Ozzy Osbourne, Foo Fighters, Lady Gaga coming soon.. Plus more info from GameInformer

[blzbub74]

The article I'm quoting is from the Feburary interview with Alex Rigopulos. So for around 3 months now we've known that there is NOT once again NOT going to be any rock band 4 in 2011 nor even any band games. I thought this was common knowledge by now.

I, for one, don't remember any interview from February stating anything like that. Like Sayburr said, I guess we'll find out in a month. It wouldn't surprise me either way.

[Casto21]

The article I'm quoting is from the Feburary interview with Alex Rigopulos. So for around 3 months now we've known that there is NOT once again NOT going to be any rock band 4 in 2011 nor even any band games. I thought this was common knowledge by now.

While there may be another interview and quote you are referring to, the one from the Desctructoid interview I found was:

Certainly, Rock Band 3 was a strong offering when you guys released it last year. So there's still a lot there. Does this mean we're not going to see another Rock Band this year, [and that] you're just going to focus on supporting the Rock Band 3 product?

In the short term this year, I think we're going to be focusing on cultivating Rock Band 3, which means reaching out to new audiences, [and] bringing some really compelling new content onto the platform. Running with the Rock Band Pro functionality, which can really start to be fully realized now that the Squier is coming to market. There's a lot of development to be done over the course of this year, with new content for Rock Band 3.

So that's what we're focusing on in terms of what's in the marketplace this year. And then beyond this year, as I touched on, there's some far more fundamental reimaginings of the Rock Band franchise that we're thinking about right now.

While that most likely means no new game this year, it is far from a definitive statement. I'm sure an exact answer was purposely avoided.

[LoopyChew]

The article I'm quoting is from the Feburary interview with Alex Rigopulos. So for around 3 months now we've known that there is NOT once again NOT going to be any rock band 4 in 2011 nor even any band games. I thought this was common knowledge by now.

Got a link to that? The two interviews I read didn't say anything about "no Rock Band 4 in 2011 nor even any band games." The closest thing I could get was Dtoid's quote, "In the short term this year, I think we're going to be focusing on cultivating Rock Band 3, which means reaching out to new audiences, [and] bringing some really compelling new content onto the platform" -- which does not, in fact, say "no Rock Band 4; no [THIS BAND]: Rock Band in 2011".

So link and quote, please.

[rab39]

This tracklist is more or less identical to the Tribute album: Only Goodbye To Romance and No Bone Moves are missing. And since it's from the same tour I suspect that it's just alternate recordings of the same songs. Which could mean that there is a drum solo in Steal Away and a guitar solo in Suicide Solution. Or that they have some other tricks up their sleeves.

Wow, forgot about tribute...never replaced it on vinyl, heh.

PS Do you happen to know if the version of Crazy Train on RB3 is the original version with Kerslake and Daisley, or the redubs that Sharon Osbourne commissioned with Robert Trujillo (Metallica!) and Mike Bordin (Faith No More!).

PPS Am I really the first person that will point out that this interview again said no RB4 PLANNED... I also want to remind everyone that that's the one thing every game developer is allowed to lie about. Think Twisted Metal, for one.

[Andy_French]

Wow, forgot about tribute...never replaced it on vinyl, heh.

PS Do you happen to know if the version of Crazy Train on RB3 is the original version with Kerslake and Daisley, or the redubs that Sharon Osbourne commissioned with Robert Trujillo (Metallica!) and Mike Bordin (Faith No More!).

PPS Am I really the first person that will point out that this interview again said no RB4 PLANNED... I also want to remind everyone that that's the one thing every game developer is allowed to lie about. Think Twisted Metal, for one.

Call me crazy, but I think they're not lying about this one.

[dog037]

Got a link to that? The two interviews I read didn't say anything about "no Rock Band 4 in 2011 nor even any band games." The closest thing I could get was Dtoid's quote, "In the short term this year, I think we're going to be focusing on cultivating Rock Band 3, which means reaching out to new audiences, [and] bringing some really compelling new content onto the platform" -- which does not, in fact, say "no Rock Band 4; no [THIS BAND]: Rock Band in 2011".

So link and quote, please.

In the short term this year, I think we're going to be focusing on cultivating Rock Band 3, which means reaching out to new audiences, [and] bringing some really compelling new content onto the platform. Running with the Rock Band Pro functionality, which can really start to be fully realized now that the Squier is coming to market. There's a lot of development to be done over the course of this year, with new content for Rock Band 3.

So that's what we're focusing on in terms of what's in the marketplace this year. And then beyond this year, as I touched on, there's some far more fundamental reimaginings of the Rock Band franchise that we're thinking about right now.

He doesn't outright say there's no Rock Band 4, but he says they're focusing on dlc in terms of the marketplace this year.

[SeymourDuncan17]

Ugh. No clue how so many want Telephone so bad. By far Gaga's worst song. Reminds me too much of something "pop artist a" would do in collaboration with "pop artist c". Way too bleh.

This leads me believe that Telephone just might be in the pack :/

[LoopyChew]

He doesn't outright say there's no Rock Band 4, but he says they're focusing on dlc in terms of the marketplace this year.

A-Rig doesn't say "No Rock Band 4"--C-Rig DOES, however, in this interview. That's not what this is about though. Quoting peterock:

Except for the fact that they said "No disc based games in 2011"

The article I'm quoting is from the Feburary interview with Alex Rigopulos. So for around 3 months now we've known that there is NOT once again NOT going to be any rock band 4 in 2011 nor even any band games. I thought this was common knowledge by now.

Peterock thinks something A-Rig said explicitly states that there will be no disc-based games whatsoever, and provides a vague origin, of which I've found two possible sources, neither of which actually deny the possibility of a disc-based game in 2011. "We're focusing on DLC in 2011" is NOT the same as "no disc-based game in 2011" by any stretch of the imagination.

[princeofcups]

He doesn't outright say there's no Rock Band 4, but he says they're focusing on dlc in terms of the marketplace this year.

Hopefully someone can slap some sense into "the power that be" at HMX. They still have time to get a RB4 out for 4th quarter. The last thing we need is another Beatles year. That could put HMX under for good.

[LoopyChew]

Ugh. No clue how so many want Telephone so bad. By far Gaga's worst song. Reminds me too much of something "pop artist a" would do in collaboration with "pop artist c". Way too bleh.

This leads me believe that Telephone just might be in the pack :/

"Telephone" is the greatest K-Pop song not actually from Korea EVER. Plus, the recipe for the sandwich she makes includes Tiberium, so that's awesome.