Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Rock Band Weekly: Bruno Mars, Rise Against]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/03/rock-band-weekly-bruno-mars-rise-against/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/03/rock-band-weekly-bruno-mars-rise-against/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/03/rock-band-weekly-bruno-mars-rise-against/#comments Next week's Rock Band DLC includes packs from Bruno Mars and Rise Against (totally not The Machine). There are also pro guitar upgrades for Mötley Crüe's "Kickstart My Heart" and Pearl Jam's "Even Flow" legacy titles.

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Anyone see Kanye in the house? Phew. Moving on: This week's -- uninterrupted -- Rock Band Weekly announcement is headlined by Pearl Jam's Backspacer album. The new tracks will appear on Xbox 360, Wii and PS3 on September 20, 22 and 24, respectively. Also, a special edition of the Backspacer album at Target stores, which releases September 20, will have a code to download the album onto Xbox 360 and PS3. (Remember, it's only the "special edition" that'll have the code.)

Check out the track list, along with the update for Rock Band Unplugged, after the break.

Select a platform below to view complete DLC listing:

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JoystiqRock Band Weekly: Pearl Jam's 'Backspacer' album originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Billboard spoke with the band and confirmed that their next album, titled "Backspacer," will be "available on Rock Band the day it comes out." Additionally, Target will be getting its own version of the album that will come with a code to download various PJ songs in Rock Band -- a tactic that the group's employed in the past. "Backspacer" hits stores and XBLM/PSN on September 20.

[Via VG247]

JoystiqPearl Jam's next album simultaneously arrives at retail, in Rock Band 2 originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Rock Band Wiikly's tap has flowed with massive quantities of tracks for weeks now. Sure, the releases aren't exactly synced with Rock Band Weekly, but the back catalog of Rock Band DLC is certainly being filled in. Our concern that it would take until mid-2010 for the full catalog sync is slowly dissipating. This week's update of 16 tracks to the Wii music store includes the Pearl Jam tracks from a couple weeks back, along with a whole mess of other stuff. Find the full list after the break.

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JoystiqRock Band Wiikly: Pearl Jam, Mission of Burma, Offspring and more originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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In addition to this week's Rock Band Weekly featuring Maroon 5 and artists from the Warped Tour, those pranksters at Harmonix snuck in some Pearl Jam tracks. The three tracks were bundled with the re-release of Pearl Jam's Ten album earlier this year.

Pearl Jam Ten Bonus Pack (440 / $5.50)
  • "Brother" (160 / $2)
  • "Alive (Live: Drop in the Park)" (160 / $2)
  • "State of Love and Trust (Live: Drop in the Park)" (160 / $2)
These master recording will be available tomorrow and Thursday on Xbox 360 and PS3, respectively.

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Rock Band fans are already familiar with Pearl Jam. The band has twelve tracks (all from the "Ten" album) available in the game, on disc and as DLC. However, it looks as though there's much more Pearl Jam coming down the line. A collaboration between MTV Games, Rhapsody, and the band's premium 10 Club will allow fans to vote on songs for a forthcoming "Rock Band project." This new project will be Rock Band's "first-ever fan voted set list."

The release is decidedly vague, and opens the possibility for a brand new game (a la Guitar Hero: Metallica, or The Beatles: Rock Band), a retail track pack (a la Rock Band: AC/DC), or simple DLC. Considering the upcoming "project" will exclusively feature live music, we're leaning on a retail track pack -- who's up for some Rock Band: Pearl Jam?

[Thanks, Eric!]

JoystiqPearl Jam returns in new 'Rock Band project' with fan-voted set list originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 11 May 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Pearl Jam's album, Ten, is ready to get grungy this week on Rock Band for Wii. A few other tracks tag along to get the Wii music store up to spec with other consoles.

Pearl Jam's Ten (200 Wii points apiece)
  • "Once"
  • "Even Flow"
  • "Why Go"
  • "Black"
  • "Jeremy"
  • "Oceans"
  • "Porch"
  • "Garden"
  • "Deep"
  • "Release"
  • "Master/Slave"
Individual songs (200 Wii points apiece):
  • "Through Being Cool" - Devo
  • "We Care A Lot" - Faith No More
  • "I Don't Care" - Fall Out Boy
The tracks will be available today, March 31, and videos for all of this week's tracks are after the break.

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JoystiqRock Band Wiikly: Pearl Jam, Devo, Faith No More, Fall Out Boy originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Pearl Jam's breakthrough 1991 debut album, Ten, becomes Rock Band's latest piece of grungy DLC next week. The album features several tracks that owned the radio airwaves in the early '90s, along with the song that inspired one of the most iconic music videos of all time -- "Jeremy." Ironically, after the success of Ten, the band became known for refusing to make videos for its songs.

Pearl Jam's Ten (1440 / $18)
  • "Once" (160 / $2)
  • "Even Flow" (160 / $2)
  • "Why Go" (160 / $2)
  • "Black" (160 / $2)
  • "Jeremy" (160 / $2)
  • "Oceans" (160 / $2)
  • "Porch" (160 / $2)
  • "Garden" (160 / $2)
  • "Deep" (160 / $2)
  • "Release" (160 / $2)
  • "Master/Slave" (160 / $2)
All tracks are masters and will be available for download next Tuesday and Thursday for Xbox 360 and PS3, respectively.

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JoystiqRock Band Weekly: Pearl Jam's Ten album originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Our fingers are crossed in hopes that Best Buy can deliver the codes in a timely manner, because its execution of the last Rock Band promotion was flaky at best.

[Via IGN]

JoystiqRock Band DLC to be bundled with re-release of Pearl Jam's 'Ten' originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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On March 24 of next year, Pearl Jam will release a remastered version of their debut album, Ten, in five different editions: one LP version, three CD-based versions (the most expensive of which also includes the LPs) ... and as Rock Band downloads. At least we assume it's the remaster in Rock Band, and not the original, because that would be really weird timing.

Geoff Keighley made the announcement while presenting at the Spike Video Game Awards, so we don't have a lot of information other than that it's on the way to Rock Band. The Wii version of Rock Band 2 will presumably be out by March (we're trying to have faith that it'll be out this week), so, for once, we'll be able to care about this DLC announcement.

Despite the dangers of hearing your idiot friends failing to successfully imitate Eddie Vedder's vocals, we couldn't be more thrilled about this announcement. For some of us who were teenagers in the early '90s, and weren't too cool to buy an album that other people had heard of, Ten was pretty dang world-changing.

JoystiqRock Band 2 plus Ten in March 2009 originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Backstage at the VGAs, GTTV's Geoff Keighley just revealed that Pearl Jam's Ten album will be releasing to Rock Band next March. No, we didn't stutter, Pearl Jam is coming to Rock Band! We suspect all eleven tracks will be included in the album release, but highly doubt any of the bonus material will make the cut. Pearl Jam headed to Rock Band, you know you love it.

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An "exclusive" from Geoff Keighley, who likely read that line from a teleprompter while presenting live from the Spike VGAs: Pearl Jam's "Ten" album is coming as a Rock Band downloadable album in March. That should be just enough time for you to find the appropriate amount of flannel to wear while you play.

JoystiqPearl Jam's 'Ten' album coming to Rock Band in March originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Harmonix has just unveiled the full song set list for the upcoming Rock Band 2. There will be a whopping 84 songs on the disc, and an additional 20 songs available as free DLC after the game's release. The set list is comprised entirely of master recordings, and features AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, Bob Dylan, Metallica, Pearl Jam and more.

The entire list is available after the cut.

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JoystiqRock Band 2 on-disc track list revealed, features over 80 songs originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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