Rock Band 3 (International)

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Welp, Guitar With Keys isn't going to be any fun :{

Overcharted by Harmonix? Are you sure you're not getting this backwards? >_>

Expand the Band, Experience Pro Mode, Keyboards and Access to More Than 2,600 Songs, Just in Time for the Rock Band 3 Squier Release!

Cambridge, Mass. – April 5, 2011 – Harmonix, the world’s premier music video game developer, and distribution partner Electronic Arts today announced that Rock Band™3, the next generation in the ultimate social and interactive music gaming platform, is now available for only $19.99 for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Wii™.

In addition to providing access to more than 2,600 songs and a new keyboard peripheral, Rock Band 3 brought the world Pro Mode, which bridges the world of gaming and real musicianship through a collection of new instrument controllers, trainers and gameplay options that open the door to real-world guitar, bass, keyboard and drum skills. The flagship of Pro Mode, the Rock Band 3 Squier® by Fender Stratocaster® Guitar Controller – a full-sized, six-string electric guitar that also functions as a game controller – is now available in stores.

Of course, for those gamers who want to play with their traditional Rock Band™ or Guitar Hero® instruments, there’s a whole new world awaiting as well, since Rock Band 3 is compatible with most music game instruments. Expand the band up to seven players and check out the deepest Rock Band experience yet with an incredible 83-song soundtrack featuring the music of Avenged Sevenfold, John Lennon, The Cure, Ozzy Osbourne, Bob Marley and more. The game’s deep Career Mode takes the band on a journey to gain new levels of status while the environment around them changes from streets and subways to tour stops and mega-venues. For the serious player, the revamped Career Mode features more than 700 goals and rewards and seamless leaderboard integration for an endlessly deep campaign experience. The game also features easy drop-in and drop-out, easier No Fail accessibility and an all-new Party Shuffle.

Get your copy of Rock Band 3 today through one of these retailers:

Amazon: http://amzn.to/hctxNo
GameStop: http://bit.ly/grhfvO
Best Buy: http://bit.ly/hT68bZ

Critical acclaim from around the world for Rock Band 3:

Associated Press – 4/4
“Rock Band 3 is the kind of classy production we've come to expect from developer Harmonix. It's great for people who just want to have fun at parties, and for those who seriously want to learn musical skills. Four stars out of four.”

G4TV - 5 out of 5
“The best music video game I’ve ever played. While no game can be all things to all people, Rock Band 3 comes close. It is both a great party game and an entirely hardcore music game experience.”

Joystiq.com – 5 out of 5
“Rock Band 3 is the greatest rhythm game ever made, and quite possibly the only rhythm game you need to own…”

Developed by Harmonix and distributed by distribution partner Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), Rock Band 3 is compatible with all Rock Band™ and The Beatles™: Rock Band™ peripherals, as well as most third-party instrument and microphone controllers. Rock Band 3 Pro Mode requires Rock Band Pro-compatible instrument controllers. Mad Catz, the official peripheral manufacturer and distributor for Rock Band 3 game controllers, has released Pro Mode compatible controllers including the Rock Band 3 Fender™ Mustang™ PRO-Guitar™ Controller, Rock Band 3 Wireless Keyboard, Rock Band 3 PRO-Cymbals™ Expansion Kit and the Rock Band 3 MIDI PRO-Adapter™.

Rock Band 3 is rated "T" for Teen (lyrics, suggestive themes) by the ESRB. Music downloads are not rated by the ESRB.

Follow Rock Band on Twitter (http://twitter.com/rockband) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/rockband).

hey gang,

Want to show off your skills on Pro Guitar in Rock Band 3 AND get a shot at an amazing trip to California & Las Vegas? Rock out and you could WIN the Ultimate Rock N Roll trip! Winner of the Schick® Play it Smooth Battle receives a trip for two to visit the Fender guitar factory in Corona, California followed by a stay at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

Grab a Pro Guitar (such as the MadCatz Mustang or Fender Squier) and aim for the highest score possible in this single player Battle featuring 5 Pro Tracks from RB3:

* “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” – Tears for Fears
* “Foolin’” - Def Leppard
* “Dont Bury me, I’m still Not Dead” - Riverboat Gamblers
* “Jerry Was a Race Car Driver” - Primus
* “Just Like Heaven” - The Cure

The Schick® Play it Smooth Battle runs from 4/6/11 at 12AM ET through 4/13/11 at 11:59PM ET. You must be a registered user on RockBand.com and have your Xbox, Wii or PS3 linked to your account to participate. Sign up today to play! See the terms & conditions for details. Learn more at http://www.schickplayitsmooth.com/.

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You can find more information about this battle via the links below:

http://www.rockband.com/blog/schick-play-it-smooth
http://www.rockband.com/battles/spon...th-battle/view
http://www.rockband.com/battles

Hello friends and rockers,

We’ve released a new title update today which addresses an issue with how Rock Band 3 scores certain songs with Pro Guitar/Bass parts. There was a discrepancy in how the game dealt with songs using the 17-fret Mustang controller versus the 22-fret Fender Squier controller which resulted in scores posting with no Star values. This has now been resolved with today’s update.

While we don’t have any additional title updates planned for the foreseeable future, we hope this further illustrates our ongoing commitment to supporting the new Pro Guitars as well as you all who make our community so great!

Check below for the full list of affected songs. (note: to avoid redundancies I haven’t listed a song twice if it has an RB3 version in addition to the PRO Upgrade.)


RB3 Disc Songs Affected: 21
Avenged Sevenfold -- "Beast and the Harlot"
Jane's Addiction -- "Been Caught Stealing"
Queen -- "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Anthrax -- "Caught in a Mosh"
Foreigner -- "Cold as Ice"
Ozzy Osbourne -- "Crazy Train"
Them Crooked Vultures -- "Dead End Friends"
Def Leppard -- "Foolin'"
Lynyrd Skynyrd -- "Free Bird"
Whitesnake -- "Here I Go Again"
Tokio Hotel -- "Humanoid"
Big Country -- "In a Big Country"
Spacehog -- "In the Meantime"
Primus -- "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver"
Phish -- "Llama"
Queens of the Stone Age -- "No One Knows"
The Muffs -- "Outer Space"
Rilo Kiley -- "Portions for Foxes"
Dio -- "Rainbow in the Dark"
Yes -- "Roundabout"
Night Ranger -- "Sister Christian"

DLC Songs Affected: 24
Metallica -- "...And Justice for All"
The Gracious Few -- "Appetite"
Santana -- "Black Magic Woman"
Johnny Cooper -- "Don't Feel Like That Anymore"
38 Special -- "Hold On Loosely"
Queen -- "I Want It All"
Caesars -- "Jerk It Out"
Queen -- "Killer Queen"
The Doors -- "Light My Fire"
Bon Jovi -- "Livin' on a Prayer"
Billy Joel -- "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)"
The Knack -- "My Sharona"
Queen -- "One Vision"
Queen -- "Play the Game"
Bon Jovi -- "Runaway"
Stone Sour -- "Say You'll Haunt Me"
Lynyrd Skynyrd -- "Simple Man"
Queen -- "Somebody To Love"
Queen -- "Tenement Funster"
Bob Marley and the Wailers -- "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)"
B.B. King -- "The Thrill Is Gone"
DragonForce -- "Through the Fire and Flames"
Bon Jovi -- "Wanted Dead or Alive"
Queen -- "We Are the Champions"

Hey gang,

We've got an excellent assortment of singles this week, with 3 tracks from the 80's and 3 more from the 90's. There's some straight pop, some alternative, some metal (funk metal?) and more. Personally, I'll be playing "Working For The Weekend" at every event ever until I am physically dragged off stage. Enjoy!

Available on Xbox 360, Wii and PlayStation®3 system (May 3):

• Culture Club – “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me”
• Faith No More – “From Out of Nowhere”
• Loverboy – “Working for the Weekend” X
• Phish – “Stash” X
• Phish – “Tweezer”
• Stone Temple Pilots – “Big Bang Baby” X

(All tracks are original master recordings)
(These tracks will be available in Europe on PlayStation®3 system May 4)

These tracks will be available for purchase as individual tracks on Xbox 360, PlayStation®3 system and Wii. Tracks marked with “X” will include Pro Guitar and Pro Bass expansions for $0.99 per song.

Here's the songs that came out for Rock Band Network on 360 this week:

"A Grim Struggle" - Nightrage
"Self Medicate" - Felsen
"Satisfying Angst" - The Blackout Argument
"River of Glass" - Rishloo
"Dawn of the Condoms" - Ultra Saturday
"Beat Fly" - Tiny Danza
"Leave Me Be" - Kylie D. Hart
"Dodgin Bullets" - Steve Fister
"Doll in the Dust" - Kurodust
"The Window" by Raven Quinn

And here's the RBN tracks scheduled to hit the PlayStation 3 on May 3rd:

"Your Petty Pretty Things" - The Get Up Kids
"World on Fire" - Firewind
"Stick Tight" - Terror
"The Omen" - Heaven Shall Burn
"Dawn of a Million Souls (Rock Band Mix)" - Ayreon
"N.A.T.G.O.D." - Daath
"Nightfall" - Nachtmystium
"Undead Heart" - Vampires Everywhere!
"If I'm James Dean, You're Audrey Hepburn" - Sleeping with Sirens
"Learn to Live" - Architects

And here's the 20 RBN tracks scheduled to hit the PlayStation 3 internationally on May 4th*:

"The Way You Move" - The Audition
"Fractured (Everything I Said Was True)" - Taproot
"The Body" - Close Your Eyes
"Do Yourself a Favor" - Comeback Kid
"Cimmerian Shamballa" - Wretched
"On Parole Sister" - Sin
"Anybody Else" - Audible Mainframe
"Ice Cold" - Audible Mainframe
"Radioland" - Audible Mainframe
"Model Ships" - Rosaline
"World on Fire" - Firewind
"The Omen" - Heaven Shall Burn
"Dawn of a Million Souls (Rock Band Mix)" - Ayreon
"Learn to Live" - Architects
"Stick Tight" - Terror
"N.A.T.G.O.D." - Daath
"Undead Heart' - Vampires Everywhere!
"Nightfall" - Nachtmystium
"If I'm James Dean, You're Audrey Hepburn" - Sleeping with Sirens
"Your Petty Pretty Things" - The Get Up Kids

And a disclaimer:

*Due to ongoing PSN outages beyond our control, Rock Band content may be delayed. We’re working with Sony to ensure that content will be delivered as soon as PSN is available.

Hey gang!

As announced in the Game Informer interview last month (you know, the one that broke the news on all the huge artists we've seen as DLC these past few weeks), we're releasing an Ozzy 8 pack of classic metal DLC next week!

The Ozzy Osbourne 8-Pack will include classics from the recently re-released Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of A Madman, including “Mr. Crowley”, “Diary of a Madman” and “Over the Mountain”. Fans who purchase the pack will also be able to play “Bark at the Moon” and “Mama, I’m Coming Home”, both of which are only available as part of the pack, and both of which include built-in Pro Guitar/Bass upgrades at no additional cost.

Available on Xbox 360, Wii and PlayStation®3 system (May 31):

• “Bark at the Moon” X (available only as part of the 8-pack)
• “Diary of a Madman”
• “Flying High Again”
• “I Don’t Know”
• “Mama, I’m Coming Home” X (available only as part of the 8-pack)
• “Mr. Crowley” X
• “Over the Mountain”
• “Steal Away (The Night)”

(These tracks will be available in Europe on PlayStation®3 system June 1)

These tracks will be available for purchase as “Ozzy Osbourne 8-Pack” and as individual tracks on Xbox 360, PlayStation®3 system and Wii. Tracks marked with “X” have optional Pro Guitar and Pro Bass expansions available.

Here's the Rock Band Netwrok tracks that came out this past week, now with even more information! Recent discussion threads on the forums and Twitter have suggested adding genre and pricing info, both of which are now included with the announcements.

Hopefully this further educates people on the awesome content (of all genres) coming out through RBN every week. If you have any further suggestions feel free to add them to the discussion thread or give us a shout on Twitter!

Indie Rock

Killbody Tuning - "Bamberg" (160 MSP)
Killbody Tuning - "Marker of Change" (160 MSP)

Metal

Amberian Dawn - "My Only Star" (160 MSP)
Blackguard - "This Round's On Me" (160 MSP)
Indestructible Noise Command - "Rain" (160 MSP)
Winds of Plague - "California" (160 MSP)

Pop/Dance/Electronic

Aesthetic Perfection - "The Devil's in the Details" (160 MSP)
Magnus 'SoulEye' Pålsson - "Pressure Cooker" (80 MSP)

Pop-Rock

Rose of Jericho - "Midnight Eyes (RB3 Version)" (80 MSP)

Prog

Rishloo - "Turning Sheep Into Goats/Systematomatic" (80 MSP)
Tetrafusion - "Last Chance" (160 MSP)

Rock

Nonpoint - "Crazy" (160 MSP)

As mentioned in past announcements, due to the ongoing PSN outages beyond our control, Rock Band content has been delayed for the last several weeks. We’re working with Sony to ensure that content will be delivered as quickly as possible now that PSN is back up and running.

Because of the frequency of RB content and the larger amount of content offered we're not entirely sure if we fit into the DLC roll out calendar Sony has reported elsewhere. We'll post a schedule and a revised list of content as soon as we get an update from Sony and we have a clearer idea of what that content roll out will look like for the last month of RB / RBN DLC.