Guitar Hero World Tour Hendrix Pack now live

by Ross Miller { Nov 13th 2008 at 10:00PM }

The Guitar Hero World Tour Hendrix pack is now on Xbox Live -- so sayeth Major Nelson. As it turns out, the Hendrix pack has nothing to do with an Ultor security technician from Red Faction nor a town in Bryan County, Oklahoma. Bummer. But hey, if you're into this guitar playing guy from the 60s, you might enjoy this track pack.

Hendrix Track Pack (440

/ $5.50)

"If 6 Was 9"
"Little Wing"
"Fire" (Live from Woodstock)

No word on its availability for PlayStation 3 or Wii. We've embedded videos of the songs after the break.

Tags: activision, activision-blizzard, dlc, ghwt, ghwt-dlc, guitar-hero, guitar-hero-dlc, guitar-hero-world-tour, hendrix, jimi-hendrix, neversoft, world-tour

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

zombiejesus @ Nov 13th 2008 10:12PM

The game has been out for how long and how much dlc is out already? Man what a bust and to think I remember them saying that dlc would play a big role in the guitar hero mixes man was I gullible.

THE WICKER MAN (BWF) (GT: Dalek Prime) @ Nov 13th 2008 10:18PM

Lol Guitar Hero...Yep activision gave us a bone in GH3 I stick with the Rock Band. To each their own though.

BxGT @ Nov 13th 2008 10:30PM

Don't worry, they may get it right in the next 5 announced guitar heroes.

Hafk @ Nov 13th 2008 10:44PM

Wow, one or two packs a week and already you people are bitching about the lack of DLC. This is alot of DLC compared to GH3 and NOT EVEN COMPARABLE to GH2.

Fuck, even ROCK BAND did one pack a week back when it came out.

4 Weeks of GH:WT DLC = 29 songs.
4 Weeks of RB's DLC = 24 songs.

Rock Band didn't start pumping out mound after mound of DLC until last summer.

And another thing. It's fucking HENDRIX. I think it's big enough for its own week.

zombiejesus @ Nov 13th 2008 10:49PM

What are out talking about when rb came out they have quite a few packs ready to go from the get go.

Hafk @ Nov 13th 2008 10:51PM

Same with GH:WT, which had a giant Metallica album , a three pack, and two free two packs.

VaultICEE @ Nov 13th 2008 11:00PM

But even that wasn't as much (or as good, imo) as the Rock Band 1 launch.

Classic Metallica over only so-so newer Metallica anyday.

Hafk @ Nov 13th 2008 11:02PM

11 + 2 + 2 + 3 = 18 songs at WT launch
3 + 3 + 3 + 6 = 15 songs at RB launch

Check your math, maybe?

Monkeydog @ Nov 13th 2008 11:54PM

From my sources, this pack makes 30 songs.

The game has been out for...17 days.

That's almost 2 songs per day.

Stop your stupid complaining, it's annoying and arrogant.

Hashbrown Hunter @ Nov 14th 2008 5:01AM

While I haven't picked up RB/RB2 or GHWT, I am impressed that Activision has definitely stepped up its game in the DLC arena. And Activision is definitely flexing its business-making muscles with this Hendrix pack and the exclusive Death Magnetic rights (great album btw). I may probably end up buying GHWT just because it's Guitar Hero and I love it's over the top style. But I think I'll have more trouble deciding which game to get once I'm in the actual store...

MrSpaceCowboy @ Nov 13th 2008 10:36PM

It must take a while to over-chart songs.

Hafk @ Nov 13th 2008 10:44PM

Well Well, Someone hasn't even played World Tour.

MrSpaceCowboy @ Nov 13th 2008 11:02PM

You'd be right on with that statement. I was just going by my experience with GH3.

I haven't found time for GH:WT yet, I've been too busy with Gears 2, LittleBigPlanet, Rock Band (new to AU!), Fallout 3 and FarCry 2. Between work, sleep and eating, there isn't much time for ALL of them.

It's too hard to pick a favourite out of those titles.

I'm sure GH:WT is decent in it's own right, but to be honest; I just wanted to take a shot at it "for the lulz".

VaultICEE @ Nov 13th 2008 11:06PM

I honestly think GH:WT is at least playable, when GH3 wasn't. But even with that... the charting isn't all that great. Undercharts here, overcharts there... everything isn't screwed up, but what is is fairly noticeable.

Hafk @ Nov 13th 2008 11:13PM

Although Rock Band 2 (and possibly 1, but no hyperspeed=fail for me) is better than GH:WT, I do think that GH:WT gets too much unwarranted bashing.

I swear, half of the people that played GH:WT never even gave it a chance when they picked it up.

Hell, I think the naysayers should go play the awesome bass parts. The Open Strum makes bass fun again!

Markez @ Nov 14th 2008 1:23AM

"I honestly think GH:WT is at least playable, when GH3 wasn't."

Ummmmmm.... WUT

Are you on crack, or can you actually somehow explain what you mean that GH3 was somehow unplayable? Sorry to be an ass, but Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii don't get it.

Haggard @ Nov 14th 2008 2:50AM

^ They raped a good franchise basically

T @ Nov 14th 2008 10:45AM

GH:WT has a FEW overcharted songs...but they seem to be mostly towards the end.

I have noticed several WT songs that do that popular "Take the same note from the beginning of the song but make it a triple chord this time" approach.

And towards the end, Bass totally abuses the open note. It may be "accurate", but when they're crammed together in a song like BYOB it turns into a mess to read.

Superstar90 @ Nov 13th 2008 10:40PM

LIVE FROM WOODSTOCK ON MY GAME SYSTEM!

Jonkind @ Nov 13th 2008 10:45PM

I got the pack, had to get my Jimi on. ;) Only issue is that "If 6 was 9" is a pretty odd song to put on there... the guitar is actually pretty laid back in that one.

skadave @ Nov 13th 2008 10:47PM

Why isn't jimi playing lefty in the guitar hero screen shot?

Hafk @ Nov 13th 2008 10:49PM

Thats Xavier in GH3.

He plays Lefty in GH:WT, but lazy blogger opted to get a GH3 photo of the knockoff, rather than the real thing.

Much like all of the Rock Band posts that have the beta interface on them.

Hafk @ Nov 13th 2008 10:53PM

Well, the fake recreation of the real thing, anyway.

VaultICEE @ Nov 13th 2008 11:02PM

I still wonder why the beta shot for Rock Band is used almost as much as regular screens.

Its Rock Band 2 Joystiq, not still Rock Band 1 beta ;P

...But really though, its just a picture and I probably shouldn't even care...

Brazell @ Nov 13th 2008 11:13PM

Hendrix playing a Gibson? C'mon now.

Brazell @ Nov 13th 2008 11:14PM

... And right handed?

DeoWulf @ Nov 14th 2008 4:08PM

He DID play a Gibson Flying V, but no, not a Les Paul. Or right-handed.

ToRo @ Nov 13th 2008 11:46PM

lol guitar hero. Good thing I retired from the plastic guitar. It's the real thing for me!

Monkeydog @ Nov 13th 2008 11:55PM

Feel the same way about Grand Theft Autoing myself.

ToRo @ Nov 14th 2008 12:04AM

Hey, do all the crap that I've done with a plastic guitar and I'd bet you'd move on to the real thing too. My gamercard is ElToRo15.

ToRo @ Nov 14th 2008 12:04AM

I still bang on the plastic drums though. No room for a real set.

DCBlack @ Nov 14th 2008 1:38AM

I don't even want to ponder what you've done with that plastic guitar...good for you for no longer doing it though. If I ever did the things you did, I'd retire from it myself. I had to take a month's hiatus when I thought about snorting coke off it.

ToRo @ Nov 14th 2008 10:43AM

lol I see what you did there. But seriously, if I would have spent all that time learning how to play a real guitar I would have been making my own solos instead of playing along with plastic guitars. What made me stop playing was when I beat TTFAF. After that, it's just not fun anymore.

Hafk @ Nov 14th 2008 12:36AM

Not going to lie, just downloaded this stuff. Some of Neversofts best charts ever, and these songs are fucking classics. This might be the best DLC GH:WT will ever get.

I could play Little Wing all day.

LuckyEMS @ Nov 14th 2008 3:10AM

i cant wait for more awesome DLC from Activision including "Can We Fix It?" by Bob the Builder, "Mad World" by Tears for Fears, "Teletubbies Say Eh-Oh" by The Teletubbies and "Mr. Blobby" by Mr. Blobby

mietha CAG @ Nov 14th 2008 4:50AM

I think you're confused. Those are coming to Wii Music, not GHWT...

LuckyEMS @ Nov 14th 2008 5:29AM

i think your confused considering those songs are probably harder then most of the songs in GHWT

but playing Michael Jackson and Eye of the Tiger was AWESOME!!!!!!111!111!1

Jakka ( The Order of Haters of Balance) @ Nov 14th 2008 10:40AM

"i think your confused considering those songs are probably harder then most of the songs in GHWT"

What kind of crack are you smoking? GH series is infamous for it's impossible difficulity, especially 3 and onward.

mietha CAG @ Nov 14th 2008 4:51AM

I'm afraid you might be right. Next week's release is certainly a LONG step down.

Biff_McFresh @ Nov 14th 2008 9:30AM

Will be picking this up later today. Shit, I'd pay $5.50 just for Little Wing alone.

chipotlehero @ Nov 14th 2008 9:56AM

I swear there are some Harmonix stealth marketers on this site

T @ Nov 14th 2008 10:49AM

I gave WT a rental, but after playing it...I just didn't enjoy it as much as I did RB.

I LOVED the open note, and some of new guitar elements (still a bit thrown off by strumming during sustains...)

But then I played the vocals...and I was royally annoyed. I'm an Expert RB vocalist and I could barely beat some of these songs on medium (including the songs duped over from RB)

That ended up being the deciding factor for me. I applaud the effort, but after a year of RB, it was going to be tough to convince me to make a second investment.

It's also probably best for my wallet to not have two games with weekly DLC content.