Rock Band News
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Pearl Jam's Ten album coming to Rock Band
Anyone who checked out the Video Game Awards on Sunday night may have heard about Pearl Jam's debut album coming to Rock Band as downloadable content. We wanted to wait on that report until the list of songs was officially released via a press release. Ten was the first taste North American's re...
- Posted Dec 16th 2008
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Rock Band is going country...seriously
In a move that was expected after an announcement in late October, Harmonix is apparently preparing to make five country songs available for download. Country Music Television's blogger, Alison Bonagura, has reported that Harmonix will be adding five country songs to their downloadable store on Dece...
- Posted Dec 4th 2008
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No Doubt hits Rock Band hard on Dec.11
Having your music featured in Rock Band is quite the accomplishment, but it says something special when Harmonix is willing to introduce almost an entire album for download. While Rock Band has seen full albums from bands including Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Cars, we can now reveal that one m...
- Posted Dec 4th 2008
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Megadeth: Bands who don't do games are "dinosaurs"
In a video blog entry on metal outfit Megadeth's official site, shaggy-haired frontman David Mustaine has described those who refuse to embrace new digital publishing methods as "old ****ing dinosaur bands." Megadeth, naturally, considers itself pretty forward-thinking in this regard: i...
- Posted Dec 2nd 2008
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Rock Band getting Foo Fighters album this week
MTV Games has confirmed that hit album The Colour and The Shape by Foo Fighters will be made available via the Rock Band Music Store for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 later this week. The album marks the seventh fully downloadable record to be released for the popular music simulation title, and fea...
- Posted Nov 10th 2008
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The Beatles join Rock Band
Activision Blizzard must have been feeling pretty pleased with itself when it snapped up Metallica for a future edition of Guitar Hero. But rival MTV has just gone one better. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Rock Band publisher has licensed several songs by The Beatles for its next foray i...
- Posted Oct 30th 2008
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Harmonix lowers price of Rock Band bundle in Europe
When EA announced that the oft-delayed European iteration of Rock Band would cost almost double the price of its North American counterpart, Europeans were not so pleased to say the least. With the PlayStation 3 version scheduled for release around Europe this month, Harmonix has taken it upon itsel...
- Posted Sep 8th 2008
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Rush's Moving Pictures album coming to Rock Band
Rock Band's inaugural issue of their community magazine gave fans a first-look into next week's downloadable content. Harmonix is continuing on their full album release pattern as they plan on releasing a complete set of master tracks from Rush's Moving Pictures set. This collection will retail for ...
- Posted Aug 21st 2008
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PS3 peripheral compatibility improves
A post on the official PlayStation Blog has announced significantly improved compatibility between music peripherals on the PS3. It marks the first steps to achieving a much smoother and more efficient experience when playing the growing range of music titles such as Guitar Hero and Rock Band. Ma...
- Posted Aug 18th 2008
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The Who compilation heading to Rock Band
British rock legends The Who will be receiving the Rock Band treatment later this month when a collection of their greatest hits will be released for the popular music simulation title for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Collaborating with guitarist Pete Townshend and front man Roger Daltery, MTV Gam...
- Posted Jul 2nd 2008
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