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Rock Band reaches over 1000 songs, 60 million downloads

November 26th, 2009 at 07:19am Under PS3+ Wii / Nintendo

MTV Games and Harmonix recently announced that the number of songs now available to owners of Rock Band has crossed the 1000 mark, comprising songs from over 390 artists. Co-founder and CEO of Harmonix Music Systems, Alex Rigopulos said of the momentous achievement:

“When we launched Rock Band two years ago, we made a promise to create a music gaming experience that delivered on a weekly basis more songs and artists than ever imagined.

“We’re extremely proud to pass this remarkable milestone of over 1,000 songs in Rock Band and will continue to innovate and bring more of the best music to Rock Band players all over the world.”

Additionally it was revealed that owners of Rock Band have downloaded more than 60 million songs from the Rock Band Music Store, while MTV Games and Harmonix plan to extend the ways in which you can download music for Rock Band when the duo launch the Rock Band Network next year.

You can view the full list of songs now available for Rock Band over here.

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Talking Heads, Oasis and more hit Rock Band Store this week

August 31st, 2009 at 05:31am Under PS3+ PSP+ Wii / Nintendo

The Rock Band Music Store for the Xbox 360 and PS3 will be updated with a five pack of songs from Talking Heads this week, along with tracks from Avenged Sevenfold, The Jam, Oasis and Rage Against the Machine.

Wii gamers can look forward to tracks from Tom Petty, Billy Idol, Fleetwood Mac and Judas Priest while singles from Guns N’ Roses and Franz Ferdinand will be available for Rock Band Unplugged.

Each track costs $1.99 or £.99 (160 Microsoft Points) for the PS3 and Xbox 360, while the Talking Heads pack will set you back $8.49 or £5.25 (680 Microsoft Points). Wii winners will have to pay $2 or 200 Wii Points per track (except for those tracks marked with a * which cost $1 or 100 Wii Points each) while $1.99 or £.99 will get you a track for the PSP.

Tracks available on Xbox 360 (Sept. 1) and PS3 (Sept. 3):

Avenged Sevenfold – “Bat Country”
The Jam – “A Town Called Malice”
The Jam – “Going Underground”
Oasis – “Supersonic” (Live)
Rage Against the Machine – “Guerilla Radio”
Talking Heads – “And She Was”
Talking Heads – “Crosseyed & Painless”
Talking Heads – “Girlfriend is Better”
Talking Heads – “Once in a Lifetime”
Talking Heads – “Take Me to the River”

Additional tracks available for Wii (Aug. 25):

Billy Idol – “Mony Mony”
Billy Idol – “Rebel Yell”
Fleetwood Mac – “Don’t Stop”
Fleetwood Mac – “World Turning”
Jet – “She’s a Genius”
Tom Petty – “I Won’t Back Down”
Tom Petty – “Runnin’ Down a Dream”
Bare Naked Ladies – “Hanukkah Blessings” *
Billy Squier – “Christmas is the Time” *
Judas Priest – “(Take These) Chains”
Judas Priest – “Bloodstone”
Judas Priest – “Devil’s Child”
Judas Priest – “Fever”
Judas Priest – “Pain & Pleasure”
Judas Priest – “Riding on the Wind”
Judas Priest – “Screaming for Vengeance”
Judas Priest – “The Hellion/Electric Eye”
Judas Priest – “You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’”
Nikko – “Break My Heart” *
Nikko – “Don’t Tell Me” *
Pretenders – “Blue Christmas” *
Pretenders – “Precious”

Tracks available for Rock Band Unplugged (Sept. 3):

Franz Ferdinand – “Lucid Dreams”
Guns N’ Roses – “Riad N’ The Bedouins”

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New Rock Band tracks from Tom Petty, Billy Idol and Jet this week

August 24th, 2009 at 03:36am Under PS3+ PSP+ Wii / Nintendo

Tom Petty makes his Rock Band debut this week, alongside new tracks from Fleetwood Mac, Billy Idol and Jet which will be available in the Rock Band Music Store this week for the Xbox 360 and PS3.

Additional tracks from Foo Fighters, White Zombie and Grateful Dead will be available in the Wii Rock Band Music Store while songs from The Zombies and White Zombie arrive for Rock Band Unplugged.

Tracks available on Xbox 360 (Aug. 25) and PS3 (Aug. 27)- $1.99/£.99 or 160 Microsoft Points per track:

Billy Idol – “Mony Mony”
Billy Idol – “Rebel Yell”
Fleetwood Mac – “Don’t Stop”
Fleetwood Mac – “World Turning”
Jet – “She’s a Genius”
Tom Petty – “I Won’t Back Down”
Tom Petty – “Runnin’ Down a Dream”

Additional tracks available for Wii (Aug. 25) – ($2 or 200 Wii Points per track:

Blind Melon – “No Rain”
Blur – “There’s No Other Way”
Dropkick Murphys – “I’m Shipping Up to Boston”
Eve 6 – “Inside Out”
Foo Fighters – “All My Life”
Foo Fighters – “I’ll Stick Around”
Foo Fighters – “Lonely as You”
Kaiser Chiefs – “I Predict a Riot”
Belly – “Feed the Tree”
Ghost Hounds – “Wind Me Up”
Godsmack – “I Stand Alone”
Grateful Dead – “Cold Rain & Snow”
Grateful Dead – “Doin’ That Rag”
Grateful Dead – “Don’t Ease Me In”
Grateful Dead – “Fire on the Mountain”
Grateful Dead – “Hell in a Bucket”
Grateful Dead – “Uncle John’s Band”
James Gang – “Funk #49”
Mute Math – “Typical”
Rob Zombie – “War Zero”
Turbonegro – “Wasted Again”
White Zombie – “Black Sunshine”
White Zombie – “More Human Than Human”

Tracks available for Rock Band Unplugged (Aug. 27) – $1.99/ £.99 per track:

The Zombies – “She’s Not There”
White Zombie – “Black Sunshine”

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Foo Fighters lead Rock Band DLC this week

August 17th, 2009 at 04:39am Under PS3+ PSP+ Wii / Nintendo

The Foo Fighters return to Rock Band with a three song pack this week. Singles from Blind Melon, Blur and Kaiser Chiefs will be available for the Xbox 360 and PS3 while new tracks from Gorillaz and Red Hot Chili Peppers will arrive in the Wii Rock Band Music Store.

The Foo Fighter Pack 02 will cost $5.49 or 400 Microsoft Points for the Xbox 360 and PS3 while each track will cost $1.99 or 160 Microsoft Points. Each Wii track will cost $2 or 200 Wii Points. Rock Band Unplugged will also get a few new tracks this week, including Pat Benatar, for $1.99 each.

Tracks available on Xbox 360 (Aug. 18) and PS3 (Aug. 20):

Blind Melon – “No Rain”
Blur – “There’s No Other Way”
Dropkick Murphys – “I’m Shipping Up to Boston”
Eve 6 – “Inside Out”
Foo Fighters – “All My Life”
Foo Fighters – “I’ll Stick Around”
Foo Fighters – “Lonely as You”
Kaiser Chiefs – “I Predict a Riot”

Additional tracks available for Wii (Aug. 18):

Gorillaz – “Clint Eastwood”
Gorillaz – “Feel Good Inc.”
Gorillaz – “Re-Hash”
Janis Joplin – “Piece of My Heart”
Jefferson Airplane – “White Rabbit”
The Band – “Chest Fever (Live)”
The Who – “Magic Bus (Live at Leeds)”
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Apache Rose Peacock”
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Blood Sugar Sex Magik”
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Breaking The Girl”
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Funky Monks”
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “I Could Have Lied”
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “If You Have to Ask”
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Mellowship Slinky in B Major”
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “My Lovely Man”
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Naked in the Rain”
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Sir Psycho Sexy”
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Suck My Kiss”
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “The Greeting Song”
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “The Power of Equality”
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “The Righteous & the Wicked”
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “They’re Red Hot”
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Under the Bridge”
Megasus – “Megasus”
Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives – “Entangled”

Tracks available for Rock Band Unplugged (Aug. 20):

Pat Benatar – “Heart Breaker”
Coheed and Cambria – “A Favor House Atlantic”

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Rock Band Metal Track Pack detailed

August 14th, 2009 at 05:48am Under PS2+ PS3+ Wii / Nintendo

Harmonix and MTV Games have announced that a Rock Band Metal Track Pack will be available on the 13th of October for the PS3, Xbox 360, PS2 and Wii. The standalone disc will be available at retail for $29.99.

The Metal Track Pack will contain 20 tracks including Godsmack, Children of Bodom, Evile, Judas Priest and Bullet For My Valentine. Six of the on disc tracks are new to Rock Band and will be exclusive to the Metal Track Pack disc for a limited period, after which they will be available as downloadable content on the Rock Band Music Store.

Xbox 360 or PS3 gamers can play directly from the disc or download the songs to their console’s hard drives through a free offer with Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network. Once players have downloaded the songs they will automatically appear in the library so players can include them into setlists and play them in all game modes.

The full tracklist for the Rock Band Metal Track Pack follows:

All That Remains – Two Weeks
At the Gates – Blinded By Fear
Black Tide – ShockWave
Blue Öyster Cult – Transmaniacon MC*
Bullet For My Valentine – Waking the Demon
Children of Bodom – Are You Dead Yet
Evile – Thrasher
Godsmack – I Stand Alone
The Haunted – D.O.A.
Hawkwind – Master Of The Universe*
I Mother Earth – Levitate*
In This Moment – Forever
Judas Priest – Screaming for Vengeance
Lacuna Coil – Closer
Lamb of God – Laid to Rest
Motörhead – Killed by Death*
Nazareth – Hair of the Dog*
Queens of the Stone Age – 3’s & 7’s
Rage Against The Machine – Bulls On Parade*
Yngwie Malmsteen – Red Devil

(*Denotes exclusive track)

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Gorillaz lead Rock Band update this week

August 11th, 2009 at 04:19am Under PS3+ Wii / Nintendo

A three song pack from the Gorillaz (the virtual band created by Blur’s Damon Albarn) leads this week’s Rock Band Music Store update. The Band, Janis Joplin and Jefferson Airplane also make their Rock Band debut for the Xbox 360 today and the PS3 on the 13th of August.

The tracks will cost $1.99 or 160 Microsoft Points each, while the Gorillaz Pack 01 will cost $5.49 or 440 Microsoft Points. Gamers will also be able to purchase the Gorillaz tracks individually.

New tracks from KISS, Blink-182, Weezer and Lenny Kravitz will be heading to the Wii Rock Band Music Store today. Each track will cost $2.00 or 200 Wii Points. Tracks from Iron Maiden will also be available for Rock Band Unplugged on the 13th at $1.99 per track.