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Harmonix, the leading developer of music-based games, and MTV Games,
a division of Viacom’s MTV Networks, along with marketing and
distribution partner Electronic Arts, today confirmed plans
to release the award-winning music video game Rock Band this
spring in the UK.
The UK release of Rock Band will have an exclusive launch
window on the Xbox360 videogame console from Microsoft, beginning on
May 23rd, 2008. Rock Band will be available for
additional platforms later this summer.
Rock Band is an all-new platform for music fans and gamers to
interact with music. The game challenges players to put together a
band and tour for fame and fortune, mastering lead/bass guitar,
drums and vocals. With more master recordings than any other music
game, Rock Band features some of the world’s biggest Rock
artists and spans every genre of Rock ranging from Alternative and
Classic Rock to Heavy Metal and Punk.
In addition to the fifty-eight tracks from the North American
release, Rock Band will feature nine new tracks spanning
German, French and UK hits including:
• Blur “Beetlebum” (English)
• Oasis “Rock ‘n’ Roll Star” (English)
• Tokio Hotel “Monsoon” (English)
• Muse “Hysteria” (English)
• Les Wampas “Manu Chao” (French)
• Playmo “New Wave” (French)
• Die Toten Hosen “Hier Kommt Alex” (German)
• Juli “Perfekte Welle” (German)
• H-Block X “Countdown to Insanity” (German)
Rock Band’s offering of over seventy songs to date currently
available for purchase and download in the US will be made available
in Europe beginning on Tuesday, May 27th, 2008. Each
track will be available for 160 Microsoft Points on Xbox360.
Following that date, all new Rock Band Downloadable Content
will be available simultaneously in the US and Europe on a weekly
basis. For a complete list of Rock Band songs available for
purchase to date, simply visit
http://www.rockband.com/dlc. |
