Guitar Hero Will Get Free World of Warcraft Song

It’s looking more and more like the Activision and Blizzard merger will go smoothly this month.

Starting today, a World of Warcraft song titled “I Am Murloc”  will be available for download on both the PS3 and Xbox 360 systems for Guitar Hero III.

“I Am Murloc” will be free, following in the footsteps of other ‘video game’ songs released for DLC such as Portal’s “Still Alive”, the “Halo Theme”, and God of War’s “The End Begins (To Rock)”.

The complete press release is available after the break.

 GNOMES, ELVES AND ORCS THRASH WITH A DIFFERENT AXE AS

WORLD OF WARCRAFT® JAM DEBUTS AS FREE DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT FOR GUITAR HERO® III: LEGENDS OF ROCK

SANTA MONICA, CA – June 25, 2008 – Combining the best selling game of 2007 with the world’s most popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game, Blizzard Entertainment®’s World of Warcraft®, players across the globe will soon be shredding to a free downloadable track for Activision Inc.’s (Nasdaq: ATVI) Guitar Hero® III: Legends of Rock.

World of Warcraft players will remember the hit “I am Murloc” as the tongue-in-cheek tribute to the beloved race of fish-people by Blizzard Entertainment’s house band, Level 70 Elite Tauren Chieftain. The thrash metal-style song debuted to delighted attendees at Blizzard Entertainment’s BlizzCon™ 2005 gaming convention in Anaheim, CA.

Rock stars will be able to rip it up to “I am Murloc” by downloading it on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PLAYSTATION®Store for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system starting on June 26, 2008 in advance of the 2008 Blizzard Entertainment Worldwide Invitational held in Paris, France June 28 and June 29.