The unofficial Rock Band thread.

[Yoda]

Just release new stuff instead of your plan to shit on your most loyal customers, Harmonix...

[Rincewiend]

Next week the already announced Billy Joel pack:

· “Big Shot” X
· “Captain Jack”
· “It’s Still Rock and Roll To Me”
· “Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)” X
· “Only the Good Die Young” X
· “Piano Man”
· “Pressure”
· “Say Goodbye to Hollywood”
· “The Entertainer”
· “The Stranger”
· “We Didn’t Start the Fire”
· “You May Be Right”

[Rincewiend]

Next week European singles:

Happy Xmas (War is Over)" -- John & Yoko, The Plastic Ono Band (160 Microsoft Points / 200 Wii Points / $1.99)
"Peut-Etre une Angine" -- Anais (160 MSP / 200 WP / $1.99)
"Dis-Moi" -- BB Brunes (160 MSP / 200 WP / $1.99)*
"Verdamp Lang Her" -- BAP (160 MSP / 200 WP / $1.99)
"Nur ein Wort" -- Wir sind Helden (160 MSP / 200 WP / $1.99)
"Fantasma" -- Linea 77 (160 MSP / 200 WP / $1.99)
"Proibito" -- Litfiba (160 MSP / 200 WP / $1.99)
"Jerk it Out" -- Caesars (160 MSP / 200 WP / $1.99)*

[Rincewiend]

A bit late but get 10% off the price using the code HOLIDAY:
http://store.gameshark.com/listCateg...medium=website

[Aragorn]

Viacom has sold Harmonix.... to Harmonix. So they're on their own again.

[Rincewiend]

Next week:

Individual songs
"Open My Eyes" - Inhabited (160 Microsoft Points / 200 Wii Points / $1.99)
"Cities in Dust" - Siouxsie and The Banshees (160 MSP / 200 WP / $1.99)*
Band on the Run Pack 01 (560 MSP / 700 WP / $6.99)
"Maybe I'm Amazed" (160 MSP / 200 WP / $1.99)
"Band on the Run" (160 MSP / 200 WP / $1.99)
"Helen Wheels" (160 MSP / 200 WP / $1.99)
"Let Me Roll It" (160 MSP / 200 WP / $1.99)*

Or in the case for PS3 owners like me, in 2 weeks with that weeks update...

[Rincewiend]

Linkin Park 01

Available on Xbox 360, Wii and PlayStation®3 system (Jan. 11):
Linkin Park 01
* “Crawling”
* “In the End”X
* “Numb”
* “Somewhere I Belong”
* “Waiting for the End”
* “What I’ve Done”X

[Brikar99]

I'll pass on that one.

[firehawk12]

The nine Harmonix band songs from RB2 are also available for free now.

[Yoda]

9 free harmonix songs... greaaat... the eternal question, is it worth having like one song you kind of like and having to scroll through 8 that blow on every level?

[Brikar99]

There are a bunch of track packs on sale this week:

• Rock Band – Oasis Pack 01 – Sale (PS3) (now $2.99, original price $5.49)
• Rock Band – The Police Pack 01 – Sale (PS3) (now $2.99, original price $5.49)
• Rock Band – The Offspring Pack 01 – Sale (PS3) (now $2.99, original price $5.49)
• Rock Band – Nine Inch Nails Pack 01 – Sale (PS3) (now $2.99, original price $5.49)
• Rock Band – Jimmy Buffett Pack 01 – Sale (PS3) (now $2.99, original price $5.49)
• Rock Band – All That Remains Pack 01 – Sale (PS3) (now $2.99, original price $5.49)
• Rock Band – Evanescense Pack 01 – Sale (PS3) (now $2.99, original price $5.49)
• Rock Band – Weezer Pack 02 – Sale (PS3) (now $2.99, original price $5.49)
• Rock Band – Rush Moving Pictures (album) – Sale (PS3) (now $5.49, original price $10.99)
• Rock Band – The Cars (album) – Sale (PS3) (now $8.49, original price $14.99)

I think I might finally get that Rush album.

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/01/11/ps...ll-recovering/

[Rincewiend]

No more RBN on Wii:

Next Tuesday, 1/18/2010, will also be the last scheduled batch of Rock Band Network songs brought over to the Wii. With the smaller online install base, limited demand for releases so far and the significant amount of work it takes for our producers and audio team to convert and process these additional tracks we’re no longer able to continue submitting RBN content to the Wii. Regular Wii DLC, and RBN releases for the 360 and PS3 will continue uninterrupted.

[Aragorn]

No Rock Band packs next week because they're releasing a Valentine's Day pack this Friday:

• Animotion – “Obsession”
• B.o.B. (featuring Hayley Williams) – “Airplanes”
• Bonnie Tyler – “Total Eclipse of the Heart
• The Human League – “Don’t You Want Me”
• Lady Antebellum – “Need You Now”
• Meat Loaf – “Paradise by the Dashboard Light”
• Stevie Nicks – “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around”


On a side note, Activision is pulling the plug on Guitar Hero. Turns out flooding the market with the exact same game wasn't such a good idea.

[23skidoo]

Aragorn wrote:

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On a side note, Activision is pulling the plug on Guitar Hero. Turns out flooding the market with the exact same game wasn't such a good idea.

Oooh - not according to Activision. They're trying to pull Rock Band down at the same time by claiming that "continued declines in the music genre" contributed to their decision to cancel Guitar Hero.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/02/09/gui...one/index.html

Uh, what? I know a disappointing number of people are interested in temporary downloads and that's killing permanent media, but if anything I thought people were turning to games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band to get their music fix. Weird to see Activision not just say "our game stiffed". Obviously Rock Band seems to be doing OK from what I see here.

Alex

[Aragorn]

Of course they're trying to take Rock Band down with them and not admit to their own culpability. They're Activision.

Here's a quote from a CNET story that I'm sure Activision won't acknowledge:

"It doesn't surprise me," said Amanda Caparoon, a Seattle bartender and music gaming fan, when told Activision was burying the brand. "There's cooler stuff now, like Rock Band. And dance-based games are where it's at now."