Well, coming up to 9 months after Rock Band was released in the United States and Canada and 1 month after it was released as an Xbox 360 exclusive here in the United Kingdom, MTV games and Harmonix have announced Rock Band 2!
The game has been scheduled for release in September, 2008 on the Xbox 360 first with it being released on other platforms later in the year. It has been confirmed that all the peripheral and downloadable content from Rock Band will be back-ward compatible with the sequel which is great news for everyonebody who don't want to re-purchase all the songs they downloaded for the first game.
Rock Band 2 has said to have quite a few new things added to its already great foundation od co-coperative band play, miltiple instruments, great online multiplayer experience, raising the bar by bringing a new level of depth to the game, better connectivity and a bunch of new features. Some of these features include:
- An improved and bigger sountrack than before featuring some of rock's more famous acts, comprised entirely of master recordings instead of the cover versions you heard in the first game. That's a very good thing if you like jamming to the original instead of some cover artist making a hash of the song they're covering.
- New online modes that will connect all the rockers of the community in even more ways that ever before, locally and globally. That seems like a great prospect after the disappointing online play in Rock Band.
-Much More.
Much more details about features and music for Rock Band 2 will be revealed at the E3 Media and Business Summit this year. Over 40 awards were won by Rock Band last year including Best of Show E3 2007.
Harmonix and MTV Games announced today that the online music store for Rock Band has surpassed 15 million paid downloads since the game's release in late Novemeber 2007. To date, over 200 tracks are currently available to date via download purchase, the store allows plays to preview and then purchase downloadable tracks, packs and albums from the large selection of tracks and alums available.
So, after reading reading the info above, do you think Rock Band 2 will be a good sequel? Will you actually buy the game when it's released in September?