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Rock Band Weekly: Poison, Mr. Big, Heart, Rick Astley
Tuesday is Valentine's Day, and in addition to being a day full of expectations and guilt, it's now a day where you can be rick-rolled by a damn video game in the sanctity of your own home. The "Gold Star My Heart" Pack drops Tuesday in North America and Wednesday for European PS3 users, and includes four love-centric tracks to get you into (or very quickly out of) the mood.Peep the full track list after the break, and see if you're the kind of person who'd rather be playing Rock Band 3 on Valentine's Day. (Please invite us.)
Rock Band Weekly: Tears for Fears, Sum 41
When they weren't shouting it all out or expressing how everybody wants to rule the world, English pop rock band Tears for Fears were wasting our time with "Head Over Heels," available next week as Rock Band DLC. There will also be a pair of tracks from Canadian band Sum 41.
Rock Band Weekly: Creedence Clearwater Revival
Next week's Rock Band DLC features a triple-pack from classic American rock troop Creedence Clearwater Revival. Don't panic if these tracks aren't your favorites, because those are likely found in the first CCR pack from 2010.
Rock Band Weekly: Korn, The Edgar Winter Group
It would be hard to find two more disparate musical acts to combine into one blast of DLC, seeing how The Edgar Winter Group did everything it could to broaden the horizons of rock music, while Korn has done everything it can to narrow them back down. This week's update includes two iconic singles from both bands, one of which will be a blast from the past for anyone familiar with Harmonix's back catalogue. Both Edgar Winter Group tracks support keyboards, as one would hope.
Rock Band Weekly: Hall and Oates
Oh, oh here they come, watch out boy, Hall and Oates will chew you up! For those unfamiliar with Hall and Oates, also known as Hall & Oates, they were a "rock and soul" duo that ruled the charts of the early '80s. Three of their best tracks are available as Rock Band DLC next week.
Rock Band Weekly: Paramore, Gym Class Heroes, Panic! At The Disco and more
Rock Band is celebrating the 15th anniversary of Fueled By Ramen Records with a family pack of its more prominent artists. The spicy, high-sodium bundle includes tracks from Sublime, Travie McCoy, Cobra Starship and more. It will be available through the RB Music Store next week on Xbox 360 and Wii, and on PS3 once the update occurs after the holiday break. [Jreika via Shutterstock]
Rock Band Weekly: Jimi Hendrix
Rock Band will add seven Jimi Hendrix tracks to the Music Store next week, with two legacy songs receiving pro guitar and pro bass upgrades. The DLC includes several of Hendrix's most famous tracks, but everyone should be sure to take a trip "All Along the Watchtower." [Neale Cousland via Shutterstock]
Rock Band Weekly: Rush, Black Veil Brides, Volbeat
Canadian rock legends Rush return to Rock Band next week with a three-pack of DLC. Joining the canuck caravan of tracks are Danish rockers Volbeat and American band Black Veil Brides. Harmonix also teased it'll have more Rush news by year's end.
Rock Band Weekly: Queen 9-pack
All right, all right, Harmonix. A nine-pack of Queen hits kinda makes up for that Nickelback nonsense a couple weeks back. Let's hug it out while holding back the tears in a rendition of "The Show Must Go On."
New Rock Band 3 bundles from Mad Catz include 5 free DLC songs
Rock Band 3 is still alive and kicking, despite everything happening behind-the-scenes, and in an effort to rekindle the world's love for rhythm games and plastic instruments, Mad Catz Interactive has released 5 new instrument bundles for the Xbox 360. Each bundle includes the game, a DLC code for 5 different Red Hot Chili Peppers songs, and your choice of Fender Mustang Pro-Guitar ($150), normal Stratocaster controller($70), or normal Precision Bass controller ($80, available in three designer colors). Absent from these bundles, as you may have noticed, are the microphone and drum kit controllers known and loved by annoying college roommates the world over; a void the used market will undoubtably step in to fill.
Rock Band Weekly: Nickelback, Red Hot Chili Pepper upgrades
So, Nickelback returns with more Rock Band DLC next week -- whether you and Harmonix like it or not. There are also pro guitar and bass upgrades for three Red Hot Chili tracks.
Rock Band Weekly: Stevie Wonder
As revealed in early October, Stevie Wonder arrives next week with a five-pack of Rock Band DLC. The bundle includes the legendary track "Superstition," along with four more songs off albums Songs in the Key of Life and Innervisions.
Rock Band Weekly: A lotta country music
Next week's Rock Band DLC is a whole heapin' of tracks previously found on the retail-only Rock Band Country Track Pack 2. The songs are available individually, in random groupings, or the whole thing can be downloaded for $20.
Rock Band Weekly: Breaking Benjamin, Papa Roach
Rock Band DLC kicks off November with a second pack from Breaking Benjamin, featuring tracks off albums We Are Not Alone and Phobia. There is also the single "Forever" from Papa Roach, recorded in what is allegedly a haunted mansion. Spooky.
Harmonix: Rock Band in for a 'fundamental creative reinterpretation'
Harmonix is trying to find a steady beat after a stressful year with surprising highs and lows. In an interview with Giant Bomb, Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos mentions the company is considering a "fairly fundamental creative reinterpretation" of the Rock Band business. "We still have a loyal audience who continues to show up weekly to gobble up our weekly releases. That actually continues to be a profitable business for us, which is nice," said Rigopulos. "We're committed to the franchise, but when I think that when we do things with it in the future, it's going to be a pretty dramatic departure from what we've done before." Co-founder and CTO Eran Egozy added, "We do have plans on where we're going to go with Rock Band and how we plan to expand it. All I'll say for now is that it isn't what you think. You might assume we're going to add saxophone or something along those lines, but no, the kind of direction we're planning on taking Rock Band, the kind of innovation we have in mind, is taking it in a different direction, one that's more suitable to the kind of environment we're in, what people are doing now, what they're interested in playing now, versus, say, 2007." Egozy concluded, "It's more than ideas. We are working on it, and we have forward progress. It's an exciting, fresh take on it. I'll leave it at that."
Rock Band Weekly: Rob Zombie, White Zombie, The Darkness
Rob Zombie and, by extension, White Zombie scare us. It's not a Slipknot kind of visceral scare, but more of a brooding terror. So, we'll be using a picture of a bulldog puppy in a pumpkin this week. Next week's Rock Band DLC features the aforementioned Zombies and a track from The Darkness.
Rock Band Weekly: Coldplay
Next week's Rock Band DLC gets yellow with a six-pack from Brit alt-rockers Coldplay. If you're a fan of tragedies in reverse, pick up chart-topping singles from across several of the band's albums.
Rock Band Weekly: Blink-182, The Clash
Next week's Rock Band DLC includes a third track pack from American rockers Blink-182, featuring songs from several of the band's studio albums. Flying solo is "Rock the Casbah" from The Clash, a great warm-up song to any Rock Band party marathon. [Image from APdesign / Shutterstock]
Rock Band celebrates Facebook milestone with Stevie Wonder, Coldplay, Breaking Benjamin, and Dream Theater
In honor of the Rock Band Facebook page topping 2 million "Likes," Harmonix decided to let news loose a bit early about some varied, excellent artists arriving on Rock Band 3's DLC service in the "coming weeks and months." We're actually inclined to skip right over two of the groups -- Breaking Benjamin and Dream Theater -- as they've both already had DLC tracks added to RB3 in the past. Here are the two brand new biggies: Stevie Wonder and Coldplay. We simply cannot say "Hooray!" loudly enough. No mention is made of which songs specifically will be launched, but Coldplay, Breaking Benjamin, and Stevie Wonder all have full track packs on the way, while Dream Theater's keeping it more low key with a single. Perhaps if you go "like" the Facebook page we can get Stevie Wonder right now? Maybe just one track, even? [Thanks, libregkd]
Rock Band Weekly: Slipknot
Slipknot arrives in a four-pack of DLC for Rock Band next week. The band, with songs like "Pulse of the Maggots" and "Wait and Bleed," is a little disturbing to look at. So, here's an adorable Shar-Pei eating toilet paper! Track details, pricing after the break. [Image from Istvan Csak / Shutterstock]
