Rocking News for the Gaming Inclined: April 24 2009

By CJ Preece Apr 24th, 2009

If the Guns N' Roses Chinese Democracy DLC wasn't quite your cup o' tea, you're in luck. This next week we'll see a few more goodies bestowed upon us by the Fake Plastic Rock Gods, including a full Jane's Addiction album and news of yet another Guitar Hero spinoff.

First up: April 28th you'll be able to get Jane's Addiction's Nothing's Shocking for Rock Band 2. Available on the Xbox 360 and Wii right away, PS3 owners will have to wait until April 30th. If you don't know what goodness is on Nothing's Shocking, then this probably won't excite you much, but here's the track list anyway, to further educate and edify.

Jane's Addiction DLC Set List

Album:

Nothing's Shocking

Tracks:

"Up the Beach"
"Ocean Size"
"Had a Dad"
"Ted, Just Admit It..."
"Standing in the Shower... Thinking"
"Summertime Rolls"
"Idiots Rule"
"Jane Says" (!!!)
"Thank You Boys"
"Pig's in Zen"
Available: April 28th

And although there's been no official announcement yet from Activision, a helpful GameStop employee pointed Kotaku editors to Gamestop.com's pre-order page for Guitar Hero: Van Halen. While music games lend themselves well to hair metal, I would prefer it if Activision would just release Guitar Hero: 80's Hair & Lipstick Rock and get it over with. Update it with DLC from the various bands and quit making me buy ANOTHER game for a few songs that I air drummed to in '89. But I digress. Guitar Hero: VanHalen is slated for July 28th for the 360, PS3, Wii and PS2.

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