Twelve Iron Maiden tracks will be available to download for the hit gaming title, Rock Band.

The tracks will be downloadable from 9 June for the Xbox 360 and Wii, 11 June for the PS3. This coincides with the release of Flight 666 on DVD and Blue Ray, a documentary of Iron Maiden's first leg in the Somewhere Back In Time World Tour.
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Jun 2, 2009

Full Games List From Microsoft's E3 2009 Press Conference

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360 - Rock Band - Full Games List From Microsoft's E3 2009 Press Conference

Full Games List From Microsoft's E3 2009 Press Conference:

Multiplatform:

* The Beatles: Rock Band
* Tony Hawk: Ride
* Modern Warefare 2

XBLA Exclusives:

* Shadow Complex
* Joyride

Xbox 360 Exclusives:

* Crackdown 2
* Left 4 Dead 2
* Splinter Cell: Conviction
* Forza Motorsport 3
* Halo: ODST
* Halo: Reach
* Alan Wake
* Project Natal

Unknown Exclusivity:
* Metal Gear Solid Rising
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May 28, 2009

Iron Maiden Rock Band DLC

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360 - Rock Band - Iron Maiden Rock Band DLC

12 songs from Iron Maiden coming as DLC, confirmed via the Rock Band Zine. Posted by caliblue15.
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May 21, 2009

MTV Games Gives You the Chance to Win A Moonman

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360 - Rock Band - MTV Games Gives You the Chance to Win A Moonman

GamingShogun.com writes: "Today, MTV and MTV Games, a part of Viacom's MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B) and Pepsi announced a multi-platform "Drink Up, Rock Out" promotion that will give away thousands of Rock Band® DLC music tracks and games. Music lovers and gamers nationwide will be able to win prizes instantly and will have the opportunity to participate in the first-ever Pepsi Rock Band music video contest..."
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May 17, 2009

Weekly Game Releases - 17th-23rd May

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360 - Rock Band - Weekly Game Releases - 17th-23rd May

Weekly Game Releases - 17th-23rd May for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PSP, PS2, Wii and DS.
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May 16, 2009

Expected Xbox 360 DLC For May 18th-23rd 2009

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360 - Rock Band - Expected Xbox 360 DLC For May 18th-23rd 2009

lvl2 writes:

"Welcome to the weekly round-up of DLC content expected to hit Xbox LIVE in the week ahead. We have tried our best of compile all the planned updates into one, so if we forgot any, please forgive us. This week is pretty dead, only a few pieces of content, most likely because of E3 coming up."
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May 15, 2009

Alice Cooper Hitting Rock Band

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360 - Rock Band - Alice Cooper Hitting Rock Band

IncGamers report that six Alice Cooper tracks will be going up on the Rock Band Music Store next week, in addition to three tracks by Taking Back Sunday.
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May 13, 2009

Höfner bass guitar controller for Rock Band revealed

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360 - Rock Band - Höfner bass guitar controller for Rock Band revealed

If you're excited for the upcoming release of The Beatles: Rock Band Limited Edition Premium Bundle, then you'll be pleased to hear that you're going to have yet another guitar controller option on your hands. This time, it's a Höfner bass guitar controller.
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May 11, 2009

Rock Band Pearl Jam Coming?

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360 - Rock Band - Rock Band Pearl Jam Coming?

G4TV writes:

Harmonix developer HMXHenry posted a request on the official Rock Band boards for music fans to help contribute to a "forthcoming Rock Band" project involving Pearl Jam.

"We need your help!" reads the request. "Ten Club, MTV Games and Harmonix's Rock Band, and Rhapsody are teaming up to let you, Pearl Jam's biggest fans, help us choose the best versions of Pearl Jam live songs that will be presented for the first-ever fan voted set list for a forthcoming Rock Band project."

Here's what songs you get to choose from, courtesy of the band.
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May 10, 2009

Expected Xbox 360 DLC For May 11th-16th 2009

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360 - Rock Band - Expected Xbox 360 DLC For May 11th-16th 2009

lvl2 writes:

"Welcome to the weekly round-up of DLC content expected to hit Xbox LIVE in the week ahead. We have tried our best of compile all the planned updates into one, so if we forgot any, please forgive us. Not much is being released this week, but Fable II fans should be happy at least."
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May 8, 2009

Next Week's Rock Band DLC Announced

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360 - Rock Band - Next Week's Rock Band DLC Announced

IncGamers report that next week, the Rock Band music store will see an influx of tracks from Social Distortion, Steely Dan, and Disturbed, in addition to a track each from Elvis Costello and The Replacements.
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May 6, 2009

Music games off 36% this year, EA expects Rock Band sales down $400 million

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360 - Rock Band - Music games off 36% this year, EA expects Rock Band sales down $400 million

Buried in today's Elecrtonic Arts earnings call was this amazing revelation from COO John Pleasants: Revenue for music/rhythm games was down 36% during the first quarter of the year and 42% in March, per NPD. As a result, EA has cut the gross sales revenue it expects from its EA Partner division, which distributes "Rock Band" for Viacom.

That's a huge decline. And keep in mind that there weren't any major music game releases during the first quarter of last year, while 2009 saw "Guitar Hero: Metallica" (albeit at the very end of March). As we started to see in late 2008, sales of "Rock Band 2" and "Guitar Hero: World Tour" must be down massively from the original "Rock Band" and "Guitar Hero III."

And while EA CEO John Riccitiello said he feels "really bullish" about "Rock Band: Beatles Edition," the fact that the company is expecting $400 million less in sales indicates just how big an impact continued sales of "Rock Band" through last year mattered, and how far "Rock Band 2" is lagging.
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May 3, 2009

Upcoming RockBand Tracks Dated and Detailed

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360 - Rock Band - Upcoming RockBand Tracks Dated and Detailed

Mike Hartnett at Tawkn.com writes: "Harmonix has just released the latest list of RockBand tracks set to hit the XBL Marketplace May 2nd and PS Store May 7th."
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May 3, 2009

Expected Xbox 360 DLC For May 4th-9th 2009

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360 - Rock Band - Expected Xbox 360 DLC For May 4th-9th 2009

This week music fans should be happy because lots of music will be hitting LIVE this week. Also Fallout 3 fans get their 3rd bit of DLC, out of what is expected to be 4 parts.
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May 2, 2009

'Rock Band' reaches 666 tracks

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360 - Rock Band - 'Rock Band' reaches 666 tracks

Harmonix and MTV Games have announced that Rock Band has arrived at a "metal milestone", reaching 666 tracks.
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Apr 28, 2009

Rock Band gets Jane's Addiction DLC, available now

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360 - Rock Band - Rock Band gets Jane's Addiction DLC, available now

Harmonix and MTV Games have recently added the Jane's Addiction album, Nothing's Shocking, to the line-up of downloadable content (DLC) that you're now able to buy and download to play with your Xbox 360 version of Rock Band.
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Apr 22, 2009

Pepsi Rock Band Contest Is A Reality

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360 - Rock Band - Pepsi Rock Band Contest Is A Reality

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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Apr 22, 2009

Analyst: Guitar Hero To Lead 2009 Band Game Wars

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360 - Rock Band - Analyst: Guitar Hero To Lead 2009 Band Game Wars

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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Apr 17, 2009

REO Speedwagon & Styx Coming to Rock Band Next Week

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360 - Rock Band - REO Speedwagon & Styx Coming to Rock Band Next Week

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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Apr 8, 2009

Rock Band Kick Pedal with Double Bass Adaptor Ships

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360 - Rock Band - Rock Band Kick Pedal with Double Bass Adaptor Ships

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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