Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock

Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock (initially referred to as Guitar Hero 6 or Guitar Hero VI) is a music video game and the sixth main entry in the Guitar Hero series for the PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360 consoles. The game was released September 24, 2010 in Europe, September 28, 2010 in North America and September 29, 2010 in Australia. It is the last game in the series to be developed by RedOctane and Neversoft prior to dissolution and closures by their parent company and publisher Activision, in part as a result of weak sales in the rhythm game market from 2009. Additional development for the Wii version with some Nintendo DS functionality was provided by Vicarious Visions who were to take over future development of the Guitar Hero series before it was placed on hiatus.

Warriors of Rock retains the core gameplay feature of the Guitar Hero series, challenging players to match scrolling notes on screen to actions on special game controllers for lead and bass guitar, drums, and vocals. To counter the weakening rhythm game market and the perceived lack of focus of its predecessors, Warriors of Rock was designed to return to the series' roots, focusing heavily on lead guitar and towards the existing base of skilled players of the series. The game features a remade career mode called "Quest" set to a story influenced by heavy metal and narrated by Gene Simmons. Through Quest mode, the player recruits eight characters each with their own unique power that slightly alters how the core note-matching game is played, leading to combined powers that they use to free the Demigod of Rock from enslavement from a metal machine called the Beast. Part of the story is influenced by the lyrics of the song "2112" by Rush, who narrate this portion of the game, while the finale is set to Sudden Death (Megadeth song) performed by Megadeth and written by Dave Mustaine specifically to challenge Guitar Hero players. Other single and multiplayer modes feature improvements from previous games in the series as well as incorporation of the new gameplay powers from Quest mode. The game features 93 songs on disc, and compatibility with existing exportable songs and downloadable content from several previous games in the Guitar Hero series.