Keeping to tradition, Harmonix today revealed the downloadable Rock Band songs that will be available next week for PS3 and Xbox 360.
Two three-packs will be released, with the first from The Killers offering “Mr. Brightside”, “Smile Like You Mean It” and “Spaceman”; the second pack is from Yngwie Malmsteen - “Caprici Di Diablo”, “Damnation Game” [...]

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If you’ve ever wanted to play video games with Jack Black or his Tenacious D sidekick Kyle Gass, now’s your chance.
It was recently announced that both of the above mentioned band members will be playing Rock Band 2 on Xbox Live November 20th to promote the release of the The Complete Masterworks 2 DVD.
The event [...]

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Who says good ideas don’t bring in money? Just point them to Harmonix founders Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy, both of whom have been given $300 million from parent-company Viacom as bonus.
The duo, who started the studio way back in 1995, received $150 million last quarter for more than stellar sales of Rock Band [...]

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Those of you who waited all day yesterday for the promised free songs for Rock Band 2 – worry not, cause Harmonix hasn’t forgotten you.
The company has apparently hit an “unexpected delay with getting the content online from Microsoft” and “have suspended sending out the token codes until the content becomes available,” according to [...]

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Already available for PS2, PS3 and Xbox 360, EA’s Rock Band 2 will arrive on the Wii in “late December,” according to the publisher.
The Wii version has always been planned for release in December, though which part of December was a mystery till now.
This confirmation came to Destructoid in response to retailer murmurs that [...]

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Three new tracks from The Presidents of the United States will be released for Rock Band 2 soon, according to the alternative band’s website.
To be available starting November 4, the tracks are “Ladybug”, “Dune Buggy” and “Feather Pluck’n”. The PS3 version is expected two days later.
As expected, the songs will be compatible with the [...]

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Developer Harmonix has finally revealed the full list of tracks that will be offered as free downloadable content on the PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii versions of Rock Band 2.
These songs will be available on November 4 by registering a code printed on the back of the game’s instruction manual. Here are the songs:

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There is word on the official Rock Band forums that country music will make its way to the game come December.
Quite disappointingly, no artists were named, and obviously, no price points were given either.
There are quite a few notable names in the country music genre, and some of them can put guitars on fire. [...]

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Developer Harmonix has confirmed that the Wii release of Rock Band 2 will be compatible with the Wii guitars from Guitar Hero 3.
"HMX is committed to establishing Rock Band as a platform," reads a forum post. “We’d like to encourage the interoperability of instruments between platforms so that players can experience music, and our [...]

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  Adding more to the whole Rock Band experience, Harmonix has relaunched the game’s website, offering the long-promised customizable merchandise for Rock Band 2.
The site features a new Photo Creator that will allow players to pose their in-game characters, add effects and take photos which can be added to band pages and profiles. These photos [...]

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There has been some speculation circulating as to whether or not the Wii’s version of Rock Band 2 would be recieving downloadable-content, a feature very important to the game.
Harmonix, however, has announced that the game will be a near exact replica of it’s 360 and PS3 counterparts, including downloadable-content, online play, and the whole 9 [...]

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That’s right, Harmonix has announced that Rock Band 2 has officially started shipping to retail. The game will debut on Xbox 360 this Sunday the 14th, with Wii and PS3 versions coming later in the year.
Bob Picunko, VP of EA had this to say about the game:
Rock Band 2 and Harmonix are raising the bar [...]

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Following up on their original announcement, developer Harmonix has revealed that owners of the Xbox 360 version of Rock Band 2 will be able to import “most” of their songs from the original game for a small fee, which will not be greater than $5.
Speaking to MTV, studio representative John Drake explained that the [...]

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Following Sony, Microsoft has announced that the Xbox 360 versions of Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero World Tour and Rock Revolution will feature instrument interoperability.
“Consider this an official announcement,” wrote Microsoft representative Chris Paladino. “All the instruments from Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero: World Tour, and Rock Revolution will be cross-compatible. In other words, [...]

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Coming as bad news for those wanting to rock in Rock Band 2, the game’s Special Edition bundle will not make it to stores until October 19 although the Xbox 360 version is due out on September 14.
This comes straight from the game’s store as well as retailer GameStop who lists the bundle as [...]

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