Tracks from Green Day’s 21st Century Breakdown release will be coming to the Rock Band and Rock Band 2 Wii catalog. These three new tracks are a stark contrast with 8 choice original masters from artists participating in the RockStar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. Behemoth, Cannibal Corpse, Marilyn Manson and Slayer are all on the list.

Tracks:

Behemoth                         “Conquer All”

(All tracks are original master recordings)

Tracks from festival artists Killswitch Engine and Bullet For My Valentine are already part of the extensive Rock Band DLC catlog. All these selections will be up for the PS3, Xbox 360 and the Wii the week of July 6th.

This week’s Rock Band 2 Music Store tracks update features Pearl Jam, Mission of Burma, Lacuna Coil and The Offspring. Wii owners can look forward to a wealth of tracks every week until the catalog catches up to the over 700 Rock Band tracks available for the Xbox 360 and PS3. Each original master recording is an even $2 or 200 points available for purchase at the Wii Shop.

(All tracks are original master recordings)

All the above tracks go online Tuesday, June 30th.

This week, Rock Band fans that play on the Wii can look forward to more tracks from Nine Inch Nails, the Dead Kennedys and Weezer. Dashboard Confessional, Free, The Cab and Scars on Broadway each have an original master track in the line up as well Testament and Staind.

The Rock Band DLC catalog swells to over 330 tracks for download with these releases. Although it still has along way to go to catch the robust offerings for Rock Band and Rock Band 2 on the Xbox 360 and PS3, it’s almost half way there.

It’s disappointing that there’s still no price cut available in the form of track packs. The Wii DLC is set up for individual downloads at $2.00 or 200 Wii points each with the exception of Thenewno2 “Yomp” which you can pick up for $1.00.
Here’s the full list of original master recordings coming out Tuesday June 23rd for the Wii:

• The Cab – “One of THOSE Nights”
• Dashboard Confessional – “Hands Down”
• Dead Kennedys – “California Uber Alles”
• Dead Kennedys – “Holiday in Cambodia”
• Dead Kennedys – “Police Truck”
• Free – “All Right Now”
• Nine Inch Nails – “Burn”
• Nine Inch Nails – “Capital G”
• Nine Inch Nails – Last”
• Scars on Broadway – “They Say”
• Staind – “This Is It”
• Testament – “Electric Crown”
• thenewno2 – “Yomp”
• Weezer – “Dreamin”
• Weezer – “The Greatest Man That Ever Lived”
• Weezer – “Troublemaker”

Not every hardcore Rock Band junkie is a metal and alt rock junkie it seems, so Harmonix is releasing more country oriented tracks for fans of the steel guitar and southern drawl. The new Rock Band Country Pack adds to the existing songs from the genre, 21 new songs in fact. The retail disk is compatible with both Rock Band titles and the new tracks will be exclusive to the disk for a short time before making their way onto the Rock Band stores on the Wii, 360 and PS3.

Here is the complete Track list:

Rock Band for the Wii is closing in on Xbox and PS3 versions as the big Iron Maiden update releases as part of 25 new tracks for the music game. EA is churning out DLC for Rock Band Wii to bring the meager catalog from 290 to the 700 strong tracks available for the Xbox 360 and PS3.

In addition to the twelve new Iron Maiden masters launched in concert with Flight 666, 13 previously released tracks from various artists and bands are premiering on the Wii this week. You’ll find favorites from Disturbed, Blur and the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs with free tracks for Stephen & the Colberts

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The Sony press conference for E3 2009 is set to prepare gamers for the return of a juggernaut. Sony’s had a tough year for its PS3 console, but things are looking up. This is Sony’s year to make the most expensive console on the market profitable. With God of War III, Heavy Rain, Batman Arkham Asylum, Modern Warfare 2 and MAG on the horizon, this year’s E3 press conference promises to give gamers a reason to pick up a PS3. I’ll be blogging live as Sony wows gamers with 364 new PS3, PSP and PS2 titles. Check out the running commentary after the break.

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The Beatles: Rock Band debuted at E3 with a star studded lineup. Surviving band members Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr were joined by Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison for the premier. Here’s a look at the E3 2009 The Beatles Rock Band trailer.

EA also revealed a The Beatles: Rock Band Xbox 360 exclusive track, “All You Need is Love”. Proceeds from the DLC go to the Doctors Without Borders charity. “All You Need is Love” will be ready for download on Xbox Live June 9th.

For more details on The Beatles: Rock Band career mode and the new peripheral set styled after the instruments used by the band, see the press release excerpts after the jump. You can also watch the video of the E3 The Beatles: Rock Band Demo and see the new peripherals in action in case you missed the live streaming video coverage of E3 earlier today.
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Run for your life, Iron Maiden is coming to Rock Band June 9th for the Xbox 360 and Wii and June 11th for the PS3. Harmonix is releasing 12 master tracks as an accompaniment to Iron Maiden’s new Flight 666, a Blu-ray and DVD of the band’s Somewhere Back in Time World Tour. accompanied by a. Many of my favorites made it to the list including The Trooper, Wasted Years, and Can I Play With Madness. There four live tracks from the Flight 666 double CD soundtrack album including Aces High and Hallowed Be Thy Name.

The Iron Maiden tracks will be available on the Xbox 360 and PS3 as singles or in the Iron Maiden Pack. Wii owners only have the option to download them individually.

I’ve been bitching about Run to the Hills not transferring to Rock Band 2 since we got the game. My kids love it too. You should hear my five year old belt it out. Finally I’m getting much more than I bargained for. For the full list of tracks, follow the jump.
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In today’s installment of ‘Yes, we’re milking the hell out of this’ news, Activision has announced that players of the upcoming Guitar Hero 5 will be able to construct their bands however they like in the upcoming rhythm game.

According to a press release we received here in our Gaming Today Volcano Lair™, you’ll be able to have a band with three guitars and a singer, 2 guitars and two drummers, or any other combination you can think up (Or more importantly, any combination you can afford enough plastic instruments for). The release also mentions new game modes like Party Play, which lets players jump in and out seamlessly, and RockFest, which will feature five new head-to-head modes for both online and local play. as well as allowing you to play the whole setlist as soon as you get the game home.

The other interesting piece of news is that GH5 will support DLC from Guitar Hero: World Tour, proving that Activision realizes how stupid it was to partition our GH3 DLC off from World Tour. Well, some of the DLC. There’s a worrisome asterisk in the press release that says ‘Does not apply to a limited number of songs.’

Now, I’m obviously not someone who hates Guitar Hero. Heck, I have every GH game (except for for GH: Aerosmith, but then, who does have that one?). However, even I question the logic of their release ideas. GH: Metallica hasn’t been out that long, and they’re already dropping GH5? Look, I know World Tour was a letdown. It tried to be different with how it handled setlists and whatnot, and it just didn’t work. But GH: Metallica brought you back! It was a slick game that was fun to play again. Shouldn’t you give us some time to enjoy it?

(Read more ranting, and see new screenshots and the actual press release after the break)

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Rock Band Wii is finally getting 25 more original master recordings including some of the classics that Xbox 360 and PS3 owners have been enjoying for quite some time. As of May 12th players can download the Psychedelic Furs, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Duran Duran and selections to flesh out their collections. For those who aren’t nostalgic about the 80’s, Indie rockers Locksley and Silversun Pickups offer an updated alternative. Mötley Crüe’s “Face Down in the Dirt” and Sixx: A.M.’s “Life is Beautiful,” one of my personal favorites, are also finally out for the Wii.

Rock Band 2 owners can grab a couple new tracks from Disturbed and Steely Dan as well as singles from The Replacements and Elvis Costello and a trio from Social Distortion.

Harmonix and EA are rolling out tracks as fast as possible to bring the Wii DLC catalog up to par. Wii owners may not have the beautiful graphics the other consoles enjoy, but they’ll eventually have access to the full 670 songs available for Rock Band. Gamers can preview and purchase their favorite songs from the Rock Band Music Store.

The full list of songs and artists follow the link below.

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