Nothing like a little friendly competition to kick off the holiday shopping season.

Ding-round one: Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock vs. All new MTV-ified RockBand.  The face off begins as both games are released early November.

Guitar Hero steps it up a notch with the new ability to battle your very own “Guitar Heros” such as Slash and Tom Morello, whereas RockBand prays on every kids dream of joining an actual Rock Band….

Read this, and decide for yourself