New York - Members of the Romantics have sued Activision (NASD: ATVI), publisher of the popular "Guitar Hero" game, over a "sound-alike" version of their song "What I Like About You" featured in the game that the band says sounds too much like their original recording, Billboard reports.

Santa Monica, Calif. - Video game publisher Activision has settled a lawsuit it filed against several former staffers at its Red Octane studio -- developers of the "Guitar Hero" franchise -- with the ex-employees prohibited from developing similar music-based titles for the next 12 months via their new Lodestone Entertainment venture, GameSpot reported.

Sunnyvale, Calif. - Video game publisher Activision on Tuesday announced details of the downloadable songs and other content for developer Red Octane's "Guitar Hero II" Xbox 360 air guitar game. In addition to over 70 new tracks for the game, the Xbox Live Marketplace will allow gamers to unlock achievement points, and download themes and picture packs, and well as track their high scores on an online leaderboard.