GHIII to get a three pack of Muse DLC

by Dustin Burg { May 2nd 2008 at 12:00PM }

Activision just sent word that a three song pack of new Guitar Hero III downloadable content is making its way to the XBLM featuring British rockers Muse. The Muse Track Pack will be available for purchase on Thursday, May 8th and feature their three hits "Exo-Politics", "Supermassive Black Hole" and "Stockholm Syndrome" all for (what we expect) to cost 500 Microsoft points. You can check out the complete press release after the break.

BRITISH ROCKERS MUSE TO PLAY ENCORE IN DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT FOR GUITAR HERO® III: LEGENDS OF ROCK

SANTA MONICA, CA – May 2, 2008 – Known for their exhilarating live performances and unique blend of rock music styles, British trio Muse is returning to Guitar Hero® for an encore performance with the release of a three track downloadable song pack for Activision Inc.'s (Nasdaq: ATVI) Guitar Hero® III: Legends of Rock.

Featuring the rousing hits "Exo-Politics" and "Supermassive Black Hole" from the band's critically acclaimed album Black Holes and Revelations, and "Stockholm Syndrome" from their multi-platinum record Absolution, the Muse track pack will be available for Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and in the PLAYSTATION®Store for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system on May 8, 2008.

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock offers the ultimate rock experience with new wireless guitars, freshly added content and features including a multiplayer action-inspired battle mode, grueling boss battles, a host of exclusive unlockable content and visually stunning rock venues. Expanded online multiplayer modes allow axe-shredders worldwide to compete head-to-head for true rock status as they riff through a star-studded soundtrack including master tracks by legendary artists such as Aerosmith, Guns 'N' Roses, The Rolling Stones, Beastie Boys, Rage Against the Machine and Pearl Jam, as well as original songs by guitar icons Slash and Tom Morello. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock is now available and is rated "T" for Teen by the ESRB. For more information visit www.guitarhero.com.

Tags: activision, ghiii, guitar-hero-iii, muse, xblm

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

SoxFan13 @ May 2nd 2008 12:05PM

Dang IT! I love Muse, these songs need to be in Rock Band, not GHIII.

SoxFan13 @ May 2nd 2008 12:06PM

PS- Happy birthday to Dustin!

Dustin Burg @ May 2nd 2008 12:12PM

Aww, thanks for the birthday wishes!

Joe Schmoe @ May 2nd 2008 12:54PM

Oh my gosh SoxFan13, You are so right.

GHIII gets good songs but they are so few and far between. Rock band gets songs all the time, but they vary in style, so one week you want a song, the next you don't. I wish they would come out with more songs each week from different time periods and styles of music. This way there is always something for everyone.

Rock band is a better game however, and deserves more good music, and 1 album a month is not enough either.

sparki @ May 2nd 2008 1:41PM

I agree.. this is bittersweet. I love Muse, and want to buy, but have sworn off buying packs for GH (I started my own boycott after the controller BS, just let it work for all games Activision). That and the fact that I'd rather play RB, I'm tired of being limited in every way by GH.. RB is much more open and a better game, wish this came out for my fav of the 2. I'm at an impasse.

I guess I'll just have wait for Hysteria to finally drop on RB. Hopefully the numbers will show (whoever needs to see them), that they should release more Muse on RB.

Jeramy @ May 2nd 2008 12:15PM

yeah, i guess i'll have to get my copy of gh3 out again. although knights of cydonia felt really annoying every time i played it. come on, rock band, do us one better

Captain Blaggers @ May 2nd 2008 12:28PM

Finally, something decent to buy with the free points I got with GTA IV.

Happy birthday, Dustin.

Dustin Burg @ May 2nd 2008 12:55PM

this is turning into a 'happy birthday dustin' comment fest! hehe, thanks guys!

Josiah @ May 2nd 2008 12:33PM

WHAT THE F*&K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????!!!!!!!

I WANT THIS FOR ROCK BAND!!! MUSE FREAKIN ROCKS!!! HOW COME NO ROCK BAND DLC?!?!?!

I AM SO MAD!!!

JakubK666 (Ninja Defence Force) @ May 2nd 2008 12:43PM

Quickly, call a WAAAMBULANCE!

psyborg @ May 4th 2008 6:55AM

Agreed, but atleast RockBand has Hysteria coming soon.

Wish it had these songs too though, The Tony Hawk guys do not know how to make notecharts and they will probably ruin these songs like so many others.

lysernix @ May 2nd 2008 12:36PM

And on another note.... I WANT MCR FOR ROCKBAND PLEASE!!!!!!!

bicranium @ May 2nd 2008 12:37PM

WTF? GHIII? I was so happy when I saw Muse and DLC and now that I see it's not Rock Band I cry. This sucks. I'm not wasting my money on DLC for that crap game... SH*T!

JakubK666 (Ninja Defence Force) @ May 2nd 2008 12:47PM

Speaking of which, can anybody explain to me why there's so much hate for this GH3?

Rock Band is pretty much Guitar Hero X 3 yet everybody is getting a really big stiffy over that game.You didn't get your "favourite band" for RB? Beat it and stop trolling.

LuckyEMS @ May 2nd 2008 7:27PM

ok guitar hero = shit bands (mostly) and with crappy rifts and over compensation, also its extremely easy compared to GH2

bicranium @ May 2nd 2008 12:59PM

Yeah, I'll explain it to you... Rock Band is a lot more fun. More people, better note charts (doesn't put unnecessary three-fret chords all over the place), better presentation, a lot more (and constantly increasing) DLC, etc., etc. I bought GHIII and thought RB was going to suck but the second I played RB it was painfully obvious I was completely wrong. The only things GH has going for it right now is their guitars are better (the Strat for RB absolutely sucks - the LP is buggy and breaks a lot but when it's working it's a thing of beauty) and Muse. Hopefully we get full albums for Muse on RB.

EAsucks @ May 2nd 2008 1:39PM

Nice DLC, for once.

LMAO at this weeks RB DLC though.

Vcize @ May 2nd 2008 2:10PM

To each his own I guess. To me, the only thing Rock Band has is the extra instruments. I never really dug the drums or the mic though, and find the guitar far superior in GH.

I like GH's harder note charts but more forgiving timing style. When I play GH, I feel like I'm rocking out. In Rock Band, you have to anal retentively press the notes at exactly the right time or it doesn't count. Add in that because it involves other instruments the guitar parts of the Rock Band songs are often difficult to hear and when I play Rock Band it doesn't feel like I'm playing a guitar, it feels like I'm playing simon says with some buttons while some unrelated music plays in the background.

The complaints about the extra notes and 3-note chords are born of idiots, because those only become an issue on expert difficulty which is basically a difficulty that doesn't exist in Rock Band (GH's hard = RB's expert). Don't like them? Just play on hard and pretend expert doesn't exist, because in Rock Band it doesn't. If Rock Band had a "super expert" mode that was meant to match GH's expert mode it would be the same thing with the 3-note chords, etc.

Rock Band is great for the multiplayer and DLC. But when it comes to the actual guitar gameplay it's not even close imho. I think if Rock Band was the first music game I had ever played I never would have gotten into the genre because I like kicking back and rocking out, not staring at the notes so hard that my eyes strain because I'm worried that I'm going to miss pressing the button by .00001 seconds (and even when you do miss it you can't tell half the time since RB has no sound effects and doesn't seem to have the tracks broken up properly on some songs).