Konami bringing Guitar Hero to arcades

Seemingly not satisfied with conquering the world’s living rooms with its music series Guitar Hero, Activision-Blizzard is to bring its franchise to arcades around the world – and the surprise is that Japanese rival Konami is on board with the project,

MTV Multiplayer

reports.

Guitar Hero Arcade is based on 2007’s Guitar Hero III, and has enjoyed a development timeline roughly in line with GH: World Tour, and features a guitar peripheral described as a ‘hybrid’ of the GH III and GH: WT units.

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