As you might have noticed from my article over the weekend, I traveled up to Chicago (DeKalb to be exact) to catch up with the Rock Band Tour. I’ll say this much, it was well worth it. While I was there I spent some time with John Drake of Harmonix. He took me in the bus and let me rock out for a while and then sat down for an interview. Check it out after the jump.
There has been no shortage of buzz surrounding Rock Band since it was announced. It takes the idea of the highly popular Guitar Hero franchise to the next level. I had the pleasure of testing it out recently (more on that tomorrow) and it definitely lives up to the hype. However, one concern everyone seems to have is the price.
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If you're as excited about Rock Band as I am, you want to get your hands on it as soon as possible, right? Thanks to the guys at Harmonix, you're going to have that chance starting this Sunday when they hit the road and go on tour.
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Harmonix announced today that they will indeed be brining Rock Band to Europe on the PS2, PS3 and Xbox 360 sometime in early 2008. While that's going to be a little behind the US launch, they're going to get some localized music content to make up for it.
It's really cool to hear that Harmonix has decided to change what music will be played on the European version of the game. It's a little hard to imagine that there are plenty of bands that are huge across the pond that we've never even heard of.
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Rock Band is going to be great, I have no doubt of this. They've already promised great bands, and a ton of awesome tracks. The peripherals look solid, and the gameplay is going to rock. But how much is it going to cost? According to Best Buy, it's going to be much cheaper than we first thought.
A little earlier today Rock Band went up for pre-order on Best Buy's website for just $59.99. If you go to their website, it will still probably tell you the low price, however, shortly after putting it up for pre-order, the link was replaced with a “Coming Soon” image.
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I've been pretty excited about Rock Band since it was first announced, and apparently those that actually had the opportunity to play it at this year's E3 thought it lived up to the hype. Rock Band was given top honors as it won Best of Show at E3 2007.
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Rock Band is shaping up to be one of the best games I've seen in a long while. Harmonix has really gone all-out with not only the instruments that you get to play, but also on the songs you'll be able to rock. We can officially add Nirvana to the list of bands that we'll be seeing.
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I really wish that Harmonix would settle on a price for Rock Band and make an official announcement. This would put an end to all of the speculation over pricing that we've seen lately. Amazon added Rock Band to their store, along with their own price tag.
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According to EA, Rock Band is no longer being considered just a game, they're calling it “a platform.” I would imagine that for the price we're going to end up paying, it's probably best to consider it to be an entire platform that will grow over the years.
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What would E3 be without some Rock Band coverage? The guys over at Giz got a chance to sit down and play with the new drum kit for the upcoming title.
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According to a memo that has shown up at Game Crazy that shows us the potential prices for the Rock Band peripherals.
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Looking forward to Rock Band? Join the crowd, we're pretty excited about it around here. We've already gotten a peek at the Fender Stat that we'll be rocking on, but what will the drummer be playing? Now we've got a pretty good idea.
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