"Guitar Hero II" was originally announced for the PlayStation 2 on April 17, 2006. A demo version of the PlayStation 2 version of "Guitar Hero II" was released with issue #110 of "Official PlayStation Magazine" on October 5, 2006. Features of the demo included four playable songs on four difficulty levels for single player and co-op modes. Demo releases do not feature the ability to flip the notes for left-handed players. Demo versions feature the songs "Shout at the Devil", "You Really Got Me", "Strutter" and "YYZ". The retail game was released for the PlayStation 2 on November 7, 2006 in North America, November 15, 2006 in Australia, and November 24, 2006 in Europe. It was released as both a stand-alone game, and as a bundle containing the game with a cherry Gibson SG guitar controller.