Following a decline in sales of music games in 2009, partially due to the large number of music games released that year, Activision scaled back their efforts in the Guitar Hero series. The game was developed by Activision's subsidiary studios RedOctane, Neversoft, and Vicarious Visions the latter provided support for additional features in the Wii version of the game. Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock is the sixth main game in the Guitar Hero series, released by Activision to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii consoles in September 2010.

The person on the right is using the new design of the Guitar Hero controller created specifically for the game. Two people playing Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock at a trade show.