Rock Band 2 patched on 360, PS3 update going through cert

by Griffin McElroy on Sep 25th 2009 4:16PM

Ludomusicians, rejoice! The Xbox 360 version of Rock Band 2 received a massive title update earlier today, adding a whole slew of oft-requested features to Harmonix's beefy music platform. The most notable of these additions is that the game now supports wireless microphones, such as those used with Lips. Other changes include improved hammer-ons and pull-offs, background downloading for music store purchases and the "Audition Mode," which allows Rock Band Network users to test out their homebrewed Rock Band tracks.

In a Rock Band forum thread, Harmonix's Sean Baptiste explained the PS3 version of the update is currently working its way through Sony's certification process. We've yet to hear mention of a Wii version of the patch. C'mon, Harmonix! Waggle-rockers need love too!

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in!]

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Tags: audition, harmonix, microphone, Microsoft, patch, rhythm, rock-band, rock-band-2, update, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (56)

OH. Another necessary feature that needs to be implemented: When unpausing, showing where you left off with a countdown of where you were. If I need to change the volume of the TV when I'm playing The Beatles: Rock Band, I feel free when I have a short break to pause and do that, because even if another note is very close, I'll be ready by the time the countdown is over.

Did they fix the phoneme detector yet? I'm tired of my wife 100% the Beastie Boys while she goes and gets a soda.

One feature i have always wanted is the ability to rewind. So if you cock up a hard set of ho/po you can rewind and try it again straight away.

Aren't most of these improvements that Guitar Hero already have? I thought people liked the strict timing window of HO's and PO's. Especially on chords. Velocity sensitive drum support isn't new.

OMG ROCK BAND IS STEELIN' GH IDEAZ SOEM1 CALL T3H COPZ

Needs harmonized vocals.

you could always go into practice mode, practice that section.. the GnR track always screws me at the start on bass.. I'm having to break habit of playing with only 2 hand positions.. there's a few tracks that I can play note for note on guitar, but RB just feels wrong.. when your holding buttons for open notes

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