Rock legends Bon Jovi have confirmed that the group will be making their forthcoming Greatest Hits collection available as downloadable content for Harmonix’s upcoming Rock Band 3 video game.
“Bon Jovi is undergoing all manner of promotional activities, including a tour,” commented Paul DeGooyer, senior vice president of electronic games and music for MTV. “And we are partnering with them to help bring that to the masses.”
“Bon Jovi, for us, is one of our most requested artists. We’ve had a couple of songs on disc, but we’ve never done a vertical campaign like this with them. We are working with Bon Jovi on activity for the compilation and other elements that they haven’t announced yet.”
Meanwhile, Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora also chipped in on the matter, stating, “The great thing about Rock Band is it gets music to a whole new generation of people, which is totally amazing to me.”
Rock Band 3 is pencilled in for release in North America on October 26, with a UK launch following closely behind on October 29.