Retailer Amazon.com this week price cut Activision Inc.'s Guitar Hero World Tour Band Kit for Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 and the Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Guitar Bundle in a new video games sale.

On Tues., the Guitar Hero World Tour Band Kit for the 360 held a sale price of $139.99.
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Console Monster writes: "The first demo of 2009 has skated onto the Xbox Live Marketplace today, weighing in at 2 GB. There's also content for Tom Clancy's EndWar and Guitar Hero: World Tour as well as a behind-the-scenes look at the team behind Fable 2 ahead of the new download content released later this month. Here is the full Xbox Live Marketplace Update for Thursday 8th January 2009:

Skate 2 Demo
Price: Free (Exclusive Gold Offer)
Availability: All Xbox Live Regions
Size: 2 GB
Description: Download the demo and hone your skills before Skate 2 hits stores as you rip around Slappy's, move objects to create spots, and take on new set of challenges. Also compete against up to 4 of your friends in an all out break your bones Hall of Meat challenge. Skate 2 will be in stores worldwide on January 23.

Tom Clancy's EndWar: Faction Elite Pack
Price: 300 Microsoft Points
Availability: All Xbox Live Regions
Size: 108 KB
Description: Unlock the 3 most elite battalions and some of the most advanced unit upgrades of Tom Clancy's EndWar. Exclusive battalions include the legendary JSF 15th Special Operations, Spetsnaz Alpha Brigade, and Enforcer Corps Battlegroup 1. This download also grants immediate access to 6 exclusive unit upgrades (2 per faction). There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts..."
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Console Monster writes: "In today's Xbox Live Marketplace update, Lara Croft is getting wet for free as two new wetsuits have been released. Alongside the wetsuits comes some new Guitar Hero: World Tour tracks. Here is the full Xbox Live Marketplace update for Tuesday 6th January 2009:

Tomb Raider: Underworld Wetsuit Costume Pack
Price: Free
Availability: All Xbox Live Regions
Description: Download two hot new wetsuits for Lara, totally free!
Size: 62 MB..."
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Online retailer Amazon.com has slashed the price on two versions of Guitar Hero World Tour heading into the new year.
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Here we are then, the final installment in our Top 50 Games of 2008. It's worth reiterating once again that the list is not intended as a definitive rundown of the 50 best games of the year, but instead reflects votes cast by our staff and contributors based on the games they have played and enjoyed.
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Console Monster writes: "Today's Xbox Live Marketplace update has arrived and includes free new costumes available for Lara Croft in her latest title, Tomb Raider: Underworld. Staying on the subject of free, there is a free 'Reggae Rock' Track Pack available to download for Guitar Hero: World Tour among many other tracks. Here is the full Xbox Live Marketplace Update for Tuesday 30th December 2008:

Tomb Raider: Underworld Wetsuit Costume Pack
Price: Free (Gold Exclusive Offer)
Availability: All Xbox Live Regions
Description: Download two hot new wetsuits for Lara, totally free!
File Size: 62 MB

Guitar Hero World Tour: Reggae Rock Track Pack
Price: Free
Availability: All Xbox Live Regions
Description: Downloadable Track Pack for Guitar Hero World Tour featuring "Your Face" by Pepper, "Jimi" by Slightly Stoopid, and "Sacrifice" by The Expendables. Please Note: Many songs are available both as singles and as part of a Track Pack, so please carefully consider your purchases before downloading. For all song credits please visit www.guitarhero.com.
File Size: 112 MB..."
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Harmonix and MTV Games announced today the addition of four new tracks to the Rock Band Music Store catalog of downloadable content from bands Snow Patrol, Deep Purple, James Gang and Jethro Tull.
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Target Corp. stores this week began offering an exclusive two-guitar bundle of Activision Inc.'s Guitar Hero: World Tour for under $90 to customers.
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Looks like Rockband started another trend. Today Activision announced that Guitar Hero World Tour would be getting a Country pack of there own. The pack will also include Rascal Flatts "Me and My Gang, Brad Paisley's "Ticks" and Brooks & Dunn's "Hillbilly Deluxe. The GHWT country pack should hit around January 8th.
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Travis Barker Encore Performance Showcases Diverse Music Genres.
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The Eagles Track Pack for Guitar Hero World Tour is available today for Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii. From The Eagles' seventh studio album and first in 28 years, Long Road Out of Eden, "Frail Grasp on the Big Picture" is joined by two classic tracks that climbed to the top of the Billboard's Hot 100, "One of These Nights" and "Life in the Fast Lane."
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Did you purchase Guitar Hero World Tour recently or thinking about picking it up? You could be eligible for 5 Free Tracks if you purchase the Complete Guitar Game before Dec 31st.

A few days ago the site went live but with Invalid Owner ID problems but it looks as though Activision corrected the problem and even made the boxes match to that of the serial number and Owner ID making it less confusing as before.

Head on over to Guitar Hero dot com to get your 5 Free Tracks that will unfortunately take 4-6 weeks to actually get.

Here's your chooses:

* "No Rain" Blind Melon
* "Rock and Roll Band" Boston
* "Hot Blooded" Foreigner
* "Human" The Killers
* "Silver" Nirvana
* "The Shock of the Lightning" Oasis
* "Supernatural Superserious" R.E.M.
* "Salute your Solutions" Raconteurs
* "Jessie's Girl" Rick Springfield
* "The Everlasting Gaze" Smashing Pumpkins
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The promotion mentioned last week for the 5 Free Tracks if you purchase the Complete Guitar Game for Guitar Hero World Tour has now gone Live. Only one problem, it doesn't seem to be working.
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Hip-hop artist MC Hammer must have heard that Soulja Boi was getting his own video game and thought, "Hey, wait a minute - I'm just as untalented as him! Where's my video game deal?" It seems he's having a meeting with Activision today to do...God knows what.
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This week brought some good news for Activision: Guitar Hero World Tour was November's top music game. Though NPD hasn't released any specific sales figures other than the Wii version's 475,000-unit tally, UBS analyst Ben Schachter provided a run-down of the Guitar Hero franchise's sales for the month. He also tabulated the combined sales of Electronic Arts, MTV Games, and Harmonix's rival series, Rock Band.
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Did you purchase Guitar Hero World Tour recently or thinking about picking it up? You could be eligible for 5 Free Tracks if you purchase the Complete Guitar Game before Dec 31st.

The Complete Guitar Game? What about those that bought or are thinking of buying the Complete Band Game, are they not eligible? That's what it looks like.
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Three songs from nineties grunge band Nirvana are now available as downloadable content for Guitar Hero World Tour. Apparently it's the first time their songs have appeared as DLC for Guitar Hero, a fact that only interests people concerned with the word count of their gaming news article.
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Increasing its library of local music from around the world this month, Activision Publishing, Inc.'s Guitar Hero World Tour – which features on-disc songs from top global acts such as Tokio Hotel, Hushpuppies and Radio Futura – is offering new three-song Track Packs of downloadable content from popular European bands including Germany's Sportfreunde Stiller, France's BB Brunes and Spain's Fito Y Fitipaldis.
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Edge writes: "Lagging Guitar Hero: World Tour sales are an indication that Activision's explosively popular series is finally "reaching its peak," claimed Electronic Entertainment Design and Research analyst Jesse Divnich in a Monday research note.

Ahead of U.S. NPD Group November sales data, Divich said, "Currently, we expect unit sales to decline by more than 50 percent series-over-series for November. This is coming off the October month where series-over-series units declined by more than 60 percent."

Guitar Hero: World Tour sales had been initially hampered by tight supply, but now Ebay reseller prices are beginning to register below the bundle's $189 retail tag, "a strong indication that demand and supply are currently in equilibrium," said Divnich."
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Logitech has decided to charge GBP 149.99 for a guitar peripheral that only works with the Guitar Hero series of games. It's not real, doesn't do the washing up, and probably won't attract women.

Amazon.co.uk will be the exclusive stockist, and offer the PS3 and PS2 guitar from 22nd December.
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