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Wii Getting To Rock Out With Rock Band In June News

Wii Getting To Rock Out With Rock Band In June News

EA/Harmonix reveals a summer launch for the Wii edition of the game...

By Jon Wilcox
Posted: 25/03/2008

After months of speculation, Electronic Arts has today confirmed that Rock Band will be heading to Wii this June - in North America at least.

The game, which is yet to launch on any format outside of the US and Canada on June 22nd, features 63 tracks and an additional 5 songs exclusive to Wii, and will retail for $169.99.

"The Wii's success among casual and core gamers of all ages makes it an ideal match for the cross-generational appeal of the music featured in Rock Band," says Bob Picunko, Vice President of Electronic Games and Interactive Products, MTV

"The social interaction and addictive nature of the Rock Band experience is a perfect fit for the Wii and will undoubtedly be fun for the entire family," says Steve Singer, licensing VP from Nintendo.

EA CEO John Riccitiello confirmed the wii version of Rock Band in early February during a conference call. A new addition the Rock Band line up is certainly welcome - but when will it launch in Europe, EA???

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	By: Anonymous Added:Sun 17th Aug 2008 02:27, Post No: 56 Sure it's great that they've put out an update disc for the PS2 but the songs selected are mostly crap compared to the packs you can download with the PS3! WTF?!
	By: BtaraKtahn Added:Sun 11th May 2008 19:02, Post No: 55 Oh, good. I was hoping we could start seeing additional game discs for this franchise on the PS2 (since we can't do the downloads thing like the 360 or PS3). Love that they've gotten the rights to use Teenage Lobotomy, too!
	By: Anonymous Added:Thu 01st May 2008 17:18, Post No: 54 Yeah its releasing in UK the 23.may so im gonna import it.I live in Norway and i think the game is a VERY good game.Im gonna buy the Boston pack;)Anyways i have xbox 360 so im lucky:D
	By: Anonymous Added:Tue 22nd Apr 2008 01:32, Post No: 53 the drums, guitar, vocals, and expecialy bass are all easy however rock band has kickass songs with kickass graphics making it a little thing called "fun"
	By: Anonymous Added:Mon 14th Apr 2008 16:52, Post No: 52 I can see alot of ebay shops setting up just importing Rockband to the EU, they will make loads, people get it cheaper and quicker. At the full price EA wants for it the game is a dead duck in the EU.
	By: Anonymous Added:Sun 13th Apr 2008 06:38, Post No: 51 Activision is being really stupid about all of this. I am betting they are thinking that this kind of game is just a fad or something and is hoping to control the market as much as they can. All I can say about that is look at the whole IBM vs Mac issue. Mac went propriatary on all hardware and software while IBM remained open. Until recently 95% of PC sales were IBM compatable, and the software companies that were making games for the IBMs were raking in the cash. Anytime you make such a limiting thing to the consumer they will move on to a more versatile option. The next game that comes out that will work with any and all previously made guitars, mics (American Idol, Sing Star), drums and whatever else, is going to be the winner. Then Activision will be firing whoever made the decision to keep the patch from going thru.
	By: Anonymous Added:Fri 11th Apr 2008 21:47, Post No: 50 US rockband plays on PS3 fine... it's region - free gaming on the PS3. I know this cos I bought Rockband from the States... total cost including shipping and VAT (from customs) and extra postage was just under £130.... cheaper than all this rip off prices we have to pay in the UK.. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH THAT????? NO body ever answers that question.
	By: Anonymous Added:Thu 10th Apr 2008 15:06, Post No: 49 No shortage of peripherals? Perhaps because it's a rip off
	By: griff69 Added:Tue 25th Mar 2008 22:12, Post No: 48 Excellent news about this for the wii. trouble is how much is this one gonna set us all back? and will it be packaged with all the periferals?? Hope that the current guitair hero guitar controller is compatable otherwise this may push the price up too much. anyone got any ideas???
	By: Anonymous Added:Thu 28th Feb 2008 01:11, Post No: 47 I was extreamly dissapointed, I bought both and its really is bad. They win I paid down my 60 bucks for the rockband extra guitar that will be out in april. Bad activision..bad!