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Arikado · April 2010

This OP is for other Rock Band games

New to Rock Band? Go here to the old OP.

WikiPedia link with all the DLC

FREE STUFF
The following songs are available for free download via the Rock Band Music Store for the PS3, 360, and the Wii (those not on the Wii are noted):

"Still Alive" by GLaDOS and Jonathan Coulton
"Promised Land" by Vesuvius *not on the Wii*
"Charlene (I'm Right Behind You)" by Stephen and the Colberts *not on the Wii*
"Headphones On" by Miranda Cosgrove
"Dreaming of Love" by Lights Resolve
"Am I Crazy" by Little Fish (via RBN)

If you purchased Rock Band 2 brand spanking new, you are entitled to an additional 20 free tracks, mostly from Indie bands. Check the back of the manual for instructions. The code is a one time use. The pack includes:

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ROCK BAND RELEASE DATES

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HARMONIX PODCAST
The podcast is linked up on the 'Zine page of the RockBand.com page. Subscribe via iTunes

DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT
Rock Band DLC list via WikiPedia
Rock Band Unplugged DLC list via WikiPedia

Albums available for download so far:
Screaming for Vengeance by Judas Priest
The Cars by the Cars
Doolittle by the Pixies
Peace Sells...But Who's Buying by Megadeth
Moving Pictures by Rush
Blood Sugar Sex Magick by the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Dr. Feelgood by Mötley Crüe
The Colour and the Shape by the Foo Fighters
The Singles 1992-2003 by No Doubt
Texas Flood by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
Ten by Pearl Jam
Chinese Democracy by Guns 'n Roses
Nothing's Shocking by Jane's Addiction
Back from the Dead by Spinal Tap
Backspacer by Pearl Jam
Rust in Peace by Megadeth
Axis: Bold as Love by the Jimi Hendrix Experience
Tragic Kingdom by No Doubt
British Steel 30th Anniversary by Judas Priest
The Great Southern Trendkill by Pantera

PLAYING WITH PA FOLKS

New Google Spreadsheet link in the main RB thread.

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Rock Band 3
Q4 2010
Xbox 360, PS3, Nintendo Wii, and a DS version

WHAT'S THIS?
Rock Band 3 will include several new features to the current selection of gameplay modes:

Vocal Harmonies - Continuing from Beatles Rock Band and into Green Day Rock Band, these are now a staple allowing up to three people to sing three distinct parts.
Keyboards - An actual midi keyboard will be sold that can be worn like a keytar. Two full octaves.
Hook Up Your E-Kit/Keyboard - Got an electronic keyboard or an electronic drumkit? A converter box will be sold to allow the use of your own real gear!
Revamped World Tour Mode - What has been mentioned is that you can go on actual tours through cities and play through setlists rather than just sitting in one area and clearing out setlists.
Drop In and Out - Players can jump in or out of songs without interrupting a song already in progress. They can also change instruments or difficulty settings during a song without pausing.
Pro Mode - Learn to play songs with actual instruments! Will have it's own difficulty tier and two versions of guitars will be sold, one with 100+ fret buttons and an actual guitar with touch sensors.
Song Filtering - With the new system, "you can say, 'only show me songs in Rock Band 3' or 'only songs under three minutes' or 'Eighties metal songs from my (downloadable) collection,' " Teasdale says. "It's a really cool way to take your full library down to a manageable list of songs."

SONG LIST

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The Beatles Rock Band
09/09/09
Xbox 360, PS3, and the Wii

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WHAT'S IN IT?

Compatibility - Due to restrictions by Apple, on-disc and DLC tracks for the Beatles Rock Band will not be compatible with any other Rock Band game.
Harmonies - Two additional people can sing back up vocals. All microphones are tied to one controller allowing for any combination of singers, potentially up to 6 people (3 singers, 3 instruments) can play because of this.
Overdrive/Beatlemania! - Due to restrictions by Apple, it seems the freestyle drum fill to activate Overdrive/Beatlemania! on drums no longer exists. Instead, you're given a glowing green gem to hit to activate it minus the drum fill.
Effects - Guitar switch effects are disabled in-game. Whammy doesn't always produce a modified noise. Most of this has to do with the lack of split tracks. Opening/Closing drum fills are silenced as well.
Unlockable media - Never before seen videos, photos, and other neat goodies relating to the Fab Four.
Dreamscapes - While the game follows the Beatles' career at the start, they end up being cooped up in Abbey Road Studios in the later half. In order to present better visuals than just strumming in the studio, Harmonix has gone ahead and created these dreamscapes - imagined cinematics of the song that plays out while you play.
Downloadable Albums - Abbey Road has been announced to be the first full album with more full albums to come after the game's release. See below for release dates and albums.
New Instruments - Based on the Beatles' own gear:
- John Lennon’s Rickenbacker 325 guitar
- Sir Paul McCartney’s trademark Höfner bass
- George Harrison’s Gretsch Duo Jet guitar
- Ringo Starr’s drums with classic black oyster pearl finish and Ludwig-branded Beatles kick drum head

Hidden Photos
Unlock some hidden photos that show some bonus Beatles photos along with development artwork and planning by quickly entering this at the start menu:Blue, Yellow, Orange, Orange, Orange, Blue, Blue, Blue, Yellow, Orange.

Tracklist

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Album DLC

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Lego Rock Band
Available now
Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, and DS

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WHAT'S IN IT?

Exportable - The entire setlist will be exportable to your hard drive (just like Rock Band) for about $10 (PS3 & 360). Requires a code packed in PS3 and Xbox 360 carts.
Importable - Some current Rock Band DLC will be playable in Lego Rock Band once it goes through a content filter.
Difficulty - The game is targeting the younger crowd and/or families. As such the difficulty curve is set much lower. This includes Super Easy mode.
Gameplay - While the music sections maintain the usual Rock Band gameplay, there are Lego specific challenges that have your band create/destroy buildings. You will also collect Lego Bricks to build and customize your avatars and your "rock den."
Nintendo DS version - The handheld version for the DS will be quite similar to the PSP's RB Unplugged. You will switch between the four instruments and play with four buttons.
No Online multiplayer - Console versions have no online multiplayer. The DS version offers local, cart required multiplayer.
Lego-ized Rockers - Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Blur, Spinal Tap, Queen and others appear in the game.

45 Master Tracks

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Rock Band Network
Available now on LIVE
Xbox 360 - All features
PS3 & Wii - Limited DLC from RBN after it goes on LIVE, PS3 might get the full RBN later on

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Green Day Rock Band
June 8th, 2010
Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii

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Other Rock Band Games

Rock Band Unplugged for the PSP - Gameplay is similar to Frequency/Amplitude. Has it's own DLC.
Rock Band for the iPhone - Similar to the PSP but can also allow 4-way multiplayer. Also has its own DLC.

Mr. G · April 2010

Where is the Kidz Bop version of Meant to Live

metaghost · April 2010

Arikado, there's a 6th free song that just got released...by, uh....The Left Foot? Or something like that. I downloaded it. Wasn't very fun, but it was free.

Dsmart · April 2010

I can't remember the last time I dug a rock band/GH game out of closet during party--no one wants to play em' anymore :cry:

Santa Claustrophobia · April 2010

Am I Crazy by Little Fish. According to Keldon, it's absolutely killing the 'pay for play' songs from that band. It's very 'meh'.

cloudeagle · April 2010

Is that the first time we got a free track AND pay tracks from the same band in the same week?

Dehumanized · April 2010

Picked up my 7th full album earlier this week, snagging Nothing's Shocking. Pretty great stuff, for the most part. Also, managed to pass a bunch of the Who pack songs playing both X drums and hard vocals simultaneously by the skin of my teeth. Surprisingly out of the stuff I did, "Sea and Sand" was the hardest -- I could not stay on pitch for the vocals at the end at all.

fragglefart · April 2010

Bought some replacement drums for <£20.

Shouldn't have to really, but all we get in Europe is the RB1 shit kit.

Better get some new gear with RB3.

Santa Claustrophobia · April 2010

cloudeagle wrote: »

Is that the first time we got a free track AND pay tracks from the same band in the same week?

I believe it's also the only time we've ever had an individual song released as free and had other songs specifically credited to them. Jonathan Coulton might be the exception depending on if you feel Still Alive is more about Portal or not.

Legacy · April 2010

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/03/green-day-rock-band-features-all-of-american-idiot/

In a recent interview with G4TV, Harmonix's Chris Foster revealed that Green Day's dumbest album will be featured in its entirety in the band's upcoming dedicated rhythm game. Yes, Green Day: Rock Band will feature all 13 tracks from the rock outfit's 2004 album "American Idiot," which features the song "American Idiot," which starts, "Don't wanna be an American Idiot."

We know there are plenty of youngsters who prefer "American Idiot," but we'd much rather hear that all of "Dookie" or "Insomniac" would be included in the game. Or all of "Vox Humana." Which -- nope, wait. Yeah, that's Kenny Loggins. We mixed up Green Day and Kenny Loggins again.

Wonder if Dookie is all in there as well...

BlindPsychic · April 2010

The leaked lists indicated a heavy dookie presence

Santa Claustrophobia · April 2010

Dookie and Insomniac are both expected to be heavily represented. American Idiot probably gets a heavy presence at the band's (or just Billy Joe's) insistence.

Nocren · April 2010

And isnt their latest one also on there? Like half of it, and the other half is DLC.

lionheart_m · April 2010

I dunno how I feel about it. I guess it's awesome we get Letterbomb.

Santa Claustrophobia · April 2010

Nocren wrote: »

And isnt their latest one also on there? Like half of it, and the other half is DLC.

I believe so. This is probably the biggest support to the argument that Green Day doesn't 'deserve' a whole disc.

Shady3011 · April 2010

Only the Beatles could get away with that.

UnbreakableVow · April 2010

American Idiot is awesome, fuck the haters

Though I still don't feel they deserve their own game

But throw American Idiot, Dookie and 21st Century Breakdown at me as full-album downloads and I would eat them up

What I am saying here is that I will totally get the game when it drops to $40 and then do the export and sell the disc

Raijin Quickfoot · April 2010

I don't mind Green Day but I have zero interest in a game dedicated to them.

UnbreakableVow · April 2010

I might also reap some Trophies if they are easy

Raijin Quickfoot · April 2010

More than likely I'll buy it when it hits clearance at Target. I bought GH: Smash Hits a few weeks ago for $10. That's about all it is worth to me.

quovadis13 · April 2010

Anyone here want to share their hidden gems they found through the Rock Band Network? I already picked up Sissyfuss from here, so I am throwing forward

The Heist by DnA's Evolution

Awesome on drums, awesome sounding and only 80 points to boot!

cj iwakura · April 2010

Living Sacrifice are a Christian hardcore band, by the way, and seeing them on RB would be awesome.

chasm · April 2010

When I think of Christian hardcore, all I can think of is the band that Cartman locks in the janitor's closet in the Christian rock episode of South Park.

Santa Claustrophobia · April 2010

chasm wrote: »

When I think of Christian hardcore, all I can think of is the band that Cartman locks in the janitor's closet in the Christian rock episode of South Park.

Having not seen it, is it Faith+1? Because that seems to be the only Officially 'acceptable' christian band allowed in Rock Band.

Arikado · April 2010

All of American Idiot will appear in Green Day Rock Band.

Mechanical · April 2010

Santa Claustrophobia wrote: »

chasm wrote: »

When I think of Christian hardcore, all I can think of is the band that Cartman locks in the janitor's closet in the Christian rock episode of South Park.

Having not seen it, is it Faith+1? Because that seems to be the only Officially 'acceptable' christian band allowed in Rock Band.

Demon Hunter generally isn't held in that low of a regard.

DarkPrimus · April 2010

It's always so difficult for me to find a new Rock Band thread before I've posted in it.

As with all songs I'm unfamiliar with, I will reserve judgment until I see the charts.

Bartholamue · April 2010

Well this is weird, all my trophies got reset. Has this happened to anyone else on Rock Band?

UnbreakableVow · April 2010

Try syncing with the servers

It's something that happens to me once in a great while, I'll get a Trophy that I've already gotten, but I'll sync up my account, look at my Trophy card and the number is unchanged

Santa Claustrophobia · April 2010

Mechanical wrote: »

Santa Claustrophobia wrote: »

chasm wrote: »

When I think of Christian hardcore, all I can think of is the band that Cartman locks in the janitor's closet in the Christian rock episode of South Park.

Having not seen it, is it Faith+1? Because that seems to be the only Officially 'acceptable' christian band allowed in Rock Band.

Demon Hunter generally isn't held in that low of a regard.

I take it they're a real band? I was talking about the Official Forums. As predictable as the coming of a new day, people bitched about a week where there was songs they didn't want. (Or know anything about, which is usually the motivating factor each week.) As soon as it was pointed out that next week was in some way a 'christian' week, it was open season on christian flavoured rock. Eventually they deigned to allow some South Park joke songs instead.

The Forums suck....

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Bartholamue · April 2010

Yeah, I synced up my trophies, and I have all the trophies I previously gotten now.

cooljammer00 · April 2010

Rock Band needs Christian Side Hug.

Mechanical · April 2010

Santa Claustrophobia wrote: »

Mechanical wrote: »

Santa Claustrophobia wrote: »

chasm wrote: »

When I think of Christian hardcore, all I can think of is the band that Cartman locks in the janitor's closet in the Christian rock episode of South Park.

Having not seen it, is it Faith+1? Because that seems to be the only Officially 'acceptable' christian band allowed in Rock Band.

Demon Hunter generally isn't held in that low of a regard.

I take it they're a real band?

They are.

Cantido · April 2010

Mechanical wrote: »

Santa Claustrophobia wrote: »

Mechanical wrote: »

Santa Claustrophobia wrote: »

chasm wrote: »

When I think of Christian hardcore, all I can think of is the band that Cartman locks in the janitor's closet in the Christian rock episode of South Park.

Having not seen it, is it Faith+1? Because that seems to be the only Officially 'acceptable' christian band allowed in Rock Band.

Demon Hunter generally isn't held in that low of a regard.

I take it they're a real band?

They are.

Ooh Girl, so fine, all mine, you're like a porcupine! (Say WHUT)

Shady3011 · April 2010

One of the only good things from that game.

YardGnome · April 2010

Except for, you know, most of the rest of the game

Shady3011 · April 2010

No, I think you're thinking of something else.

YardGnome · April 2010

No, as far as I remember, Brutal Legend was a wonderful, yet flawed game with amazing voice acting and the best game soundtrack ever

Shady3011 · April 2010

From what I remember, it was a mess and probably not worth another mention in a Rock Band thread.

Hillean · April 2010

Shady3011 wrote: »

From what I remember, it was a mess and probably not worth another mention in a Rock Band thread.

Last word: Great humor, fun action, shitty RTS action, poor choice of multiplayer/DLC

next topic: need more Coheed & Cambria DLC, the song I liked the most of theirs happens to be 'as made famous by', which made me sad in my pants

Shady3011 · April 2010

That's probably the only thing I would want from Coheed. The rest of their stuff isn't for me.

Penny Arcade

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