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Guitar Hero World Tour is Activision’s answer to Harmonix’s Rock Band. The latest game to join the music wars will enable players to rock with a guitar controller, electronic drum kit and microphone.

The drum controller features three drum pads, two raised cymbals as well as a bass kick pedal and promises to be the “most realistic drum experience ever in a video game.”

Apart from being easy to set up, break down, move and store, it combines “larger and quieter, velocity-sensitive drum heads with soft rubber construction to deliver authentic bounce back.”

Other than how well this drum set will compare performance wise to Rock Band’s drums, the main question on gamers’ minds is what the price tag will be.

European Rock Banders were dissatisfied when Harmonix announced that European gamers would have to fork out a total of £180 or 240 Euros for the game and the instruments in comparison to the US price of $169.99 (which equates to £85 or 107 Euros). It looks like Guitar Hero World Tour will be $10 more than Rock Band.

GameStop has begun to accept pre-orders for Guitar Hero World Tour. Gamers can pre-order the Band Kit for the Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and PS2 (which we presume includes a guitar, drum kit, mic and a copy of the game) for $179.99. The Guitar Kit will set you back $99.99 for all four versions while a copy of the game is priced at $59.99 for the PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii and $49.99 for the PS2.

Activision has not yet commented on the prices yet so watch this space.

We have been getting quite a few queries about where you can get your hands on a copy of Wii Fit and how much it costs.

We contacted the major retailers at Pavilion shopping center who we know do stock videogames and compiled a handy dandy table below with availability and prices of Wii Fit.

The good news is that out of the eight retailers we contacted this morning, only two reported that they were sold out. By the sounds of things stock is moving fast so make sure you get a copy soon to avoid becoming a couch potato. All the stores are selling Wii Fit, which comes bundled with the Wii Balance Board, for R999.

It’s really great to see most shops putting up really nifty displays for Wii Fit. The display at Toys R’ Us particularly caught my eye and you can get a feel for the game by watching the Wii Fit video on the Wii unit in store.

If you want to know more about Wii Fit, you can read about what exercises we have been doing in the Wii Fit 25 Day Challenge. Watch this space for our review, its going to be a cracker!

Wii Fit Availability and pricing