It was recently announced that the Microsoft manufactured wireless microphone that shipped with Lips will now get some love from both Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero: Metallica.

This comes as news that Metallica will support the microphones out of the box and a patch due out this summer for Rock Band 2 that will add said support.

Seems like a perfect time to release a song list for Lips, huh? Microsoft did just that:

Available April 3:
Wish You Were Here – Incubus
Sugar, We’re Goin Down – Fall Out Boy
Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival

Available April 10:
Ne-Yo Song Pack – Closer, So Sick, and Hate That I Love You by Rihanna feat. Ne-Yo
Coldplay Song Pack – Speed Of Sound, The Scientist, and In My Place
Looking Out My Back Door – Creedence Clearwater Revival
Closer – Ne-Yo
So Sick – Ne-Yo

Available April 17:
Creedence Clearwater Revival Song Pack – Looking Out My Back Door, Bad Moon Rising and Who’ll Stop the Rain
Kryptonite – 3 Doors Down
All My Life – K-Ci & Jo Jo
Sing – Travis

Available April 27:
Love Today – Mika
Ocean Avenue – Yellowcard
Linger – The Cranberries

Read (Kotaku)

Coming as no surprise, Activision has confirmed that a digital recreation of Mercyful Fate singer King Diamond will show up in Guitar Hero Metallica during select songs. He joins the members of Metallica themselves, as well as Motorhead vocalist and bassist Lemmy.

In addition to appearing in the game, Mercyful Fate has re-recorded “Evil”; Motorhead also offers a re-recorded version of “Ace of Spades”.

GH Metallica ships to stores next month on PS3 and Xbox 360; PS2 and Wii versions are expected in May. It builds on the gameplay of World Tour, offering full-band play, but with more heavy metal songs than you can shake a stick at.

Metallica themselves have revealed the full 49-song tracklist for Guitar Hero: Metallica – there will be 28 songs from the legendary band and 21 from other artists.

The game is due out on PS3 and Xbox 360 on March 29, with the Wii and PS2 versions hitting later in the spring. Gameplay modifications to the game see the addition of an Expert+ difficulty level that allows drummers to utilize dual bass pedals.

Below is the full track list. First up are songs from Metallica:

• All Nightmare Long
  
• Battery
  
• Creeping Death
  
• Disposable Heroes
  
• Dyers Eve
  
• Enter Sandman
  
• Fade To Black
  
• Fight Fire With Fire
  
• For Whom The Bell Tolls
  
• Frantic
  
• Fuel
  
• Hit The Lights
  
• King Nothing
  
• Master of Puppets
  
• Mercyful Fate (Medley)
  
• No Leaf Clover
  
• Nothing Else Matters
  
• One
  
• Orion
  
• Sad But True
  
• Seek And Destroy
  
• The Memory Remains
  
• The Shortest Straw
  
• The Thing That Should Not Be
  
• The Unforgiven
  
• Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
  
• Wherever I May Roam
  
• Whiplash

• Alice In Chains – No Excuses
  
• Bob Seger – Turn The Page
  
• Corrosion of Conformity – Albatross
  
• Diamond Head – Am I Evil?
  
• Foo Fighters – Stacked Actors
  
• Judas Priest – Hell Bent For Leather
  
• Kyuss – Demon Cleaner
  
• Lynyrd Skynyrd – Tuesdays Gone
  
• Machine Head – Beautiful Mourning
  
• Mastodon – Blood And Thunder
  
• Mercyful Fate – Evil
  
• Michael Schenker Group – Armed and Ready
  
• Motorhead – Ace of Spades
  
• Queen – Stone Cold Crazy
  
• Samhain – Mother of Mercy
  
• Slayer – War Ensemble
  
• Social Distortion – Mommy’s Little Monster
  
• Suicidal Tendencies – War Inside My Head
  
• System of a Down – Toxicity
  
• The Sword – Black River
  
• Thin Lizzy – The Boys Are Back in Town

Activision has confirmed that Guitar Hero: Metallica will be hitting North America on March 29th, and European shores in May. The game will be released on the PS3 and Xbox 360.

Unfortunately, the Wii and PS2 versions won’t be on shelves until Spring.

The game will feature a new difficulty, which will allow for the use of double-kick pedals. The title will have 45 different songs from the thrash metal legends, including tracks from the Foo Fighters, Slayer, Machine Head and Queen.

Read (Eurogamer)

Game Informer recently teased that its latest issue features first details of Guitar Hero: Metallica, and with the issue now reaching subscriber’s mailboxes, information from the magazine has started appearing online.

The game will allow for full band play – drums, guitar, vocals and bass – and will feature a new difficulty level for drummers, which will allow for the use of double kick pedals.

As with the Aerosmith game, Metallica will include music from other artists who have worked closely or have just been liked by the heavy metal band. The game will feature 45 songs, with roughly 60% by the titular band.

Hit the jump for the partial tracklist.
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