- This article is about the cancelled Guitar Hero 7 game in 2011. For the 2015 Guitar Hero game, serving as the seventh entry of the main series, see Guitar Hero Live.
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Guitar Hero 7 was going to be the seventh main entry in the Guitar Hero series. It was in development by Vicarious Visions in 2010, but the game was cancelled during the middle of development in 2011. Guitar Hero 7 was going to be different from the other Guitar Hero games, but due to a troubled development cycle, the game would've been a disaster.[3]
On April 14, 2015, the real seventh main entry of the Guitar Hero games, titled Guitar Hero Live, was announced[5] which was released on October 20, 2015 in North America and Australia and October 23, 2015 in Europe.
Potential gameplay
Guitar Hero 7 was going to have six-string guitar controllers (prototype based on the Yamaha EZ-AG) with six colored GRYBOP fret buttons, which according to leaked in-game screenshots, presumably useable for Guitar, Bass, Live Guitar, and Live Bass playable instruments. Vocals and Drums were stated not to be supported but leaked in-game screenshots display intensities for these instruments.[3][4]
Potential soundtrack
My Songs menu of Guitar Hero 7, leaked by Doctor Cupcake.[6]
According to Kotaku's article, Guitar Hero 7 would have featured various songs from 1990s as well as other songs such as:[3]
- "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" by The Darkness
- "Sex and Candy" by Marcy Playground
- "Turn the Page" by Metallica (originally a Guitar Hero: Metallica song)
- "Closing Time" by Semisonic
Additionally, from the screenshots leaked by Twitter user and lost media freelancer @Doctor_Cupcakes, song titles and artists that were featured in the My Songs menu included:[7]
- "A Horse with no Name" by America
- "Twilight of the Thunder God" by Amon Amarth (originally DLC for Guitar Hero 5)
- "Surfin' USA" by The Beach Boys
- "I Get Around" by The Beach Boys
- "Good" by Better Than Ezra
- "There's No Other Way" by Blur
- "Summer of '69" by Bryan Adams
- "Tighten Up" by The Black Keys
- "That'll be the Day" by Buddy Holly
- "The Distance" by Cake
- "December" by Collective Soul
- "Holiday in Cambodia" by Dead Kennedys (originally a Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock song)
- Unidentified song by Iron Maiden
- "Disposable Heroes" by Metallica (originally a Guitar Hero: Metallica song)
- Unidentified song by Muse
- "Better" by Passion Pit
- "Smile Upon Me" by Passion Pit
- "Debaser" by The Pixes
- "Blurry" by Puddle of Mudd
- "Blitzkrieg Pop" by The Ramones
- Unidentified song by Red Hot Chili Peppers
- "Addicted to Love" by Robert Palmer
- Unidentified song by The Rolling Stones
- "Closing Time" by Semisonic
- "Buddy Holly" by Weezer (originally a Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades song)
- "If You're Wondering" by Weezer
- "My Name Is Jonas" by Weezer (originally a Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock song)
A video footage containing stage animation for the song "Born To Be Wild" by Steppenwolf was posted on YouTube by techchimp on February 13, 2025.[8][9]
It is unknown whether or not these songs in the leaked screenshots and videos were meant to be in the game or were just placeholder titles until an official setlist would have been announced.
Gallery
The leaked photos and screenshots below can be found on a Reddit post cited below.[4] They were originally leaked by British Twitter user and lost media freelancer @Doctor_Cupcakes, as reported by The Hero Feed on January 30, 2015.[7] Please note that these leaked in-game screenshots' designs may not have been final and could have subjected to change if Guitar Hero 7 were to have continued to develop or resume development, so all images below should be treated as "unofficial".
GRYBOP fret buttons and 6 strings.
![My Songs menu.[6]](/wiki/File:GH7_My_Songs_menu_selection_02.png "GH7 My Songs menu selection 02.png (706 KB)")
![My Songs menu.[10]](/wiki/File:GH7_My_Songs_menu_selection_03.jpg "GH7 My Songs menu selection 03.jpg (44 KB)")
Videos
External links
- Guitar Hero 7 on the Lost Media Wiki
- Leaked Guitar Hero 7 Images, Video Showing Setlist/Songs? by Rock N' Roll True Stories on YouTube
- Guitar Hero 7 UI Mockups on Artstation
References
- ↑ Professional Work blog on Anton Struyk's House Of Blog
- ↑ @Doctor_Cupcakes's Twitter Post on 6:31 AM - 30 Jan 2015 about no plans for Wii or Wii U port of Guitar Hero 7. (web archived)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Guitar Hero 7 Was Going To Have Six-String Guitars, No Drums, No Singing. Was Cancelled In 2011.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Guitar Hero 7 leaked guitar controller and in-game menus reposted by Guitar Hero Reddit user u/rockyrally397, posted on April 24, 2021. (April 24, 2021 archive)
- ↑ Guitar Hero Live announcement
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 @Doctor_Cupcakes's Twitter Post on 6:27 AM - 30 Jan 2015 with the first screenshot leak of Guitar Hero 7 My Songs menu. (web archived)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 The Hero Feed — Screenshot from Scrapped Guitar Hero 7 Surfaces on Twitter, article posted by Elliott on 30 Jan 2015 (web archived)
- ↑ YouTube — "GH7 venue animation". Video posted by techchimp on February 13, 2025.
- ↑ r/GuitarHero — An animator updating their portfolio leaked some GH7 footage, showing a moving venue and six-string UI. Reddit topic posted by u/WarMom_II on May 14, 2025.
- ↑ @Doctor_Cupcakes's Twitter Post on 11:54 AM - 1 Feb 2015 with the another screenshot leak of Guitar Hero 7 My Songs menu. (web archived)