KISS Legends Gene Simmons & Paul Stanley on Their Favourite Video Video games

World of Tanks is gearing up for one more Metallic Fest occasion, and in 2025, it’ll function none aside from KISS, the enduring band that donned rock star personas and set the stay music scene ablaze. The character of these personas is fascinating, and why they proceed to stay on by created fantasy worlds.

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As part of our larger interview, rock legends Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley spoke with us about their gaming experiences and the quite a few occasions KISS has been featured within the business. As you might imagine, it’s a lot!

Gene Simmons Is Fond Of Guitar Hero

A Lot Of Folks Nonetheless Are, Too

Guitar Hero 3 cover art showing Slash and other rockers in front of a fiery background. — Guitar Hero 3 cowl artwork exhibiting Slash and different rockers in entrance of a fiery background.

Simmons has “dabbled” in video games through the years and reminds us that KISS isn’t any stranger to the world of video video games. Hehas additionally been featured a number of occasions all through gaming historical past, at the same time as himself. Here is what he needed to say when requested about his relationship to gaming:

Gene Simmons: You recognize, I’ve dabbled! I used to be a part of Guitar Hero II again within the day—we even did a stay occasion in Instances Sq. the place followers performed “Strutter” onstage with me. That was wild. I acquired to relate Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. I’ve even proven up as a skater in Tony Hawk’s Underground. So, whereas I don’t sit round with a controller a lot, I’ve positively been within the video games…

Every time I consider Guitar Hero, that Legends of Rock cowl artwork is emblazoned in my thoughts. KISS is the very definition of the “rock band” vibe that the unique incarnation of the Guitar Hero sequence was going for.

Paul Stanley Appreciates The Love

This Is not The First Time KISS Has Had A Video Sport Collab

Paul Stanley does not fairly recreation as a lot as Simmons, however was nonetheless extraordinarily appreciative of all of the love that the gaming business has bestowed upon KISS over the many years:

Paul Stanley: I’ve seen our songs present up in all types of video games—Grand Theft Auto, Rock Band, Guitar Hero—and it’s at all times cool to know a brand new technology is discovering KISS by these experiences. I’m not a lot of a gamer myself, however I really like the concept that KISS lives in so many alternative locations—whether or not it’s a stage, or in a online game.

He is proper! KISS has appeared in quite a few video video games through the years, past these talked about by Stanley (whether or not it is their songs or their likenesses), together with Brutal Legend, Tony Hawk’s Professional Skater, Rocksmith, Madden, and Simply Dance. Now, they will add World of Tanks to that prolonged listing.