DENVER (Billboard) - What a difference a year makes.The music-game category raked in $1.4 billion in revenue last year, according to Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter, driven largely by sales of " " By the time 2009 comes to a close, Pachter ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Webcasts of recent club shows by rock bands Weezer, Wolfmother and the Killers are rolling out on Yahoo through a partnership with the latest edition of the Guitar Hero videogame.The three-part " Guitar Hero 5 Fridays on Yahoo! Music ...

Game series 'Guitar Hero 5' promises expanded options for casual and hardcore playersActivision, publisher of the best-selling music game series " "We've enhanced the entire experience around social play," said Activision senior vice president Will Kassoy. "They're just a perfect fit ...

DENVER (Billboard) - Activision Blizzard is releasing three new music-based video games this year -- " DJ Hero," "Guitar Hero 5" and "Band Hero" -- and has confirmed that "Guitar Hero: Van Halen" is on tap.The company provided few details on any of the games ...