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As previously reported, this month will see a flood of new Guitar Hero III DLC made available worldwide. We've already had the Isle of Wight pack and the Motorhead pack so far. Activision has now announced that the next collection of tracks to be made available will be the Coldplay pack. This will include a song from their new album and will be made available on June 19th.

The songs included in the Coldplay pack will be "Violet Hill," from the new album "Viva la Vida," along with earlier songs "Yellow" and "God Put A Smile Upon Your Face." This marks the third of five announced DLC packs for the month of June, with two more yet to be announced. We have to say, the Guitar Hero III DLC is definitely gathering steam. Shame it couldn't have been this good back in November, when the game first released.

[Via Press Release]

Activision has announced today that Guitar Hero III will be receiving five downloadable track packs during the month of June. All of these will contain master tracks, but only two have been detailed, with the other three shrouded in mystery. The first song pack, which has been released today on the EU PSN Store and will no doubt be made available later today in America, is the Motorhead pack. This contains the songs "We Are the Road Crew," "Stay Clean" and "Motörhead."

The second pack will be made available on June 12th and will combine performances from the Isle of Wight 2007 and 2008 festivals into an aptly named "Isle of Wight" pack. This contains Kasabian's "Shoot The Runner," The Kaiser Chiefs' "I Predict A Riot" and The Sex Pistols' "Problems." A one-off free God of War II pack is also available today for free. With this, Activision is clearly really putting a lot of effort into downloadable content and, dare we say, giving Rock Band a run for its money. Well, not really, but it's pretty impressive nonetheless.

[Via Press Release]

A rendition of "We Three Kings", recorded by Steve Ouimette, will also be made available for download free of charge as a Christmas gesture. There's no word on when these song will be arriving on the PSN Store (and considering how Europe only just got their first pack of DLC, Europeans shouldn't expect to see it this year) or of how much they will cost. We're going to assumed they will follow the pricing structure the used for previous song packs (ie, way overpriced).

Compared to Rock Band's downloadable offerings, this is pretty meager. We'll probably leave these songs on the virtual shelf when they're released later this month. What about you?

Activision has announced that the wireless controllers for Guitar Hero III will finally be made available separately in early 2008. Ultimately, this means that if you want to play 2 player this Christmas then you'll need to buy two copies of the game or know somebody else who has one too. Bit of a shame, really, when you consider that this is the time of the year when families are getting together to celebrate stuff.

Rock Band is currently suffering from the same problem, especially on the PS3 - the controllers for GHIII and Rock Band are incompatible. At least Rock Band has two other controllers of various types included in the box, making it the perfect holiday party game.