In addition, all songs in the Lenny Kravitz and KISS Track Packs will be released as downloadable singles for Xbox 360 for 160 Microsoft Points, PlayStation 3 system for 1.99 and Wii for 200 Wii Points each.

These points are shown to all players to know how they are faring against the others.

The game was released internationally in September 2009 for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360 consoles.

Similar to the preceding title, Guitar Hero World Tour, Guitar Hero 5 is geared towards playing in a four-person band experience, including lead and bass guitar, drums, and vocals.

The game is available as a standalone title, allowing players to use existing compatible instrument controllers, and as a bundle that provides these controllers.

Guitar Hero 5 adds several new features, such as drop-indrop-out play, bands composed of any combination of available instruments, a Rockfest competitive mode consisting of several various scoring mechanisms, and both song-specific and general Challenges to unlock new avatars, clothing, and other extras in the game.

Many of these changes were added to make the game a more social experience, allowing players across a range of skill levels to be able to play cooperatively and competitively against each other both locally and online.

Players can also create their own character and instrument to play with.

The game continues to support the user-created music studio introduced in World Tour through GHTunes, and additional downloadable content for the game was also made available.

A majority of existing downloadable tracks from World Tour are forward-compatible with Guitar Hero 5, along with selected on-disc tracks from World Tour and Guitar Hero Smash Hits, and songs from the game could also be exported for a fee to play in its sequel, Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, and spin-off game Band Hero.

The game also sold well, however, it sold about less than 50 percent of Guitar Hero: World Tours sales, specifically selling 1.2 million copies across all platforms.

Improvements to both the Career and competitive multiplayer modes were also highlights of the game.

However, the games track list was considered to be too broad, and controversy arose over the ability to use the avatar of Kurt Cobain to perform in any other song within the game.

Hitting correct notes in time with the music increases the players score and builds up the performance meter, while missing notes will cause the meter to drop.

Should the meter fall below a certain threshold, the song will end prematurely with the player booed off the stage by a virtual audience.

Correctly hitting ten consecutive notes will add to the players score multiplier by one, up to a maximum of four times the original multiplier.

Specially marked sections of the song, if completed correctly, help to build up Star Power, which can then be activated through an action with the controller to further double the current multiplier (up to 8x).

Players can also play in groups of up to four local or remote players to form a band, co-operatively playing through a song.

Whereas in World Tour, a band could only have one of each instrument, Guitar Hero 5 allows players to arrange for any combination of instruments, including all four players on the same instrument if they so choose.

While playing in a band, Star Power is now tracked separately for each player, as opposed to collectively for the band as in World Tour.

A new play mechanic called Band Moments will require all members of the band to play sections of a song successfully to gain rewards, both in a temporary scoring multiplier and visual effects on screen.

The Band Revival meter will appear when a player fails out of the song, requiring the other band members to play well as a group together in order to bring the failed player back into the game.

All songs on disc and through downloadable content are immediately available to play in this mode.

The game also carries over the competitive modes from previous Guitar Hero games.

The first is a Party Play mode, which is immediately launched once the game is started.

During Party Play, the game will automatically play randomly through the available songs.

At any time, players can jump in with any instrument and start playing that song after selecting their difficulty and handedness; additional players can also jump in, drop out, or change their difficulty levels once someone is playing in this mode.

The second feature is a RockFest mode, which can be played by four players locally or eight online, with several sub-modes that influence how the game is played and scored.

In general, each song is divided into roughly 30-second long sections, and players earn points for their performance over that section based on the specific mode.

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