God of War II meets Guitar Hero!

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Chuck Park Producer, RedOctane/Activision

Hey Guitar Hero Shredders!

Coming Thursday, June 5, you’ll be able to download “The End Begins (to Rock)”, a rockin’ take on the theme song from God of War II, exclusively for the PLAYSTATION 3 version of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.

Most importantly, this Add-On will be FREE! The audio track will also be made available on the PLAYSTATION Store in free, downloadable form as well.

Starting Thursday, check in to the PLAYSTATION STORE and look for Add-On content on the home page. Download, fire up Guitar Hero III, check out the Downloads section and Rock Out!

Thanks to all the good people at SCEA and Neversoft who helped make this happen!

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  • Kamahl
    June 4, 2008 at 4:50 pm PDT

    nice!!! i like how its looking… good to get exclusive content

    I’ll download it tomorrow as soon as its available.

  • Shishimo9000
    June 4, 2008 at 4:53 pm PDT

    i want it for rock band

  • Helghasp
    June 4, 2008 at 4:55 pm PDT

    Wow awesome!

    June 5th = Best PSN update ever!!

  • LLAMACODE
    June 4, 2008 at 4:57 pm PDT

    meh
    I don’t like Guitar hero

  • Kamahl
    June 4, 2008 at 4:57 pm PDT

    @4: then why comment???

  • KazeEternal
    June 4, 2008 at 5:00 pm PDT

    Now if we can just get a DDR for PS3 and have Rise of the Pheonix and other tracks from God of War 1&2 and I’ll be happy since I don’t like Guitar Hero and Love god of war this is kind of a kick in the balls.

  • fullyshadow
    June 4, 2008 at 5:00 pm PDT

    alright!!! finally an exclusive track! plus the rock version came really well! good job to you guys!

  • Stoffinator
    June 4, 2008 at 5:02 pm PDT

    Sounds like those two weeks of nothing may pay off tomorrow.

  • Jeigh
    June 4, 2008 at 5:09 pm PDT

    “The audio track will also be made available on the PLAYSTATION Store in free, downloadable form as well.”

    I’m probably stretching, but does this mean that we’ll be also able to download the song under “Music” to just listen to? ‘Cause if so: Booya!

    If not, well, I suppose it’s still pretty cool for those that play Guitar Hero.

  • darkiewonder
    June 4, 2008 at 5:16 pm PDT

    what’s going to be mp3 bitrate? ;o

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      Jeff Rubenstein
      June 4, 2008 at 5:18 pm PDT

      Oh, man, you\’re killing me ;-)
      I\’ll try and find out by the time the store post goes up.

  • Clinton514
    June 4, 2008 at 5:18 pm PDT

    Wow, that’s pretty cool. Free too.

  • TheRocker
    June 4, 2008 at 5:20 pm PDT

    Can you guys work something out for RockBand ?

  • Mana Knight
    June 4, 2008 at 5:20 pm PDT

    This makes me want to buy GH3 right now.

  • erico316
    June 4, 2008 at 5:28 pm PDT

    jeff sorry to bug you but will there be any drm to the track?

  • darkiewonder
    June 4, 2008 at 5:31 pm PDT

    @ Jeff.

    haha. Thanks! You’re doing a hell of a great job around here! :D

  • stefen
    June 4, 2008 at 5:36 pm PDT

    Jeff, is there any chance of this (or something similar) for Rock Band?

  • TheRocker
    June 4, 2008 at 5:37 pm PDT

    I’m sure there are other Playstation theme songs out there perhaps maybe one of them could make its way to RockBand.

  • stefen
    June 4, 2008 at 5:37 pm PDT

    Grammar Correction: Jeff, is there any chance of this (or something similar) coming out for Rock Band?

  • Kratos_ate_Snake
    June 4, 2008 at 5:43 pm PDT

    Thats awesome.. I too wish it was out for rock band, but at least I can enjoy the MP3… Thanks.

  • playstationalltheway
    June 4, 2008 at 6:04 pm PDT

    coool!

  • JamesL007
    June 4, 2008 at 6:10 pm PDT

    Its funny after the weak ass PSN update last week we get this killer PSN update to rival anything.

    God of War 2 song,

    Qore,

    I can’t wait until the update. New Award will be given tomorrow “Best PSN update: 6/5/2008” I will look forward to delivering that award tomorrow big time, how did I doubt the PSN updates.

    You guys I think did that too last week, made a crappy update so the next weeks one would be stellar and unrivaled to other updates since the new design of the store.

  • Lp47
    June 4, 2008 at 6:13 pm PDT

    Any news on the “coming soon” God of War 3?

    – Sadly I only own Rockband so I will not be able to try this sweet song out.

  • VenomX
    June 4, 2008 at 6:32 pm PDT

    Hell yeah. I’m so happy Sony decided to do this. I’m definitely buying this.

  • LLAMACODE
    June 4, 2008 at 6:43 pm PDT

    @ VenomX 23

    it’s free
    no buying required :)

  • Clover09
    June 4, 2008 at 6:52 pm PDT

    Anything that involves God of War in it has to be great! Now I, am just anticipating GOW 3!

  • Markade
    June 4, 2008 at 7:00 pm PDT

    Can we get Um Jammer Lammy in Rockband also?

  • XD9
    June 4, 2008 at 7:00 pm PDT

    I’ll be honest I own GH3 for 360 and the Halo 3 theme was pretty tight…too bad the GOW track isn’t for Rock Band which I do own for the PS3

  • Xanog
    June 4, 2008 at 7:18 pm PDT

    Shame I don’t own the PS3 version of the game (have it for PS2, haven’t touched it since I got Rock Band for PS3)

    Regardless, that was still epic.

  • Tropic
    June 4, 2008 at 7:24 pm PDT

    Nice, now all I need now is GH3.

  • leftover_crack
    June 4, 2008 at 7:48 pm PDT

    couldnt david jaffe have noticed how many people wanted the twsited metal theme in guitar hero over the GoW 2 theme

  • VenomX
    June 4, 2008 at 8:07 pm PDT

    Free? That’s awesome!

  • Captain Fury
    June 4, 2008 at 8:11 pm PDT

    thx SCEA and RedOctane

  • andrewr4
    June 4, 2008 at 8:35 pm PDT

    Great to hear, however (Not really expecting an answer) will it be coming to the EU store too? All too often we are left without free content (or even paid content) for long times.

  • benzboi92
    June 4, 2008 at 8:41 pm PDT

    Uhh, guys… you’re asking the producer of Red Octane for this song on Rock Band???

    Yeah, good luck getting answers. Remember, this IS exclusive to the PS3 version of Guitar Hero III.

    I’ll definitely be downloading this for Guitar Hero.

  • stennex
    June 4, 2008 at 8:55 pm PDT

    Now this is the Sony we love. Who says the others companies only have exclusives and we don’t. It’s about time the PS3 takes charge. GH3 will be on my list amongst other titles.

  • Jeigh
    June 4, 2008 at 9:51 pm PDT

    Ha! Thank you, Jeff! First a blog from the plenipotentiary Ted Price, the very first look at Novastrike just before it releases (no waiting time there :D ) and now this. :D

    And I’ve noticed that we’ve been getting quite a few insights with the developers lately. Others may (or rather, “most definitely” ) take this blog for granted but I’m thankful to you and everyone else involved for making this a great site.

    Have a good night. :)

  • TheSlayerIsBack
    June 4, 2008 at 9:53 pm PDT

    MAN thats AWESOME!!!! and the best part its FREE!!!!

  • CONFUSEDgam3r
    June 4, 2008 at 10:25 pm PDT

    Nice! This sounds way better than the exclusive 360 track. Wish I bought the game on PS3 :(

  • APaz
    June 4, 2008 at 11:28 pm PDT

    The song is awesome!

  • darktorns
    June 4, 2008 at 11:31 pm PDT

    put it on ROCKBAND PLS. a much better game.

  • Rogerjak
    June 5, 2008 at 12:20 am PDT

    An awesome music for an epic game.

    Srsly best rock music I have heard in a while!

  • Viper7
    June 5, 2008 at 12:55 am PDT

    Hopefully we can see this on eu store soon as well. The track seems to be nice too.

  • LoTuZ
    June 5, 2008 at 1:18 am PDT

    thats great…But when the heck are you coming out with more well known songs? I have to give it to rock band for the songs they come out with. Cant you guys offer more songs from GH1 &2? Alice in chains, incubus, the police…so many great songs on the old ones. I would love to see those come back for sure. And full albums wouldnt be a bad idea either.

  • Crimson_Ryan
    June 5, 2008 at 4:42 am PDT

    This actually sounds good. And its free! Woo!

    Thanks Jeff!

  • ISEMAN
    June 5, 2008 at 5:49 am PDT

    The song rocks, nice work!

    Now find us some God of War 3 info!!!

  • TouchyEd
    June 5, 2008 at 7:05 am PDT

    Is this going to be the same as that poor implemented Aerosmith give-away song you guys had a few months back?

    Where no matter how badly you play (or how many notes you miss) the track still plays perfectly in the background, with all the guitar parts still playing without interruption?

    Ah, to be honest, I really don’t even care about the answer. Guitar Hero is irrelevant now. The world is switching to Rock Band.

  • Jeigh
    June 5, 2008 at 7:18 am PDT

    I’m convinced that there are people who just come here to vote down anything and everything posted. I don’t know who would vote down free stuff other than someone just wanting to taking jabs at PlayStation.

  • TouchyEd
    June 5, 2008 at 8:45 am PDT

    Voting down? This blog entry has like a 4.8 rating. You expect every thread to have a perfect 5.0?

    We don’t all have to give it 5 out 5 everytime. If someone doesn’t find the news interesting or valid to them, they can vote however they see fit.

    And besides, who cares about the rating?

    I haven’t voted yet. I was going to give it a nice 4. But I think I’ll vote 1 instead.

    There.

    Done.

    Has that changed your life?

  • C-h-a-o-s
    June 5, 2008 at 8:50 am PDT

    Sweet free GOW song and I don’t need to have GHIII or RockBand to play it. Nice freebie. Tomorrows update is actually looking quite nice. I will be absolutely amazed if there’s a PS1 game tomorrow. Infact if there is I might go ape $#!t.

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