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Rock Band for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 from Guitar Hero developer Harmonix will provide gamers with a new way to interact with music. The game will feature master recordings from many of the biggest artists of all time, with players able to team up with friends on drums, guitars and vocals to perform like never before. We’re also told to look out for “deep online connectivity“.
Leading music publishers EMI and Warner/Chappel Music are allowing unrivalled access to their catalogues of songs for use in Rock Band, with record labels EMI Music, Hollywood Records, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group’s Universal Music Enterprises and Warner Music Group’s Rhino Entertainment all agreeing to supply master recordings by their artists for use in the game.
“Harmonix was founded to create new ways for everyone to experience the pleasure and satisfaction that comes from playing music. Our work on Guitar Hero was an instrumental step toward that goal,” stated Alex Rigopulos, co-founder and CEO of Harmonix. “But Rock Band is Harmonix’s most ambitious project to date, and it will take music gameplay to an entirely new level. MTV has given us the freedom and the resources to really swing for the fences and make the game we’ve always wanted to make.“
Rock Band is scheduled for release on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 towards the end of 2007.
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