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Guitar Hero III was only just released, but already additional content for the game is available for Xbox 360 owners. On November 8, 2007, Activision announced the first downloadable track packs for Guitar Hero III. The first two packs, which are already available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace, feature music from Velvet Revolver and the Foo Fighters. Each track pack costs about 500 points, which is a little more than $6 per pack.

The same track packs will also be made available to Playstation 3 owners with Guitar Hero III via the Playstation Store later in the month. Also available at the end of the month for both systems will be a Boss Battle anthem track pack. The Boss Battle track pack will be free to download and will unlock the boss battle songs, like “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” for regular play.

Each of the track packs that have been released feature three master recordings by the original artists. The Velvet Revolver pack contains “Messages”, “Slithter”, and “She Builds Quick Machines.” The Foo Fighters pack contains “All My Life,” “The Pretender” and “This is a Call”.

It is nice to see Activision being so proactive in acquiring additional music for Guitar Hero III owners, but perhaps they should have waited a bit. The game only did just come out. I doubt there was a need to already have six additional songs up for download and the track packs are so expensive. At most online music stores a single MP3 is 99 cents, and here three songs cost over $6. Maybe Foo Fighter or Velvet Revolver fans will be willing to pay, but I doubt regular people will.

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