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  Remastered Beatles library result of Rock Band?

  Has the Fab Four's digital success lead to an entirely new, digitally remastered re-release of their entire library?

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  Price drop: Rock Band now $100 for Wii, PS2

  Amid economic recession, Electronic Arts and company dropped the price of the original Rock Band today to $100 on Wii and PS2, and $140 on Xbox 360 and PS3.

• 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.

• Behind the times: Wii to get Rock Band DLC on discs

  A lack of storage "can't stop the [downloadable] rock" from hitting Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 2 versions of Rock Band, says MTV Games.

• No frills Rock Band (finally) arrives on Wii June 22

  A Wii version of Rock Band was all but certain given the success of the console and now it's official: the popular band emulator from Harmonix arrives on Nintendo's console June 22 for $169 -- DLC and online still in doubt, however.

• Rock Band gets Music Store, patch and 6 million song downloads

  Harmonix responded to Rock Band owners requests for bug fixes and tweaks today with a wide ranging update and a faster loading, slicked up in-game Music Store.

• EA confirms Rock Band for Wii

  Rock and Roll to save Wii's soul with "coming launch."

• Rock Band Wii? EA says "no" (for now)

  A Wii version is nothing more than wishful thinking at the moment.

• Activision suppressing PS3 Rock Band owners?

  MTV Games says Activision is preventing the release of a update that would enable the use of GH3 controllers in Rock Band for PS3. Activision says MTV Games declined "an agreement" that would enable the ability.

• Black Sabbath now shredding Rock Band

  Do you enjoy bands that play Black Sabbath songs but aren't really Black Sabbath? If you said yes, then a new song pack for Rock Band could be right up your alley.

• Metallica in talks to debut new single via Rock Band

  MTV Games said on Monday that Metallica may premier their new single as a playable Rock Band download.

• Rock Band readies for Nov. 20 release

  Electronic Arts announced on Monday that their Guitar Hero killer has been sent to manufacturing in preparation for its holiday showdown on Xbox 360, PS3, and PS2.

• Rock Band setlist revealed, shows future promise

  Battle of the (digital) bands continues... EA responds to Activision's newly released Guitar Hero III with its very own 58 song setlist.

• Rock Band on Xbox 360 to ship with wired controllers

  Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos confirmed in an interview with the Official Xbox Magazine that Rock Band for Xbox 360 will bundle wired guitar controllers due to Microsoft's proprietary wireless standard.

• Source: Rock Band to cost $199, 360 not getting wireless

  An anonymous Microsoft employee claims Rock Band will in fact cost $199 as has been speculated, and that Xbox 360 owners will not be able to play the game using wireless controllers.

• Xbox 360 cleans house in Game Critics Awards

  Microsoft's Xbox 360 took top honors as the console with the most award-winning games at E3 this year according to the Game Critics Awards. Xbox 360 games took home 11 awards, followed by PS3 with eight, and Wii with just one.