A new DLC pack is headed for the Guitar Hero: World Tour (360, PS3, Wii), and this time, it's for all the punk rockers in all of us. Even the name of the pack is punk-sounding, with Epitaph Punk-O-Rama Track Pack as the title. Obviously, as you may also see from the name, it's all about the Epitaph artists. List after the jump.

Well if you don't have strong legs to kick out a beat on Guitar Hero's drum pedals, Ben Heckendorn (Ben Hecks) has another mod to make life easier for you. Taking a GH: World Tour drum kit's kick pedal, he modified it into something that allows you to simply blow on a tube to register bass kicks. He did this mod as a request from someone who uses a wheelchair.

Last year, Gibson Guitar Inc. filed a suit against Activision's Guitar Hero for allegedly violating patent rights. About a year later today, a U.S. District Court in the Central District of California has finally given out its decision, holding that the music game franchise does not infringe on a 1999 Gibson patent, which simulates musical performance using a 3D headset display and stereo speakers. Read more in the full article.

Can't find a song worth playing in Rock Band? Harmonix has you covered. According to a Yahoo news report, they're expecting to increase the number of available songs this year to as many as 5,000. Since they only have around 500 right now, I'm rather curious to see how they're going to jump that up tenfold.

Forbes recently accused Rock Band of being a "shameless knockoff" of Guitar Hero, only with added peripherals. Shame on you, Forbes. You know how much the truth hurts. EA responded to the accusation with a very firm no comment statement.

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In line with the January 27 release of his "Working on a Dream" album, Bruce Springsteen hands out free downloads for your music player and your Guitar Hero: World Tour (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii) through Amazon. More tracks yet again for Guitar Hero, they just keep coming don't they?

Christmas is the time for freebies, and Activision was all too happy to oblige. They're giving away five songs for Guitar Hero World Tour (360, PS3, Wii) all yours for the taking! Check for details in the full article and find out how you can claim the tracks.

Tattoo-clad drumming icon Travis Barker is alive and kicking, and he's kicking a few songs into Guitar Hero World Tour (360, PS3, Wii) for January. He'll be joined by Oasis, Hinder, Rev Theory, and Nickelback. Didn't Chad Kroeger (of Nickelback) tell us to put Guitar Hero away? Anyway, check out the songs in the full article.

Have music games struck their last high note? Sales numbers indicate that music games are past its peak. According to the sales reports from November, sales of Guitar Hero have declined. Rock Band managed to grow, but since Guitar Hero outsold it 3-to-1, it fails to spark much hope for the music genre.

Let's have a show of hands: Who's having problems with the drum pedals in their music game of choice? Apparently, the number of gamers who do is high enough that Nyko has announced plans for a "more durable foot pedal" called the Metal Pedal. Specs after the jump.