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So you’ve heard of Guitar Hero and its recent release of its second iteration on the PS2. If not, just think of Dance Dance Revolution (DRR), and Guitar Hero is DDR for rockers. So while the release of Guitar Hero 2 isn’t news anymore, the ability to do custom songs definately is. The people at the Scorehero forums have figured out how to go around the system and code their own note charts and import mp3s to play along to. Think you wanna try? Look at this:

Step 4. Get an .mp3 of the song in question. If one is freely available, it may have been provided by the song creator, if not you will need to rip it from the CD or buy it from Itunes.

Step 5. Insert your GH2 disc into your DVD drive, copy the contents of the disc to a folder on your hard drive.

Step 6. Open Guitar Hero Explorer (Ghex), Go to file —> add archive and locate your MAIN_0.ARK file which is in the “GEN” folder you copied from the GH2 disc

If that looks exciting to you, go ahead. The prospect of playing Metalica and Bullet For My Valentine makes just about any metalhead wish they knew how to attack the technical knowhow required to get through the 8 programs and 12 steps to do your custom importing of data. Soooo, is it legal? Doesn’t look like it, you need a “modified” PS2 to play these “backups”. Video after the jump.

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Those guys over at Team Xbox have gotten quite lucky and snagged some official images of the box and guitar bundle for the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero II. Guitar Hero II was (and still is with the recent release of version II) a phenomenon like DDR for the PlayStation 2 when it came out. It seems that these live type of games really do have a place in casual and hardcore gamers homes. Back to these images. On the box there is some text about somethine called “downloadable content”… SWEET! While the DDR games for Xbox had downloadable content, Guitar Hero is a game far more fitting for fresh content because it does not rely very heavily on original material, most everything is popular songs. Another little note is that there was not a large “playable over Xbox Live” sign on the box. While this doesn’t rule out the possibility, it does dampen the chances that you might be able to shred with your online friend who lives halfway around the world. With the inclusion of great multiplayer modes in the PS2 version of Guitar Hero II, being able to play on Xbox Live would be an amazing selling point, but right now it looks like it isn’t going to happen. — Nik Gomez

Official Guitar Hero II Xbox 360 box art reveals… a little [via Destructoid]