Prerelease:Guitar Hero: World Tour (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows, Mac OS X)

This page details prerelease information and/or media for Guitar Hero: World Tour (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows, Mac OS X).

To do: Take a closer look at Music Studio graphics and find out what exactly differs from the final.

Pre-Mid-2008

A very early screenshot used on the Wikipedia article, of all places.

This image contains several differences:

• The header font uses an even earlier version than the below screenshots.

Beta	Final

• The career earnings display is radically different from the final, and notably isn't aligned to the graphic.

Beta	Final

And a Create-A-Rocker image that uses the same earnings display:

June 2008 (Game Informer Issue 182)

Issue 182 of Game Informer contains some snazzy beta screenshots, as well as an actual Guitar Hero 4 logo!

• The front page of the article contains a unique logo for Guitar Hero 4 despite the article also referring to the game as World Tour.

• The helper pills on the bottom of the screen use a different design. The option for going back a menu also says "Done" instead of "Back".

Beta	Final

Create-A-Rocker

• The heading font in the Create-A-Rocker menu uses a unique font which is seen nowhere in the final.
• Header text is aligned to the bottom-right, whereas it is centered in the final.
• The curtain in the background is slightly different.
• The beta lacks the rotate and zoom functionality of the final. If not, the helper pills do not indicate it.
• "Current Design" has a different icon from what is used in the final game:

Beta	Final

• The face paint menu has a "Load Guitar Hero Design" option, which is not used in the final. Its icon, however, is included in the files:

• "Body Art" is now called simply "Tattoos" in the final. Option names have also been changed.
• The S on "Eyes Makeup" has been removed.

Beta	Final

Beta	Final

Beta	Final

Logo Creator

The menu for creating logos varies the most from the final, including a small color wheel and very non-intuitive slider bars:

Music Studio

• The Music Studio resembles the final but differs slightly in some images, namely the blue skull ribbons.

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  Music Studio

October 2008 (Press Kit)

The press kit for Guitar Hero: World Tour contains a single beta image.

• Menu items use a mix of uppercase and lowercase text. In the final, only uppercase is used.
• The unique header font from before is used, but is more left-aligned.
• "Restore Defaults" has been shortened to just "Default".

Beta	Final

A similar image can be found in promotional screenshot pages (mistakenly labeled as Wii) which looks to be from the same time:

Beta	Final