LINKIN PARK,
MASTADON AND
THE USED
HIGHLIGHT
DOWNLOADABLE
CONTENT
ARRIVING IN
TIME FOR THE
HOLIDAYS
Guitar Hero®
III: Legends
of Rock Set
List
Expansion
Also to
Include
Hit European
Singles,
Free Rock
Rendition of
Christmas
Classic
SUNNYVALE,
CA -
December 17,
2007 -
Master
recordings
from
Warner/Reprise
artists
Linkin Park,
Mastadon and
The Used
will be
available as
a
downloadable
track pack
for
Activision,
Inc.'s (Nasdaq:
ATVI) Guitar
Hero III:
Legends of
Rock, during
the month of
December.
Additionally,
Activision
will offer
single song
downloads
from such
popular
European
bands as
Extremoduro,
Trust and
Die
Fantastischen
Vier, as
well as a
free,
exclusive
rock
rendition of
the holiday
classic "We
Three
Kings,"
recorded by
Steve
Ouimette.
The
Warner/Reprise
Track Pack,
single song
downloads,
and free
holiday
classic will
be available
for the Xbox
360® video
game and
entertainment
system from
Microsoft
and
PLAYSTATION®3
computer
entertainment
system.
The
Warner/Reprise
Track Pack
includes
master
recordings
of "No More
Sorrow," by
Linkin Park,
"Sleeping
Giant," by
Mastadon and
"Pretty
Handsome
Awkward," by
The Used.
The single
song
downloads
offer such
popular
singles as
"So Payaso,"
from
Extremoduro,
"Antisocial"
from Trust,
and "Ernten
Was Wir Säen"
from Die
Fantastischen
Vier.
After
downloading
the new
tracks,
Guitar Hero®
fans are
encouraged
to visit
www.guitarhero.com
to enter
fret-bending
competitions
with the
opportunity
to win
various
prizes.
Guitar Hero
III: Legends
of Rock
contains
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
allow
axe-shredders
worldwide to
compete
head-to-head
for true
rock status.
The game
features 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.
While
continuing
to retain
all the key
features
from their
prior
legendary
performances,
fresh
downloadable
content will
be available
on multiple
platforms,
and players
can now
shred to a
killer set
list from
many of the
most popular
rock songs
ever
recorded.
For the
first time
ever, Guitar
Hero fans
are able to
thrash and
burn with
new wireless
guitar
controllers
available
for each
platform,
including
exclusive
Gibson
Guitar's Les
Paul model
for the Xbox
360® video
game and
entertainment
system from
Microsoft,
Wii™ home
video game
system from
Nintendo,
and
PLAYSTATION®3
computer
entertainment
system.
PlayStation®2
computer
entertainment
system
gamers also
get to shred
on a new
exclusive
shape,
Gibson's
Kramer
guitar,
popularized
by hard
rockers and
known for
its body
design,
pickups,
electronics
and
construction
for furious
finger
fretting.
Guitar Hero
III: Legends
of Rock,
developed by
Neversoft,
is rated "T"
for Teen by
the ESRB,
and is
currently
available at
North
American
retailers.
For more
information
about the
Guitar Hero
franchise,
please visit
the
dedicated
community
site:
www.guitarhero.com.
About Gibson
Guitar:
Gibson is
known
worldwide
for
producing
classic
models in
every major
style of
fretted
instrument,
including
acoustic and
electric
guitars,
mandolins,
and banjos.
Gibson's
HD.6X-PRO
Digital
Guitar
represents
the biggest
advance in
electric
guitar
design in
over 70
years.
Founded in
1894 in
Kalamazoo,
Michigan,
and
headquartered
in Nashville
since 1984,
Gibson
Guitar
Corp.'s
family of
brands now
includes
Epiphone,
Dobro,
Maestro,
Kramer,
Steinberger,
Tobias,
Echoplex,
Electar,
Flatiron,
Gibson
Baldwin
Music
Education,
Slingerland,
Valley Arts,
Maestro,
Oberheim,
Sunshine
Piano, Take
Anywhere
Technology,
Baldwin, J&C
Fischer,
Chickering,
Hamilton,
and
Wurlitzer.
Visit
Gibson's
website at
www.gibson.com
or
www.gibson.com/press
About
Activision:
Headquartered
in Santa
Monica,
California,
Activision,
Inc. is a
leading
worldwide
developer,
publisher
and
distributor
of
interactive
entertainment
and leisure
products.
Founded in
1979,
Activision
posted net
revenues of
$1.5 billion
for the
fiscal year
ended March
31, 2007.
Activision
maintains
operations
in the U.S.,
Canada, the
United
Kingdom,
France,
Germany,
Ireland,
Italy,
Sweden,
Spain, the
Netherlands,
Australia,
Japan and
South Korea.
More
information
about
Activision
and its
products can
be found on
the
company's
World Wide
Web site,
which is
located at
www.activision.com.
Cautionary
Note
Regarding
Forward-looking
Statements:
Information
in this
press
release that
involves
Activision's
expectations,
plans,
intentions
or
strategies
regarding
the future
are
forward-looking
statements
that are not
facts and
involve a
number of
risks and
uncertainties.
Activision
generally
uses words
such as
"outlook",
"will,"
"could,"
"would,"
"might,"
"remains,"
"to be,"
"plans,"
"believes",
"may",
"expects,"
"intends,"
"anticipates,"
"estimate,"
future,"
"plan,"
"positioned,"
"potential,"
"project,"
"remain,"
"scheduled,"
"set to,"
"subject
to,"
"upcoming"
and similar
expressions
to help
identify
forward-looking
statements.
Factors that
could cause
Activision's
actual
future
results to
differ
materially
from those
expressed in
the
forward-looking
statements
set forth in
this release
include, but
are not
limited to,
sales of
Activision's
titles,
shifts in
consumer
spending
trends, the
seasonal and
cyclical
nature of
the
interactive
game market,
Activision's
ability to
predict
consumer
preferences
among
competing
hardware
platforms
(including
next-generation
hardware),
declines in
software
pricing,
product
returns and
price
protection,
product
delays,
retail
acceptance
of
Activision's
products,
adoption
rate and
availability
of new
hardware and
related
software,
industry
competition,
rapid
changes in
technology
and industry
standards,
protection
of
proprietary
rights,
maintenance
of
relationships
with key
personnel,
customers,
vendors and
third-party
developers,
international
economic and
political
conditions,
integration
of recent
acquisitions
and the
identification
of suitable
future
acquisition
opportunities
and foreign
exchange
rate
changes.
Other such
factors
include
additional
risk factors
identified
in
Activision's
most recent
annual
report on
Form 10-K
and
subsequent
quarterly
reports on
Form 10-Q.
The
forward-looking
statements
in this
release are
based upon
information
available to
Activision
as of the
date of this
release, and
Activision
assumes no
obligation
to update
any such
forward-looking
statements.
Forward-looking
statements
believed to
be true when
made may
ultimately
prove to be
incorrect.
These
statements
are not
guarantees
of future
performance
and are
subject to
risks,
uncertainties
and other
factors,
some of
which are
beyond our
control and
may cause
actual
results to
differ
materially
from our
current
expectations.
Guitar Hero®
III: Legends
of Rock ©
2007
Activision
Publishing,
Inc. Guitar
Hero,
Activision
and
RedOctane
are
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Activision
Publishing,
Inc.
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license from
Gibson
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