Green Day: Rock Band - Official Details: Official Discussion Thread!

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GREEN DAY, MTV GAMES, HARMONIX AND WARNER BROS. / REPRISE RECORDS ANNOUNCE GREEN DAY: ROCK BAND™

Artist Likenesses, Defining Albums from the Band’s Career and Exportable Track List to be Featured in Green Day Music Game Experience

“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."

The game is an extension and expression of Green Day’s most-defining albums and key moments throughout their career to date. It will feature likenesses of Green Day members Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tré Cool, as well as select venues and art specific to the band's history. The title will be available globally in 2010 for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Wii™ system from Nintendo. In addition, the track list will be fully exportable, giving players the opportunity to play the songs in Rock Band™ and Rock Band 2™ on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation3.

"Green Day's music and explosive live performances transcend age barriers," says 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,” said Paul DeGooyer, SVP of Electronic Games and Music for MTV Networks Music Group. “'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,” said Alex Rigopulos, CEO and co-founder of Harmonix Music Systems. “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.”

***UPDATE***

Green Day, MTV Games, Harmonix and Reprise / Warner Bros.
Records Unleash Green Day: Rock Band on the World June 8, 2010

Full standalone music video game experience features 47 exportable tracks, rare access to the Green Day media vault, artist likenesses and more!

New York – March 10, 2010 – Multi-platinum selling and Grammy® Award winning group Green Day, along with Harmonix, the leading developer of music-based games, MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), and Reprise / Warner Bros. Records today announced that Green Day: Rock Band, the full standalone music video game experience that celebrates Green Day’s historic career and genre-defining albums will launch worldwide June 8, 2010, for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and the Wii system from Nintendo.

Green Day: Rock Band allows players to step onto the stage and into the shoes of Green Day, the multi-platinum, Grammy® Award-winning band that jump-started the punk-pop revival and has continued to pave the way for American rock music into the 21st century. Taking on the likenesses of Green Day members Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool, players progress through the story and history of Green Day, gaining access into the band’s media vault, where they can unlock more than 100 collectible images, and more than 40 minutes of rare and unreleased video from interviews, outtakes and performances.

Featuring the three-part vocal harmony technology Harmonix introduced with the award-winning The Beatles: Rock Band, Green Day: Rock Band gives players access to an incredible setlist of 47 tracks that span the band’s career including “Brain Stew,” “Jaded,” “Hitchin’ a Ride,” “American Idiot,” “Wake Me Up When September Ends” and “Boulevard of Broken Dreams.” All 47 tracks are fully exportable, providing players with the opportunity to play the songs in Rock BandTM, Rock Band 2TM and the recently announced Rock Band3! Green Day: Rock BandTM features an export fee of $9.99 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 system. The export feature is not available for the Wii system. In addition, the six Green Day tracks already available in the Rock Band Music Store as downloadable content can be played in Green Day: Rock Band with added vocal
harmonies, unique performance visuals, and exclusive archival material.

Green Day: Rock Band pricing is as follows:

Green Day: Rock Band standalone game for Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 system
o US MSRP $59.99

Green Day: Rock Band standalone game for Wii system
o US MSRP $49.99

Green Day: Rock Band Plus for Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 system (US/Canada only)
o US MSRP $69.99
o Includes special packaging, free export and six Green Day DLC tracks ($22 total value)

Green Day: Rock Band will be released simultaneously in North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and other territories on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and Wii. The game is compatible with all Rock BandTM instrument controllers, as well as most Guitar Hero® and other third-party music video game peripherals and microphones.

Green Day: Rock Band is rated “T” for Teen by the ESRB.

Green Day: Rock Band is published by MTV Games and developed by Harmonix, the world’s premier music video game company and creators of the best-selling Rock Band. Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) is serving as distribution partner for the game.

For more information on Green Day: Rock Band or to gain access to new screenshots, video trailer, pack fronts and other art please visit http://www.rockband.com/press/greenday.

Hey gang, as an addendum to the announcement above, I just wanted to let you know that if you preorder GD:RB through GameStop, when you pick up the game you’ll get a token that will allow you to export without paying any additional charge. So hit up GameStop, preorder GD:RB, and on launch day you’ll be exporting all 47 songs on disc into your RB music library with the standard export fee waived. We’re committed to pushing for export to build on what is already the largest set list in music gaming, especially if we can do so in a way that’s beneficial to the early adopters and the most dedicated fans of the RB community. Thanks so much for your continued support!

Highlights:

- Artist Likenesses, Defining Albums from the Band’s Career and Exportable Track List to be Featured in Green Day Music Game Experience

- Released globally in 2010 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii

- The track list will be fully exportable, giving players the opportunity to play the songs in Rock Band™ and Rock Band 2™ on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

- Green Day DLC tracks released on the Rock Band platform will be supported in Green Day: Rock Band.

Now that we're armed with some solid information, feel free to discuss Green Day: Rock Band!

[solidsnakejt]

hell yeah, exportable, like i told everyone for the last 5hours
but anyway i will play the songs on that game most of the time

[omghax]

Yet another day on which I wish I hadn't blown all my money on DLC for the Wii version. Gah.

Still, I will FOR SURE buy this game and will love every second of it, I just wish I could integrate the songs onto more diverse setlists.. Wii, you make me want to cry =(

[LegendofRock3021]

hell yeah, exportable, like i told everyone for the last 5hours
but anyway i will play the songs on that game most of the time

I had no doubt it was going to be exportable since that was the best way to go about a game for a band such as Green Day, but now those who were paranoid that it wouldn't export were proven wrong.

[xXZeroOverrideXx]

Yet another day on which I wish I hadn't blown all my money on DLC for the Wii version. Gah.

Still, I will FOR SURE buy this game and will love every second of it, I just wish I could integrate the songs onto more diverse setlists.. Wii, you make me want to cry =(

What do you mean?

[xXZeroOverrideXx]

I had no doubt it was going to be exportable since that was the best way to go about a game for a band such as Green Day, but now those who were paranoid that it wouldn't export were proven wrong.

Basket Case confirmed!

[Zebracakes]

Who else thinks the guitar charts are going to be terrible...?? I love Green Day but I just don't see it being fun on guitar...it might almost be like playing bass with the repetition...

[BevoTheWarrior]

The next two items up for speculation: release date and amount of tracks.

[Dugray]

Green Day is a terribly mediocre band to follow up a band game by the Beatles. Sure it exports, but don't you think the man-hours spent on this turd could be better spent on Rock Band 3?

[LegendofRock3021]

The next two items up for speculation: release date and amount of tracks.

Yup, the excitement is going to build until then, can't wait until both are revealed.