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“3 years after we’ve launched Rock Band 3 as a retail title and the quote/unquote ‘music games are dead’ hyperbole, there are literally hundreds of thousands of unique people still playing the game monthly,” Nick Chester, Harmonix PR & Communication Lead, tells me in a voice dripping with enthusiasm. “And we haven’t even released any DLC in forever. There’s a hardcore base of players still actively interested in this game.”

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After nearly a month of excruciating silence, new music will finally be coming to the Rock Band Music store for PlayStation®3 and Xbox 360!

Tenacious D’s “Rize Of The Fenix,” from the 2012 record of the same name, will get you rocking again on February 17th. Joining “The D” classic will be “Back To The Shack,” a single from Weezer’s latest record, Everything Will Be Alright in the End. Both songs will be available as singles on the PlayStation®Network and the Xbox LIVE Marketplace, as well as the in-game Rock Band Music Store on both platforms.

Available on Xbox 360 and PlayStation®3 system (February 17th, 2015):

• Tenacious D – “Rize Of The Fenix”
• Weezer – “Back To The Shack”

Price:
$1.99 USD, £.99 UK, €1.49 EU per song

(These tracks will be available in Europe on PlayStation®3 system February 17th)

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It’s often hard to tell an ending from a beginning.

Back in 2013, Harmonix announced that April 2 would be the end. Their tradition of weekly DLC, which had lasted for almost five and a half years, was done. “American Pie” was a fitting gravestone, and Harmonix got to focus on other projects. But many of us had devotedly followed these releases, junkies suddenly deprived of their high. And of those devotees, some of us knew how to make custom songs work, and some of us knew how to author those songs, and a cool idea was born. “One more pack,” we said. We planned out the Rapture, originally a one-and-done pack of community customs. And more than two years after that one-time release, here we are, with well over a thousand new songs for you — the other devotees, just like us — to play.

Now, Harmonix has another big day on the horizon. We’ve kept the candle burning, but Rock Band 4 hits shelves on October 6, and that beginning is also an ending. C3’s final release will be October 2, 2015.

It’s been a wild ride, and all of us on the C3 admin and author teams will have plenty to say about it. Luckily for you, it’s still five weeks and change away, and C3 never lets a big milestone pass unrecognized. Our final weeks are no exception. Please look forward to The End of Days, a four-week farewell salute to our players and Rock Band 3!

The End of Days

Week 1 (September 11): I Can’t Believe It’s Not Guitar Hero C02
A big batch of GH ports! 10+ multitrack hits from the GH series.
Week 2 (September 18): C3’s All-Star Farewell
One song each from every C3 author we could scrounge up, which also means 10 or more tracks.
Week 3 (September 25): ???
Wait and see! Are you ready for more than 20 new songs? (OK, good, because that’s how many there are.)
Week 4 (October 2): The End
What songs? How many songs? It’s a secret to everybody.
Astute observers will notice that there’s still two weeks before The End of Days gets started. They’re not officially part of the event, but they are crazy good releases regardless.

Weekly releases might be ending, but the C3 community isn’t going anywhere, and our forums will stay open indefinitely. We’d also like to make it easier for people to find and share their own non-C3 customs, and we have some stuff cooking in that area that might be ready before October. (As a reminder, C3 will never allow customs of any official, purchasable Rock Band song, including Rock Band 4 tracks. Especially those.)

We’ll have more posts from me, the other admins, and our authors as we draw closer to the end of all things. For now, though, just kick back. We’ll see you, as usual, on Friday.

-pksage

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C3 releases for August 28, 2015:

New! Muse C01 11-pack

Muse – “Apocalypse Please” (GreenPanda12)
Muse – “Butterflies and Hurricanes” M (BearzUnlimited, Nyxyxylyth, GanonMetroid, and Unicyclone)
Muse – “Endlessly” (GreenPanda12)
Muse – “Exo-Politics” M (Neversoft and GreenPanda12)
Converted from Guitar Hero 3 DLC
Muse – “Map of the Problematique” (AddyMilldike)
Muse – “Sing for Absolution” (GreenPanda12)
Muse – “Space Dementia” (GanonMetroid ft. AddyMilldike)
Muse – “Stockholm Syndrome” (AddyMilldike)
Muse – “Time is Running Out” (GreenPanda12)
Muse – “Undisclosed Desires” K (Kueller, The_Rock_Band_King, and Psiven ft. GreenPanda12)
Muse – “Uprising” M (Neversoft, GHtoRB3, and AddyMilldike)
Converted from Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock

New! Creed C01 3-pack (ws54)

Creed – “One”
Creed – “One Last Breath”
Creed – “What’s This Life For”

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