Music and video games take the next step in the digital revolution with expansion songs included with a game's soundtrack CD for the first time. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Companion Pack (Interscope Records), to be released this month, features not only the key songs on Activision's Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, available October 28, 2007, but also exclusive access to more gameplay with three previously unreleased expansion songs to play with Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock for Xbox 360.

Included in each Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Companion Pack is a unique code users may input at interscope.com/guitarherocode to receive a unique Xbox Live code. Users may then input the Xbox Live code into their Xbox 360 consoles when logged into Xbox Live, to download the expansion songs. Xbox Live codes are expected to be available when Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock launches.

The three expansion tracks are Carcinogen Crush from AFI (from an EP due in December), Tina from Flyleaf and a remix of Marilyn Manson's Putting Holes in Happiness by Nick Zinner from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. The latter two recordings also are heard on the soundtrack CD, along with AFI's Miss Murder, Sonic Youth's Kool Thing, Queens of the Stone Age's 3s and 7s, Smashing Pumpkins' Cherub Rock, Velvet Revolver's Slither, Living Colour's Cult of Personality, Rise Against's Prayer of the Refugee, the Guitar Hero rendition of Devil Went Down to Georgia by Steve Ouimette and the game's intro by Slash, who is also a character in the game.

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock will include explosive new 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 game modes will also allow axe-shredders worldwide to compete head-to-head for true legendary rock status. While continuing to retain all the key features from their prior legendary performances, fresh downloadable content will be offered on multiple platforms, and players can now shred to a killer set list from many of the most popular rock songs ever recorded.

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