Activision dropped a little press release today to detail all the new features in their upcoming Guitar Hero 3 for the PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii. The game is being developed by our good friends at RedOctane in association with Neversoft (since Harmonix has moved on to Rock Band).

There’s going to be 2 new guitar models coming, one based on the Gibson Les Paul, and another on a Kramer guitar (which will be PS2 exclusive). Not only that, but every system will be getting wireless guitar controllers. (This is where you see me regretting my purchase of 2 wired guitars for 360…).

From the press release:

While continuing to retain all the key features from their prior legendary performances, fresh downloadable content will be offered on multiple platforms, and players can now shred to a killer set list from many of the gnarliest rock songs ever recorded. Delivering more master tracks than ever before, strategic partnerships have been secured with all the major and independent music record labels and publishers to allow unrivaled access to their deep history of music catalogs, along with supplying artists’ original recordings for even greater authenticity.

So it looks like we’ll get more real songs and less cover band versions. Works for me.

Activision also let out a few tracks from the upcoming game:

• Paint It Black (by The Rolling Stone)
• Cherub Rock (by Smashing Pumpkins)
• Sabotage (by Beastie Boys)
• The Metal (by Tenacious D)
• My Name is Jonas (by Weezer)
• Knights of Cydonia (by Muse)
• Rock And Roll All Nite (as made famous by Kiss)
• School’s Out (as made famous by Alice Cooper)
• Slow Ride (as made famous by Fog Hat)
• Cult of Personality (by Living Colour)
• Barracuda (as made famous by Heart)