No longer will Belgium virtual rockers have to settle for playing air guitar to dreams of living room stardom, as Harmonix and MTV have announced plans to bring Rock Band to Belgians, as well as those in six other countries later this month, including Italy, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland, Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
According to the duo, the Xbox 360 version of Rock Band will be the lead SKU in these territories, shipping on July 24, with other fake instrument flavors arriving sometime later in the fall. As with the existing European release, the disc will include all 58 tracks found on the North American version as well as nine non-English tunes such as Die Toten Hosen's Hier Kommt Alex, Oasis' Rock 'n' roll star, and Playmo's New Wave. We welcome our new friends to the stage -- may you never fail out and your fingers never cramp.
Reader Comments (26)
Posted: Jul 14th 2008 10:33PM (Unverified) said
Yes, they are. Tiptup, check your facts before you mouth off.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oasis_(band)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oasis_(band)
Posted: Jul 14th 2008 10:15PM deepfriedmario said
Being an Australian, I'm disappointed to not see Australia on the list. :(
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Posted: Jul 14th 2008 10:27PM (Unverified) said
Of course its Yahtzee, there is only one Australian.
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Posted: Jul 14th 2008 10:44PM (Unverified) said
Yahtzee killed them all? Wow There can only be one.
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Posted: Jul 14th 2008 10:15PM Premature ejaculation man said
Australia cries as guitar hero continues to have releases in Australia but Rock Band doesn't.
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Posted: Jul 14th 2008 10:37PM (Unverified) said
Why are you still using a screenshot from a few months before Rock Band was released? It doesn't look like that...
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Posted: Jul 15th 2008 10:39AM (Unverified) said
Nope. That was from Rock Band 1 before they made Rockaway Beach downloadable content and put Blitzkrieg Bop in the game instead.
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Posted: Jul 14th 2008 10:41PM (Unverified) said
Still no Australia, I concur, screw Rock Band.
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Posted: Jul 14th 2008 11:20PM (Unverified) said
Lol if anyone heard an oasis song you'll know they're English unless you're stupid. I hope you're joking Tiptup or that's just sad they don't sound American at all the singer has an English accent.
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Posted: Jul 15th 2008 12:36AM MrSpaceCowboy said
No word on an Aussie release makes me feel like a dingo without a baby. :(
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Posted: Jul 15th 2008 2:20AM (Unverified) said
This is ridiculous. The US release of Rock Band 2 in the US is only a few months away. Looks like they have just found some countries to sell the old stuff.
And because RB2 will surely be as region locked as RB1, at least for the xbox, we cannot import the title here in Europe.
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And because RB2 will surely be as region locked as RB1, at least for the xbox, we cannot import the title here in Europe.
Posted: Jul 15th 2008 4:33AM (Unverified) said
As an Austrailan I can only continue to be disgusted. EB games is selling accessories for a game that may never come to Australia!
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Posted: Jul 15th 2008 8:50AM McWeen said
I actually was surprised in the US version they didn't include Detroit, which used to have the nickname Detroit Rock City. Although I guess they are more recently know for unleashing Eminem, ICP and ugh Kid Rock then their past of The Stooges, Alice Cooper and MC5.
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