Rock Band News
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Rock Band set list revealed
With Rock Band lagging a month behind Activision's Guitar Hero 3, Harmonix has released its set list in order to pump up the hype and possibly stir some sales from its main competitors. The game will ship with 58 songs on the disc, 45 of which will be licensed, and the remaining 13 will be unloc...
- Posted Oct 27th 2007
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Rock Band site to relaunch, release date moved up
Harmonix has unveiled plans to relaunch the company’s official website to coincide with the release of its forthcoming Rock Band title later next month. According to the developers, the site will be revamped to accommodate leaderboards, blogs, band pages as well as a special advertising se...
- Posted Oct 25th 2007
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Separate Rock Band instruments coming soon
Harmonix boss Alex Rigopulos has pledged that the company will make available individual controllers for its forthcoming Rock Band title as soon as possible. During an interview with Next-Gen.biz, Rigopulous stated, "The highest priority is to make sure that as many people as possible can h...
- Posted Oct 22nd 2007
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Rock Band bundled until 2008
Harmonix teamed up with publisher EA to make perhaps the most ambitious musical outing the gaming world has seen thus far: Rock Band. Now that its PlayStation 3 debut on November 23 is finally within sight, the news is starting to roll in. Gaming blog bbps recently conducted an interview with a ...
- Posted Oct 15th 2007
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Rock Band pricing and release date revealed?
According to Joystiq, Harmonix has confirmed that Rock Band will be priced at $170 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and be released on November 23rd. The PS2 version, however, will be released for $160 on December 10th. As you probably know, Rock Band is the title to go up against Activision's Guita...
- Posted Sep 28th 2007
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Rock Band to feature Grateful Dead download packets
Rhino Entertainment and Harmonix have completed a deal that will bring 18 master recordings of the Grateful Dead to Rock Band. This will be featured as an additional downloadable packet with songs such as: (1.) "Truckin" (2.) "Uncle John's Band" (3.) "Touch of Grey&qu...
- Posted Sep 5th 2007
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Rock Band coming to PS2
EA rocked Leipzig attendees with the announcement that Rock Band will be coming to the PlayStation 2. Already announced for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, Rock Band is scheduled for a winter release in North America and early 2008 in PAL regions. Built with the specifications of the PS3 and Xbo...
- Posted Aug 22nd 2007
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Rock Band delayed until 2008 in Europe
Electronic Arts has announced that the company’s highly anticipated Rock Band title has been postponed in Europe until the first quarter of 2008, the publisher confirmed today at it’s press conference in Leipzig, Germany. In addition, Alex Rigopolus, co-founder of developer Harmonix w...
- Posted Aug 22nd 2007
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Rock Band's debut performance this November
Patrons of the hit franchise Guitar Hero will have a little more to rock to come November of this year. According to Amazon.com the pre-order for EA’s new endeavor is now live with a multitude of different buying options. Fans can chose from the following PlayStation 3 options: Rock Ba...
- Posted Aug 6th 2007
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EA shoots down rumoured Rock Band price
Electronic Arts has addressed the USD 199 price point that US retailers recently applied to the company’s upcoming Rock Band title, insisting it is nothing more than “pure speculation.” The company was specifically targeting US retail giants Amazon and Gamestop, who are offerin...
- Posted Jul 24th 2007
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