HOLY CRAP!!!---Rock Band
 

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Holy craps!

This weekend, Harmonix, MTV and EA announced the development of Rock Band, a music game ala Guitar Hero that allows up to four players to jam out on four different instrument controllers. The controllers: two guitars (lead and bass), a drum kit and a microphone. The Jamming: in-the-room or online!

But that's not, as they say, all. Rock Band will feature original artists playing their original hits as opposed to the fake versions from previous guitar and karaoke games.

"Rock Band takes the core premise of Guitar Hero and expands it tenfold," says Alex Rigopulos, co-founder of Harmonix, which developed the game and the Karaoke Revolution games. "It lets you create a complete collaborative band."

"Our vision for Rock Band is to completely change the way people interact with and enjoy the music they love,” said Jeff Yapp, EVP, MTV Program Enterprises. By joining forces with EA and the music industry's largest record labels and publishers, we are striving to create a groundbreaking new platform that allows people to connect with their favorite music and artists in ways they never have before.”

The game will be available before Christmas (most likely) and is for the 360 and PlayStation 3. No tracklists have been released and no screenshots produced, but you can bet we'll give 'em up when we get 'em!

TheFeed needs a shower now.

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All I can say is Holy Crap...I hope this is released this year.

Just beat me to posting this. Gonna be awesome.

So the game comes with all the instruments, The mic, 2 guitars and a drum set...
How much do you think It'll be worth

Ssssssssssssssssssexy

Wow this sounds sweet! I used to play the drums while my friends jammed out on Guitar Hero, but now that won't be necessary. I hope this isn't too expensive. :o

I was actually trying to predict how much it would cost...

Would be great if the Guitar Hero controllers could be used as the guitar ones for this game...then I would only need to pick up the mic and drum...

But if its all the instruments together then im predicting over 200

Yeah, I'd be willing to pay 200 for this game though. It would be a blast.

Since it'll be on the 360 and the PS3, they should be able to put new tracks up for d/l. That would be sweet.

Would this be Guitar Hero 3? Can I use the Guitar Controllers already out? Is there a difference between Guitar and Bass Controllers? Will there be an online Battle of the Bands mode?

I want answers.

PS2 Guitar controllers can't be used on PS3, I don't think.

No. The Red Octane controller will not work for this game. Money grubbing bastards.

Still getting the damn thing.

I know....im talking about the 360 Guitar Hero controllers...

I have two of them on hold at work for me to pick up early tomorrow morning

No current controllers on the new game.

- IGN article : http://ps3.ign.com/articles/777/7775...0&RSSid=777535

When the first one came out I wondered if something like this would ever happen. Apparently it will. Harmonix stole my idea.

If they're not working with Red Octane this time, it's a logical conclusion that the controllers won't work.

Credit G4tv.com

Yes, we're very excited by the prospect of Rock Band, the music game that allows up to four players to rock out on fake instruments, but only because TheFeed are oil barons who routinely light our cigarillos with $100 bills; This game will not be cheap.

According to gaming blog Kotaku, GameStop is taking preorders for the peripherals for the game, and if the listings are correct, putting together a full band with wireless equipment costs more than $300.

Broken down:

The microphone sells for $39.99
Standard guitar for $59.99
Wireless guitar $79.99
drums going for $79.99
Rock Band game for $59.99
These prices aren't set, but rest assured, it will won't be cheap.

TheFeed's Frank Meyer recommends spending that money on an actual guitar, and actually rocking out. He points out that you can get a perfectly serviceable Epiphone Les Paul knock-off for about that price

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Well there it is....prices for the paripherals

I'd be willing to buy a set of that for those prices, it will be fun.

This will be utterly badass if you can play online efficiently, especially if you can have a "battle of the bands" type set up with a set band.

Hopefully lag doesn't kill this.

I'm assuming (hoping) that you'll be able to go through single player mode with one instrument at a time. Cuz there's no way I'm buying all those peripherals at once.

Can someone explain to me how they are going to analyze your performance on the microphone during the game

I don't know, they already have Karaoke Revolution, so I'd imagine it'd be similar to that. I forget how that works though, I've only played it once.

They have karoake revolution and games like that, so I'm assuming it will be along the same line as those.

I demand cowbell as a peripheral.

Ridiculous FakeRazor/el fregadero paradox within this thread

Tons of info, including 4 announced songs (THE WHO :love: )

http://www.destructoid.com/tons-of-n...3071.phtml#ext

THat my friend, is some hot shit.

When does this come out as opposed to GH3... BEcause I know the GH3 guitars will work for this, but the official guitars can do more... I wonder if the official ones will work for GH3 though, becauseI don't want to have to buy a shitload of fucking fake guitars.

SON OF A BITCH

Five extra fret buttons will add alot to the experience.

Jam session after songs for doing well as a team :D .

Drum set sounds badass!

I seen the CAW mode a mile away.

I wonder if the Mic's star power has the crowd singing along with you...

Otherwise this game is sounding like an awesome experience.

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SWEET

I am so pumped for this. Gotta find some people who are down for the cause though.

They sold me at The Who.

Hard and Expert on drums is like playing the real drums.
Nice addition there.

I do have to say...I'm STOKED for this.

RAWK

Still wondering how the fuck this works.

It was gay when Freddie MErcury did it, and it's gay today.

Was hoping for something like this for GH eventually.

Fuck, was hoping Paranoid was going to be on GH.

I think I am experiencing one of those 4+ hour viagra-style painful erections right now. :love:

It's called Priopism. Or high school.

Anyone else concerned about 4 different note charts on one screen?

I didn't even think of how they will tell you what notes to play. Gonna be kinda confusing.

Gonna need a bigger tv.

Guitar and Bass on the right and left sides, drums in the bottom middle, mic scrolls sideways on the top.