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Rock Band Missing 2007 Euro Release, PS2 Version Announced

MTV Games has confirmed, at the Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany, that Rock Band will be delayed until spring of 2008 in all PAL territories, also announcing plans to bring the game to PlayStation 2 with exclusive elements.

David Jenkins, Blogger

August 22, 2007

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Officials from MTV Games and Electronic Arts have confirmed, at the Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany, that Rock Band will not be released in Europe this year. The game will still be released in North America in 2007 but will be delayed until next spring in all PAL territories. At the same time a PlayStation 2 version of the game was announced for the first time, furthering rumors of an eventual Wii release as well. The PlayStation 2 version will include “many” of the same game modes as the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 version but will also include new exclusive elements. The European delay has been attributed to delays in localizing the music content for each territory, much in the manner of Sony’s SingStar series, both on-disc and through downloadable content. A total of ten new songs have also been announced at the Leipzig Games Convention, bringing the total known song list to twenty-six. The new songs, all of which are original master recordings, are: Rolling Stones "Gimme Shelter," Deep Purple "Highway Star," The Clash "Should I Stay or Should I Go," Faith No More "Epic," Smashing Pumpkins "Cherub Rock," Radiohead "Creep," Beastie Boys "Sabotage," Jet "Are You Gonna Be My Girl," OK Go "Here It Goes Again" and Nine Inch Nails "The Hand That Feeds." "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," said Jeff Yapp, executive vice president of MTV Program Enterprises.

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David Jenkins ([email protected]) is a freelance writer and journalist working in the UK. As well as being a regular news contributor to Gamasutra.com, he also writes for newsstand magazines Cube, Games TM and Edge, in addition to working for companies including BBC Worldwide, Disney, Amazon and Telewest.

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