Activision preparing comprehensive compilation of the band versions of songs in Guitar Hero older Nintendo games on the third offering of the hand by year’s end.

So far, the biggest Guitar Hero game has been 2009 Guitar Hero: Metallica, the first installment of the series of band that is based on a single group. However, a subsequent installation in the series may well contain the tracks of Guitar Hero: Aerosmith – the first band focused GH game – using more than six virtual crossbar.

Speaking with analysts in a conference call today, Activision Publishing CEO Mike Griffith and the president announced that the publisher will launch "a compilation Greatest Hits Guitar Hero game, including full band versions of [the songs previously released]." Although no specific titles were mentioned, the Greatest Hits probably using all the previous titles in the Guitar Hero series, which began with the eponymous 2005 for the original PlayStation 2 game.

Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits will be released for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii by the end of 2009. The year will also see the launch of a third Guitar Hero game for the DS, after last year’s Guitar Hero: On Tour – the top third title for the platform – and its sequel to Guitar Hero: On Tour decades. Activision did not say whether the new GH DS game that uses the GBA slot on the peripheral, which is not present in the next model of ISD.

Greatest Hits and the new Guitar Hero DS will also be joined by DJ Hero, which will come to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii in 2009.

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