Just recently MTV revealed a Rock Band game based on American rockers Green Day. Now Green Day, Harmonix, MTV Games, and Warner Bros./Reprise Records have announced that they will all be collaborating on a standalone title Green Day: Rock Band.
“We’ve worked with the Rock Band team in the past year to enable our fans to play tracks from 21st Century Breakdown, and we’re excited to now be working on a game, spanning our entire career,” said Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong. “We want people to fire this up, choose their favorite Green Day tracks, and play along with us as Rock Band avatars so they can feel what it’s like to perform on stage as Green Day.”
“Green Day’s music and explosive live performances transcend age barriers,” said Tom Whalley, Chairman/CEO, Warner Bros. Records. “By partnering with the band and Harmonix, Warner Bros./Reprise is thrilled to help create a Rock Band experience devoted exclusively to their impressive catalog. This game will appeal to fans of all ages, including those who love their recent best-selling albums and those who’ve loved Green Day throughout their long, incredible career.”
“It’s very exciting to work closely with Green Day to create an experience that captures the incomparable sound, look and feel of the band,” Paul DeGooyer, SVP of Electronic Games and Music for MTV Networks Music Group exclaimed. “‘Green Day: Rock Band’ is yet another example of how music fans can connect with some of the greatest music ever recorded via the Rock Band platform.”
“This game will feel like a natural extension of Green Day and their music that will deepen the fans’ connection to the band and their history,” Alex Rigopulos, CEO and co-founder of Harmonix Music Systems explained. “Fans will be able to enjoy some of the greatest songs from the Green Day catalogue in this standalone game or via Rock Band due to full export capability. We are thrilled to work with Green Day to revisit key moments from their career, including their likenesses, content and imagery, through our innovative form of musical interaction.”
Green Day: Rock Band will feature the likenesses of the Green Day band members, Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tré Cool, and will also have venues as well as art specific to the band’s history. The game will be available worldwide sometime in 2010 for the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii. Additionally tracks from the game will be fully exportable, allowing players to use the songs in Rock Band and Rock Band 2 on the PS3 and Xbox 360.