On February 5th, tracks previously available as part of Rock Band Blitz will be made available for download as singles on the Rock Band Music Store! These tracks include Avenged Sevenfold’s “So Far Away,” Great White’s “Once Bitten Twice Shy,” Iron Maiden’s “The Wicker Man,” and Queen’s “Death on Two Legs.”
Additionally, for the first time, a Pro Guitar and Pro Bass upgrade will be available for Iron Maiden’s metal classic, “The Wicker Man”!
Available on Xbox 360, Wii, and PlayStation®3 system (February 5th, 2013):
• Avenged Sevenfold – “So Far Away” O
• Great White – “Once Bitten Twice Shy” O
• Iron Maiden – “The Wicker Man” O X
• Queen – “Death on Two Legs” O
(These tracks will be available in Europe on PlayStation®3 system February 6th)
Price:
$1.99 USD, £1.19 UK, €1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points ™, 200 Wii Points™) per song
$0.99 USD (80 Microsoft Points™, 100 Wii Points™), £0.59 UK, €0.79 EU per song for eligible Pro Guitar/Pro Bass upgrade
Tracks marked with “O” feature support for keyboards; tracks marked with “X” will offer Pro Guitar and Pro Bass expansions for $0.99 per song.
** Dates and Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change. **
To discuss this DLC please visit the official discussion thread in the Rock Band forum.
For more info on the planned roll out of Blitz tracks as singles and what that means for the upcoming DLC schedule, you can check this announcement and the associated discussion thread.
For all DLC song credits, including album and genre info as well as difficulty ratings, you can check out the Songs page.
And if you'd like to preview the DLC in advance, you can subscribe to the weekly Harmonix livestream for chart previews, trivia, and giveaways!
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I want that Aerosmith pack but I don't want the 2 new songs...wish it was just classic Aerosmith.
PS3 RBN Releases for Tuesday, 2/5/2013 (North America) and 2/6/2013 (Europe)
John Parr - "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" ($1.99), Classic Rock
Brian Kahanek - "Gemini" ($1.99), Blues
Amberian Dawn - "Charnel's Ball" ($1.99), Metal
Dance for the Dying - "Mannequin" ($0.99), Pop-Rock
Kari Kimmel - "Go" ($1.99), Pop/Dance/Electronic
I say 'apparently' because one 'source' thinks so. Unattributed sources are shaky proof of anything in online journalism. Especially since the article makes no attempt to confirm with MS and the e-mail in question doesn't really deal with what might come after April 1, 2014.
Here is the e-mail for people unwilling or unable to go to CVG.
"Our goal is to provide you the best experience during your award year and when engaging with our product groups. The purpose of the communication is to share information regarding the retirement of XNA/DirectX as a Technical Expertise.
"The XNA/DirectX expertise was created to recognize community leaders who focused on XNA Game Studio and/or DirectX development. Presently the XNA Game Studio is not in active development and DirectX is no longer evolving as a technology. Given the status within each technology, further value and engagement cannot be offered to the MVP community. As a result, effective April 1, 2014 XNA/DirectX will be fully retired from the MVP Award Program.
"Because we continue to value the high level of technical contributions you continue to make to your technical community, we want to work with you to try to find a more alternate expertise area. You may remain in this award expertise until your award end date or request to change your expertise to the most appropriate alternative providing current contributions match to the desired expertise criteria. Please let me know what other products or technologies you feel your contributions align to and I will review those contributions for consideration in that new expertise area prior to the XNA/DirectX retirement date.
"Please note: If an expertise change is made prior to your award end date, review for renewal of the MVP Award will be based on contributions in your new expertise.
"Please contact me if you have any questions regarding this change."
I say 'apparently' because one 'source' thinks so. Unattributed sources are shaky proof of anything in online journalism. Especially since the article makes no attempt to confirm with MS and the e-mail in question doesn't really deal with what might come after April 1, 2014.
Here is the e-mail for people unwilling or unable to go to CVG.
"Our goal is to provide you the best experience during your award year and when engaging with our product groups. The purpose of the communication is to share information regarding the retirement of XNA/DirectX as a Technical Expertise.
"The XNA/DirectX expertise was created to recognize community leaders who focused on XNA Game Studio and/or DirectX development. Presently the XNA Game Studio is not in active development and DirectX is no longer evolving as a technology. Given the status within each technology, further value and engagement cannot be offered to the MVP community. As a result, effective April 1, 2014 XNA/DirectX will be fully retired from the MVP Award Program.
"Because we continue to value the high level of technical contributions you continue to make to your technical community, we want to work with you to try to find a more alternate expertise area. You may remain in this award expertise until your award end date or request to change your expertise to the most appropriate alternative providing current contributions match to the desired expertise criteria. Please let me know what other products or technologies you feel your contributions align to and I will review those contributions for consideration in that new expertise area prior to the XNA/DirectX retirement date.
"Please note: If an expertise change is made prior to your award end date, review for renewal of the MVP Award will be based on contributions in your new expertise.
"Please contact me if you have any questions regarding this change."
This doesn't mean that RBN will suddenly stop working on XBox360, or that no more songs can be added. It just means that future MS platforms will use a different development environment, which may or may not have the qualities of XNA that made RBN possible.
Since we can't even expect a RB4 on the new consoles, the fact that the next XBox probably won't support XNA doesn't really change anything.
I just realized that the only thing, in this case, that might stop the flow of RBN content is that you have to pay the yearly fee ($100, if memory serves) to get the access necessary to sent development builds to your XBox, and that this mechanism is what is used by RBN trackers to test out their songs. As long as Microsoft wants to keep receiving that money, it's to their advantage to keep this program open, at least until their next console comes out.
And I'm fairly sure that, by the time the next MS console comes out, RB DLC will have stopped, unless Harmonix suddenly turns around and starts working on RB4 (or Rock Band: The Next Generation, or whatever they might call it) in which case they might want to keep up the flow of DLC as a way to keep some attention going on the series (and in this case, every song helps, so RBN would be part of this as well.)
Did the Experience Hendrix Goal. Bought Valleys of Neptune and Bold as Love on my way to finishing it. 33/34 songs. Spent a good while manually comparing the songs on the completion list to the ones in-game, checked the store..
.. then realized they want me to play Crosstown Traffic in RB3 to complete it.
Did the Experience Hendrix Goal. Bought Valleys of Neptune and Bold as Love on my way to finishing it. 33/34 songs. Spent a good while manually comparing the songs on the completion list to the ones in-game, checked the store..
.. then realized they want me to play Crosstown Traffic in RB3 to complete it.
I was joking. I guess I just forgot my sarcasm tags.
Although I think it's still true about "Metro" apps for Windows 8 (note the quotes, I know MS dropped the Metro name, but it's convenient shorthand.)
Fuck Windows 8 up it's designed-for-touchscreens ass!!! I've been an admin level/power user on desktop PC's since DOS 5.0, I don't need smart tiles, I don't need my hand held, and fuck you for thinking I do. All MS has done with W8 is make sure my next major build is a Linux machine.
And on a Rock Band note, I still need to pick me up some Aerosmith.
No matter where you go...there you are. ~ Buckaroo Banzai
For all of the lovers out there this Valentine’s Day, Harmonix presents a collection of music’s greatest rock and pop ballads, coming to the Rock Band Music Store on February 12th!
Extreme’s acoustic classic, “More Than Words” – off 1990’s Extreme II: Pornograffiti – was a departure from the band’s funky rock sound, but managed to reach number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100! As a bonus, every “More Than Words” download will include a Pro Guitar upgrade!
Originally recorded by The Everly Brothers in the 1960s, Nazareth made “Love Hurts” a huge hit in the late ‘70s, making it an international hit for the Scottish rockers. This 2009 re-recording of the track by the band brings all the feeling and energy of the original to Rock Band!
Peter Cetera’s Billboard Hot 100 number one hit “Glory of Love,” from 1986’s Solitude/Solitaire, also earned the singer/songwriter a nomination for an Academy Award for “Best Original Song” as it appeared in the film The Karate Kid, Part II!
Among REO Speedwagon’s thirteen Top 40 hits, the classic rock power ballad “Keep On Loving You” may be their most memorable, peaking at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100!
Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love,” from the English pop duo’s 1981 debut, Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret, will also be available on the Rock Band Music Store on February 12th!
Available on Xbox 360, Wii, and PlayStation®3 system (February 12th, 2013):
• Extreme – “More Than Words” X
• Nazareth – “Love Hurts”
• Peter Cetera – “Glory of Love” O
• REO Speedwagon – “Keep On Loving You” O
• Soft Cell – “Tainted Love” O
(These tracks will be available in Europe on PlayStation®3 system February 13th)
Price:
$1.99 USD, £1.19 UK, €1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points ™, 200 Wii Points™) per song
Tracks marked with “O” feature support for keyboards; the track marked with “X” will offer Pro Guitar track for no additional cost.
PFFFT...it had to happen after I bought it on the Singstore. Harmonies are awesome on that song but I don't think I could handle the skittle vomit that's gonna be the last minute or so.
I briefly thought about actually putting the time into Blitz for leader board shenanigans since I'd probably come close to the top simply through pure library size
But then I got considered the possibility I might actually get involved enough to worry about staying near the top and the idea of searching through my entire library just to find songs to improve upon is moderately horrifying so fuuuuuck that :P
That's my next step, is going through an optimizing songs.
Some of them are super optimized by other people now due to the tournaments. People are revisiting old songs that had like 400k as their top score and now they're up around 900k.
It's basically the same as what I deemed my "Fighting Game Complex"
Every once in a while a fighting game comes out and I actually pick it up and play it and have fun so I look into the thread on it, watch some youtube videos and then go "lolnope" and then never touch it again
Quick note on the Peter Cetera track: "Glory Of Love" did not appear on the EU PS3 store as scheduled. We confirmed that it passed internal QA and was submitted on time, but Sony just informed us today that it has been delayed until 2/27. This is the first we've heard of any change in the schedule, so apologies for not posting sooner. We'll always give advance notice of delays whenever first party shares that information with us.
On February 19th, tracks previously available as part of Rock Band Blitz will be made available for download as singles in the Rock Band Music Store! These tracks include Barenaked Ladies’ “One Week,” a re-record of Collective Soul’s “Shine,” and Fall Out Boy’s “A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More ‘Touch Me’”.
Players can still pick up the controller-based arcade rhythm action of Rock Band Blitz on PlayStation Network for $14.99 and Xbox LIVE Arcade for 1200 MS Points. Rock Band Blitz comes with the above songs, along with 23 more hit tracks, all fully compatible with a full band and instruments Rock Band 3!
Available on Xbox 360, Wii, and PlayStation®3 system (February 19th, 2013):
• Barenaked Ladies – “One Week” O
• Collective Soul – “Shine”
• Fall Out Boy – “A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More ‘Touch Me’”
(These tracks will be available in Europe on PlayStation®3 system February 20th)
Price:
$1.99 USD, £1.19 UK, €1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points ™, 200 Wii Points™) per song
$0.99 USD (80 Microsoft Points™, 100 Wii Points™), £0.59 UK, €0.79 EU per song for eligible Pro Guitar/Pro Bass upgrade
Tracks marked with “O” feature support for keyboards; tracks marked with “X” will offer Pro Guitar and Pro Bass expansions for $0.99 per song.
** Dates and Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change. **
To discuss this DLC please visit the official discussion thread in the Rock Band forum.
For more info on the planned roll out of Blitz tracks as singles and what that means for the upcoming DLC schedule, you can check this announcement and the associated discussion thread.
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Rock Band DLC | GW:OttW - arrcd | WLD - Thortar
*drops mic*
Pffft controller. Lets see you do that on a real plastic instrument.
I say 'apparently' because one 'source' thinks so. Unattributed sources are shaky proof of anything in online journalism. Especially since the article makes no attempt to confirm with MS and the e-mail in question doesn't really deal with what might come after April 1, 2014.
Here is the e-mail for people unwilling or unable to go to CVG.
"The XNA/DirectX expertise was created to recognize community leaders who focused on XNA Game Studio and/or DirectX development. Presently the XNA Game Studio is not in active development and DirectX is no longer evolving as a technology. Given the status within each technology, further value and engagement cannot be offered to the MVP community. As a result, effective April 1, 2014 XNA/DirectX will be fully retired from the MVP Award Program.
"Because we continue to value the high level of technical contributions you continue to make to your technical community, we want to work with you to try to find a more alternate expertise area. You may remain in this award expertise until your award end date or request to change your expertise to the most appropriate alternative providing current contributions match to the desired expertise criteria. Please let me know what other products or technologies you feel your contributions align to and I will review those contributions for consideration in that new expertise area prior to the XNA/DirectX retirement date.
"Please note: If an expertise change is made prior to your award end date, review for renewal of the MVP Award will be based on contributions in your new expertise.
"Please contact me if you have any questions regarding this change."
This doesn't mean that RBN will suddenly stop working on XBox360, or that no more songs can be added. It just means that future MS platforms will use a different development environment, which may or may not have the qualities of XNA that made RBN possible.
Since we can't even expect a RB4 on the new consoles, the fact that the next XBox probably won't support XNA doesn't really change anything.
I just realized that the only thing, in this case, that might stop the flow of RBN content is that you have to pay the yearly fee ($100, if memory serves) to get the access necessary to sent development builds to your XBox, and that this mechanism is what is used by RBN trackers to test out their songs. As long as Microsoft wants to keep receiving that money, it's to their advantage to keep this program open, at least until their next console comes out.
And I'm fairly sure that, by the time the next MS console comes out, RB DLC will have stopped, unless Harmonix suddenly turns around and starts working on RB4 (or Rock Band: The Next Generation, or whatever they might call it) in which case they might want to keep up the flow of DLC as a way to keep some attention going on the series (and in this case, every song helps, so RBN would be part of this as well.)
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.. then realized they want me to play Crosstown Traffic in RB3 to complete it.
All games on the next XBox will have to be developped in HTML5, like all "Metro" apps.
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Rock Band DLC | GW:OttW - arrcd | WLD - Thortar
HTML5/Javascript is just an option, as is C#/XAML or C++ with DirectX.
I was joking. I guess I just forgot my sarcasm tags.
Although I think it's still true about "Metro" apps for Windows 8 (note the quotes, I know MS dropped the Metro name, but it's convenient shorthand.)
Check out my new blog: http://50wordstories.ca
Also check out my old game design blog: http://stealmygamedesigns.blogspot.com
Fuck Windows 8 up it's designed-for-touchscreens ass!!! I've been an admin level/power user on desktop PC's since DOS 5.0, I don't need smart tiles, I don't need my hand held, and fuck you for thinking I do. All MS has done with W8 is make sure my next major build is a Linux machine.
And on a Rock Band note, I still need to pick me up some Aerosmith.
~ Buckaroo Banzai
Those links are for Windows 8 metro app development.
Yeah, I'm low on Windex...
@JonBob is on notice
Okay, I need to get back to playing. I am definitely hitting the point of diminishing returns.
/puts on his hipster glasses and scarf and walks away.
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PFFFT...it had to happen after I bought it on the Singstore. Harmonies are awesome on that song but I don't think I could handle the skittle vomit that's gonna be the last minute or so.
What you are is lucky I don't play.
I have ~20-30 songs left at this point. I think we're running up against who has more money than us at these ranks.
Also nice free Protar upgrade.
But then I got considered the possibility I might actually get involved enough to worry about staying near the top and the idea of searching through my entire library just to find songs to improve upon is moderately horrifying so fuuuuuck that :P
Some of them are super optimized by other people now due to the tournaments. People are revisiting old songs that had like 400k as their top score and now they're up around 900k.
Every once in a while a fighting game comes out and I actually pick it up and play it and have fun so I look into the thread on it, watch some youtube videos and then go "lolnope" and then never touch it again
Also trying to knock out the last of my unplayed Blitz songs. Stream time!
-stream over-
edit: achievement unlocked
It's still awesome and I'd like more from Collective Soul if possible. Heavy and December ideally.