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Xbox 360 Avatars Rock Guitar Hero 5

Published July 31, 2009

Guitar Hero fans will soon be able to take center stage and become the rockstar of the show by playing in-game as their own Xbox 360 Avatars in Guitar Hero® 5.  When you take home Guitar Hero 5 on September 1, you'll be able to import your Avatar, choose your instrument, and play along with your personalized characters rocking out to any track on the epic 85-song set list.

Your Avatar is the star of the show in Guitar Hero 5.

Taking full advantage of the latest technology available from Xbox LIVE®, choose your band mates and mix and match your Xbox 360 Avatars with Guitar Hero favorites like Judy Nails, Axel Steel, and Lars Ümlaüt, or even rip it up alongside in-game talent. Xbox 360 Avatars will also get a Guitar Hero makeover in the game's Create-A-Rocker mode, where you can further customize your creations with exclusive Guitar Hero clothing and accessories to ensure they look performance-ready.

Xbox Band Plays KISS The Avatars of the Xbox team take the stage in this fun preview. View

Genre-Defining Hits 
Guitar Hero 5 features a wide variety of the hottest rock 'n' roll bands and will be the most rocking Guitar Hero game yet with new social and interactive features. The entire Guitar Hero 5 set list is at your fingertips from the start, featuring genre-defining hits from more than 80 of the biggest rock artists and bands of all time, including The Rolling Stones, The White Stripes, Kings of Leon, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, and Vampire Weekend, plus more than 25 artists from a variety of rock music genres that will be making their music video game debut.

Join with your friends for a jam session.

Take complete control as Guitar Hero 5 allows you to personalize and customize how you experience music by being able to play with any in-game instrument combination—multiple vocalists, guitarists, bassists, and drummers, in any game mode.

Party Play Mode
With the game's all-new Party Play Mode, getting the band back together has never been easier. Jump in or drop out of gameplay seamlessly, without interrupting your jam session. Elevating the Guitar Hero series to new heights with unmatched social gameplay, an enhanced style, and new in-game artists, Guitar Hero 5 features new surprises and challenges that will fire-up long-time fret board fanatics and create a new generation of fans. Guitar Hero 5 is rated T for Teen by the ESRB.