Rock Band 2 News

(Story reprinted from ConsoleHero with permission)
When it was announced that Harmonix had acquired the rights to work on a music game featuring the Beatles, many a Rock Band fan were hoping that Beatles songs would become available to download for Rock Band.
Reuters is reporting that “while the Beatles will certainly give a boost to MTV’s [...]

(Story reprinted from ConsoleHero with permission)
Play.tm had an interview with Rock Band 2’s lead designer, Dan Teasdale of Harmonix, who mentioned that he is working on a new title, and it’s not the recently announced game featuring the Beatles.
“I’m working on another new project that I can’t tell you about yet.” Teasdale told Play.tm
Teasdale also [...]

Next weeks Rock Band DLC has been announced and it will feature a 3 pack of the “Presidents Of The USA”, as well as tracks from Hinder and Fallout Boy.
The songs from The Presidents are;

“Dune Buggy”
“Feather Pluckn”
“Ladybug”

The individual tracks are;

Hinder - “Use Me”
Fallout Boy - “I Don’t Care”

The Presidents of the USA track pack is [...]

EA has finally given a firm date for the release Rock Band 2 for European regions.
EA has said that Rock Band 2 will be released on November 21 for the Xbox 360 with no announcement being made on the release date for the other gaming platforms.
The November 21 release date will be for the game [...]

Reports today have confirmed earlier rumors that the Beatles are coming to Rock Band.
Earlier today an exclusive deal with the fab four was announced during a conference call with Harmonix, MTV, and Apple Corps LTD.
This will be a new rhythm game produced by Harmonix, creators of Rock Band, but will not be an official Rock [...]

Just when we thought that Wii owners were getting the respect they deserved, the rumor mill is speculating that the bundle edition of Rock Band 2 might not be available for the Wii until January. That’s next year.
Destructoid originally reported this based on an email they were sent from an unnamed GameStop employee. [...]

This weeks Rock Band DLC will feature a three pack from Siouxsie & the Banshees, as well as tracks from Blink 182 and Psychedelic Furs, and two songs from Silversun Pickups.
The full list of songs available is as follows;

Blink-182 [...]

There have been a lot of questions from Wii owners who have been worried that the Wii version of Rock Band 2 would be a scaled down version much like the original Rock Band, but they need not worry.
Unlike the first game, Rock Band 2 for the Wii will allow users to download additional content [...]

Back when the Rock Band 2 tracklisting was announced, Harmonix also said that an additional 20 songs would be available for a free download with the game.
It was kind of expected that the additional 20 songs would be similar to the bonus songs that Harmonix has released with the last version of Rock Band, as [...]

Yet another survey for Rock Band 2 has been leaked, and Rock Band 2 will feature Aussie band AC/DC.  This is a huge score for Rock Band 2 as AC/DC is a band that has been highly requested for Rock Band and Guitar Hero but they’ve been elusive thus far.
The survey also mentions that Rock [...]