Harmonix and MTV Games just made an announcement this morning regarding the release of a special edition of Rock Band. This "expansion" of sorts will be releasing this holiday EXCLUSIVELY at Walmart stores and it's called AC/DC LIVE: Rock Band Track Pack. So, yes, the rumor was true.This new AC/DC themed edition of Rock Band will include 18 AC/DC songs that were pulled from their "Live at Donington" DVD and will retail for $39 at, again, Walmart stores. The game will ship to North American retailers in November and to our friends in Europe and Australia in November.
Interesting too is the fact that this retail AC/DC Rock Band edition is being called a track pack yet the game's description reads it's a "fully-featured, standalone extension" of Rock Band and Rock Band 2. But the game also comes packaged with a keycode to download the songs straight to your HDD and import the 18 tracks into your current Rock Band setlist. Speaking of setlists, check out the 18 AC/DC tracks that'll be included in the AC/DC LIVE: Rock Band Track Pack after the break. Oh, and uh ... hurray for Walmart?
AC/DC LIVE: Rock Band Track Pack Setlist
- "Thunderstruck"
- "Shoot to Thrill"
- "Back in Black"
- "Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be"
- "Heatseeker"
- "Fire Your Guns"
- "Jailbreak"
- "The Jack"
- "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
- "Moneytalks"
- "Hells Bells"
- "High Voltage"
- "Whole Lotta Rosie"
- "You Shook Me All Night Long"
- "T.N.T."
- "Let There Be Rock"
- "Highway To Hell"
- "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)"
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
9-30-2008 @ 1:04PM
Fire Fawkes said...
wow, that is a great selection of songs. I've actually been looking to jump into rock band or GH...this may have just convinced me to commit to RB.
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9-30-2008 @ 1:08PM
DBoyFlex said...
Does it have 100 pts of cheevos? That might be cool.
Achievement unlocked: Play all 18 songs 1000g
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9-30-2008 @ 1:08PM
DBoyFlex said...
Sorry, 1000 pts of cheevos
9-30-2008 @ 1:25PM
Paul said...
danget man why does it have to be 39 bucks for 18 songs? i wish it was a little cheaper and i would be all over it. i know that 18 songs at 160 ms points would be 36 dollars and the other 3 dollars is i guess costs for the disc, case, manual, etc. mainly, i just wish we were able to dl certain songs that we want.
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9-30-2008 @ 1:31PM
Paul said...
just to clarify/expand these are the songs i would get:
thunderstruck
back in black
hells bells
t.n.t.
you shook me all night long
dirty deeds done dirt cheap
highway to hell
so i am really only interested in 7 of these songs. come on harmonix i want to give you my money just not 39 dollars worth of it!
9-30-2008 @ 1:41PM
Deezul said...
Yeah, I only am interested in about half of them as well. Also, I would have preferred studio recordings, not live recordings.
But what I really want is some Primus...
9-30-2008 @ 2:00PM
joeybeast said...
AC/DC only sells CDs, their songs aren't even available for download legally anyways.
9-30-2008 @ 1:34PM
jdkay20 said...
Yes. I get to play some AC/DC. This is awesome.
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9-30-2008 @ 1:44PM
Mr Bunky said...
I can't wait to see how many people lose their voice trying to sing like Brian Johnson.
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9-30-2008 @ 1:52PM
dunnypop said...
I wonder how this would be different than just straight DLC?
pre-made characters?
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9-30-2008 @ 1:55PM
Kizzle said...
This sucks for a few reasons -
Overpriced, obviously. Standalone or not, 40 bucks for 18 songs is definitely on the high end for Rock Band tracks (more than the usual 2 bucks per song).
Live versions. I know this album is actually really good quality in both performance and audio, but it's still not the same. Don't want to have Brian Johnson singing on the Bon Scott songs. Give us the studio tracks.
That said, I would think this will be clearanced within a few months. Everyone that wants it is going to buy it right away, I don't see this as something that is going to sell like crazy over the next 12 months.
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9-30-2008 @ 3:30PM
wade said...
Not to mention that it is being sold only by the spawn of Satan
9-30-2008 @ 2:10PM
Levi said...
guess this is one you should avoid buying used. once that key code is used, i get the feeling you'll be screwed
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9-30-2008 @ 2:13PM
HazyCloud said...
Unless the purchaser doesn't care about switching discs. I'm personally taking the Sam's Club route. They're usually about 5 bucks cheaper on new games.
9-30-2008 @ 2:20PM
ice~ said...
Will this release as DLC???
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9-30-2008 @ 2:42PM
DeadPlasmaCell said...
Probably not. AC/DC isn't a fan of letting people purchase individual tracks. They want you to purchase the whole album.. Thus one of the reasons they're not on iTunes. So I don't see why this would be any different.
9-30-2008 @ 2:42PM
HazyCloud said...
Probably not. The disc will be a one time export. Harmonix/EA will release a press release tomorrow. It should answer any questions we have.
9-30-2008 @ 3:14PM
ice~ said...
Sigh...looks like I'm gonna have to leave my cave and actually buy this disc thing you speak of :/ Im not a huge fan of it being live but hell I'll take any AC/DC.
9-30-2008 @ 2:34PM
honorablesauce said...
Any word if there is a location ...perhaps Donington....
That would be cool.
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9-30-2008 @ 2:36PM
Helloimbob said...
What about Europe/UK?
Will Asda sell this or something =/ I NEED THOSE SONGS!!!
Or will we just get screwed over again by those EA jackasses?
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