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In the 2000s, Judas Priest has become known to a new generation thanks to their music being included on the soundtracks of several popular video games. In the 2001 PlayStation 2 game Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec with "Turbo Lover", the 2006 PC and Xbox 360 video game, Prey and the PlayStation 2 2005 console games Guitar Hero and RoadKill include "You've Got Another Thing Comin'" on their soundtrack, as does 2002's Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, which features the song on rock station V-Rock. In the prequel, 2006's Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, V-Rock features the song "Electric Eye". RoadKill also includes "Heading Out to the Highway", back-to-back with the aforementioned song on its classic rock pseudo-radio station.
Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s, also features "Electric Eye", including its intro, "The Hellion". The 2001 PlayStation 2 video game, Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec features "Turbo Lover" on the game's soundtrack. Its sequel Gran Turismo 4 features "Freewheel Burning" as well as Skate It and Skate 2 including the song in its soundtrack. The song "Breaking the Law" is also featured on the soundtrack to the 2006 PC, PS2 and Xbox game Scarface: The World is Yours. Additionally, Harmonix announced on 18 April 2008 that the first full-album available for download for the very popular video game Rock Band would be Judas Priest's Screaming for Vengeance. The album became available on 22 April for Xbox 360 and 24 April for PlayStation 3. Its sequel, Rock Band 2 features "Painkiller" as the hardest song across all instruments in the game, and Guitar Hero: Metallica features "Hell Bent for Leather" and on 14 July 2009 Rock Band released a Judas Priest three pack containing the live versions of "Dissident Aggressor" (from Sin After Sin), "Eat Me Alive" (from Defenders of the Faith) and "Prophecy" (from Nostradamus). Also available for the series is the 30th anniversary version of the album British Steel, in which all songs from the album are recorded live. Guitar Hero: Smash Hits, which is a compilation of previous Guitar Hero songs that have been updated, also features "Electric Eye". "Painkiller" was featured in Madden 2010 as well as in Guitar Hero: Van Halen. "Riding On The Wind" in 2012 Twisted Metal
The songs "The Hellion" and "Screaming for Vengeance", both from the Screaming for Vengeance album, are played on the official website for the video game Brütal Legend. The songs "Battle Hymn", "The Hellion/Electric Eye", "Leather Rebel", "One Shot at Glory", and "Painkiller" are included in the 108 song in-game setlist for the game, with "Painkiller" being played at the very last, climactic boss battle. Rob Halford also provides the voices of General Lionwhyte and the Fire Baron, who was modeled after Halford, in the same game. Judas Priest guitarist Glenn Tipton played the solos for the Brutal Legend's main character Eddie Riggs, while fellow Judas Priest guitarist K. K. Downing played the solos performed by two of the leading villains.
Fallout 3 has a unique armor named after the song "Leather Rebel". One of the characters in the Guilty Gear franchise is based on Judas Priest, Order Sol, and his Overdrive is named after the song "All Guns Blazing".
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