24 July 2007
Ferry

Rock Band release date November 20th 2007 on Xbox 360 and PS3. Video interview shows off the music game.

Rock Band for Xbox 360 and PS3, is an all-new platform for music fans and gamers to interact with music, that has a release date on November 20th 2007 in America. As Rock Band will allow gamers to perform music from the world’s biggest rock artists with their friends as a virtual band using a $199.99 Bundle with drum, bass/lead guitar and microphone peripherals. The game also has deep online multiplayer said to be like touring the country. Built on unprecedented deals with the world’s biggest record labels and music publishers (thanks to MTV who bought the developer), 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 (see below for the list).

In this video interview you get to see the band customization toolkit, as well as the how Harmonix selected the music.


The soundtracks revealed so far are:

* “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” by Blue Oyster Cult
* “Enter Sandman” by Metallica
* “Go with the Flow” by Queens of the Stone Age
* “In Bloom” by Nirvana
* “Learn To Fly” by Foo Fighters
* “Main Offender” by The Hives
* “Mississippi Queen” by Mountain
* “Paranoid” by Black Sabbath
* “Reptilia” by The Strokes
* “Rockaway Beach” by The Ramones
* “Say It Ain’t So” by Weezer
* “Suffragette City” by David Bowie
* “Tom Sawyer” by Rush
* “Vasoline” by Stone Temple Pilots
* “Wanted Dead or Alive” by Bon Jovi
* “Won’t Get Fooled Again” by The Who

PS: Wii version expected early 2008. — Date via Engadget

26 July 2007 11:07
Bud

This looks really fun. I wonder how it will work when only one person is playing…

26 July 2007 11:43
supadupagama

I believe it’s called Guitar Hero mode But seriously, in single player you can play as the guitar, drums or vocals, the other instruments will be played by computer players.

Also, if you only want one or two players instead of three, then you can buy just the game and the peripherals you want separately, so you don’t have to spend the full $200.

1 September 2007 22:15
Oni

Well, I don’t know if I read it right but I thinkit comes out in the ukin november. Awesome. If not, bollocks!

2 September 2007 06:51
supadupagama

Sorry Oni, it’s only coming to America this year, Europe has to wait until 2008.

30 September 2007 15:00
michael

i can’t get the game the sucks the people who made it.i mean sure u can play up to 4 people and u got good songs but the graphics suck.i think this game will suck.

[Moderator edit: Watch your language young man, curse again and you're permanently banned.]

27 October 2007 12:47
Firilon

How hard can it be to send a couple of copies to europe?

4 November 2007 20:17
steveoh

wow i have to wait till 2008 to get it for Wii. not cool… i guess i have to invest in a PS3 or xbox 360. why the different release date for Wii?

20 December 2007 04:29
Scott

Hi think its silly how amaricans got around nov. 20th n rest of world have to wait till some time round jan/feb 08 y couldnt they make the release dates a little closer together… only 1 good point the americans will get the Bug infected version… which rest of world wont get hopefully coz they have plenty of time to improve it.