Activision quiet on Guitar Hero II song packs

By Tom Bramwell Published 24 April, 2007

Nine more tracks rumoured.

RedOctane owner Activision has refused to comment on supposedly leaked details of the next round of Guitar Hero II downloadable content for Xbox 360.

The first downloadable packs offered three songs apiece, all plucked from the original Guitar Hero - and, if our old friend Internet Reports is reliably informed, then so will the next three.

He's taking cues from HarmonixFans.com, where it's said that Pantera's "Cowboys From Hell", Joan Jett & The Blackhearts' "I Love Rock & Roll" and Audioslave's "Cochise" are in pack one.

Pack two reportedly consists of Blue Oyster Cult's "Godzilla", The Ramones' "I Wanna Be Sedated" and ZZ Top's "Sharp Dressed Man", while pack three would be Black Sabbath's "Iron Man", Franz Ferdinand's "Take Me Out" and Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water".

The site claims the information came its way through documents passed around Microsoft for certification. Unfortunately, when we caught up with an Activision spokesperson this morning to check the details and find out when we might expect new treats, we were given the old standard: "We do not comment on rumour and speculation".

To see what they do comment on, why not flick through last week's Guitar Hero III-focused interview with company president Kai Huang?

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Comments (12) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • gizmo #1 5 years ago

    TOO EXPENSIVE LAST TIME.

  • Der_tolle_Emil #2 5 years ago

    I want Cowboys from Hell, I guess I'll take Smoke on the Water and Iron Man too. But I will be waiting as long as possible before buying them to show that I find the packs too expensive.

  • asphaltcowboy #3 5 years ago

    /prepare ass for rape!

    (Didn't buy them last time, won't buy them this time if they're they same price)

  • ZuluHero #4 5 years ago

    i'm kinda glad i didn't sell my ps2 version for the 360 version now. I probably won't be saying that when they start releasing totally new songs though :p

  • kangarootoo #5 5 years ago

    The first pack sounds good to me, the rest are again a bit unbalanced (unless they are way cheap this time).

    What is bloody wrong with selling the tracks individually?

    Will be interesting to see what the pricing is this time around. I would be really surprised if they didn't react to public opinion on their previous price point.

  • Toothball #6 5 years ago

    I bought the last set of songs, so I'll be getting these ones too. This despite owning both versions on the PS2 as well. Mind you, I did spend over £100 just to play one song on GH2 before it was released.

  • peteb #7 5 years ago

    Seems they're sticking with the 3 songs in a pack thing. better make them 300points at the most, otherwise they not getting squat (again) from me

  • Ikari2001 #8 5 years ago

    I'm a little unsure I'll buy the packs till they drop the price!

    roughly £4.30/500MS per pack for 3 songs is alittle steep. Roughly £2.50/300MS is more aggreeable... though I do hear alot of work goes into making these packs than one would think I'm afraid I'd be more aggreable to pay 300 points for 3 songs...

  • lennon #9 5 years ago

    Too busy obliterating my mates best scores at the minute to buy new tracks. Hes not happy as he has broken his hand so he cant fight back.

    Still price these ones reasonably and I will no doubt pick them up.

  • GamerAddict #10 5 years ago

    To be even tempted to buy extra songs for this game, they'd have to be cheaper for a start and I'd rather build my own packs.

    If these rumoured packs are correct, that's now 3 individual songs I'd like to add to my collection, but they're all in different packs :(

  • Barry619 #11 5 years ago

    I'm very interested in Pack Three, i like all 3 songs and would love to play them, but, even being someone who really wants these songs, i won't be willing to pay the over-priced 500 points for them, and i think Red Octane should consider this before pricing it's next lot.

    Also if these new bundles are reasonable (i say 300 MSpoints, 100 per song is a good price all round) then the ones already up must come down in price aswell?

  • bonker #12 5 years ago

    Must ... not ... cave ... into ... Ramones ... temptation ...