Rock Band

Publisher: MTV Games

Developer: Harmonix

Category: Simulation

Release Dates

N Amer - 11/20/2007

Intl - Spring 2008

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Interviews

Those About to Rock, We Salute You: Harmonix’s Sean Baptiste talks Rock Band
“If you think that you’re playing a video game when you’re playing Rock Band, we didn’t do our job right.”

News

Rock Bandt Defends The Faith By Adding Judas Priest
MTV Games announced today the first complete album to be added to the Rock Band downloadable content catalog

MOTLEY CRUE First Band Ever To Release Brand new Single In Rock Band
"Saints of Los Angeles" from upcoming Mötley Crue album available through Rock Band beginning April 15

MTV Games' Rock Band and MTV2 Hit the Road with Seether and Flyleaf
Rock Band and MTV2 Present One of the Hottest Rock Tours This Spring

Rock Band Downloadable Content Goes Six Times Platinum
6 million songs in Rock Band purchased in just over 3 months

Rock Ban Drum Kits Ship to U.S. and Canadian Retail Stores
Harmonix announced today that individual drum peripherals for Rock Band have now started shipping

All News for Rock Band

Description

Rock Band will allow gamers to perform music from the world’s biggest rock artists with their friends as a virtual band using drum, bass/lead guitar and microphone peripherals, in addition to offering deep online connectivity. Built on unprecedented deals with the world’s biggest record labels and music publishers, the music featured in Rock Band will span all genres of rock and include many of the master recordings from the biggest songs and artists of all time.

Features

Rock out your way! Players can beat on drums, sing along, groove as a bassist and shred riffs as guitarists (using a licensed replica of the legendary Fender® Stratocaster®) – either in single player career mode leading a band, in multiplayer as part of the band, or against each other – in person or online!
Unrivaled song library! Major record labels and leading music publishers have signed on to provide unrivaled access to master recordings and legendary rock artists – from punk, metal and alternative to classic and southern rock of the 60s, 70, 80s, 90s and 2000s.
Fully customizable! Form your own band, create and customize your own rocker, and then travel on a fast rise to fame around the world in a quest for rock ‘n’ roll glory!
Rock ‘n’ Roll Never Dies! Supports downloadable content for never-ending challenges.
Play together in your living room or across the world! Rock Band offers deep online functionality, allowing players to rock together whether they’re in Rhode Island or Reykjavik.
Rock Band ships with 40 of the most epic rock acts ever (with downloadable songs and albums to come)! Nirvana’s “In Bloom”, Metallica’s “Enter Sandman”, Queens of the Stone Age’s “Go With The Flow”, Foo Figthers’ “Learn to Fly”, The Hives’ “Main Offender”, Mountain’s “Mississippi Queen”, Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid”, The Strokes’ “Reptilia”, The Ramones’ “Rockaway Beach”, Weezer’s “Say It Ain’t So”, David Bowie’s “Suffragette City”, Rush’s “Tom Sawyer”, Stone Temple Pilots’ “Vasoline”, Bon Jovi’s “Wanted Dead or Alive”, The Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again” – AND MORE!