Win a Free Taylor Swift Band Hero Prize Pack

Enter between November 1, 2009 and November 30, 2009 and you can win a Taylor Swift Band Hero prize pack which includes one Band Hero Wii Kit, one Band Hero DS, one Taylor Swift Baby Taylor Guitar, one Taylor Swift Branded Guitar Faceplate, one Band Hero t-shirt in assorted size, one Taylor Swift Fearless Platinum Edition CD, one CMT Crossroads: Taylor Swift & Def Leppard concert DVD, one Taylor Swift Deluxe Edition CD, one NBC Sounds of the Season: The Taylor Swift Collection CD, one Beautiful Eyes CD, one Taylor Swift Karaoke DVD, one Fearless Karaoke DVD and one randomly picked gift card from either Doc Martins, Vans, Etnies, or Emerica.

Music sensation Taylor Swift joins forces with Band Hero for the ultimate family music gaming experience! Taylor Swift, global music sensation and best selling artist of 2008, will ascend an all-new virtual stage this November in Band Hero. Budding music stars, their families and friends, will all live their musical fantasy on the Band Hero stage, playing as Taylor Swift or alongside the singer/songwriter and guitarist, as she performs her smash-hits “Love Story” and “You Belong With Me” from her latest album Fearless as well as “Picture to Burn” from her self-titled debut record. “Anything that encourages people to pick up an instrument and play, I’m fully behind. And, I’m really excited about Band Hero, because not only are fans getting to play my songs, but I’m actually in the game,” said Swift. “There are so many awesome things that go into being in Band Hero, like getting to customize my band to look like my touring band, and it’s so cool for people to feel like they are experiencing one of my concerts. This is one of the closest things out there to going to see me perform!”

CLICK HERE to enter the Taylor Swift Band Hero Prize Pack.

CLICK HERE to enter another Taylor Swift Band Hero Giveaway – Under 13 Entry!

Monsters and Critics Giving Away Two Band Hero Game Consoles

This holiday season, the biggest music event of the year will hit living rooms around the world as family and friends come together to ascend the virtual stage and rock their way to superstardom with Band Hero – which hits stores Nov. 3rd. And Monstersandcritics.com is giving away a free Band Hero Super Bundle for Wii, and a free Band Hero game for console for the runner up.

The most popular bands from yesterday and today will be coming to your living rooms with the release of Activision Publishing, Inc.’s Band Hero. The game delivers the most exciting and accessible music collection ever assembled for the entire family.

Band Hero also offers a great value to owners of multiple Guitar Hero games by allowing players to import songs from Guitar Hero 5, Guitar Hero Smash Hits and Guitar Hero World Tour. The week Band Hero hits store shelves, 69 tracks from the acclaimed Guitar Hero 5 will be available to import for Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for 480 Microsoft Points, on the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system for $5.99, and Wii for 600 Wii Points.

Finally, Guitar Hero fans can play almost all of their previously purchased Guitar Hero downloadable content in Band Hero, for a music library of up to 300 tracks. For further information and a complete listing of forward compatible content, please visit the following website:

http://hub.guitarhero.com/support/faq/song-import-information.

The Prizes:

One (1) Grand Prize Winner will receive a Band Hero Super Bundle for Wii. (Super Bundle comes complete with the Band Hero game, wireless guitar, microphone and drums.)

Two (2) Runner-up Prize Winners will receive the Band Hero game for console of their choice.

To enter, contestants need to provide a name and e-mail address. Upon notification of winning, contestants will have five days to reply with the name and address of where their prize should be sent.

This competition is open to residents of the USA only.

CLICK HERE to enter to win a Band Hero Super Bundle for Wii or a copy of the Band Hero game.

Get a Free Band Hero Super Bundle

On December, Activision is set to release Band Hero, a new twist in the popular Guitar Hero series that promises exciting and accessible music assembled for the entire family. To celebrate, 411mania is giving away plenty of Band Hero goodness to their readers.

Band Hero's set list is packed with #1 hits, including Jackson 5's "ABC," Don McLean's "American Pie," KT Tunstall's "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree," The Turtles' "Happy Together" and Taylor Swift's "Love Story." The game carries over all the best new features from Guitar Hero 5, including Party Play, RockFest and various Nintendo exclusive modes. There's also the all-new karaoke-style Sing-Along Mode. Band Hero also allows players to import songs from Guitar Hero 5, Guitar Hero Smash Hits and Guitar Hero World Tour.

The grand prize winner of the contest will get Band Hero Super Bundle for Wii (game, wireless guitar, microphone and drums.) Runners-up will receive Band Hero for the console of their choosing.

To enter, just follow 411mania or 411Music on Twitter and send them an @ message with "411mania is my Band Hero!" and your email address.

It's that easy! But enter fast - this contest will be over on Wednesday, November 4th!

In the meantime, check out the full Band Hero set list and become a fan of Band Hero on Facebook.

Downloadable Content Available Now For DJ Hero

DJ Hero just came out and there are details already on downloadable content. There are two new mixes available now and more joining on November 24th.

DJ Hero Extended Mix pack 01 features the following mixes:

“All Of Me” by 50 Cent featuring Mary J. Blige vs. “Radio Ga Ga” by Queen
“DARE” by Gorillaz vs. “Can’t Truss It” Performed by Public Enemy

It’s available now on Xbox Live and Playstation Store.

On November 24th, three mixes will be available from David Guetta. The David Guetta mix pack will feature the following:

“When Love Takes Over” featuring Kelly Rowland, the chart-topping “Sexy Chick” featuring Akon and “On The Dance Floor” featuring will.i.am and apl.de.ap of the Black Eyed Peas.

FreeStyleGames' Chris Lee explained that the $3-per-track price can be attributed to the extra work and licensing required to synthesize the two songs in each mix.

The Wii will be getting both Mix Packs on November 24 as downloadable singles for 300 Nintendo Points.

Most Anticipated New Music Game of the Year "DJ Hero" Released

The party has started with the most anticipated music game of the year, as DJ Hero is now available at retail stores nationwide, Activision Publishing Inc. announced. DJ Hero invites audiences of all kinds to the party, bringing living room legends to the main stage with the newest innovation in music gaming with an exclusive 93-mix track list, created by a host of legendary DJs uniquely blending almost every genre of music including hip hop, rock, pop, R&B and dance.

Featuring electrifying gameplay that incorporates the fundamentals of DJing in a fun and accessible format, and booming tracks from Rihanna to The Killers; Marvin Gaye to Daft Punk; Queen to the Black Eyed Peas, DJ Hero provides consumers an opportunity to interact and listen to music unlike ever before. Heightening the euphoric experience, the DJ Hero Renegade Edition delivers exclusive special edition hardware and a limited edition CD collaboration between two cultural icons - JAY-Z, the most successful solo recording artist of all time and hip hop legend, EMINEM - introducing unreleased material from EMINEM and JAY-Z's first ever "best of" compilation.

Guitar Hero and Activision Unveil DJ Hero™ Renegade Edition

DJ Hero Renegade Edition includes:

● DJ Hero game
● Renegade turntable controller featuring premium metal controls and finish
● Hardshell turntable carrying case that converts to performance-ready DJ stand
● Exclusive JAY-Z and EMINEM 2-CD pack

Click Here to download the song list in a .pdf

Free DJ Hero giveaways, contests, and tournaments will be listed here as available.

Doritos teaming with Guitar Hero and Xbox to find the best gamers in a Guitar Hero battle

Doritos has partnered with Xbox to challenge gamers to a Guitar Hero battle to prove their rock credentials.

An on-pack and online promotion, created by AMV BBDO, drives consumers to the Doritos website, where they are asked to enter a promotional code for a chance to win an Xbox 360 and Guitar Hero World Tour kit.

In order to complete their competition entry, users will need to ‘out-rock' Alan, by successfully playing a Guitar Hero-inspired game hosted on the website.

The game uses an original rock track composed for the campaign sung by Robin McAuley, the lead singer of Survivor, whose hits include Eye of the Tiger.

Consumers can also use a combination of Facebook Connect and a bespoke rock star personalization widget, which were developed by WWW.REHABSTUDIO.COM, to further demonstrate their rock credentials.

The social campaign will be supported by activity on MySpace, Facebook, Bebo, Twitter and Spotify.

Doritos has also launched the sequel to last year's frightening Hotel 626 campaign, taking the action from a haunted hotel to a lunatic asylum.

The site, which was created by Goodby, Silverstein & Partners can only be accessed between 6pm and 6am for maximum horror effect.

Guitar Hero Natal Motion Sensor Technology Coming Soon

A future version of the popular “Guitar Hero” franchise that supports the new Natal technology is “likely”, according to RedOctane head honcho Kai Huang. Huang says he and just about everyone else in the industry is excited about the upcoming Microsoft motion-sensor technology.

“We’ve definitely been evaluating Microsoft’s Natal technology along with a lot of other different technologies that could enhance the “Guitar Hero” playing experience,” Huang said. “I think the technology is very exciting… I think it’s likely that sometime in the near future we’ll have those technologies integrated into our games.”

Huang’s comments correspond with the statements made by Brian Wright of Neversoft, who has previously has stated that the company is interested in exploring the technology with the “Guitar Hero” series, among others. “There’s still a lot of interesting stuff we can do with the series,” he told them in August. “I mean, I’m not talking formally but all the motion control stuff from Microsoft and Sony looks really interesting. This is just off the cuff, but it looks really interesting… Ask me the same question next year.”

In related news, information has been leaked that Sony’s version of the motion control sensor device will be available to buy from stores in March 2010. The leaked documents give no indication as to what price consumers can expect to pay for the device, though it does give away other now not so secret company plans, including a target of thirteen million PS3’s to be sold in 2010.