Discussion Thread for Releasing Blitz Tracks as Singles & Plans for Upcoming RB DLC

[hmxhenry]

This is the discussion thread for the recent announcement concerning the release of RB Blitz tracks as singles and plans for upcoming RB DLC. You can check out the full announcement for more info and review the FAQ below, but if you have any additional questions or comments feel free to post in this discussion thread.

1. Why are you releasing Blitz tracks as DLC?

There are a number of reasons why we’re releasing Blitz tracks as DLC. This will be the first time that Wii rockers have had access to these tracks, as Blitz was only available on the Xbox 360 and PS3. Additionally, since the announcement of Blitz, we’ve received a number of vocal requests from members of the community that wanted to pick and choose from singles off the setlist. As we’ve seen with previous Track Pack DLC releases, there is definitely a segment of the community interested in purchasing tracks piecemeal.

2. Will there be any new content available alongside the Blitz singles?

There may be one or two instances where Blitz singles releases are accompanied by previously unreleased content, and there are several Pro Guitar upgrades planned as well. For the most part the Blitz singles will be released by themselves.

3. Are you switching to a bi weekly Blitz schedule because you’re running out of DLC?

We still have some great DLC on the schedule, including the addition of several bands that have not yet appeared in Rock Band, as well as the return of some old favorites. The bi weeks in between Blitz releases will still feature new DLC releases, carrying us well beyond 4,000 total tracks in the library.

4. How long will the bi weekly Blitz releases run for?

The Blitz singles will likely be released in 3-4 song batches every other week over the course of the next 3 months until all 25 songs are available.

5. Why aren’t you releasing all the Blitz songs at once?

Releasing large batches of songs requires a ton of production bandwidth, both for our DLC team and for 1st party testers. Even though these songs were previously available in Blitz, releasing them as singles still requires additional testing and submission time that wasn’t available while developing other titles.

6. Will there be Pro upgrades for the Blitz singles?

We’re planning on adding Pro upgrades for 6 of the Blitz singles. These upgrades should be available to those that have already purchased Blitz, similar to how the Pro upgrades worked for the recent Green Day DLC / GDRB export.

7. What are these new IPs you’re working on? Are any of them RB related / instrument based music games?

Harmonix has several new projects in the works, but unfortunately no Rock Band news at the moment. You can keep posted to HarmonixMusic.com for future project announcements.

[meck77]

Well all I can say as a DIE HARD RB player is that it is great to hear we will still be getting new content for the foreseeable future.

It is painful for me to think of this ending the way guitar hero did. I for one appreciate the fact that HMX always keeps us in the loop and am very much looking forward to playing this game for many years to come.

still love to get some of the content in my sig

[Blasteroids]

We’ve opened up this thread HERE for your questions.

Why don't you love me anymore?

[randrac]

"Over the past 5 years, we’ve released over 4,000 songs for the Rock Band Platform. The most loyal of you are aware that our DLC production has slowed over time as Harmonix has grown to take on multiple titles beyond the Rock Band franchise. In this new year, with multiple new IPs in development, our production pipeline is continuing on this trend, resulting in fewer songs per week."

Does this mean that we can expect, ongoing, fewer than 3 songs, which was already pretty paltry? If so, I think I'm done with caring about weekly DLC.

[firedoom666]

so every other week will be Blitz songs?

that means we will only be getting blitz songs on my birthday

[Mileycyrussoulja]

Despite all the negativity, I'm just glad that they're releasing the Blitz songs as singles. Good thing they're not leaving the Wii users out in the cold.

For the Xbox and PS3 users that are complaining, at least there's new DLC coming out every other week now.

[Dangimarocker]

For the Xbox and PS3 users that are complaining, at least there's new DLC coming out every other week now.

Honestly thats not a good thing.

[bigmf]

It certainly seems like we're in the wind-down phase.

[NightmareLyre]

Just promise me that if you survive this and that you someday release another downloadable game, make the soundtrack for said game available at the same time as DLC so we won't end up doing this twice.

[kraven]

And I was crazy for suggesting Rockband is waiting to die.