid kid that tells every one about secret tings and ends with "But I can't tell you more about that, it's a secret" or "but keep it a secret."