Rock Band 2 Announced

[BITCH I LOOK LIKE GOKU]

Surprise! Rock Band 2 announced - Joystiq

It will support all of your DLC from Rock Band 1, has updated instruments (meaning they hopefully won't break out of the box), and the guitar has faux wooden frets.

* The title will release with an exclusive launch window for Xbox 360 and later this year to the Playstation 3, Playstation 2 and Nintendo Wii.
* Rock Band 2 will feature backwards compatibility with all Rock Band downloadable music content released to date.
* Owners of the original Rock Band will have the ability to export most of the Rock Band disc tracks and upgrade them into Rock Band 2 gameplay-the first time ever in videogame history!
* With ongoing weekly DLC releases including individual tracks, track packs and full albums, the Rock Band music library will feature more than 500 songs by year’s end!
* Local and global online modes to connect the entire Rock Band community
* World Tour mode, now online, simplifies the best of gameplay from the original Rock Band by fusing Solo Tour and Band World Tour modes and cranks it up a notch with an all new collection of opportunity gigs, challenges, cities, venues and hirable staff
* Tour Challenges that offer rockers a chance to play through mini-campaigns focused on the best songs by instrument, decade, genre, artist, album and more
* Battle of the Bands mode challenges players to go head to head against other bands in constantly refreshed contests* created by Harmonix (*internet connection required)
* Quickplay makes it easier than ever to get in and jam without hassle while allowing for new prefab characters or customized characters that can play on any instrument plus lets you make your own set lists and organize your song lists in a variety of categories (genre, era, etc.)
* Customizable Set Lists keep the music rolling and your band rocking in Quickplay mode
* Drum Trainer mode gives players the fundamentals of different beats and fills, translating gameplay into real drumming skills
* Character Creator completes your look with all new choices in clothing, accessories, tattoos, hairstyles, instruments and more to keep your unique rock avatar playing the full rock part
* Backwards compatibility with all Rock Band downloadable music content released to date
* The Rock Band 2 soundtrack will feature over 100 songs - with over 80 songs on disc plus an additional 20 bonus tracks which will be made available for free download this fall .

* Unrivaled Blend of Classic, Developing and Emerging rock acts including Pearl Jam, Metallica, Allman Brothers, Motorhead, Devo, Jane's Addiction, Megadeth, Paramore, Modest Mouse and more.
* Rock Band 2 is the first and only video game to feature the music of AC/DC. It includes their epic rock anthem, "Let There Be Rock”
* After 14 years since Guns N’ Roses last official music release, Axl Rose selects Rock Band 2 to debut official new track, “Shackler’s Revenge” from the highly-anticipated album Chinese Democracy
* For the first time ever, music from American music icon, Bob Dylan, is featured in a video game with “Tangled Up In Blue”
* Fender Stratocaster Controller takes on a new authentic look plus adds a reinforced strum bar, quieter buttons, wireless functionality and a built in calibration tool that automatically sets your AV setup to an ideal setting for maximum rock.
* Drum set goes wireless while also featuring quieter, velocity sensitive drum pads and a metal reinforced pedal.
* Microphone showcases authentic styling and weight.
* Fender Telecaster Controller features soft buttons with lower action to help you shred faster than ever.
* Fender Bass Controller, the first bass guitar controller ever, takes the shape of the Fender P-Bass with extended length, tuning pegs and a split strum bar to replicate finger-bass style picking.
* Full-sized Squire Stratocaster Guitar Controller multiplies the authentic guitar experience by featuring a controller built into an actual Squire Stratocaster body.
* Cymbal Expansion Pack is a straightforward but amazing upgrade to the Rock Band 2 drum set featuring add-on cymbals.
* ION Drum Rocker, a real electronic drum kit that functions as a game controller, brings the Rock Band fantasy to life featuring a simple substitution that takes the drum kit from a controller to a real instrument.


Rock Band 2 On-Disc Track List:
Artist - Song Title [Decade]

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock [1970s]
AFI - Girl’s Gone Grey [2000s]
Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know [1990s]
Alice in Chains - Man in the Box [1990s]
Allman Brothers - Ramblin’ Man [1970s]
Avenged Sevenfold - Almost Easy [2000s]
Bad Company - Shooting Star [1970s]
Beastie Boys - So Whatcha Want [1990s]
Beck - E-Pro [2000s]
Bikini Kill - Rebel Girl [1990s]
Billy Idol - White Wedding Pt. I [1980s]
Blondie - One Way or Another [1970s]
Bob Dylan - Tangled Up in Blue [1970s]
Bon Jovi - Livin’ on a Prayer [1980s]
Cheap Trick - Hello There [1970s]
Devo - Uncontrollable Urge [1980s]
Dinosaur Jr. - Feel the Pain [1990s]
Disturbed - Down with the Sickness [2000s]
Dream Theater - Panic Attack [2000s]
Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf [1980s]
Elvis Costello - Pump It Up [1970s]
Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way [1970s]
Foo Fighters - Everlong [1990s]
Guns N’ Roses - Shackler’s Revenge [2000s]
Interpol - PDA [2000s]
Jane’s Addiction - Mountain Song [1980s]
Jethro Tull - Aqualung [1970s]
Jimmy Eat World - The Middle [2000s]
Joan Jett - Bad Reputation [1980s]
Journey - Anyway You Want It [1970s]
Judas Priest - Painkiller [1990s]
Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son [1970s]
L7 - Pretend We’re Dead [1990s]
Lacuna Coil - Our Truth [2000s]
Linkin Park - One Step Closer [2000s]
Lit - My Own Worst Enemy [1990s]
Lush - De-Luxe [1990s]
Mastodon - Colony of Birchmen [2000s]
Megadeth - Peace Sells [1980s]
Metallica - Battery [1980s]
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Where’d You Go [1990s]
Modest Mouse - Float On [2000s]
Motorhead - Ace of Spades [1980s]
Nirvana - Drain You [1990s]
Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky [1960s]
Panic at the Disco - Nine in the Afternoon [2000s]
Paramore - That’s What You Get [2000s]
Pearl Jam - Alive [1990s]
Presidents of the USA - Lump [1990s]
Rage Against the Machine - Testify [1990s]
Ratt - Round & Round [1980s]
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give it Away [1990s]
Rise Against - Give it All [2000s]
Rush - The Trees [1970s]
Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye [2000s]
Smashing Pumpkins - Today [1990s]
Social Distortion - I Was Wrong [1990s]
Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot [1980s]
Soundgarden - Spoonman [1990s]
Squeeze - Cool for Cats [1970s]
Steely Dan - Bodhitsattva [1970s]
Steve Miller Band - Rock’n Me [1970s]
Survivor - Eye of the Tiger [1980s]
System of a Down - Chop Suey [2000s]
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer [1970s]
Tenacious D - Master Exploder [2000s]
Testament - Souls of Black [1990s]
The Donnas - New Kid in School [2000s]
The Go-Go’s - We Got the Beat [1980s]
The Grateful Dead - Alabama Getaway [1980s]
The Guess Who - American Woman [1970s]
The Muffs - Kids in America [1990s]
The Offspring - Come Out & Play (Keep ‘em Separated) [1990s]
The Replacements - Alex Chilton [1980s]
The Who - Pinball Wizard [1960s]

Bonus Tracks

Abnormality - Visions [2000s]
Anarchy Club - Get Clean [2000s]
Bang Camaro - Night Lies [2000’s
Breaking Wheel - Shoulder to the Plow [2000s]
The Libyans - Neighborhood [2000s]
The Main Drag - A Jagged Gorgeous Winter [2000s]
Speck - Conventional Lover [2000s]
The Sterns - Supreme Girl [2000s]
That Handsome Devil - Rob the Prez-O-Dent [2000s]

Furthermore, this list is comprised 100% of original recordings.

[Minato Arisato]

Damnit. I'm gonna be so fucking poor this year.

GH4 and now RB2. Fuck. Oh well, atleast all my DLC will port.

[Hortence:The Muleface Mod]

DLC from RB1 works, new World Tour stuff, and it comes out in two months. I'm pretty pleased with what little we know.

[[NesS]]

I can't imagine Guitar Hero winning over Rock Band. Ever. I honestly would not trade my RB kit for a more realistic kit that GH4 is trying to present. I'm too happy with it and it just seems so promising.

[Kσn]

Yep, i think I am going to loose lots of money because of this. I dont know If I should get another bundle, if they are cool, and a lot different I will, but if they are nearly the same I will just get the game.

I already had to pay off the stage kit too, I heard that peripheral also works on ROCK BAND 2.

[Hortence:The Muleface Mod]

The new guitar is gorgeous.

[bg_hojo72]

Sunburst is awesome. too bad i'm beyond stoked for the Mad Catz bass guitar controller with a split strum bar for faux-authentic upstrumming.

[crunc]

I'm probably the only person wondering, but will there be a PS2 version? So far I've only seen mentioned 360 and PS3.

[Kσn]

I can confirm one song so far...
The Ramones- The Job That Ate My Brain

That guitar already makes me want to get the bundle.

[Hortence:The Muleface Mod]

Where'd you find out the song?

[Kσn]

I searched for the lyrics from a screen shot I found. The only song that matched was that song, so I am sure it is, especially since The Ramones have been in Rock band a few times.

[dat shit cray]

Originally Posted by ΩOMEGAΩ

I searched for the lyrics from a screen shot I found. The only song that matched was that song, so I am sure it is, especially since The Ramones have been in Rock band a few times.

Doesn't mean it's confirmed. Some of the preliminary shots of Rock Band 1 showed Welcome To The Jungle which never made it to the final build.

[bg_hojo72]

Originally Posted by dieKrüpke88

Doesn't mean it's confirmed. Some of the preliminary shots of Rock Band 1 showed Welcome To The Jungle which never made it to the final build.

not to mention that video of 4 people playing Welcome to the Jungle in its entirety on the beta build.

in any case, link to screenshot with Ramones lyrics? only screenshot i've seen with lyrics was Breed by Nirvana.

[Kσn]

Ya, I guess that would not be confirmed. I found the pic at IGN, someone also said that it was The Ramones.

[Heavy Metal Hero]

Well, I may end up holding off on Rock Band, then. This is a refreshing announcement indeed.