Stunning the gaming world, Harmonix and MTV announced in a joint press conference today that their next venture into the pretend rocker genre is going to be based on the legendary pretend band, Milli Vanilli.

At the conference, Sean Baptiste explained the new concept. “To be honest, we’re surprised we’ve been able to keep project “Twister” under wraps this long. After a 6 month usability test, we realized that the instruments in Rock Band just weren’t cutting it, so we needed to go back to the drawing board. RB:MV will come with two “Microphones” and a large ‘Mega Mat’ with large colored circles on it. The microphones aren’t microphones at all, but microphone shaped devices that have our latest technology, Rock-o-Synch. The technology behind the phonetics was much too strenuous for current technology and was bogging the systems down too much. So now, the Rock-o-Synch has a video camera in it, and it feeds video of the player’s mouths into your Xbox 360, or Playstation 3.   Not only does Rock-o-Synch watches for proper lip movement, but has a built in breatholizer.  The more drunk you are, more bonus multiplier you get.”

While they did not bring a Rock-o-Synch, they did have the Mega Mat. It was a large 8 foot by 8 foot mat with colored circles on it, much like the game twister. According to Baptiste, while you are Rock-o-Synching to Milli Vanilli, the game will have colored body parts falling from the top of the screen. Properly touching that particular body part to the appropriate color will give you points, and the more simultaneous dance moves made, the higher your multiplier gets. “The Mega Mat is completely wireless and can support up to 4 players”, explained Baptiste. “With RB:MV, we’ve introduced the concept of backup dancers. We’re still working out the details, as the game is still in development, but you can be assured that it’ll be just as much fun being a backup dancer as it is being Milli or Vanilli. Backup dancers will have a higher multiplier, similar to the bass in Rock Band, and will have the option of creating their own character”.

When asked if character creation was an option for the main singer/dancers, they stated they are still working out the legalities. “Milli Vanilli is very concerned about people pretend singing to their pretend music. We’re still working on it.”

Neither Harmonix nor MTV were able to comment on online play, World Tour Mode, other fake bands, or a Wii version. When asked about a release date, the MTV bean-counter said “RB:MV should be available in the US around the holiday season.” When asked about a European version, they simply said “We’ve decided to omit all cow bell from the European version.  We’ve learned from our mistakes.”

Story by Mike