HMXSean the community forum leader for Harmonix on the official Rock Band forums, has said that the article from dailygaming.net is absolutely false.

HMXSean said "In no way is this true. It is well written satire but it is very much satire."

Stopping any wild claims of a Metallica lawsuit against Red Octane, Activision or Harmonix.
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"An anonymous Microsoft employee claims Rock Band will in fact cost $199 as has been speculated, and that Xbox 360 owners will not be able to play the game using wireless controllers."
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Jon and Chip Carter of Tulsa World give their breakdown of the latest news happenings in the world of gaming. They let us in on the best of show winners from this year's E3, the happenings at the upcoming Penny Arcade Expo, the Square-Enix Fan Festival 2007 and the first North American winner of the professional Championship Gaming Series.

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Jonathan Gitlin of ArsTechnica reports:
"The thoroughly addictive Guitar Hero, a particular favorite here at Ars, has helped Activision post some rather spectacular profits. EA, normally known for derivative franchise games such as the terrible NASCAR sim, doesn't want to give up without a fight, though, and its rival to the Guitar Hero series, Rock Band, is due out later this year.

Like Guitar Hero, Rock Band will let you play guitar. Unlike Guitar Hero, Rock Band will also let you play drums, bass, and sing; there's even a cowbell. Of course, each one of those will mean a separate peripheral, and that means even more money for EA. Earlier this year, Ben covered the predicted cost of a Rock Band set up: $300. You can therefore imagine my surprise when Best Buy advertised the game for preorder earlier this week at the low, low, price of $60."
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Sales for EA's Rock Band title scared over the weekend as consumers pre-ordered 200$ box sets of the new music tilte for Microsoft's Xbox 360 ans Sony's PS3.

The Xbox 360 Rock Band Special Edition rose 29.680 percent in sales by sat. evening. As of Mon. morning the tile had beci=ome the #4 best selling item at Amazon.com's Computer & Video Games division.

Sales for the PS3 Rock Band Special Edition increased by 4.586 percent by sat. evening. It's currently ranked # 74 in the Coputer & Video Games division.
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No HMV shenanigans here! Rock Band: Special Edition is now ready for pre-order on Amazon.com. Both the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions are available for $199 plus free shipping. they currently have it listed as shipping on Nov. 20, but as we all know, these things can change.

There is a $20 difference in the cost of the PS3 Wireless Guitar ($59) and the 360 Wireless Guitar ($79). There has been speculation that this is due to the licensing fee EA had to pay to acquire Xbox's proprietary wireless technology.

Also, check out the box art.
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The votes have been tallied and the Best of E3 2007 Winners have been announced.

Rock Band with 3 seperate votes took first...just barely ahead of Mass Effect who placed second with 2 votes. However, the surprise comes with the games that took the rest of the places:

Bioshock
Burnout Paradise
Call of Duty 4
Crysis
Halo 3
Killzone 2
LittleBigPlanet
Madden NFL 08
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Virtua Fighter 5
World in Conflict

Gamecriticsawards.com even broke down the tally further and the console with the most wins was...Xbox 360 (acquiring 11 wins), followed in second by the Playstation 3 (aquiring 8 votes). Third place was the PC (with 4 votes), and tied for fourth was both the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS. Oddly enough, the PSP was last...not even getting one game on the list this year!
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During E3, MTV Games and Harmonix revealed plans to release weekly downloadable content for its forthcoming rhythm, action, and music game Rock Band, and it now appears that will also include Nirvana's Nevermind. According to reports, the classic rock album will be made available after the game launches at the end of the year - there's no specific release date yet. EA, which will publish Rock Band, was unavailable for comment on the reports at the time of writing. The first full album to be ...
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Harmonix has already stated that Metallica and The Who will be included in the "weekly downloadable content" as full downloadable albums. Nirvana has also been included in the mix, adding their classic album Nevermind.

Also given is an update regarding the venues used in Rock Band.
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Electronic Arts has addressed the USD 199 price point that retailers recently applied to the company's upcoming Rock Band title, insisting it is nothing more than "pure speculation."
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