As if the leak weren’t already believable enough, Activision has confirmed 11 of the 22 new Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock songs leaked via that YouTube video last week. Here’s the really-truly-official rundown:

Anberlin	Feel Good Drag
Arch Enemy	Nemesis
The Dillinger Escape Plan	Setting Fire To Sleeping Giants
John 5 feat. Jim Root	Black Widow of La Porte	N/A
Neil Young	Rockin’ In The Free World
Orianthi	Suffocated
Queensrÿche	Jet City Woman
Red Rider	Lunatic Fringe
Rx Bandits	It’s Only Another Parsec…
Snot	Deadfall
Tesla	Modern Day Cowboy

I’ll say it: I wish they’d gotten “Empire” rather than “Jet City Woman.”

I can’t imagine Activision is terribly thrilled about this: YouTube user and ScoreHero standby Bj0rnSH has posted a shaky-cam video showing the entire track list of Warriors of Rock — all 93 songs. Some of the surprising newcomers include Neil Young, Blind Melon, and Queensrÿche. Here’s the whole list of tunes that are either brand-new, or new to me:

Aerosmith	Cryin’
Anberlin	Feel Good Drag
Arch Enemy	Nemesis
Band of Skulls	I Know What I Am
Blind Melon	Tones of Home
Creedence Clearwater Revival	Fortunate Son
The Dillinger Escape Plan	Setting Fire To Sleeping Giants
Flyleaf	Again
Interpol	Slow Hands
Neil Young	Rockin’ In The Free World
Nickelback	How You Remind Me
Orianthi	Suffocated
Phoenix	Lasso
Queensrÿche	Jet City Woman
Red Rider	Lunatic Fringe
R.E.M.	Losing My Religion
Rx Bandits	It’s Only Another Parsec…
Slash feat. Ian Astbury	Ghost
Tesla	Modern Day Cowboy
Third Eye Blind	Graduate
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers	Listen to Her Heart
The Vines	Get Free

Have a look after the break for the complete, 93-song track list for the game. In the meantime, tell me: Do these new additions change your excitement level for the game at all?

[YouTube, via @toymachinesh]

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Looks like Activision is looking to sweeten the Warriors of Rock pot, like they did with Guitar Hero 5′s Guitar Hero: Van Halen promo. Only this time, it’ll be something a bit less potentially self-defeating: USA Today reports that “initial shipments” of Warriors of Rock will come bundled with a copy of Soundgarden’s upcoming anthology Telephantasm: A Retrospective.

But it’s not just going to be a CD; those initial copies will also include DLC of the entire album [CORRECTION: DLC of the entire album will go live with the launch of Warriors of Rock, but won't be included in the limited edition] (well, minus “Black Rain,” which will be on the Warriors of Rock disc). From the article:

Telephantasm includes Soundgarden’s Grammy-winning hits “Black Hole Sun” and “Spoonman,” as well as a previously unreleased song, “Black Rain.” That song is also among the 90-plus songs playable in Warriors of Rock; the rest of the Telephantasm tracks can be purchased and downloaded immediately for playing in the game.

Even better: The game comes out the same day the album does, so you’ll be able to jump right in. UPDATE: Check out the track list of the Telephantasm album, as well as a playlist (of everything except the unreleased “Black Rain”), after the break.

[Read, via @toymachinesh]

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Activision has unleashed a new Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock video upon us unsuspecting mortals. This one gives more detail about Quest Mode, and includes a bit of chat with Gene Simmons about his role in the game. And lots of story-mode video, character transformations, and such.

Not a lot of gameplay in there, but it shows how seriously Neversoft is taking the whole storytelling aspect of the game. What do you think? Does this change your perspective on the game at all?

Activision has been choosing some interesting new ways to reveal songs from Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. Today’s second revelation comes courtesy of Amazon (you know, dot com), who put together a playlist of 20 new songs. Well, 22 technically, but it also includes the Alice Cooper and Runaways tracks that Blabbermouth blabbed about earlier today.

Here’s the whole rundown:

Alter Bridge	Ties That Bind
Atreyu	Ravenous
Bad Brains	Re-Ignition
Blue Öyster Cult	Burnin’ For You
Bush	Machinehead
Deep Purple	Burn
The Edgar Winter Group	Free Ride
Five Finger Death Punch	Hard To See
George Thorogood and the Destroyers	Move It On Over (Live)
Lynyrd Skynyrd	Call Me The Breeze (Live)
Pantera	I’m Broken
Poison	Unskinny Bop
The Ramones	Spiderman
Rise Against	Savior
Steve Vai	Speed
Strung Out	Calling
Styx	Renegade
Sum 41	Motivation
Them Crooked Vultures	Scumbag Blues
The White Stripes	Seven Nation Army

How are you liking those apples?

What’s that? You’re not familiar with those apples? Well, you can help yourself to the playlist embedded after the break.

[Read, via @OneOfSwords]

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From music site Blabbermouth comes word of two more classic tracks hitting Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock:

Alice Cooper	No More Mr. Nice Guy
The Runaways	Cherry Bomb

But there’s a twist: Both these songs were re-recorded for the game. In The Runaways’ case, Joan Jett and Cherie Currie headed back into the studio where they recorded some of their earlier stuff; and Alice Cooper enlisted the aid of the producer who recorded the original version of “No More Mr. Nice Guy.”

Check out the whole video from Blabbermouth:

And you can find a playlist of the original versions of these tunes after the break, naturally.

[Read, via @RdNetwork]

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