EA announces Rock Band 2 for release this fall

Rock Band 2 was made official on Monday, and thankfully it will support cross-title compatibility for all past and future downloadable songs.

Rock Band prepares for an encore

Rock Band prepares for an encore

The announcement was made by IGN today, in which developer Harmonix promised that Rock Band 2 will play all downloadable tracks released to this point, and of course, all future songs. What's more, Rock Band 1 owners won't have to upgrade should they choose to continue downloading fresh tracks.

That said, Harmonix is planning gameplay enhancements to help encourage the purchase of the sequel. Primary among them are "upgraded peripherals," improved online play, and a party-mode for fast startup, though specifics have yet to be revealed. But Rock Band 1 instruments will still work with Rock Band 2, reports IGN.

Rock Band 2 will release first on Xbox 360 this September and later in the year on "all relevant platforms," presumably which include at least PS3, Wii, and PS2.

In May, Activision announced Guitar Hero World Tour for Xbox 360, Wii, PS3, and PS2. The Rock Band rival includes all wireless instruments, a more robust drum peripheral, online multiplayer, a song creation mode (for original material and covers), but no backwards compatibility of Guitar Hero 3 song downloads.

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tg211

Imagine that EA flooding the market with another sequel that is the same as the last.Who would have thought.Fuk Rock Band and more imoprtantly FUK EA

ChosenFew

Backwards compatability with the downloads is nice, Guitar Hero needs to have that. Thankfully the instruments from Rock Band will work for RB2. Don't have the money or space to have so many instruments lying around. I'll purchase the game if it's got a good track list. By the way, GH:Aerosmith is weak, they missed a lot of Aerosmith's more famous hits like Cryin, Eat the Rich, Amazin, Janie's Got a Gun etc. Rent the game, save the $$ for Guitar Hero 4.

LACHzilla

awwwww sh#$!! Can't wait for this. Only a little over 2 months to wait at that?

Darklordofsith

are you kidding me?!?! who liked the first one!! these developers need to stop making more and more sequals and come out wiht new, origional games

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