Rock Band DLC

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John Lennon DLC for Rock Band 3
Imagine that!

John Lennon's seminal solo album Imagine is this week's big addition to the Rock Band store.

The album's ubiquitous title track came as standard on the Rock Band 3 disc but now Harmonix has announced that the rest of the album will also be available from 22nd November.

The tracklisting runs as follows:

    * Crippled Inside
    * Jealous Guy
    * It's So Hard
    * I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama
    * Gimme Some Truth
    * Oh My Love
    * How Do You Sleep?
    * How?
    * Oh Yoko!

All tracks feature five-button guitar and bass parts, drums, Pro drums, keys, Pro keys and harmonies, where applicable. How Do You Sleep? offers Pro Guitar and Pro Bass expansions for an extra £0.59.

Individual tracks can be picked up for £0.99 / €1.49 / 160 MS Points / 200 Wii Points, or get the lot for £7.49 / €10.99 / 1200 MS Points / 1500 Wii Points.

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Queen DLC for Rock Band 3

Queen is the latest act to power-slide into the Rock Band 3 spotlight, with 13 tracks by the glam rock legends to be made available for download next week.

Two separate track packs hit the Rock Band Store on 7th December. Here are the deets:

Queen Extravaganza Pack 01

    * Hammer to Fall
    * Keep Yourself Alive
    * Now I'm Here
    * Play the Game
    * Tenement Funster
    * We Are the Champions (RB3 version)
    * We Will Rock You (RB3 version)

Queen RB3 Enhanced Pack

    * I Want It All (RB3 version)
    * I Want To Break Free (RB3 version)
    * Killer Queen (RB3 version)
    * One Vision (RB3 version)
    * Somebody To Love (RB3 version)
    * Under Pressure (RB3 version)

All tracks are original master recordings and, apart from We Are The Champions and We Will Rock You, offer Pro Guitar/Bass upgrades.

The Extravaganza Pack will set you back £5.99 / €8.99 / 800 MS Points / 1100 Wii Points. The RB3 Enhanced Pack costs £4.99 / €7.99 / 800 MS Points / 1000 Wii Points.

As usual, individual tracks go for 99p / €1.49 / 160 MS Points / 200 Wii Points, with the Pro Guitar/Bass upgrade an additional 59p.

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Black Sabbath survivor Ozzy Osbourne is the latest artist to get the Rock Band 3 DLC treatment, with an eight-song track pack due out on 31st May.

Timed to coincide with the re-release of his Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of A Madman albums, tracks on offer include Bark at the Moon and Mr Crowley. Here's the full tracklist:

"Bark at the Moon"
"Diary of a Madman"
"Flying High Again"
"I Don't Know"
"Mama, I'm Coming Home"
"Mr. Crowley"
"Over the Mountain"
"Steal Away (The Night)"
Standard DLC prices apply, with individual tracks going for £0.99/€1.49/200 Wii Points/160 Microsoft Points, or you can get the whole lot for £6.69/€9.99/1080 Microsoft Points/1350 Wii Points.

Bark at the Moon and Mama, I'm Coming Home are only available as part of the full track pack. Both those tracks and Mr Crowley also have Pro Guitar and Pro Bass expansions available for an additional £0.59/€0.79/100 Wii Points/80 Microsoft Points.

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Veteran hip hoppers Beastie Boys and soul legend James Brown are among the artists heading to the Rock Band store next week.

The Beasties tracks are Make Some Noise and No Sleep till Brooklyn, while perennial James Brown floor-filler Super Bad, Pts 1 & 2 will also be up for download from 2nd August.

Heart's Barracuda and Tell Me Something Good by Rufus (ft. Chaka Khan) round off the update.

As usual, it's £0.99/â,¬1.49/200 Wii Points/160 Microsoft Points per track. Super Bad and Barracuda also have Pro Guitar and Pro Bass expansions available for an additional £0.59/â,¬0.79/100 Wii Points/80 Microsoft Points.

[nCogNeato]

Love me some Beastie Boys.

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Harmonix moves Rock Band DLC devs over to unannounced projects
5-year-old DLC onslaught finally comes to an end

Harmonix has announced that it will cease to release DLC for Rock Band and its various sequels past 2nd April, in order to make room for work on unannounced games. So ends an add-on roll-out that has lasted over five years, encompassing over 4000 downloadable songs. Thanks for the memories, chaps.

"As you may have seen in our recent announcement regarding the release of Rock Band Blitz tracks as singles, Rock Band DLC production has gradually slowed over the past 5 years," reads a post on the Rock Band forums. "We've managed to maintain a consistent release schedule for a staggering 275 consecutive weeks, releasing over 4,000 songs for the Rock Band Platform, but in recent months we've scaled production down as we've transitioned resources onto other projects.

"With several new titles in development and developers needed to usher these new games along, April 2nd will be the last weekly DLC release for Rock Band. While there is no content currently scheduled beyond April 2nd, we still have DLC releases lined up for the next few weeks, including the remaining tracks from RB Blitz, several Pro guitar upgrades, and a handful of artists who have not yet appeared in Rock Band."

Curious as to what those new games might be? Here's a hint: Harmonix job listings posted last year point to "real-time, single-player combat experiences for a brand new IP on next-generation hardware". It's likely a new Dance Central game is in development, too, given the franchise's not inconsiderable popularity.

"We're incredibly proud of the DLC milestones we've set," the post goes on. "Especially producing the largest music library of any game available, and we wouldn't have been able to release as much outstanding content without the support of our amazing community. As thanks to the community, we're going to continue the ongoing DLC sale of 50% off over 1,100 songs so fans can continue to build their personal libraries from our back catalog."

"We hope that you'll all agree that this has been a tremendous run, and you should know it's a ride that we at Harmonix have been thrilled to be a part of. We're going to continue to support the forums and RockBand.com and hope to still see you rocking out online, in photos of Rock Band parties shared on Twitter and Facebook, or here on the forums.

"Whether you waited in line for a midnight release of Rock Band over 5 years ago, or you just joined the party with Rock Band Blitz... whether you've downloaded every single song we've ever released, or you've just played on disc songs until your neighbors moved away... whether you're a metal shredder, or a bubblegum pop singer... thank you for being a part of our band."

In the words of Semisonic, every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

[nCogNeato]

Wow.

I personally stopped buying Rock Band DLC after a super huge sale they had a year or so ago.  I bought more than I would probably ever play.