Guitar Hero III turns PC and Mac to 11

By Eric Bratcher
published

Play with a keyboard on yer laptop - bring on the business meetings

Sept 24, 2007

Game journalists love to get PR people to let slip details they normally don't want to divulge. However, the PR person for the PC and Mac versions of upcoming six-string shredfest Guitar Hero III just ruined it for us by spilling the whole pot of beans right off the bat. The PC and Mac versions of GHIII are ports of the 360 version, and will have all of the same stuff. Everything. Hmmm. That doesn't leave much to probe, does it?

Well, maybe a little. For starters, they'll be playable with the keyboard, even though both will ship with the same light gray Xplorer controller that was packed in with the 360 version of GHII. You'll start with Caps, A, S, D, F playing the roles of the fretboard buttons and the mouse mimicking the strum bar (L and R), whammy bar (mouse movement) and star power (Center button). But you can remap everything if you like.

Mac and PC players will also enjoy multiplayer matches with and against one another, should they so desire. Hey, if Elton John can duet with Eminem, you folks can play nice, right?

Eric Bratcher
Eric Bratcher
I was the founding Executive Editor/Editor in Chief here at GR, charged with making sure we published great stories every day without burning down the building or getting sued. Which isn't nearly as easy as you might imagine. I don't work for GR any longer, but I still come here - why wouldn't I? It's awesome. I'm a fairly average person who has nursed an above average love of video games since I first played Pong just over 30 years ago. I entered the games journalism world as a freelancer and have since been on staff at the magazines Next Generation and PSM before coming over to GamesRadar. Outside of gaming, I also love music (especially classic metal and hard rock), my lovely wife, my pet pig Bacon, Japanese monster movies, and my dented, now dearly departed '89 Ranger pickup truck. I pray sincerely. I cheer for the Bears, Bulls, and White Sox. And behind Tyler Nagata, I am probably the GR staffer least likely to get arrested... again.
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