Rock Band
Five tracks on the way from Warped Tour festival artists.
Cambridge, Mass. – June 19, 2009 - Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that five tracks from artists performing on this year’s international Warped Tour will be added to the Rock Band® Music Store of downloadable content next week for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system.
The Warped Tour is an annual international music and extreme sports festival that began in 1994. The bulk of this summer’s Warped Tour dates are between the end of June and the end of August. The tour features a diverse line-up of bands, as well as pro-skating and BMX exhibitions, and now part of that line-up is available to music lovers and gamers who own Rock Band. Master recordings from A Day to Remember, Bad Religion, Chiodos, Escape the Fate and Underoath will be available June 23, in the Rock Band Music Store.
Additionally this week, Rock Band is bringing a three pack of hits from American rockers Maroon 5 to the Music Store. Maroon 5 has sold almost 15 million albums worldwide and won a Grammy Award in 2005 for Best New Artist.
Tracks:
A Day to Remember “The Downfall of Us All”
Bad Religion “21st Century Digital Boy”
Chiodos “I didn’t Say I Was Powerful, I said I was a Wizard”
Escape the Fate “The Flood”
Underoath “Reinventing Your Exit”
Maroon 5 “Little of Your Time”
Maroon 5 “Makes Me Wonder”
Maroon 5 “Wake Up Call”
(All tracks are original master recordings)
These tracks will be available for purchase as part of the “Warped Tour Pack” or “Maroon 5 Pack” or as individual tracks for Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 systems.
Release Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2009
(Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360)
Thursday, June 24, 2009
(PlayStation®Store)
** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change **
Price: $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track
$5.49 (440 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for “Maroon 5 Pack”
$8.49 (680 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for "Warped Tour Pack"
Locations: Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360
PlayStation®Network
Music Videos:
Click on the track below to view the song’s corresponding music video. Videos can be embedded on your site.
A Day to Remember “The Downfall of Us All”
Escape the Fate “The Flood”
Maroon 5 “Wake Up Call”
Website Links:
For more information, please visit:
Rock Band Website
Warped Tour Website
Maroon 5 Website
Rock Band 2 is available for Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3 system, PlayStation®2 system and Wii.
There are now more than 700 tracks available to date via disc and download purchase (complete list of tracks at www.rockband.com/music). Rock Band continues to satisfy music fans’ and gamers' voracious appetite for rock with more than 40 million paid downloads since its launch Nov. 20, 2007. The Rock Band Music Store allows players to preview and purchase downloadable individual music tracks and packs from the vast selection of offerings available to date without ever leaving the game as they build their own custom Rock Band library.
Rock Band and Rock Band 2 are rated "T" for Teen (lyrics, suggestive themes) by the ESRB. Music downloads are not rated by the ESRB.
For more information on Rock Band2 and Harmonix Music Systems please visit www.rockband.com and www.harmonixmusic.com.
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