It's officially official. Also, a DS version?!?
Red Octane, the company responsible for bringing the Guitar Hero franchise to the light of day (bless them) has officially announced that Guitar Hero 3 will indeed be coming to the Wii, by the end of the year. The PS2, PS3 and Xbox 360 will also be getting the multiplatform game.
Speaking with GameSpot, Red Octane President Kai Huang said that online play would be a big part of the game, including competitive and co-op game modes, more music and downloadable content. Activision's Neversoft studio is developing the game, after the series' original developer, Harmonix, moved on to develop Rock Band on the 360 and PS3 for EA and MTV.
Huang also said that his company is "looking at a DS version" for early 2008. This is especially curious, since there definitely won't be a guitar controller in play on the handheld. Obviously, the touch screen could emulate the frets, but how would you hold the thing? We'll need to see how that's going to work.
Keep it tuned to NWR for the latest on these rockin' developments.