A ton of new details on Harmonix's Rock Band have swaggered onto the internet, revealing the likes of four-player online play on both PS3 and Xbox 360 and that the game's drums are insane. Apparently.

Information has come from a feature on Rock Band appearing in Game Informer magazine, which a poster on NeoGaf has waded through and picked out the juicy bits.

According what's been posted, the game will have four unique campaigns for guitar, drums, bass and vocals in addition to a "full band game" that it's explained "is designed to allow for one huge co-op playthrough" which can occur online for offline - or apparently a combination of both.
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Are you ready to rock... without Guitar Hero? The first images of thrash-metal-contender Rock Band have finally strutted out on stage and all we can say is "damn that still looks a lot like Guitar Hero." Similar visual stylings aside, Rock Band hopes to one-up its predecessor in every conceivable way, offering different music tracks for drums, vocals, bass and lead guitar, plus the ability to play online with three other rock ... » Read More

Harmonix has posted an open letter to future rockers asking what they'd like to see in their upcoming title Rock Band. Other than letting gamers know that the Rock Band guitar will be modeled after the Fender Stratocaster, gamers really don't know much more about the title. Obviously, the song list isn't complete yet and Harmonix needs your help.
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Ever since Activision and Harmonix went their separate ways, each announcing a new modern rhythm game -- Guitar Hero 3 and Rock Band, respectively -- fans have wondered which will lead the pack. In a conference call chronicled over at Gamasutra, Activision officials explained why they believe their horse is the smart bet -- and trash talked the competition a bit.
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Harmonix has confirmed for GameSpot that it has signed an exclusive deal with Fender Musical Instruments to feature their guitars exclusively in Rock Band, and to base the upcoming guitar peripheral for the game upon the company's most famous model, the Stratocaster.

Harmonix also said the game will feature the Roland Corporation and BOSS brands, known for their synthesizers and guitar effects pedals respectively. However, Rigopulos would not say whether those companies would have their names grace Rock Band peripherals, or if the licensing deals were exclusive.

One last bit of information was stated by Harmonix president and co-founder Alex Rigopulos "The team at Harmonix feels that interoperability between various music games and peripherals is in the best interest of the gamers, so yes, we do intend to support the existing Guitar Hero guitar controllers, as well as other third-party guitar controllers, to the greatest degree possible in Rock Band, having said that, there will be some cool new features of the official Rock Band Fender Stratocaster Controller that aren't present in the existing Guitar Hero controllers."
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After this was the reported pricing for Rock Band and it's accessories by Gamestop:
- Rock Band [Game] -- $59.99
- Rock Band Guitar -- $59.99
- Rock Band Wireless Guitar -- $79.99
- Rock Band Drum Set -- $79.99
- Rock Band Microphone -- $39.99

An employee from the company responds with the official line:

"Let me nip this one in the bud right now. Those are estimated prices and not official in any even remote way. We haven't even decided on prices ultimately, much less announced them."
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EBGames is suggesting that the prices of peripherals for EA's recently announced Rock Band game will range from $39.99 to $79.99. Specifically, the 'Rock Band Wireless Guitar Controller' will retail at $79.99, the standard 'Rock Band Guitar Controller' at $59.99, the 'Rock Band Drum Set' $79.99 and the 'Rock Band Microphone' at $39.99. The game itself, which is heading to PS3 and Xbox 360, is listed with a $59.99 price tag. Assuming these prices are accurate, starting your own rock band is ... » Read More

Harmonix developer Jason Booth has confirmed that the Guitar Hero X-plorer Controller will work with MTV's Rock Band.

For some reason, IGN posted that Rock Band will not be compatable with Guitar Hero guitars. I thought I'd drop in and let you know that this is not correct.

The Guitar Hero X-plorer Controller feels just like a real guitar, making it the ultimate way to jam on your Xbox 360.
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Kotaku points out that EBGameStop is already on point, ready to start racking up the preorders for Harmonix's Rock Band. Not only do they list the game for the PS3 and the Xbox 360, the also list accessories for each version, along with potential prices.
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Yesterday, Harmonix, Electronic Arts and MTV jointly announced Rock Band, an ambitious evolution of the game style Harmonix started with Guitar Hero. In Rock Band, players wouldn't be restricted to only the guitar and bass, as both drums and singing will also be playable instruments simultaneously. Many have figured Harmonix has been on the path to creating this game for some time, but how are they going to pull it off?
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New details have arrived on Rock Band, including online gameplay details and possible Wii support.

Online gameplay will be playing a massive part in the game, as it was mentioned that "virtual bands" can be made with either people in your living room or people around the world to compete against other virtual bands. Also, Harmonix claims to have developed a "brilliant technical solution" to deal with any possible latency issues that would arise with fierce online play.
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Cambridge (Massachusetts)-based developer Harmonix has teamed up with EA and MTV to develop Rock Band, a new music game that "takes the core premise of Guitar Hero and expands it tenfold." If you thought Guitar Hero's two-player mode was cool, Rock Band hopes to blow you away with a new four-player option that lets you jam with other players over the internet, reports USA Today. Alex Rigopulos, co-founder of Harmonix, revealed that the new game "lets you create a complete collaborative band," ... » Read More

The link below will take you to Rock Band's official site for more information and details.
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Guitar Hero was just the opening act. MTV and the developers of that video game have a headliner in the works called Rock Band, which lets four music lovers gig together in person or online.

Expected in stores for the year-end holidays, the Electronic Arts game (no price set) for the Microsoft Xbox 360 and Sony PlayStation 3 will be played with four instrument-based video game controllers: two guitars (lead and bass), a drum kit and a microphone.

In the popular game Guitar Hero, players tap color-coded fret keys and strum a guitar-shaped controller in time with scrolling on-screen notes. Rock Band "takes the core premise of Guitar Hero and expands it tenfold," says Alex Rigopulos, co-founder of Harmonix, which developed the game and the Karaoke Revolution games. "It lets you create a complete collaborative band."
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