I bet I freaked the hell out of someone at Activision yesterday. When I made my post about November DLC, I chose to illustrate it with a picture of Slash rocking out during his solo from “November Rain.” Because it’s November, you see.

Turns out this month’s first offering features three tracks from Slash’s solo album, and I swear I had no idea. Now what would have been weird is if I’d also mentioned Poison, since it applies to both the band and the tune from Alice Cooper, or Rush. Not really sure how I would have worked Tesla in there, though.

Anyway, tracks! Live! Today! On all systems!

Alice Cooper	Elected
Alice Cooper	Poison
Poison	Talk Dirty To Me
Rush	Limelight
Rush	Red Barchetta
Rush	Tom Sawyer
Slash (Feat. Dave Grohl and Duff McKagan)	Watch This
Slash (Feat. Iggy Pop)	We’re All Gonna Die
Slash (Feat. M Shadows)	Nothing To Say
Tesla	Love Song

These 10 tunes can be had for the usual $2 apiece, or you can get the whole pack for $19.99, 1600 Microsoft Points, or 2000 Wii Points. If your math is reasonably solid, you may notice that this means you don’t get a discount if you get the whole track. (In fact, you actually pay a little more on PS3!) I have no idea why that is. Let’s all ponder it while listening to the playlist after the break. Continue reading →

Two bits of Hero news for you:

First, though we haven’t gotten any inkling of what’s to come, Activision has confirmed that we will be getting new Guitar Hero DLC this month. Several messages on the Guitar Hero Twitter account have said as much — though one says “sometime this month,” which isn’t terribly encouraging. But hey, at least there’s something to look forward to.

And two: Looking farther forward, in a recent earnings call Activision announced that there will be a new Hero game next year. And what you just read is exactly as much info as is currently available.

Amidst all the Rock Band 3 hoopla, let’s not forget that Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock gets three sweet transv — er, I mean, three sweet tracks for download today, courtesy of the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Who’s grabbing these? Or is everyone neck-deep in Rock Band 3 today?

And it wouldn’t be Tuesday without a new offering from the Guitar Hero camp: This week brings six tracks from Linkin Park’s newest album. But that’s not all: You 360 owners who aren’t Xbox Live Gold members now get access to that “Roctober” three-pack that was free to Gold subscribers last week. Enjoy!