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Now that both big names in the music game business have released their titles for this holiday season, it’s once again time for us to play the games, weigh their pros and cons, and then of course gossip about them. Reuters (via Kotaku) has a great article that helps with the gossiping - regarding the battle that MTV/Rock Band fought with Activision to get their hands on the Beatles catalog of songs. As it turns out, unsurprisingly, it all boils down to money, and it wasn’t much of a fight.
Earlier in the year, there were rumors that both companies were in talks to nab the Fab Four’s great works. Sony/ATV chairman and CEO Marty Bandier mentioned in March that they were interesed in looking into Guitar Hero. Apparently, it was Activision’s deal to lose. Speaking of his talks with Activision regarding the Beatles working with GH Bandier now says,
“It was presented as if they were doing the music business a favor,” Sony/ATV CEO Martin Bandier said. “It’s true you can choose other types of music, and somewhere along the line someone’s going to do it for free for the exposure … When it comes to the Beatles, the leverage changes. We’re very happy with the terms of our arrangement with MTV.”
We never heard much more about the rumored talks until now, when the word came from Harmonix and MTV last week that they had secured the rights to produce a new Beatles-only game. Originally expected to be part of a Rock Band title, we now know that it will be a standalone game that spans the career of the Beatles and 45 of the Beatles songs are to be included. Game details beyond that are yet to come.
If what’s been said is true, Activision’s CEO Kotick may have his eye on the bottom line profits, but only time will tell if that ultimately affects the sales of the franchise at the bigger level. For the rest of the Reuter’s piece, head on over here.
With just over 2 weeks until Rock Band 2 ships for the Xbox 360, are ya wondering which songs will be the hardest on drums? Easiest on vocals? Wonder no more, as the fine folks at IGN (with the help of Harmonix) have compiled difficulty listings for each song, for individual instruments and full band, from easiest song to the most difficult. Time to start organizing those playlists on your iPod!
Listings are after the break:
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While it may be old news to some, I’m betting there are quite a few of you out there who haven’t heard the latest confirmations from both Microsoft & Sony concerning instrument controller compatibility between the big upcoming music games.
With the controller “lock-out” between Rock Band and Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock, many music gamers are loathe to purchase multiple full new setups this fall when the newest titles and equipment debut in order to play each game to its capacity. Well, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 owners can now put those fears to rest:
Thanks to posts located HERE at the official Playstation blog, and HERE at the Gamerscore (Official Xbox) blog, both companies have confirmed that any instrument controller from Rock Revolution, Guitar Hero World Tour, and Rock Band 2 will work between all 3 games. Now, instead of buying everything, you can make the choice you want, knowing you will be able to play everything with little hassle.
Or you can wait and see what our Rockin’ Reviewer, Cena, has to say about the new equipment once he gets his hands on them. I’m curious to see how much of the new gear he’s gonna spring for, and where he’s gonna put it all!
Taken from Harmonix’s press release, and from our earlier “Rock Band 2 Features” story, there’s an important piece of info that you may have skipped over if you didn’t read carefully. 84 songs on a disc is a LOT of rockin’ to get through, but Harmonix wanted to have over 100 songs included from the get go! Due to time constraints, the amount of tracks got cut down. However, the upside of this is that those cut tracks will be available this fall (presumably on release day) as FREE downloadable content!
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With all the Rock Band 2 news coming from E3, we wanted to remind all our PS2 and Wii Rock Band owners that the new Rock Band Track Pack: Volume 1 arrives on store shelves today.
For $29.99, you can extend the life of your rock gaming with 20 tracks currently available as downloadable content to Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 owners. For a reminder of the full track listing, click the link below!
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As speculation continues to be fast & furious, we here at RockGamer are jumping on the bandwagon, and bringing you more rumored information on Rock Band 2’s set list. Please keep in mind that all of this is rumor, and NOT to be taken as fact for now.
We’ll have to wait patiently for the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) next week for any confirmation. The following information was taken from an article posted on Kotaku.
With all the Rock Band-related hype and tidbits floating around the Internet the last week or so, here’s one that’s really worth mentioning.
This juicy morsel, posted in an article by 360 editor Nate Ahern on IGN Insider, referenced via Kotaku, states as follows:
Immediately upon purchasing Rock Band 2 you’ll have the ability to download a huge library of songs, as well as all of the songs off of the original disc as a free download.
Continue Reading “Rock Band 2 Rumor Mill: Rock Band 1 Disc Songs As Free DLC?” »
In an update to our story yesterday, Harmonix has issued a formal press release confirming 12 DLC tracks from The Who for the week of July 15th!!! After months of uncertainty, this announcement is sure to make a large amount of Rock Band users quite happy indeed.
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