Guitar Hero 5 to launch in September

Neversoft has updated their Guitar Hero 5 website with the release date of their next franchise. September 1 is the date to watch out for!

Apart from the multiple new game modes to ramp up the challenge for seasoned GHers, there's no restriction on a 2-guitar/1 mic/1 drum setup anymore, you can have 4 drummers and it'd still be rocking. More importantly, a party specific mode called "Party Play" (aptly so) is set to improve on how Guitar Hero works in a house party (or even clubs!).

Right at the center of that refinement is something called Party Play, a new gameplay mode that aims to remove most of the barriers from jumping into a song and just having fun. Its main appeal is flexibility. You can start Party Play without any players and have it cycle through all of the songs in the game as a sort of jukebox providing background music at a social gathering. But if you suddenly want to jump into a song that's already started and play along, all you need to do is hit one specific button on your instrument and you'll hop right into it; your note highway pops up without any hitch in the music.

~Quoted from Gamespot's First Look at Guitar Hero 5

Bands to be included are: The Rolling Stones, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, The White Stripes, Santana, Vampire Weekend, and Kings of Leon. Additionally, Band of Horses, Blink-182, Blur, Bush, Darkest Hour, Iron Maiden, KISS, and Wild Cherry, are also slated to be on board.

Find out more details from Gamespot.

ADD: Full list of artists/bands to be included found here.