Axl Rose demanded $20 million in compensation from the video game company Activision, claiming they had breached an agreement over his appearance in 2007′s Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock.
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According to reports, Axl said the company could use 'Welcome To The Jungle' as long as former colleague Slash and his then-active band Velvet Revolver didn't appear in the game. When it was released Slash was the main image on the cover artwork, so Axl called his lawyers almost 3 years after the fact. The lawsuit was filed in 2010. (Why the delay?) A bunch of arguments were made and presented and last week the judge threw them all out.
Read more here: www.joystiq.com/2013/02/11/axl-roses-guitar-hero-3-lawsuit-dismissed/
So there is no money for Axl and probably more ill feelings towards Slash.
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Kind of makes sense to have Slash on the cover considering the game is called Guitar Hero. If it was called Singer Hero then I could certainly understand Axl being tweaked out about not being on the cover.
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