Friday, December 11, 2009 3:35PM - By Kara
Activision‘s new game, Band Hero, has really riled up a few artists and it is thanks to the new “Character Manipulation Feature.” Not too long ago, No Doubt filed a lawsuit against Activision claiming they misused their likeness. Now, Activision has filed a countersuit claiming No Doubt breached their contract as the band failed to promote the game through interviews and “video ‘shout-outs,’” and that the band was “unjustly enriched.”
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009 4:58PM - By Seraphina L.
Looks like No Doubt is joining Courtney Love in the pursuit of suing Activision.
Like Love and the remaining Nirvana members, the band originally from San Diego gave Activision permission to use their avatars in the the game, Band Hero (which is a variation of Guitar Hero) but they did also did not sign up for the No Doubt avatars to sing other bands’ songs.
We thought it was disturbing to see Kurt Cobain rap like Flava Flav or belt out Bon Jovi tunes, but to see No Doubt’s leading lady, Gwen Stefani, sing Rolling Stones‘ “Honky Tonk Women” is beyond comprehensible.
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Thursday, May 7, 2009 11:00AM - By Morelli
Activision Blizzard is releasing a total of four new music-based video games later this year. We had already guessed that DJ Hero, Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero were on their way, but now the company has also confirmed the existence of Guitar Hero: Van Halen to videogame blog Joystiq.
Guitar Hero: Van Halen will feature some of Van Halen’s greatest hits as well as music from Queen, Weezer, Blink-182, The Offspring and Queens of the Stone Age. Also, the first screens of the DJ Hero peripheral have been revealed. It’s a turntable controller, with three buttons to press while spinning a “record”, check out the photos after the cut:
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