The folks at Harmonix, MTV and EA collectively announced their plans to make a 20-track disc of (seemingly random) downloadable songs collected from the 360/PS3 versions of Rock Band for the PS2 and Wii today, aptly titled Rock Band Track Pack Volume 1. According to their press release, the disc, "features an electrifying mix of classic hits and current favorites, including songs by Boston, Nine Inch Nails, Stone Temple Pilots, and All American Rejects." Oooh, All American Rejects! Ok, maybe not. The price point is fair if not very reasonable at $29.99 for this smattering of rock and roll hits, though certain selections seem a bit...unclear. The finalized track list follows:
30 Seconds to Mars, "The Kill" <-----Yeah, what?
All American Rejects, "Move Along"
Blink – 182, "All the Small Things"
Boston, "More Than a Feeling"
David Bowie, "Moonage Daydream"
Faith No More, "We Care A Lot"
Grateful Dead, "Truckin’"
The Hives, "Die, All Right!"
KISS, "Calling Dr. Love"
Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Gimme’ Three Steps"
Nine Inch Nails, "March of the Pigs" <-----Woot!
Oasis, "Live Forever"
Paramore, "Crushcrushcrush"
The Police, "Synchronicity II"
Queens of the Stone Age, "Little Sister" <-----Woot!
The Ramones, "Teenage Lobotomy" <-----Woot!
Smashing Pumpkins, "Siva" <-----Woot!
Stone Temple Pilots, "Interstate Love Song"
Weezer, "Buddy Holly" <-----Woot!
Wolfmother, "Joker & the Thief"
So for those suffering from the Wii's lack of a hard drive for downloadable content and those holding fast hope for the big PS2 revival (any day now!), this disc of dlc will act as your vicarious use of the internet through modern videogame consoles. Oh, and it'll be released for PS2/Wii on Tuesday, July 15th. But wouldn't you really be better served saving that money towards a 360 or PS3? Just sayin' is all.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Rock Band DLC Coming to PS2/Wii
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
First Rockband DLC for February on XBL
This week's Rockband downloadable content went up within the last 30 hours and boy are my arms....not so tired. Some of you QP'ers out there might be looking forward to belting out, "Roam" by the B-52's, but as for us here at QPHQ, we're keeping our precious spacebucks in our spacewallets, thank you very much. As per usual....
The list is as follows:
The B-52's: "Roam" (160 MS points/ $2)
Faith No More: "We Care a Lot" (160 MS points/ $2)
KISS: "Calling Dr. Love" (160 MS Points / $2)
(via MajorNelson)
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Step Right Up! March! Push!
Being the jerks we are here at QPHQ, we can't help but love when the united army of nerds tips off us internetfolk and reveals some juicy juicy magazine subscriber tidbits before the mag arrives on newsstands (we're sorry, Francesca Reyes.)
The biggest hits on the list come from The Police with, "Message in a Bottle" and Metallica's, "Fuel." This writer can honestly say he'll be dancing for a full hour in celebration of the three excellent skull crushing Nine Inch Nails songs. What do you burgeoning rock stars out there want to see in April? And when are we going to see those full album downloads?
Full track list for March is as follows:
March 4 - Thrash Pack
At The Gates: Blinded By Fear
Evile: Thrashes
The Haunted: Shadow World
March 11
Bad Company: Shooting Star (cover)
Lynyrd Skynyrd: Simple Man
The Police: Message in a Bottle
March 18 - NIN Pack
Nine Inch Nails: March of the Pigs
Nine Inch Nails: The Collector
Nine Inch Nails: The Perfect Drug
March 25 - Metal Pack
Iron Maiden: Wrathchild (cover)
Black Sabbath: Supernaut (cover)
Metallica: Fuel