A quantum leap forward in immersion and realism, GH Live is a live-action experience that delivers the full emotional roller coaster of being on stage and performing in a real band, in front of real crowds, who dynamically react in real-time to how well or poorly you play. As the lead guitarist, you play an array of songs that span the changing musical landscape, in a variety of venues, from the smallest club stage in front of a hundred people, to the massive main stage of an outdoor festival in front of a hundred thousand people.

Guitar Hero Live also introduces GHTV, the world's first playable music video network. GHTV is a 24-hour mode that lets fans play along to a continually-updated collection of official music videos - across a wide variety of genres - from the newest releases to favorite hits. Fans can pick from multiple channels and themed shows, discovering new songs as they play, and can also choose songs to play on-demand. In GHTV, fans can also play with their friends in the same room and against players from around the world to see who has the highest score on a given song, while completing challenges along the way. GHTV is a living, breathing platform that serves as an ever-growing source for new music discovery while further bringing the party atmosphere back to the living room.

The breakthrough innovations in Guitar Hero Live also extend to mobile. Both GH Live and GHTV arefully playable both on consoles as well as tablets and mobile phones. More exciting details will be announced in the near future.

Guitar Hero Live enhances the gameplay experience by introducing a modern, redesigned guitar controller, featuring two rows of three buttons that better reflects the way people naturally play. The new format ensures fun for players of all abilities. For beginners, you can feel like a rock star by mastering play with just the bottom three buttons. Medium-level players don't have to stretch their fingers down the neck of the guitar controller anymore and can instead skillfully play two-row combinations that mimic real chords. Experienced players have a new challenge in creating complex chord-like shapes and finger combinations that will bring new thrills to veterans. This simple innovation makes it easier for beginners to play and harder for veterans to master.

Music variety is at the heart of the game. Guitar Hero Live takes the approach of the modern music festival, with rock, folk, EDM, hip-hop, country and pop acts sharing the same stage. The game will feature hundreds of playable songs from a diverse array of artists, including The Black Keys, Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, Gary Clark, Jr., Green Day, Ed Sheeran, The War on Drugs, The Killers, Skrillex, The Rolling Stones, The Lumineers, Carrie Underwood, Pierce the Veil and Blitz Kids, with many more bands to be announced in the coming months.

One of of Guitar Hero Live's innovations is the ability to record live concerts, note-track the footage with the trademark Guitar Hero gameplay, and then put the video in-game to be playable in just a matter of weeks. Today, Activision is once again delivering on that promise with another set of live, playable music experiences featuring performances by Rival Sons.

Rival Sons, a rising rock band from Southern California, is currently slated to support Black Sabbath's world tour in 2016. They kicked off the official Guitar Hero Live launch party on October 20th at the YouTube Space in Los Angeles. This marks the first in a unique series of live performances that Activision will introduce to GHTV, supporting the platform as a continuously updated vehicle for music discovery. The band opened the event with three tracks, which are now playable in GHTV.

The tracks are: 

• Keep On Swinging (Live)
• Pressure and Time (Live)
• Electric Man (Live)

Later this year, Activision will introduce more playable live footage from the Guitar Hero Live launch party, including tracks from Weezer and Grizfolk.

But that's not all. Additional music videos are now playable in GHTV today, including new tracks from System of a Down, Judas Priest and more, via two new premium shows: Lords of Metal and Pop Punk Perfection.

The new tracks are:

Lords of Metal

• System of a Down - Toxicity
• Judas Priest - Painkiller
• Bullet For My Valentine - Tears Don't Fall

Pop Punk Perfection

• Sum 41 - Fatlip
• Four Year Strong - Just Drive
• Tonight Alive - Lonely Girl

Previously Announced Artists/Tracks:

• Living Colour - Cult Of Personality
• Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot (Live)
• Ratt - Round and Round
• Slipknot - Before I Forget
• AFI – Girl’s Not Grey
• Warrant - Cherry Pie
• Incubus – Drive
• Faith No More – Epic
• Audioslave – Cochise
• Survivor - Eye of the Tiger
• Queen – We Are The Champions
• Disturbed - Down With The Sickness
• Avenged Sevenfold - Shepherd of Fire
• Avenged Sevenfold - Buried Alive
• Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare
• Pearl Jam - Sirens
• Surfer Blood - Demon Dance
• Gerard Way - No Shows
• Orianthi - According to You
• Haim - The Wire
• Tonight Alive - The Ocean
• Lamb of God - Ghost Walking
• 36 Crazyfists - Also Am I
• Wavves - Demon to Lean On
• Passenger - Let Her Go
• OneRepublic - Counting Stars
• Paramore - Now
• The Mowgli's - San Francisco
• Cypress Hill ft. Tom Morello - Rise Up
• Asking Alexandria - The Final Episode
• The Vines - Metal Zone
• Wolf Alice - Moaning Lisa Smile
• Disturbed - Down With the Sickness
• TV On The Radio - Lazerray
• Foster the People - Coming of Age
• Queen "Tie Your Mother Down"
• Alice In Chains "Stone"
• Bullet For My Valentine "Temper Temper"
• Deap Vally "Lies"
• Wolfmother "Sundial"
• Weezer "Buddy Holly"
• Angus & Julia Stone "A Heartbreak"
• Catfish and the Bottlemen "Kathleen"
• Neon Trees "Everybody Talks"
• New Politics "Harlem" 
• Halestorm "Love Bites (So Do I)"
• Tenacious D "Tribute"
• Beartooth "I Have A Problem"
• Pearl Jam "Mind Your Manners"
• Rise Against "Tragedy + Time"
• Soundgarden "Been Away Too Long"
• Anthrax "Got The Time"
• Architects "Gravedigger"
• Chevelle "The Clincher"
• A Day To Remember "Right Back At It Again"
• Royal Blood "Little Monster"
• Marilyn Manson "Disposable Teens"
• Killswitch Engage "In Due Time"
• Marmozets "Move Shake Hide"
• Of Mice & Men "Bones Exposed"
• Deftones "Diamond Eyes"
• Vista Chino "Sweet Remain"
• Bring Me the Horizon "Shadow Moses"
• Mastodon "High Road"
• Trivium "Strife"
• Judas Priest - "Breaking the Law"
• Pantera - "Cowboys From Hell"
• Alter Bridge - "Cry of Achilles"
• Rage Against the Machine - "Guerrilla Radio"
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Higher Ground"
• Sleigh Bells - "Bitter Rivals"
• System of a Down - "Chop Suey!"
• Black Veil Brides - "In The End"
• The Pretty Reckless - "Going to Hell"
• Broken Bells - "Leave it Alone"
• Alt-J - "Left Hand Free"
• The Rolling Stones - "Paint it Black"
• My Chemical Romance - "Na Na Na"
• Fall Out Boy - "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)"
• Green Day - "Nuclear Family"
• Pierce the Veil - "King for a Day (feat. Kellin Quinn)"
• Blitz Kids - "Sometimes"
• The Black Keys - "Gold on the Ceiling"
• The Killers - "When You Were Young"
• Gary Clark Jr. - "Don't Owe You a Thang"
• The War on Drugs - "Under The Pressure"
• The Lumineers - "Ho Hey"
• Ed Sheeran - "Sing"
• Skrillex - "Bangarang"