Exclusive Euro Rock Band tracks will become DLC

by Alexander Sliwinski { Apr 8th 2008 at 1:30PM }

Exclusive just ain't the word it used to be. Rock Band's European debut was going to have some exclusive tracks just for the continent, but ShackNews reports that MTV Games says those tracks will be available in North America as downloadable content. MTV Games did not specify price or timetable for release of the DLC. Now, let's be serious, did anybody ever think those songs would stay exclusive to the continent?

Also, there's some clarification going on in the Rock Band forums that the new songs will be "treated as DLC" in the European version. We're not sure exactly what this means, but we believe that the new songs (some which are sung in French or German) won't be part of the standard campaign.

Tags: europe, rock-band, rockband

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

cranium @ Apr 8th 2008 1:49PM

Hysteria... i will have it.. i can breathe.. phew....

x2fr @ Apr 8th 2008 1:50PM

I could has some Muse plz?

sparki @ Apr 8th 2008 1:50PM

Sweet, I was hoping this would be the case. I'm happy for this, especially Muse.

mr mobius @ Apr 8th 2008 2:01PM

Is this for every version of Rock Band? What are the songs? If RB isn't much more expensive I'll maybe hold out for Rock Band on Wii instead of GHIII.

sparki @ Apr 8th 2008 2:05PM

They already said no DLC on Wii... =/ So not sure how it works with Wii in EU, but if it's on disk (and not a secondary disk that you install on HD) then maybe. But don't hold your breath.

Ignatius @ Apr 8th 2008 2:31PM

Don't bother fiddling with Rock Band on the PS2 or Wii, it's just a gimped version.

KEFIOX @ Apr 8th 2008 2:06PM

OMG Yes!!! More Oasis and some Muse to boot.

Now the only thing is when?

NPJ @ Apr 8th 2008 2:26PM

Wait rockbands actually coming here? You could have fooled me!

Thr3e2wenty8 @ Apr 8th 2008 2:28PM

Wake me when Queen or AC/DC are added anywhere.

mr mobius @ Apr 8th 2008 2:46PM

*knock*

Hey! Wake up! AC/DC are here...

Yea. That's right. They arrived...

On Rock Band? Where the hell else...

...

Oh, sorry, was just messing with ya, go back to bed.

Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Apr 8th 2008 2:39PM

Good news and a logical move.

This brings my hopes of Nightwish DLC closer to fruition.

Robotochan @ Apr 8th 2008 2:39PM

So we have to pay the US Price of the Game & all it's instruments for a few songs? Lovely just lovely *walks off mumbling*

Cian @ Apr 8th 2008 2:50PM

Now we juts need a Japanese version of Rock Band released with exclusive tracks from X Japan, L'Arc En Ciel, Asian Kung-fu Generation, Girugamesh, The Pillows and more so that we can get that as DLC too.

This gives me hope for all DLC being available everywhere.

J.Goodwin @ Apr 8th 2008 4:15PM

Ketchup Mania?

343 Guilty Fart @ Apr 8th 2008 3:21PM

My girlfriend is going to go crazy for Perfekte Welle. She loooves that song.

therpham @ Apr 8th 2008 3:24PM

Sweet - now I'll be able to show off my awesome foreign language skills.

Parsnipzilla @ Apr 8th 2008 3:42PM

No doubt they'd not be free.

*sigh*

brandon_r87 : Brawl : 4897-5857-5091 @ Apr 8th 2008 3:48PM

Hey, technically, we're getting them cheaper than Europe's "free" when you remember that free means coming with the insanely inflated prices for the whole game. I'm sorry Europe, I know this happens a lot to you.

colin17 @ Apr 8th 2008 5:18PM

guess that make my old comment question OBSOLETE!!!!

honkyjesusownsu @ Apr 8th 2008 6:48PM

Hurray for DLC ripoffs and pop music with toy instruments!!!

SirMikael @ Apr 8th 2008 7:40PM

I'll download the Blur and Oasis tracks the same day they're released - without question. Beetlebum is going to be a lot of fun to sing.

ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ Apr 8th 2008 9:41PM

This justifies Europe's bloated price!

jchensor @ Apr 8th 2008 10:16PM

To answer your question, Alexander, I'm positive when they say "treated like DLC", they mean they won't add their scores to your rankings. If you notice, the scores you get on your DLC songs do NOT add to your total score, thus not allowing the person with the richest wallet to get the highest total score. It's only the main songs that can affect your online ranking. So even though the European Version gets extra songs on them, they won't be treated as a core song and their scores will most likely not affect the ranking, to allow for fair competition across the world.

Edguy @ Apr 8th 2008 10:16PM

Activision can no doubt have any problems with giving out one free song pack to just one country. They'll likely ship the european version with a subscription code to download the DLC pack for free. It's not like EA doesn't already have plenty of other songs to sell.