Travis Barker, Rascal Flatts, and Oasis Songs coming to GHWT DLC


December 19, 2008

 



TRAVIS BARKER, RASCAL
FLATTS AND OASIS SONGS AMONG NEW DOWNLOADABLE
GUITAR HERO® WORLD TOUR
TRACKS
IN JANUARY



 


Travis Barker Encore
Performance Showcases Diverse Music Genres


 


Country Superstars Rascal
Flatts, Brad Paisley and Brooks & Dunn Make Guitar Hero® 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.  will release over 20 party-rocking
anthems as downloadable content for
Guitar Hero® 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® 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® Marketplace for the Xbox 360® video game and
entertainment system from Microsoft for 1520 Microsoft Points and on the
PlayStation®Store for the PLAYSTATION®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™ for 200 Wii Points.


 




Guitar Hero World Tour

transforms music gaming by expanding
Guitar Hero’s
signature guitar gameplay into a cooperative band
experience that combines the most advanced wireless controllers with new
revolutionary online* and offline gameplay modes including Band Career and
8-player “Battle of the Bands,” which allows two full bands to compete
head-to-head online.  The game features a slick newly redesigned guitar
controller, drum kit controller and a wired microphone, as well as an
innovative Music Studio music creator that lets players compose, record,
edit and share their own rock ‘n’ roll anthems.  Music creators are also
able to share their recordings with their friends online through
GHTunesSM
where other
gamers can download and play an endless supply of unique creations.


 



Guitar Hero World Tour

is now available for Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system,
the Wii home video game system from Nintendo and the PlayStation®2 computer
entertainment system.  The game is rated “T” for Teen by the ESRB.