Guitar Hero: Nightwish is the fourth band-specific rhythm video game in the Guitar Hero series, released for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X2, and Nintendo Switch 2. The game was later officially released for everyone else on TBA, 2025 in North America, TBA, 2026 in Australia, and TBA, 2026 in Europe. It was developed by Harmonix and distributed by Activision.
As with the previous games Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, Guitar Hero: Metallica and Guitar Hero: Van Halen, the game features 25 songs from Nightwish along with additional songs from selected artists that inspired and have worked with the group.
Development[]
TBA
Gameplay[]
Guitar Hero: Nightwish is similar to the preceding band-centric game, Guitar Hero: Van Halen, featuring support for five players in a single band on Guitar, and Bass, Drums, Vocals and Keyboards. The game is based on the engine originating from Guitar Hero 5, such as drop-in/drop-out play.
Only the current members of the band—Tuomas Holopainen, Emppu Vuorinen, Troy Donockley, Floor Jansen, Kai Hahto and Jukka Koskinen—are playable avatars in the game for the Nightwish songs; former band members Sami Vänskä, Tarja Turunen, Anette Olzon and Marko Hietala are not included. The band appear as they did in 2010 but, by completing challenges in the game, players can unlock their older appearances from the "spandex era […] with the big hair and tight pants".
Soundtrack[]
- Main article: Setlist in Guitar Hero: Nightwish
Like the other band-centric games, Guitar Hero: Nightwish includes 25 songs from the band Nightwish, including 3 guitar solos by Emppu Vuorinen, in addition to 19 guest acts such as The Devil Wears Parda, Gorillaz, The White Stripes, Good Charlotte and Scorpions.
Group Members[]
Nightwish band members[]
- Tuomas Holopainen – keyboards, piano, synthesizers (1996–present), male vocals (1996–1998)
- Emppu Vuorinen – guitars (1996–present), bass (1997)
- Troy Donockley – uilleann pipes, tin whistle, low whistle, guitars, bouzouki, bodhrán, male vocals (2013–present; session / touring member: 2007–2013)
- Floor Jansen – lead vocals (2013–present; touring member: 2012–2013)
- Kai Hahto – drums, percussion (2019–present; session / touring member: 2014–2019)
- Jukka Koskinen – bass (2022–present; session: 2021–2022)
Former Members[]
- Sami Vänskä – bass (1998–2001)
- Tarja Turunen – lead vocals (1996–2005)
- Anette Olzon – lead vocals (2007–2012)
- Marko Hietala – bass, male vocals (2001–2021), acoustic guitar (2006–2021)
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