Guitar Hero 5 Heading Back to the Future

Ok, so it's not getting Huey Lewis' "Power of Love" and Marty McFly isn't actually going to be a playable in the game but honestly this is the next best possible news for the Guitar Hero franchise other than those two things happening. 1UP is reporting that Guitar Hero 5 will get backward compatibility for select tracks from Guitar Hero: World Tour and Guitar Hero: Smash Hits as well as the majority of World Tour DLC. The compatibility will be for Guitar Hero 5 on the PS3, Wii and XBOX 360.

It seems the option will handle much like the way Harmonix dealt with backward compatibility for Rock Band to Rock Band 2, as there will be a small fee attached. Of course having recently heard Activision CEO Bobby Kotick's remarks on how he would like to raise prices higher, who knows how small the small fee will actually be but at the very least it is a move in the right direction.