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Nickelback, Silverchair, Rascal Flats, and more coming to Guitar Hero World Tour photo

Activision just dumped a ton of information about upcoming Guitar Hero World Tour downloadable content in our mailbox. Seriously ... they've decided to tell us about everything they're releasing through January of 2009. 

*deep breath*

December 23

  • Hinder - "Use Me" (single)
  • Nickelback - "Because of You" (single)
  • Rev Theory's "Light It Up" (single)

January 8 - Country Rock Track Pack

  • Rascal Flats - "Me and My Gang"
  • Brad Paisley - "Ticks"
  • Brooks & Dunn - "Hillbilly Deluxe"

January 15 - Travis Barker Track Pack

  • Blink 182 - "What's My Age Again"
  • +44 - "Lycanthrope"
  • Flo-Rida w/Travis Barker - "Low (Travis Barker remix)"

January 22 - Australian Band Track Pack

  • Silverchair - "Tomorrow"
  • Wolfmother - "Dimension"
  • The Vines - "Outtathaway!"

January 29 - Full Oasis album, Dig Our Your Soul

Wow. I often wondered why MTV Games/Harmonix only reveal DLC week by week. I think I just figured out why.
Travis Barker, Rascal Flatts and Oasis Songs Among New Downloadable Guitar Hero(R) World Tour Tracks in January

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec 19, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ --

Travis Barker Encore Performance Showcases Diverse Music Genres

Country Superstars Rascal Flatts, Brad Paisley and Brooks & Dunn Make Guitar Hero(R) Debuts

British Multi-Platinum Selling Rockers Oasis Bring Full 2008 Album 'Dig Out Your Soul'


Building upon the extensive variety of chart-topping hits that span multiple genres of music available to Guitar Hero fans, Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) will release over 20 party-rocking anthems as downloadable content for Guitar Hero(R) World Tour throughout January 2009.

Before fans ring in the New Year, additional downloadable content for Guitar Hero World Tour from hard rock bands Hinder, Nickelback and Rev Theory, will be available on December 23rd. Hinder's first single "Use Me," from their recently released album Take It to the Limit, is joined by Nickelback's "Because of You" and Rev Theory's "Light it Up."

Further diversifying the catalogue of songs available for download for Guitar Hero World Tour is the debut of the Country Rock Track Pack featuring Rascal Flatts "Me and My Gang," plus GRAMMY(R) Award winning artists Brad Paisley's "Ticks" and Brooks & Dunn's "Hillbilly Deluxe." Country music fans can rock out starting on January 8th.

World-renowned drummer Travis Barker, whose likeness appears in Guitar Hero World Tour, is returning to the Guitar Hero stage on January 15th for an encore with a three-song Track Pack illustrating his talents across various styles of music. Two of the tracks, "What's My Age Again" and "Lycanthrope," are from his work as part of blink-182 and +44 respectively. Completing the Track Pack is his solo-project remixing Flo Rida's smash-hit "Low."

Following multiple stops around the world and further expanding the Guitar Hero global music library, Guitar Hero World Tour makes a trip down under on January 22nd with three of the biggest Australian bands of all-time. Silverchair makes their debut appearance in the Guitar Hero franchise with their 1995 hit "Tomorrow." Rounding out the Track Pack is the GRAMMY Award winning Wolfmother with "Dimension" and The Vines with their hit "Outtathaway!"

After making a successful splash into Guitar Hero World Tour downloadable content with three singles off their critically acclaimed Dig Out Your Soul album, gamers will have the opportunity to shred, drum and wail away to the full album from beloved, multi-platinum UK rock band, Oasis, in its entirety on January 29th. Joining "Bag it Up," "Waiting for the Rapture" and "The Shock of the Lightning" are "The Turning," "I'm Outta Time," "(Get Off Your) High Horse Lady," "Falling Down," "To Be Where There's Life," "Ain't Got Nothin," "The Nature of Reality" and "Soldier On."

The Oasis Album will be available on Xbox LIVE(R) Marketplace for the Xbox 360(R) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for 1520 Microsoft Points and on the PlayStation(R)Store for the PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer entertainment system for $18.99. The Track Packs will be released for Xbox 360 for 440 Microsoft Points and PLAYSTATION 3 system for $5.49. The songs on the Oasis Album and in each Track Pack will be released as downloadable singles for Xbox 360 for 160 Microsoft Points, PLAYSTATION 3 system for $1.99 and Wii(TM) for 200 Wii Points.







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Zombutler's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2008 10:46
Zombutler
hahahahahahahaha


and I thought my jokes were bad
Toadofsky's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2008 10:46
Toadofsky
Eh, I like Blink 182, they're challenging on the Drums in those games. The only reason they're probably putting country on there is because Rock Band just did. But I could care less about Wolfmother, or The Vines. But it cracks me up that Nickleback is on the list because Chad Kroeger apparently thinks that kids should be trying to learn real instruments. At least those where the comments I had heard about.
stevephoenix's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2008 10:46
stevephoenix
Lycanthrope is by +44 not Blink.

Barker Pack and the Vines song is as far as i will be going with this lot.
Citizen Erased's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2008 10:49
Citizen Erased
Bleugh...
This is why Guitar Hero is fail and Rock Band is win.
Usedtabe's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2008 10:50
Usedtabe
Yoooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...wait til tommorrow.
Kyosji's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2008 10:56
Kyosji
Waits for the "But can he play drums while crashing to the earth in a flaming jet?"
jackburnt's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2008 11:00
jackburnt
Wolfmother's the only good one.
power-glove's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2008 11:01
power-glove
The Aussie Pack looks good and I was wondering what happened to the Low Remix.
Nick Chester's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2008 11:05
Nick Chester
@stevephoenix:

You are correct. Fixed!
galagabug 's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2008 11:11
galagabug
shorty had them apple bottom jeans...
the boots with the fur (with the fur)

i actually really want taht.
Scroll's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2008 11:14
Scroll
Oh dear. Well no real complaints here, not like they are forcing us to buy them, but it does seem they just can't compete.
akathatoneguy's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2008 11:15
akathatoneguy
Wow. There's absolutely nothing that I want there.

I suppose I could try the Aussie pack, since I like a couple of those bands but am not really familiar with many of their songs.
zombiekiller13's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2008 11:23
zombiekiller13
Nickelback: Music games are stupid. Go get a real guitar. Oh, by the way, we've got DLC coming out for Guitar Hero. Go buy a plastic guitar.
The Trout's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2008 11:39
The Trout
Given, I didn't enjoy one lick of GH:WT anyway when I played it, but still - this announcement made me throw up a little in my mouth.
ProperlyParanoid's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2008 11:47
ProperlyParanoid
Wolfmother is pretty good. The rest is shit.
Woocifer's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2008 12:08
Woocifer
What a pile of crap...none of those games are guitar hero quality...
Infinite Obscurity's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2008 12:26
Infinite Obscurity
Wow what a shitty lineup.
Anus Mcphanus's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2008 12:28
Anus Mcphanus
I actually like a couple of those tracks... it could be a lot worse!
uglymofo's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2008 12:37
uglymofo
Hinder and Nickelback in the same pack? Fuck the Large Hadron Collider, this vortex of suck will end the universe.
njsykora's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2008 12:50
njsykora
Oh dear god.

Also @Woocifer

Get an avatar, plus that's the first time I've seen the words 'Guitar Hero' and 'Quality' in the same sentance for a while.
Shane86's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2008 12:55
Shane86
What Mirax said. Wolfmother is great, forget the rest.
BluDesign's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2008 12:56
BluDesign
@anus

"It could be a lot worse" is a phrase you use when you publicly acknowledge that their decisions suck and are given without a real bonafide alternative that people really want.

"It could be a lot worse" as in they could charge double price, give you 3:30 of static white noise per track you buy, and then show you footage of your conception back to you.

Yeah, that could be a lot worse right there, but it doesn't excuse the fact that Activision's sole purpose in GH:WT is to play Johnny Come Lately with mediocre song selection and lazy attempts to copy the superior competition 2 weeks later.

But hey, this is Activision's chance to spring on that crappy Christmas music track pack that RB is putting out next week, by having GH:WT put out some decent Christmas tunes in Feb.
hcore's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2008 13:04
hcore
Travis barker is dead... DEAD!
ozz's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2008 13:28
ozz
Can't wait for that Barker pack!
Vedicardi2's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2008 13:43
Vedicardi2
1 song worth getting here that isn't already in RB
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2008 14:28
Sharpless
That's the most depressing selection of shit I've ever seen.
somesthetic's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2008 14:41
somesthetic
yikes.
EightBitMav's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2008 15:24
EightBitMav
Wow...Really, GHWT??


However, I am really jealous...Blink-182 is my all-time favorite band (and +44 makes me a happy camper), and I'd love to play more of their songs in my music games.

Bring more Blink love to Rock Band 2 D:
Matthew Blake's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2008 15:59
Matthew Blake
Hey, wait a minute. Nickelback? This Nickelback? Ladies and gentlemen, this is what we in the industry like to call a "hypocrite".
TheStripe's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2008 16:19
TheStripe
Activision: Fingers far from the pulse of the modern gamer.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2008 17:56
Holyetheline
Silverchair is good... Nickelfag is the suck... Definitely needs more Radiohead.
dadudebob's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/20/2008 01:41
dadudebob
no to nickelback and hinder, maybe to rev theory, no country, yes to blink and +44, no low, yes to the oz pack, maybe to the oasis
ive been good getting all the dlc available on wii, up to the nirvana pack. even turned out to like the rem pack i held off on, but theres some stuff im just against, overrides needing it for the complete game.
at least we arent being forced to have the nickelback and hinder songs on the disc, on the other hand the reggae dlc next week is free
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