The new Rock Band Music Store will allow players to browse downloadable content in various ways, preview songs, look over each instrument's difficulty and make a purchase all from within' the game. You'll also be treated to spiffy album art as well. But that isn't all this week's patch will bring as a few other general fixes will be implemented including the raising of each difficulty's fan cap, more song diversity in the Rock Band World Tour and (our favorite) faster loading of DLC. We posted a complete list of all the general fixes the patch will perform as well as a few preview pictures of the Rock Band Music Store after the break. We think it's more than obvious that Harmonix is listening to their fans' feedback, but we have to ask ... where's the World Tour online play?
- Rock Band General Fixes
- Fan cap revision -- Increase on number of fans possible before cap. Easy players can travel across Atlantic, Medium players have a wider range of venues and Hard players on the Xbox 360 can unlock "One Million Fans" achievement.
- Increased diversity in Band World Tour song selection.
- Improved phoneme recognition -- Improved detection and scoring for phoneme recognition. Examples are songs like Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld and Blitzkrieg Bop.
- Microphone latency on PS3 improved.
- Xbox 360 band logos now visible through Xbox LIVE -- A parental controls prevented band logos from being visible over Xbox LIVE.
- Faster loading of DLC -- Also song is cached for a one time wait.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
3-20-2008 @ 9:53AM
Loban said...
Sweet!!! I'm really excited for the in-game music store. It'll be nice to be able to listen to songs before buying them.
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3-20-2008 @ 10:12AM
eric e said...
I like the idea of the in-game music store and the increase in the number of fans available but why couldn't they make it so that you could play your world tour over live. This game would be 10x's better if I could play the world tour over live w/ my friends and everyone could get the achievements.
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3-20-2008 @ 10:20AM
khan800 said...
"we have to ask ... where's the World Tour online play?"
Rock Band 2?
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3-20-2008 @ 10:27AM
Tony said...
Thank god for the music store and previews. Awesome.
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3-20-2008 @ 10:37AM
BKB said...
this paves the way for the full albums they've been promising....
definitely adds to the game nicely
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3-20-2008 @ 10:59AM
DaveC said...
I'm gonna be that guy and say, still no Europe date.
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3-20-2008 @ 11:13AM
Remix said...
It's about time I can preview songs without havin 2 hit up youtube. Can't wait for this patch
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3-20-2008 @ 11:13AM
Deck said...
Music Store ftw! Great news this is, plus of course the faster loading DLC!
DaveC I am sorry :( That really is no fun at all :-/
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3-20-2008 @ 11:20AM
ZEBRA NINER said...
Yeah, online band world tour. Seems like it should be a priority. I bought Rock Band for my GF because she loves music games, but I don't own it. I think it's ok, but I'm not going to buy the game until they fix this (online play with friends is pretty much all I care about when it comes to any game).
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3-20-2008 @ 11:32AM
Misinformed DNA said...
Some of the best news I've heard all day and I've been up for 10 minutes. Seriously, this is really good news.
Online World Tour: Based on the interviews and their vagueness, I stopped hoping for it months ago. I'm expecting they'll wait for RB2 to introduce it.
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3-20-2008 @ 1:19PM
Jer said...
Great news! But I agree with everyone else: Gotta have World Tour over Live.
Oh, and what about a double bass kick pedal? My foot can't move fast enough for some of the songs.
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3-20-2008 @ 1:34PM
Neuromancer said...
I wonder if its going to be a video or audio preview? Either way I'm psyched, Harmonix is really doing a good job keeping me playing this game.
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3-20-2008 @ 1:41PM
Kyle said...
reckon Eu early adopters (importers) will be able to download songs from the ingame music store without an ameircan credit card?
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3-20-2008 @ 2:34PM
Lewis said...
The store's pretty useful but don't you think it should have came with the game...
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3-20-2008 @ 2:45PM
Mark said...
Lewis, Are you saying that they should have released the game in March? Or do you think somehow they were just sitting around and that they could have done this for November, but were just too lazy to do it? It's not like this is EA and you're paying for this feature by buying some new DLC. It's a free patch. So it "comes with the game".
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3-20-2008 @ 2:45PM
ChromaTick said...
I agree that the store will be quite useful. Maybe no more having to youtube the songs each week.
However, like everyone else...where the heck is Live World Tour?
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3-20-2008 @ 4:07PM
jkdoug said...
These changes are all awesome! Can't wait to get home from work now to check everything out.
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3-20-2008 @ 4:45PM
Tegolin said...
This looks good.
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3-20-2008 @ 5:44PM
RomeoDude said...
Sadly, no mention of bringing Band World Tour online...
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3-21-2008 @ 9:53AM
xboxer said...
Just downloaded the update and it looks nice. Music Store is great as it is awesome to be able to hear a preview and see the artist of each song.
Just reinforces the fact that the XBL interface is clunky and under-functional for the 360. I remember the first time I downloaded a RB song and could imagine why you had to wait 30 seconds for the artist to scroll into view. Who are the idiots behind the 360 dashboard and XBL?
If we're going to be pouring our wallets into this, at least make it smooth and easy to do so. All 360 purchases should be this slick and easy.
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