Buy GH:WoR, get Soundgarden album free

by Dan on August 3, 2010

So very long ago.

I was excited when I heard Soundgarden was getting back together. I was more excited when I found out that their first new single in 10 years, “Black Rain,” was going to be in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. But now USA Today has the scoop on something that I don’t think anybody’s ever done before: The first million copies of the Warriors of Rock in North America come with Soundgarden’s new album, Telephantasm – and that album, which is a retrospective featuring the band’s biggest hits, won’t be commercially available for another week. You not only get it free, you get it early.

CORRECTION: Plus, the whole album will also be available as DLC at launch as well, so you can play everything from Telephantasm in the game on day one if you want to buy the DLC pack as well. However, standard DLC rates apply — you do not get the DLC free as I’d previously posted — I read the press release wrong.  Pricing on the Telephantom DLC pack is to be announced.

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  • rdnetwork

    “Plus, owners of those specially-marked copies get the whole album as DLC as well”

    Seriously ? Album owners get the DLC for free ?

  • DAKing240

    Pretty interesting deal

  • http://twitter.com/TheChrisGlass Chris Glass

    So, it's a whole music CD AND the album as DLC? All included with the cost of the game? No extra purchases?

  • http://twitter.com/zigs00 Edd

    North America only. Woo :/

  • rdnetwork

    What ? Are you sure about that ?

  • http://oneofswords.com/ Dan (OneOfSwords)

    Yes, it's NA only — I'm not too surprised because when it comes to international sales of records and software, different rules (and sometimes different region locks) apply. But yes, it's North America only.

  • http://oneofswords.com/ Dan (OneOfSwords)

    That is correct, you get the game, the DLC, and the audio CD for no extra fees if you buy one of the first million copies of the game — and they will be marked.

  • http://oneofswords.com/ Dan (OneOfSwords)

    Nope, I goofed and have updated the article accordingly. The Telephantom DLC will be released on the same day that the game comes out, but the non-interactive version of the album is packed in. I misinterpreted the press release — my apologies.

  • http://twitter.com/JoeGizzle Joe A Garcia

    Cheeky way to guarantee your album reaches platinum status, lol. Well played, Soundgarden.

  • rdnetwork

    No problem. Actually, if this doesn't work in Europe, I don't care anymore, haha

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