Guitar Hero Van Halen Hits Mailboxes, First Setlist Photos
Guitar Hero Van Halen: Xbox 360 Game Disc and Sleeve. Notice the lack of the usual plastic DVD-sized game case, and the "For Promotion Only / Not For Resale" sticker.
Guitar Hero Van Halen reached the mailboxes of the first Guitar Hero 5 owners today, giving the world a first look at the final product.
The Van Halen game was offered free as a promotion to those who purchased Guitar Hero 5 and mailed in the offer during the month of September. There has been an unusual lack of promotion for this game from publisher Activision, making it all the more exciting to finally see some real hands-on photos.
Guitar Hero fan and ScoreHero.com member "ubermeister30" (who happens to live virtually next door to the Minnesota shipping center), was fortunate to receive the game today on a Saturday morning USPS shipment.
Here's How You Can Tell If Your Copy of GHVH Has Shipped
Update 10/20/09 10:30 PM: GH Van Halen has now shipped for all platforms including PS2 and PS3 and 5Frets.com has received photos of every GHVH platform's disc sleeve from readers as proof of this fact. We also posted the world's first production GHVH Wii review and gameplay footage: 26 Pros & Cons Guitar Hero Van Halen Wii Players Will Notice (Review). Learn how you can tell when your copy of Guitar Hero Van Halen is shipping.
The game is based upon and closely resembles Guitar Hero Metallica, themed for Van Halen instead.
Ubermeister30 said that so far, the Van Halen tracks can't yet be exported into GH5, which will disappoint GH5 owners. However, there is a 20 digit Unique Owner ID code, which suggests that song importing could become possible in the future:
Wish it came in a full plastic game case instead of the cardboard "demo" sleeve? Print Your Own Guitar Hero Van Halen Cover Art.
A look at the song list menu:
Check out the full Guitar Hero Van Halen Song List: 25 VH Songs, 3 VH Guitar Solos, 19 Guest Songs.
The "Eruption" guitar solo, voted #1 most anticipated on a recent Guitar Hero Facebook poll:
Video: Van Halen Eruption solo, Guitar Hero Phenom vs. Eddie Van Halen
Finally, here's what gamers should be watching their mailboxes for:
Read the 5Frets.com review: 26 Pros & Cons Guitar Hero Van Halen Wii Players Will Notice (Review).
Thanks to "ubermeister30" for snapping the first Guitar Hero Van Halen photos on the ScoreHero.com forum, and granting permission to 5Frets.com.
Just recieved mine today and i'm from california.
Heres a pic of it http://img203.imageshack.us/i/p1010043y.jpg/.
Got my copy today im in chicago
forgot to post the game is for xbox 360
Hey, dont forget theres a PS2 version too
You're right, I forgot to include PS2. I've updated the post – thanks for pointing that out.
So that makes PS2, PS3, and Wii all missing in action so far…
I got my xbox 360 copy yesterday, monday october 5. Im in milwaukee, WI, and really only took about 2-3 weeks to get it.
Im in Los Angeles, California and i got my copy today.
I got mine too, but I have a bug. everytime I reach the song screen, I get a "disc is unreadable" message. It is crazy.
same here, but i cant even get onto the game. when ever i try to play it, it says the disk is unreadable. Most of the time the xbox will just say theres no disk in the system, when the disk is clearly in.
Got my xbox 360 copy several days ago. Have to turn the xbox on and off a couple times to get it to recognize the disc, otherwise plays fine.
Got mine today ( 10-06-09 ) for the Xbox 360 Madison WI took roughly 3 weeks to get here
http://img42.imageshack.us/i/p1010045y.jpg/ pic of back of case.
Incase you want to use them for something.
Is this region free or NTSC?
Got ps2 copy today
Got mine today…won't work in my PS2 – never had a disc not play…anyone else have problems?
yea i have all the other guitar heros, play them all the time and never had that problem until 2day! it comes on but it wont load anything, it just keeps freezing on the load scene
We had the same problem and had to take the game back cause we can't play it on our system
Green Bay, WI – Received Wii version today, 10/13 (mailed form on 9/21). Works fine. Gameplay is great.
can someone scan the front and back original cover in a good resolution?
Print Your Own Guitar Hero Van Halen Cover Art
my ps3 copy shiped since the 16th!
2450049581 thats my tracking number if you guys dont belive me and my psn id is weedxhailaz
I got my ps3 copy today. I sent in the offer on 9-21-09 and got it 10-19-09, almost a month, but who cares, free game. Here is a picture:
http://i377.photobucket.com/albums/oo211/BigMikeRocksU/DSC05022.jpg
I forgot to mention, I'm located in Oakland, CA. I received the PS3 copy of Van Halen.
Thanks Big_Mike! I've updated this post and the other post with the disc sleeve photos to reflect the status of PS3 reaching players.
i got my ps3 copy today 10/20/09 im from south texas
My PS3 copy was shipped on the 16th, so I assume it'll get here today.
BTW, Michigan resident
Got my ps2 copy yesterday but it gets stuck at the loading screen for career mode and half the songs on quick play any feed back/ solutions would be great.