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Green Day: Rock Band Dated, Adds Harmonies To Old DLC
Harmonix and MTV Games have announced a June 8 release date for the upcoming Green Day: Rock Band. The standalone game includes 47 tracks that are fully exportable to Rock Band, Rock Band 2, and the recently announced Rock Band 3. Some of those songs include “Brain Stew,” “Jaded,” “Hitchin’ a Ride,” “American Idiot,” “Wake Me Up When September Ends,” and “Boulevard of Broken Dreams.” There are also more than 100 images to unlock and 40 minutes of video from the band, including performances, outtakes and interviews.
Even if Green Day doesn't exactly float your boat, the announcement contains some information that Rock Band players might find interesting. Players can import six Green Day tracks into the game that are already available in the Rock Band music store. Once imported, those tracks will have vocal harmonies added to them, allowing three singers to wail out their favorite tunes. Harmonies were first introduced in the Beatles: Rock Band, and Green Day: Rock Band supports them as well. It's encouraging to learn that harmonies can apparently be added into songs at a later date. Does that mean Rock Band 3 will add harmonies to select songs that have been available as DLC before the game ships? We'll have to wait and see, but it seems as though it's at least a distinct possibility.
Green Day: Rock Band is set to release on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii.
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