Activision today announced additional tracks to be included in Guitar Hero Encore: Rock the 80s. Available this summer exclusively for the PS2, the latest installment in the Guitar Hero franchise will include 30 new songs from the 80s.

Activision had previously announced only four titles to be included in the game: ‘Round and Round’ by Ratt, ‘I Want Candy’ by Bow Wow Wow, ‘Metal Health’ by Quiet Riot, ‘Holy Diver’ by Ronnie James Dio, and ‘Heat of the Moment’ by Asia. The publisher also revealed that the game would feature two original tracks, ‘I Ran’ by Flock of Seagulls’ and ‘I Wanna Rock’ by Twisted Sister.

Encore, Encore!

Today Activision announced seven more covers that will appear in the game. Here they are:

- 18 and Life (as made famous by Skid Row)

- Bathroom Wall (as made famous by Faster Pussycat)

- Lonely is the Night (as made famous by Billy Squier)

- Nothing But a Good Time (as made famous by Poison)

- Play With Me (as made famous by Extreme)

- Shaken (as made famous by Eddie Money)

- Synchronicity II (as made famous by Police)

For those of you who have not yet noticed, Activision also changed the title of the game somewhat. Formerly known as Guitar Hero: Rocks the 80s, the game is now being called Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s. Stay posted because with only 13 of the 30 songs revealed, Activision are sure to heat things up over the coming weeks.