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Hey gang,

It's that time again. Below you'll find the list of 7 singles we were unable to re license for the Rock Band DLC store. These tracks should remain up for purchase until December 30th, 2013, which gives you nearly 6 weeks to pick up any of these songs if you've held off on them until now. Credit where credit is due: even though we'll be losing these 7 tracks next month, the Music Ops team spent months working with bands and labels to ensure that we retained hundreds of other tracks.

As with the previous updates, these songs are coming down from the in game store, but if you already downloaded them nothing should change for you. Check the above posts for more info, and if there are additional questions that need clarification we’ll be sure to add an FAQ to this post.

• Crooked X - “Gone”
• Naked Brothers Band - “Body I Occupy”
• Naked Brothers Band - “I Don’t Want To Go To School”
• Scars on Broadway - “They Say”
• System of a Down - “B.Y.O.B.”
• System of a Down - “Toxicity”
• Tokio Hotel - “Ready, Set, Go!”

As with previous re licensing announcements, we don't have complete control over first party schedules, so while the dates above reflect when we plan to remove content from the in game store you may see changes a few days earlier or a few days later on the console and online marketplaces. In fact, because of the upcoming holiday, it's very likely that these tracks will be pulled earlier than scheduled, as 1st party generally avoids store updates during the last week of the year. We'll post updates if we get more specific confirmation on the holiday plan, but if you're interested in picking these tracks up we definitely wouldn't recommend waiting until the last minute.

One final reminder: seeing as how this is all pre RB3 content, all the tracks listed in this post are currently available for 50% off. Singles should be $1 on Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii.

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For some reason, I have that "I Don't Want To Go To School" song. I think my daughter wanted it or something (and I'm pretty sure it was only a dollar at release).

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Hey, Corvin, your time has come!

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Cake!

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I've been spending all my gaming time on Rocksmith 2014, so I've missed three weeks of these. Here's they are:

C3 releases for November 29, 2013:

New! Music of Scotland 7-pack

Del Amitri – “Roll to Me” (RyanHYK)
Eurythmics – “When Tomorrow Comes” (farottone)
The Proclaimers – “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” (DVDSmith and drummerockband)
Rod Stewart – “Every Beat of My Heart” (farottone)
Simple Minds – “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” (DVDSmith)
Stealers Wheel – “Stuck in the Middle with You” X (Nyxyxylyth)
Wet Wet Wet – “Love is All Around” (farottone)

C3 releases for December 6, 2013:

New! Guilty Pleasures C01 (farottone)

The Calling – “Wherever You Will Go”
Creed – “My Sacrifice”
Saliva – “Ladies and Gentlemen”

Daft Punk C01 (Nightmare Lyre and TrojanNemo)
New! Daft Punk – “Get Lucky”
FtV: Daft Punk – “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger”
FtV: Daft Punk – “One More Time”

C3 releases for December 13, 2013:

New! Colour by Numbers 4-pack (farottone)

Culture Club – “Church of the Poison Mind”
Culture Club – “It’s a Miracle”
Culture Club – “Miss Me Blind”
Culture Club – “Victims”

From the Vault: Guitar Hero singles
Band of Horses – “Cigarettes, Wedding Bands” M (GHtoRB3)
Converted from Guitar Hero 5
Bloc Party – “Helicopter” (TrojanNemo) (rhythm guitar on Keys)
Converted from Guitar Hero 3
Filter – “Take a Picture” M (GHtoRB3)
Converted from Band Hero
Foo Fighters – “No Way Back” M (TrojanNemo)
Converted from Guitar Hero 6
Lenny Kravitz – “Fly Away” M (GHtoRB3)
Converted from Guitar Hero 5 DLC
Linkin Park – “Burning in the Skies” M (GHtoRB3)
Converted from Guitar Hero 6 DLC
Linkin Park – “Wretches and Kings” M (GHtoRB3)
Converted from Guitar Hero 6 DLC
Ramones – “Theme from Spiderman” X M (TrojanNemo)
Converted from Guitar Hero 5

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Me too! And now that they have customs working for RS 2014, there's really no need for me to step back to the plastic instruments outside of social gatherings.

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That's exactly why I just took a look at the latest customs: Rock Band friends in town for Christmas.

Off-topic, but the RS customs thing really took off quickly. I've still been having trouble with a few of them freezing or not starting, but I'm impressed with how many have gotten out there, especially this fast.

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Gonna move this discussion over to the more appropriate thread..

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/video-game-...-thread-4.html

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So they're currently doing a Twelve Days of Customs thing where each day they're revealing a new song (or two) to be released on Christmas day. Uh, guys... "Flagpole Sitta"!

Why haven't I tried this customs thing yet?!

Especially since they have new Christmas songs!

Elmo & Patsy – “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer”
Paul McCartney – “Wonderful Christmastime”
Savatage (Trans-Siberian Orchestra) – “Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)”
Wham! – “Last Christmas”
Austrian Death Machine – “It’s Turbo Time”
I Declare War – “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer”
KoRn – “Kidnap the Sandy Claws”
Wednesday 13 – “Buried by Christmas”

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Shit, Austrian Death Machine? Now I want to dig up the drums and play some Rock Band.

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Here are their New Year's Eve releases:

ABBA – “Dancing Queen”
ABBA – “Mamma Mia”
Black Lace – “Superman”
Donna Summer – “Hot Stuff”
Gloria Gaynor – “I Will Survive”
The Weather Girls – “It’s Raining Men”

So I finally decided that I was going to figure out this whole customs thing. I went out and bought a new thumb drive. A few minutes ago I sat down to start the process, armed with their step by step FAQ. Turns out I have the Mad Katz version of RB3. (I figured since I bought it on release day it wouldn't have an update burned into the game.) Sigh.

So now I have to hunt down a used copy of the game. (Preferably before a friend's possible game night on 1/11. They *really* want to sing "Blurred Lines.") To my knowledge, none of my friends have one to swap. This is going to be a pain. Off to Gamestop(s)...

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Harmonix is going nuts registered domain names for something called "Chroma":

http://kotaku.com/mystery-games-from...and-1503363581

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Yeah, they started that well over a year ago. It's looking like it won't be straight up music for once, and they have some BioShock 2 people working on it.

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Chroma means color. probably a Kinect-enabled version of Simon.

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If you bought it on release then all you should have to do is delete title update 5 in the Rock Band data on the Xbox. My Xbox for Rock Band has become an offline Xbox due to the fact that live will try to install update 5 when you start the game.

Chroma turned out to be a crazy looking music based shooter.

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Looks like we missed a few updates:

C3 releases for February 14, 2014:

New! Customs for My Valentine 7-pack

Berlin – “Sex (I’m A…)” (Nyxyxylyth)
Crosby, Stills & Nash – “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes” (BearzUnlimited)
Culture Club – “Love Is Love” (farottone)
Justin Bieber – “Boyfriend” (RyanHYK)
Sade – “Never as Good as the First Time” (farottone)
Tal Bachman – “She’s So High” (drummerockband)
Terence Trent D’Arby – “Delicate” (farottone)



C3 releases for February 7, 2014:

New! Anti-Valentine’s Day 5-pack

Bullet for My Valentine – “Hand of Blood” (Nightmare Lyra and Gigakoops) (incl. 2x Bass Pedal)
Neil Diamond – “Love on the Rocks” (clintilona)
Nine Inch Nails – “Big Man with a Gun” (DeathThreatUK)
Static-X – “Love Dump” (DeathThreatUK) (incl. 2x Bass Pedal)
Strapping Young Lad – “Love?” (DeathThreatUK) (incl. 2x Bass Pedal)

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Guh...

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/har.../1100-6418917/

Today during a PAX East keynote address, Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos teased that the Boston area studio has "grand plans" to bring the Rock Band and Dance Central franchises to the new generation of consoles, presumably the Xbox One and PlayStation 4.

He prefaced his talk this morning by saying he would not announce a Rock Band 4 or Dance Central 4. However, he stressed that both franchises are "near and dear" to Harmonix. He went on to say that the studio plans to bring these franchises to the current console cycle "at some point" and with "guns blazing."

The most recent entry in the core Rock Band series was 2010's Rock Band 3, though the studio would ship a downloadable game, Rock Band Blitz, in 2012. Meanwhile, the last Dance Central game was 2012's Kinect-enabled Dance Central 3 for Xbox 360.

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I'd much rather a re-release of the wooden fender at a decent price so I can feel good playing again.

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so unlikely. no way will retailers buy into stocking their shelves with plastic instruments all over again. the dream is dead.

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Yeah, I don't see it happening, either. I was in a couple of Gamestops yesterday browsing through used stuff. I swear, I've never seen that many copies of Guitar Hero: Aerosmith in the same place at the same time before. Multiple copies of all the other GH games too, plus a bunch of RB1, RB2, and Beatles. Seeing used copies of Beatles makes me especially sad for some reason. Wound up buying a copy of RB2 for $2.

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I could see some kind of subscription library streaming service and ordering instruments direct from Harmonix.

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I still play. I had to Frankenstein one of my strats from parts of dead guitars.

I finally get a damn pc to get the customs and I can't launch the Party Buffalo exe. :(

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Well, until then at least we'll have this! :sad:

http://www.polygon.com/2014/4/11/560...-pax-east-2014

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There was also a DLC licensing update last week:

http://forums.harmonixmusic.com/disc...arterly#latest

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I can see Dance Central easily coming back, since Xbox One comes with the Kinect.