More Guitar Hero III DLC coming this month

by Jem Alexander { Dec 14th 2007 at 6:25PM }

Activision has laid out its December plans for Guitar Hero III downloadable content with a three-song bundle pack, three separate individual songs and a free Christmas classic. The "Warner/Reprise Track Pack" contains Linkin Park's "No More Sorrow," Mastadon's "Sleeping Giant" and The Used's "Pretty Handsome Awkward". The three individual songs are by "such popular European bands as Extremoduro, Trust and Die Fantastischen Vier" and are titled "So Payaso", "Antisocial" and "Ernten Was Wier Saen" respectively.

A rendition of "We Three Kings", recorded by Steve Ouimette, will also be made available for download free of charge as a Christmas gesture. There's no word on when these song will be arriving on the PSN Store (and considering how Europe only just got their first pack of DLC, Europeans shouldn't expect to see it this year) or of how much they will cost. We're going to assumed they will follow the pricing structure the used for previous song packs (ie, way overpriced).

Compared to Rock Band's downloadable offerings, this is pretty meager. We'll probably leave these songs on the virtual shelf when they're released later this month. What about you?

Tags: DLC, downloadable-content, GHIII, guitar-hero-iii

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Nonhippyhippy @ Dec 14th 2007 6:42PM

Yeahh!! wooo!!!! mastodon!!! pity i dont hvae the game though... playing the real guitar has forever crippled my ability to play GH... would have liked to play mastodon though... oh wait... i already can i real life lol.... and its spelled "mastodon" not "mastadon" tut tut tut

T H @ Dec 14th 2007 7:14PM

Dude, the fact that you even wrote any of that makes you a loser. Seriously. Click this link.

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shane @ Dec 14th 2007 7:13PM

complete rubbish, who picks this crap?

TXCrowe @ Dec 15th 2007 2:48AM

Hey Activision ,
Its a game called GUITAR hero, LEGENDS of ROCK

Hows about

Rolling Stones d/l pack
Jimi Hendrix d/l pack
Black Crowes d/l pack
Ac/Dc d/l pack
Led Zep d/l pack
Beatles d/l pack
hell, Van Halen d/l pack

you know , fun, catchy GUITAR songs.

But instead activision will do:
Three Doors Down d/l pack!
White Lion d/l Pack!
and a Poison d/l pack!

Jeez, do they have anyone at Activision that has a CLUE how a GUITAR HERO game should market itself to make $$$??

Of all the songs in the fraking WORLD that would be a blast to play on GH3 ...they pick ...Linkin Park's "No More Sorrow," Mastadon's "Sleeping Giant" and The Used's "Pretty Handsome Awkward"
1.FIRE THE PERSON PICKING YOUR SONGS
2.Release FUN RAWK songs to jam to, MAKE A COMPATIBILITY PATCH w/RB ( I don't need to have FOUR FRAKING fake guitars in my apt!)
3.Profit!

Wonderflex @ Dec 14th 2007 6:56PM

Now if they would only release some DLC in the form of a patch that allowed GHIII and Rock Band conrollers to work on both games.

TXCrowe @ Dec 14th 2007 7:07PM

How bout some real songs , that people know and want to JAM out to?!

GH3 downloads = FAIL

Rock Band Downloads = teh win!!

Alix @ Dec 14th 2007 7:43PM

What you guys need to remember is GH3 came with about 20 more songs out of the box than Rockband did. So even if Rockband has better DLC atm, Guitar Hero came with more.

Isagani @ Dec 14th 2007 7:32PM

Continue blocking the PS3 Rock Band patch and any DLC purchases for GH3 will be going to another Rock Band guitar and DLC for that game instead.

Parker @ Dec 14th 2007 7:39PM

Due to Activision's efforts to block MTV/Harmonix's patch I recommend that no one purchase this content from Activision.

glide2flip@gmail.com @ Dec 14th 2007 7:51PM

They aren't getting another dime from me until they (or they allow someone else to) release a patch for the Les Paul to work with Rock Band on the PS3. On second thought....keep your patch. These songs are dogsh*t and I wouldn't have bought them anyway. Nice work Activision. You suck.

Alix @ Dec 14th 2007 8:09PM

What's with the sudden hostility towards Activision? They released the two best games of 2007. COD4 and GH3. Besides if you bothered to follow the story, apparently it was Harmonix that declined Activisions deal proposal.

Activisionblows @ Dec 14th 2007 9:45PM

are you serious? Activision asked for a f**kload of money and Harmonic said blow me. That's the proposal that was offered. I dont see how Activision can even try to spin this in their favor.

Ninegauger @ Dec 14th 2007 8:18PM

Yeah, Guitar Hero III came with about 20 more songs but nothing anyone wanted to play... it actually has fewer main setlist songs (and an inferior main setlist in my opinion).

Releasing a Christmas song though is a great idea though.

But Rock Band has released popular songs weekly since release... Guitar Hero's going to have to step it up.

Ninegauger @ Dec 15th 2007 2:51AM

Why is there a deal involved? Harmonix is making a patch for its own game to allow compatibility to a 3rd party controller. It seems to me that Activision is being an ass.... whether because they have the high ground now or because they know it's only a matter of time before Rock Band kicks their ass.

Two best games of 2007? I doubt either will win one game of the year award. Certainly not Guitar Hero in the face of Rock Band.

And it's not sudden hostility... the outrageous DLC pricing for Guitar Hero II started it.

Carlo @ Jan 8th 2008 2:44PM

meh ill download We Three Kings, I have a feeling it will be hard since its by Steve Ouimette. I mean he did The Devil Went Down to Georgia and look how well that ended up.

Other than that, maybe Mastadon and Linkin park......and that is a VERY BIG MAYBE.

Will @ Dec 15th 2007 2:52AM

Well crap like this certainly makes it easy to stick with my Activision Boycott. BTW Alix I have followed the story and it is pretty clear that Activision made some demands that Harmonix couldn't live with. There is no need for an agreement just tell Sony to go ahead and release the patch. Controllers should be universal. the patch is basically a driver. Imagine if you had to have a different mouse for each program on your computer. Because companies couldn't get along.

"Honey have you seen the Photoshop mouse?"
"It's in the drawer next to the Microsoft office Mouse"
"I looked it's not there"
"Well just use the itunes mouse"
"I can't it doesn't support right click"
"Well what About the Quicken Mouse?"
"We loaned it to Steve next door"