The very positive reception of Guitar Hero Live (Free) has been something of a surprise to all those who witnessed the fall of its predecessors and those who’ve had to clean cobwebs off their plastic musical instruments for the last few years. We enjoyed it a lot in our review, and overall the internet seems to have responded with an unexpected smile to the music game. Activision isn’t resting on its laurels, though, and has announced today that it’s adding the first of many free content drops on its Guitar Hero TV (GHTV). New music includes Fall Out Boy, Blink-182, Black Veil Brides, George Ezra and many more tracks, expanding the game’s library and adding more songs for us to fail playing. According to Activision, players should expect 70 new tracks on GHTV by the end of the year, including songs from Iggy Pop, Weezer, Judas Priest, Alice in Chains, and more.

The new content is part of Activision’s plan to keep the game fresh and to keep players engaged without having to release new versions of the game (I’m sure you all remember the zillion different Guitar Hero games released back in the day). In a way, Activision is mimicking the way music streaming works now with services like Spotify constantly adding to playlists seamlessly. New playable music will usually appear first on GHTV as a Premium Show, which you can access by completing difficult entry challenges. Once the Premium Show period ends, the songs will become part of the on-demand catalog and later added to the GHTV channel rotation. The good news for all Guitar Hero Live players is that in celebration of the new content, all GHTV tracks will be accessible to everyone during this coming weekend (starting Friday, 4 am PT). Time to rock, I suppose.

[via VentureBeat]