Today, Harmonix officially announced that the Rock Band disc export, the update that allows most all Rock Band songs to be available in Rock Band 2, is now available for download off the XBLM. Though, it doesn't really do anything until Rock Band 2 releases. The disc export update will set you back 400 Microsoft points ($5) and will import 55 of the Rock Band songs into the game sequel. 55 songs seem a little light? Well, you're correct. Sadly, "Enter Sandman" by Metallica, "Paranoid" by Black Sabbath, "Run to the Hills" by Iron Maiden and the European exclusive "Monsoon" by Tokio Hotel will not be a part of the transfer. We can only speculate to why a re-license agreement couldn't be made.
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9-04-2008 @ 4:44PM
craig64 said...
Sweeeeet! I have 460 points sitting on there doing nothing. :D This is awesome!
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9-04-2008 @ 4:48PM
dicknjane said...
good, i hated all those songs. kudos Rock Band 2! this is my GOTY!!
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9-04-2008 @ 5:02PM
Timur Tabi said...
This is some lazy reporting here, Dustin. Where is the link to the actual announcement, and the list of 55 songs? All you're providing is a link to a joystick.com page, which doesn't link to the official announcement or the list either! Come on!
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9-04-2008 @ 8:06PM
Deezul said...
Lazy reporting? No, lazy reader. There are 58 songs included on the disc. Justin mentioned 3 songs not included. 58-3 equals, wait for it... 55!
9-04-2008 @ 5:03PM
juangrande386 said...
1. Does this put everything into a Rockband 2 folder on my 360 harddrive so I can delete my Rockband 1 save after the transfer?
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9-04-2008 @ 5:19PM
bmill said...
No love lost here for Iron maiden... hate that band, hate the charts for the song worse, paranoid cover was awful, so take that one, but ENTER SANDMAN!?? NOOOOOOO
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9-04-2008 @ 9:32PM
MuDvAyNe said...
How much harddrive space will this take up?
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9-04-2008 @ 11:20PM
Ghoti said...
About 1.5 GB.
9-07-2008 @ 4:37AM
Secre said...
I want the unedited version of that picture.
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