When Rock Band was announced lots of people were excited and now as more details of the game trickle in from E3 2007, more and more gamers will be looking forward to it. Electronic Arts (EA) and Harmonix have announced that complete albums will be made available for download as playable entities and Metallica songs will feature in the game.
Rock Band will ship with the incomparable metal song “Enter Sandman”. And the first album to be available for Rock Band owners to purchase soon after the game’s release will be The Who’s Who’s Next. Here are the details:
1. “Baba O’Riley”
2. “Bargain”
3. “Love Ain’t for Keepin'”
4. “My Wife (Entwistle)”
5. “The Song Is Over”
6. “Getting in Tune”
7. “Going Movile”
8. “Behind Blue Eyes”
9. “Won’t Get Fooled Again”
Alex Rigopulos, Co-founder & CEO, Harmonix commented, “Metallica is one of the best loved bands in the world and their albums redefined hard rock and metal. Its one of the bands we had to bring to the Rock Band experience. Rock Band will allow gamers to jam with the guys through their long, successful career, from young, raw talent to mega stars, playing the hard-rocking sounds that the band is known for.”
Jeff Yapp, EVP, MTV Program Enterprises said, “The Who’s Who’s Next is crystallized as one of the great moments in music history. This is the first of many legendary albums available for download in Rock Band as a digitally-distributed game level. This allows us to connect music fans and gamers with the artists and songs they want to play so they can experience these historic moments through Rock Band.”
Rock Band is being developed by Harmonix and will release for the PS3 and the Xbox 360 in the holiday period of 2007. It is a great thing that they have made whole albums available and the shipping the game with “Enter Sandman” would surely bring a thousand watt smile on the faces of the gamers!