Rock Band set for PS2, new tracks sighted
Third platform planned
Harmonix, EA and MTV have today confirmed at GC 2007 that rhythm-action opus Rock Band will not only land on the PS3 and Xbox 360 - but on the PS2, as well. The PS2 version will arrive in PAL regions in early 2008, while the Xbox 360 and PS3 editions are due out this winter (at least, they are in North America, the only region so far dated).
Built using the functions and features of the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the party title, the PS2 game nonetheless promises to deliver platform specific content. EA and Harmonix also promise highly localised music content for the new game, offering tracks tailored to Europe in addition to the US tunes already promised.
"The European continent’s rich and diverse musical pedigree transcends culture and language, which is why we are extremely pleased to announce Rock Band in Europe for early 2008," enthused Jeff Yapp, EVP, MTV Program Enterprises. "It was imperative that we have significant on-disc and downloadable localized music content for multiple European territories on the PlayStation 2 system, Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 system in order for Europeans to truly get the full Rock Band experience and interact with the music they love."
Here's the full track-list offered at Leipzig:
1960s
- Rolling Stones “Gimme Shelter”
- The Who "Won't Get Fooled Again"
- Mountain "Mississippi Queen"*
- David Bowie "Suffragette City"
- Black Sabbath "Paranoid"*
- Blue Oyster Cult "Don't Fear the Reaper"
- The Ramones "Blitzkrieg Bop”
- Deep Purple "Highway Star"
- Rush "Tom Sawyer"*
- Bon Jovi "Wanted Dead or Alive"
- The Clash “Should I Stay or Should I Go”
- Faith No More "Epic”
- Foo Fighters “Learn to Fly”
- Metallica “Enter Sandman”
- Nirvana “In Bloom”
- Stone Temple Pilots “Vasoline”
- Weezer “Say It Ain’t So”
- Smashing Pumpkins “Cherub Rock”
- Radiohead “Creep”
- Beastie Boys “Sabotage”
- The Hives “Main Offender”
- Queens of the Stone Age “Go With the Flow”
- The Strokes “Reptilia”
- Jet “Are You Gonna Be My Girl”
- OK Go “Here It Goes Again”
- Nine Inch Nails “The Hand That Feeds”
