Bob_Bobbson

OH MY GOD!!!

I actually forgot today wat RB DLC announcement day...Seeing this is awesome.

Hokeyboy

Look out!

Shagrath

Looks like VH1 is saying Bob Marley DLC on 9/21.

Shagrath

To expand upon my earlier post (even though no one said anything about it), it's been confirmed as Bob Marley's Legend full album.

anomynous

Harmonix is going in on beast mode these next 2 weeks of DLC.


Dio bought, Bob Marley bought

pinata242

That gives them 9/28 (GH:WoR release day) to beat them to the Muse punch.

xmiyux

Awesome, awesome, awesome!

Michael Corvin

I thought they said all DLC prior to RB3 wouldn't have any of the features of RB3. Why would you want it now, when after RB3 you could have keys?

pinata242

Then at least announce it

Shagrath

So here's a new vid similar to what they did for the pro keys thing. Nothing really new on there though..

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/ex...-band-3/704346

Except for:

bunkaroo

Awesome dude. Had to give ya the props for it since no one else seemed to acknowledge it.

pinata242

Please don't be a tease

Shagrath

I'm serious. Pause it on the song select screen. It shows what I said. :P

pinata242

I already saw that. I didn't think you were teasing us but, rather, the ones that approved that video for release.

Robot Rock

Those character models look so good.

DJLinus

I know it's still all speculation at this point, but is the consensus that recent pre-RB3 DLC will not have keys support, but will after RB3 is released? I'd love to get Legend right away, but I also want to use the keys option on "Three Little Birds" and other songs. If that's the case, then I'll hold off on buying all DLC until RB3 comes out.

Admittedly, I know nothing of how to code RB DLC, but you'd think they'd just put the keyboard parts in the tracks and have that component "unlock" when played in RB3. But maybe that can't be done. Or they just want to make a few bucks by selling "upgraded" files, licenses or whatever.

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Shagrath

If they could just "disable" parts of the song for RB1/2, then they wouldn't have to stop supporting those when RB3 hits. HMX have said on several occasions that starting 10/26, RB1/2 would no longer get any DLC (outside of RBN, since they can't add new features yet).

I'm not sure exactly how they have their files set up, but it seems like they "should" be able to do this. I mean, the Green Day songs have harmony parts in them already. I don't know how the addition of keys affects things, but I would imagine that it's just another MIDI track and another audio file. In fact, it might be that additional audio file that throws things off. I don't think that harmonies get their own dedicated stem, and they just need to provide the additional MIDI for those.

Michael Corvin

Anyone up for a laugh? Figured more people in this thread would enjoy it than the GH thread. Check out Major Nelson's podcast this week. He interviews one of the Neversoft guys about Guitar Hero: WoR.

First, listening to him describe the 'story' mode is absolutely hysterical. Second, he really brings the funny when real guitars in music games is brought up.

Definitely worth listening to even if you have dropped that series like a bad habit.

Matt

Also funny: This, from Power Gig's blog:

"Power Gig and Rock Band 3: Real Guitars. Real Differences.
By admin | Posted at 11:57am, 9/13/2010 | Category: Blog

Power Gig will be the FIRST AND ONLY band game that uses a real six-string guitar as a controller when it hits stores October 19. We don’t know when the makers of Rock Band™ 3 will release their guitar controller. They haven’t said.***

Power Gig’s guitar bundle will be available for only $179.99. We don’t know what the price of the Rock Band™ 3 guitar controller will be. Again, they haven’t said a peep. Not one peep.

Power Gig’s guitar is easy for ANYONE to pick up and play in most modes. Rock Band™ 3 has talked about this one. And as far as anyone can tell, you can only use their guitar controller in Pro Mode.* Sounds tricky.

Power Gig’s guitar is the ONLY real six-string guitar controller that works with almost ANY band games you already own.** From what we understand, you can only use Rock Band™ 3’s guitar controller in Rock Band™ 3 – and not even in the full game. Only in Pro Mode.*

Real guitars are better than fake guitars. So if Rock Band™ 3 really does have a real guitar, and it really comes out and people really play it…awesome!! At Power Gig, we believe in real music for all. So on October 19, we invite everyone to rock out on our 100% real six string guitar – for real. And that’s the difference.

* As revealed at PAX Prime 2010 during the Harmonix panel on Rock Band
** Go to www.powergig.com/compatibility for more information.

*** In partnership with Fender Musical Instruments Corporation as announced on June 11, 2010.

Rock Band and all related titles are trademarks of Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. Fender is a registered trademark of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. Power Gig has no affiliation with, and is not associated or sponsored by, any of these trademark owners."

superfro

LOL. I saw Dan Teasdale's (ex Harmonix designer, currently with Twisted Pixel) tweet last night about this, but didn't know the original source. It's quite funny.

flashburn

Pretty long and in-depth look at Pro Guitar over at Engadget:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/14/r...he-guitar-her/

UncleGramps

You can definitely hear in the guy's voice that his heart just isn't in the interview. He sounds like he just wants it to be over. It's very awkward.

Michael Corvin

I was thinking the same thing when i was listening.

Shagrath

New Zine about pro guitar. Don't know if there's any new info in it as I'm just reading it now.

http://www.rockband.com/zine/rb3-features-pro-guitar

UncleGramps

Holy Diver is super fun to sing. That is all.