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Most of us were looking forward to playing along to the 1981 album “Moving Pictures” by Rush this week, as Harmonix had promised us this treat for our weekly dose of DLC. When we logged on yesterday and found no Rush, we were concerned. Today, that concern has turned to panic. Here’s the updated announcement from Comunity Manager HMXSean from the Rock Band Forums:
Unfortunately, due to unforeseen technical difficulties, we won’t be able to release Rush’s “Moving Pictures” this week. We’ll be working on it as hard as we can, but it looks like it could be a couple of weeks to fix. In the meantime we will be moving around our schedule so we still have DLC coming out each week (including this week, info to follow in another announcement).
A couple of weeks!?!?!! Dangit! Well, it will be interesting to see what they can scramble together to put in place on short notice so we don’t go hungry for rock this week!
[EDIT: This news has been officially confirmed by Harmonix through their email 'zine pictured after the video!]
Chatter is ablaze on the RockBand official forums with several members posting comments that they viewed a very special tv commercial today. According to several people, the VH1 Classic channel aired a promo video that announces Rush’s “Moving Pictures” album will be available for download next week (Tues Aug 26 for xbox and Thurs Aug 28 for Playstation).
Take a look at the video and see if it looks like a fakey fake to you!
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The Full list of songs as shown above is
Tom Sawyer (Original Version)
Red Barchetta
YYZ
Limelight (Original Version)
The Camera Eye
Witch Hunt
Vital Signs
Tracks will go for $1.99 (160 points) or pick up the whole album for $10.99 (880 Points).
Well, the word is an album is a’comin! Remember when RockGamer’s Smeeguel made himself a celebrity on National TV? Well, apparently, that event sparked more than just a few minutes of fame for a code monkey. I wonder if this is what we are expecting next week.. hmmmmm
The folks at Guitar Hero have been racing like they’re in a distant second place and really want to get back to the top. We’ve seen a huge improvement in the amount of downloadable ontent they’ve ben releasing since this summer and they’ve got another pack to add to the mix. This one should make the Guitar Hero fans happy: a new pack from DragonForce including a new debut off their newest album!
The pack, announced several weeks ago, is available as of August 21 and includes:
- “Heroes of our Time” from the new album Ultra Beatdown
- “Revolution Deathsquad”
- “Operation Ground and Pound” both from Inhuman Rampage
DragonForce is best known for their impossibly challenging track “Through the Fire and Flames” from Guitar Hero III. The song contains 3722 notes and helped make one notable shredder into an internet celebrity this year.
G4 has an exclusive story with breaking Rock Band news! According to their story, they’ve spoken with PR coordinator John Drake. Certainly we already knew that Harmonix’s extensive DLC catalog would be at 500 by the end of the year, but we are excited to hear that we’ll have a new album coming out in the next 16 days!!
Here are all the reported tidbits they picked up:
This week’s Rock Band DLC has been announced and flash back to the 80’s my friends. There’s a double dose of Duran2, some re-recorded master Devo tunes and a track by The Janitors on the cheap.
TRACKS:
- Devo - “Girl U Want” (new original recording) - 160 MSP - $1.99
- Devo - “Through Being Cool” (new original recording) - 160 MSP - $1.99
- Duran Duran - “Girls on Film” - 160 MSP - $1.99
- Duran Duran - “Rio” - 160 MSP - $1.99
- The Janitors - “Get Your Rock On” - 80 MSP - $0.99
All tracks are masters.
We’ll get the MP3 and video previews posted asap on our DLC central page. Check back often.
Straight from the RockBand forums:
Hey Rockers,
Here’s your weekly fixing of DLC for August 12th, 2008. It’s a rip roarin’ Roadrunner 6 Pack, filled to the brim with metal mayhem. The pack will be 480 MSP (aka $5.99) and single tracks will be 80 MSP (aka $0.99) for the first month. From that point on the pack will be 800 MSP (aka $9.99) and the single tracks will become 160 MSP (aka $1.99). GET STOKED!
Tracks will be out on Tuesday on Xbox Marketplace and Thursday on the Playstation Store.
TRACKS:
Airbourne – Runnin’ Wild - 80 MSP - $0.99
DevilDriver – Clouds Over California - 80 MSP - $0.99
Dream Theater – Constant Motion - 80 MSP - $0.99
Killswitch Engage – My Curse - 80 MSP - $0.99
Machine Head – Aesthetics Of Hate - 80 MSP - $0.99
Megadeth – Sleepwalker - 80 MSP - $0.99
MetalHeads will be happy, especially with the price!!!! Enjoy.
With the upcoming release of Rock Band 2, the continued debate over which system will offer the most bang for your buck continues to heat up. Many people continue to press the point that the PS2 and Wii versions of the game will be inferior to their PS3 & 360 counterparts, due to their lack of gameplay features.
We’ve heard the complaints regarding no DLC, no online play and no character creation/customization. As a current owner of all four of the above consoles, I’d have to agree that those complaints are valid, at least in regard to Rock Band 1. However, in an article published on Wired.com, author Chris Kohler claims that he was told by Harmonix reps (unnamed in the article) at last month’s E3, that “the Wii version of Rock Band 2 will be a much more competitive product.”
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