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.

This week GHTV continues to add new playable songs. Accessible now are two new Premium Shows to whet your rock appetite, including Festival Anthems and New Rock Revolution, as well as an extension of The Dead Weather’s three playable songs from their live performance in Nashville. The new songs coming this week are:

Festival Anthems

• The Killers – Mr. Brightside
• Biffy Clyro – Black Chandelier
• Kings of Leon – Use Somebody

New Rock Revolution

• Don Broco – Priorities
• Lower Than Atlantis – English Kids in America
• Mallory Knox – When Are We Waking Up?

The team at FreeStyleGames has announced the top 20 songs that were played most often in GHTV through the holiday break. The below list represents the top 20 songs played in GHTV’s channels, On Demand and via Premium Shows, from December 24 through January 3. 

	Song	Band
1	I Gotsta Get Paid	ZZ Top
2	Best Day of My Life	American Authors
3	Tribute	Tenacious D
4	Epic	Faith No More
5	Rollin' and Tumblin'	The Gaslight Anthem
6	Jekyll and Hyde	Five Finger Death Punch
7	Diamond Eyes	Deftones
8	Break the Cycle	Motionless in White
9	Tears Don't Fall	Bullet For My Valentine
10	Broken Generation	Of Mice & Men
11	More Than A Feeling	Boston
12	Stacy's Mom	Fountains of Wayne
13	Cult of Personality	Living Colour
14	Eyes of a Stranger	Queensryche
15	Buddy Holly	Weezer
16	Cowboys from Hell	Pantera
17	The Lazy Song	Bruno Mars
18	Down with the Sickness	Disturbed
19	Time To Pretend	MGMT
20	Always with Me, Always with You	Joe Satriani

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...