It’s hard to write this with my fingers shaking in anticipation, but the details for Guitar Hero II for the Xbox 360 are about to explode all over your keyboard.
Team Xbox spills all of the details, including the aforementioned songs that will be exclusive to the Xbox 360 version of the game. “Billion Dollar Babies” by Alice Cooper; “Dead!” by My Chemical Romance; “Hush” as made famous by Deep Purple; “Life Wasted” as made famous by Pearl Jam; and “Rock N’ Roll Hoochie Koo” as made famous by Rick Derringer, are all among the exclusive tracks. The Alice Cooper and My Chemical Romance will be master tracks, meaning you’re going to be playing along with the original recordings (as with “John the Fisherman” and “Stop” in the original version of Guitar Hero II).
The other three of the 10 exclusive tracks are said to be “Possum Kingdom” (Toadies), “Salvation” (Rancid), and “The Trooper” (Iron Maiden). The remaining tracks will be unlockable through gameplay, and this is all in addition to the promised downloadable content. Did I mention that even more content will be available for download on day one? Oh, hell yeah!
There will unfortunately be no online play, but weekly and monthly leaderboards will be available, so wannabe Eddie Van Halens can compete against other virtual Michael Angelo Batios worldwide.
A full press release is expected tomorrow with even more details on the March release of Guitar Hero II. I’m feeling lightheaded.
