Activision's Band Hero hits stores today. The game from the makers of Guitar Hero is available for the Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DSLite. Players can create a band using any combination of multiple guitarists, bassists, drummers and vocalists. Each band can have up to four lead singers. Players can also use the karaoke-style Sing-Along mode. Stars including Taylor Swift and Maroon 5's Adam Levine make appearances in Band Hero as playable characters. You can watch a video about how Taylor Swift was digitized for Band Herohere.
"Band Hero takes the critically acclaimed Guitar Hero 5 game features to new heights and delivers the most popular artists into your living room," said Dan Rosensweig, president and chief executive officer of Guitar Hero. "As our first E10+ rated console game, Band Hero will become the new soundtrack to family game night."
The games features songs from artists and bands including Taylor Swift, No Doubt, Lily Allen, The All-American Rejects and Jackson 5. Destructoid notes that Styx "Mr. Roboto" is on the song list. A complete song list can be found here on Amazon.com's product page and on the Band Hero website. Players can also import select songs from Guitar Hero 5, Guitar Hero Smash Hits and Guitar Hero World Tour.
The new Band Hero commercial features Taylor Swift singing while Travis Barker, Pete Wentz and Rivers Cuomo rock out to Taylor Swift's song "Love Story." You can watch the making of for the commercial below.
