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December 11th, 2009 at 12:30pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
For the sake of clarity and brevity in this week’s Rock Band Weekly, let’s split this info up:
- The Beatles: Rock Band will have the album Rubber Soul available next week. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and Abbey Road were previously released on November 17 and October 20, respectively.
- The standard Rock Band music store receives new tracks from All-American Rejects, 30 Seconds to Mars and even more Green Day.
As a reminder, Rock Band Unplugged DLC is going on holiday for an unspecified amount of time. Check out pricing and track details after the break.
Update: MTV Games/Harmonix has corrected the pricing for Rubber Soul.
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Rock Band Weekly: Green Day, 30 Seconds to Mars, All-American Rejects, Beatles: Rubber Soul album originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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December 10th, 2009 at 04:30pm
Under PSP
Today’s 39 layoffs at Rock Band-developer Harmonix represented 13 percent of its staff, Joystiq has learned in a follow-up with MTV Games. The publisher expressed that Harmonix, its QA department and support positions were built to accommodate the 2009 worldwide release schedule. The developer will now shift to a “combination of temporary/part time help, outsourcing and support from external partners — which is in line with how other game developers manage their QA departments.”
When asked if this restructuring was precipitated by sales of The Beatles: Rock Band, a Harmonix/MTV Games spokesperson told Joystiq, “No. This was a process and business decision unrelated to the performance of any MTV Games / Harmonix product. MTV Games and Harmonix are very pleased with the sales of our Rock Band titles and we expect to continue to see strong sales throughout the holidays across all of our titles. The Beatles: Rock Band has sold over 1 million units worldwide to date. Again, the reason for the restructuring is due to better aligning our staffing to best suit our product development plans and schedules moving forward.”
MTV Games also wanted to make sure that it was clear that “no future projects were affected by the restructuring.”
MTV Games: ‘No future projects were affected’ by Harmonix restructuring originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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December 5th, 2009 at 07:30am
Under Xbox 360
In simple terms, Green Day and Rock Band are friends. There have already been several Green Day tracks released for Harmonix’s musically inclined baby and it was announced today that even more are on their way later this month. Starting December 15 on the Wii and Xbox 360 – and December 17 on the Playstation 3 – players will be able to grab three new Green Day tracks from the band’s 21st Century Breakdown album: “Christian’s Inferno,” “Last of the American Girls,” and “¡Viva La Gloria!“. The tracks will be available individually for $1.99 / 160
/ 200 Wii points. The full track pack will be available on PS3 and Xbox 360 for $5.49 / 440.
More Green Day headed to Rock Band originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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November 20th, 2009 at 12:30pm
Under Xbox 360
A live version of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ “Mary Jane’s Last Dance” is available next week within the band’s Rock Band DLC six-pack. The song may not be everyone’s cup of formaldehyde, but it’s certainly memorable for conjuring up one of the creepiest music videos of all time. We have no idea what the song is actually about, but it will always be the story of Tom Petty stealing Kim Basinger’s corpse from the morgue, dressing her up, and then at the end …. AHHhhHhHHHH!
Check out the full update after the break, no new Rock Band Unplugged DLC next week.
Update: PSN will updated on Tuesday.
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Rock Band Weekly: Tom Petty, Go-Go’s, Kelly Clarkson, Pink originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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November 13th, 2009 at 11:15am
Under Xbox 360
In a move no doubt inspired by the Movember Movement, Harmonix and MTV Games have revealed that the second DLC album for The Beatles: Rock Band, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, will release the week of November 17. Tracks from the British sensation’s eighth studio album, as featured in the DLC release, include:
- “Fixing A Hole”
- “She’s Leaving Home”
- “Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite!”
- “Within You Without You”
- “When I’m Sixty-Four”
- “Lovely Rita”
- “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)”
- “A Day In The Life.”
Xbox 360 and Wii owners can purchase the DLC on Tuesday, November 17. The tracks will be available as a complete Track Pack for 1080 ($13.50) or 160 ($2.00) individually on Xbox 360; and 200 Wii Points ($2.00) per track on Wii. PlayStation 3 players get a few extra days to grow out their glorious mustaches when the pack lands on PSN on Thursday, November 19 for $13.49 (or $1.99 per track).
As previously revealed, Beatles fans can look forward to next month when 1965’s Rubber Soul will become available as the game’s third full-album DLC.
Beatles: Rock Band ‘Sgt. Pepper’s’ DLC debuts Nov. 17 originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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November 6th, 2009 at 12:20pm
Under Wii / Nintendo+ Xbox 360
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Forget that Jack White finds it “depressing” that kids are learning about music through rhythm games — there’s gold in them thar virtual hills! Next week’s Rock Band DLC adds a pack of songs from The White Stripes, with tracks off of three different albums.
We’ve also added this little guy to Rock Band Weekly:
. He indicates tracks that are considered “family-friendly” enough for Lego Rock Band. Such marked songs will be available in LRB’s music store, as well as appearing in the regular Rock Band music store. [Thanks to our friend Dustin Burg for the Lego head!]
Check out the update after the break, along with what Rock Band Unplugged players can expect for DLC next week.
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Rock Band Weekly: The White Stripes, The Damned, Kasabian originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 30th, 2009 at 12:30pm
Under PSP
Next week’s Rock Band DLC could have been a little Dave Grohl fiesta, offering up tracks from his days back in Nirvana and now with Foo Fighters, but it turns out that he wasn’t with the genre defining grunge band until after Bleach, which happens to be part of next week’s DLC. But, we’re pretty sure Grohl was with Foo Fighters during the time they recorded the tracks that make up the band’s third DLC pack for the music game.
Completely unrelated to Grohl (maybe there’s a six degrees of separation in there?), there will also be one track from Ms. Joan Jett thrown in the mix. Check out the update after the break, along with what portable players can expect from Rock Band Unplugged’s DLC.
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Rock Band Weekly: Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Joan Jett originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 23rd, 2009 at 12:45pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
Harmonix and MTV are billing next week’s Rock Band DLC update as a spooky, Halloween-themed selection, mostly due to the inclusion of some Rob Zombie classics and a new Wolfmother set (zombies and wolves are scary, right?). Right? But the really scary part, for us, is the addition of two tracks from Morningwood — now you’ll be able to play the Daisy of Love theme song. Creeeeeepy.
Also, we have to raise a very important issue: How can you have a Halloween music store update with no “Monster Mash?” How is “Monster Mash” not in the Rock Band Store right now? And whatever happened to my Transylvania Twist?
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Rock Band Weekly: Rob Zombie, Wolfmother and … ‘Daisy of Love’ originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 20th, 2009 at 03:00pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
For those of you ready to Carry That Weight and swing Maxwell’s Silver Hammer, Harmonix and MTV Games released the full “Abbey Road” album download today for The Beatles: Rock Band. Rather than simply release the songs, the DLC comes with new animations for the four British gents and, in some cases, new “dreamscapes” (the pseudo-psychedelic animations tripping our your friends while you play songs).
The trailer above offers a medley sampling of the whole album, should you not be acquainted with it. But then, we must ask, what planet are you from where “Abbey Road” is an unfamiliar album?
Here comes the trailer for Abbey Road from The Beatles: Rock Band (do do do) originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 20th, 2009 at 01:30pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
The Beatles: Rock Band’s initial U.S. tour at retail has proven boast-worthy for its promoters. Following two promising platform appearances in NPD’s top 10 software sales chart for September, MTV Games and Harmonix have declared B:RB “the top selling music video game in the U.S. for September.” The Beatles-only game (released September 9) outsold Guitar Hero 5 (released September 1) with 595,000 units to 499,000 units in total U.S. sales for the month, according to a statement released by the NPD*. Additionally, charity-driven purchases of the “All You Need Is Love” DLC track exceeded 100,000 downloads on Xbox 360 in September.
The makers of B:RB have also rubbed in a few seemingly noteworthy facts; namely, (1) U.S. purchases of GH5 in September were eligible for a free mail-away copy of Guitar Hero: Van Halen, and (2) GH5 is available on one additional platform, PS2. Of course, Van Halen isn’t exactly the American equivalent of The Beatles, and the PS2 is no longer the dominant platform to stage one’s acts upon. Still, despite the staggering odds stacked against its success, B:RB managed to capture the mindshare of U.S. gamers. (And we all know that Americans like to speak their minds with their monies.)
The sales de-feat must feel good for MTV Games and Harmonix — what with B:RB being burned in the sales competition with GH5 by the kingdom that birthed the band (see: Chart-Track UK September sales rankings posted after the break). What was it? Right: Guitar Hero 5 supposedly outsold The Beatles: Rock Band “2-to-1 in the UK.”
So, score a victory for B:RB in the battle of the bands fought in U.S. retail last month. But let’s not forget there’s a bigger, “World War of Rock” being waged, as well. And our wallets are the oft-unreported collateral damage.
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