From The Site...Rhythm/Music games are cash cows that everyone wants to ride and now it PEPSI's turn to ride, Last month it was rumored that in thier upcoming promotion PEPSI will have daily giveaways of Rock Band downloadable tracks, allegedly up to a million tracks.
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Although music games may see moderate decreases in sales this year, the genre is "here to stay," according to Cowen Group analyst Doug Creutz -- and he's betting on Activision and Guitar Hero as the category's ultimate leader.

Band games, in attracting new audiences, have created a permanent market position, says Creutz. And as the industry is challenged to post year-over-year growth in the current climate, he expects Activision's music games will be up "modestly," or .7 percent year over year.

"We believe music genre sales for the company will be driven by an expansion of the release slate in 2009, which should broaden sales to core consumers," says Creutz.
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Styx and REO Speedwagon are two of the most commercially successful American rock bands from the late 70s and early 80s. The REO Speedwagon/Styx Tour '09 Pack will include three of Styx's biggest singles that were recently re-recorded, including Blue Collar Man (Long Nights) and Renegade originally featured on the band's eighth studio album Pieces of Eight (1978), plus Too Much Time on My Hands originally featured on the band's 1981 concept album Paradise Theatre, the band's highest charting album of all time. Also included in the 7-pack are REO Speedwagon's timeless classics Ridin' the Storm Out, originally featured on the band's third album of the same name (1973), Roll With the Changes, originally featured on the band's seventh studio album, You can Tune a Piano but You Can't Tuna Fish (1978) and Take It on the Run, originally featured on the band's 9-times platinum 1980 album Hi Infidelity.
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Harmonix and MTV Games announced today that the officially licensed Rock Band Kick Pedalwith Double Bass Adaptor from Performance Designed Products (PDP) is available now at retail stores. The Rock Band Kick Pedal with Double Bass Adaptor allows players to use two Rock Band kick pedals at the same time.
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Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that metal band Bullet For My Valentine and alternative rockers The Shins will make their debut next week in the Rock Band® Music Store of downloadable content. In addition, heavy metal band Black Tide delivers another explosive track to Rock Band fans.
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MTV Games and Harmonix's Rock Band are joining forces with Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment to celebrate the May 8th theatrical release of the film STAR TREK from director/producer J.J. Abrams. The first-of-its-kind collaboration will fuse together the massive cultural followings of both STAR TREK and the video game phenomenon Rock Band to engage fans with free music, an in-game battle of the bands, and futuristic avatar creation contest.
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Nyko's new heavy-duty drum pedal for Rock Band and Guitar Hero is now available in stores for $19.99.

The Metal Pedal is compatible with Rock Band 1 and 2, Guitar Hero: World Tour and Guitar Hero: Metallica on all consoles. Simply plug the pedal directly into the drum set and you are good to go!
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Kotaku writes: "MTV Games and Pepsi appear to be teaming up for a Rock Band-themed, Pepsi-soaked promotion this Summer, giving away up to 1 million free Rock Band tracks to lucky sugared soft drink swillers."
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IncGamers are reporting that next week's Rock Band DLC update includes three Spongebob Squarepants songs, in addition to Journey's "Don't Stop Believing", Pat Benatar's "Heartbreaker", Glasvegas' "Geraldine", and the Von Bondies' "C'mon C'mon."
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GamePlasma writes:

"MTV Games and Harmonix have announced that the Rock Band Franchise has made over $1 Billion in sales in North American retail within the past 15 months, according to The NPD Group. Rock Band, according to NPD figures, was also the number one title of 2008 by revenue across all game genres."
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Amidst the drunkenness at the Harmonix Rock Band party, Joystiq learned that Pat Benatar's "other really popular song" is headed to Rock Band 2. If you rule out "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" (Guitar Hero 3 launch and Rock Band via DLC) and "Heartbreaker" (Guitar Hero: World Tour), that pretty much leaves "Love Is A Battlefield" as the likely contender.

Either that, or they'll go for something super obscure like "Somebody's Baby" from her 1993 "Gravity's Rainbow" album. Uh ... not that Joystiq knew that off-hand or anything.
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1UP is reporting that Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" is coming to Rock Band on Xbox 360 on Tuesday, March 31 and PS3 on Thursday, April 2.
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Harmonix has announced they will be adding Pearl Jam's debut album, Ten, to the Rock Band Store. It will be appearing on the Xbox Live Marketplace on Tuesday, March 24, the same day a deluxe edition reissue of the CD will be available in stores. PlayStation 3 owners will get a chance to download it on Thursday, March 26.

The full album will be available for $17.99 on the PS3 (or 1440 Microsoft Points on the Xbox 360). Individual tracks from the album will also be made available to download for the standard price of $1.99 on the PS3 (or 160 Microsoft Points on the Xbox 360) per track.
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PS3Trophies.co.uk : The 'Classic Rock' track pack for Rock Band is hitting stores soon, and it's bringing trophies!

Silver: 8
Bronze: 4

Total: 12
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The official tally of playable music in the Rock Band catalog is 591 songs. PWN or DIE wanted to take a look at this list and see what they can tell about the songs they have chosen to include so far. They took time to make graphs to show some of the data compared by genre, decade, source, and more. Some of what they found is is a little surprising.
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Ve3tro writes: "Harmonix and MTV Games today announced the addition of four new tracks to the Rock Band Music Store catalogue of downloadable content including songs from alternative rockers R.E.M. and The Offspring. In addition, British guitarist and songwriter Richard Thompson makes his Rock Band debut.

Known as one of the pioneers of the alternative rock movement, R.E.M. makes its second appearance in the Rock Band music library with next week's release of the band's mainstream breakthrough hit "Losing My Religion" from the 1991 album Out Of Time. R.E.M.'s track "Orange Crush" was featured on the original Rock Band soundtrack.

The Offspring deliver two tracks this week including "All I Want" featured on their 1997 album Ixnay on the Hombre and "The Kids Aren't Alright" from the band's 1998 album Americana. Rock Band fans now have access to a total of seven songs from The Offspring in the Rock Band music library.

Rock guitarist and critically acclaimed songwriter Richard Thompson makes his Rock Band debut with the addition of "The Way That It Shows" to the Rock Band Music Store. The song was released on Thompson's 1994 album Mirror Blue. Thompson's distinct sound and celebrated career earned him numerous awards including Rolling Stone's 2003 Top 20 Guitarists of All-Time and the 2006 BBC Lifetime Achievement Award."
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14 tracks from Jimmy Eat World, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and No Doubt will be added to the Rock Band Music Store for Nintendo Wii this tomorrow. Wii fans should rejoice as the music is coming quicker to the platform than before. In fact, the music from No Doubt and Stevie Ray Vaughan will be released for Wii the same day as the Xbox 360 and two days before the Playstation 3, just announced on Friday. The Jimmy Eat World tracks were just added to the other two consoles the week before.
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Next week music from No Doubt and Stevie Ray Vaughan will be added to the Rock Band DLC catalog. No Doubt will add one more song added from their Return of Saturn album while all ten songs from Stevie Ray Vaughan's debut album Texas Flood will be available as a pack or individually.
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Harmonix and MTV Games announced today the addition of eight remaining tracks from The Cars' self-titled 1978 debut album to the Rock Band Music Store catalog of downloadable content for Wii home videogame console from Nintendo.

The lineup includes classic rock hits "Good Times Roll," "My Best Friend's Girl," "I'm in Touch with Your World," "Don't Cha Stop," "You're All I've Got Tonight," "Bye Bye Love," "Moving in Stereo" and "All Mixed Up." "Just What I Needed," also featured on The Cars album, was released to the Rock Band Wii music catalog in January.
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Harmonix and MTV Games today announced the debut of five alternative country acts to the Rock Band Music Store catalog of downloadable content including artists Neko Case, Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, Drive-By Truckers and Old 97's. Rock Band fans will also get a 3-pack from alternative rock band Jimmy Eat World.
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