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Rock Band Spin-off AC/DC Live Coming November 2 As $40 Wal-Mart Exclusive (Updated)
by Nick Breckon and Chris Faylor, Sep 30, 2008 2:16pm PDTUpdate: Developer Harmonix and studio owner MTV have officially announced the AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack for a November release in North America, followed by a European release at "most major retailers" in early December.
Due November 2, the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions will sell for $40, while the PlayStation 2 release will be priced at $30. The $40 Wii edition follows on November 16.
Downloadable albums for Rock Band and Rock Band 2, such as Rush's "Moving Pictures" and Red Hot Chili Pepper's "Blood Sugar Sex Magik", and have traditionally sold for no more than $20.
Using an "export authentication code," PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 owners will be able to export the game's 18 tracks--all culled from AC/DC's "Live at Donnigton"--and play them in either the original Rock Band or Rock Band 2. The company noted that the process will require an "online connection and title update."
Curiously, today's press release made no mention of last night's revelation that the game will be exclusively sold at Wal-Mart stores in the United States.
AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack will include the following:
- 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
- Hell 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)
Original Story: MTV will later today announce AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack, the first spin-off title for Harmonix's Rock Band platform, according to The New York Times.
The track pack is set for release in November as a promotion of AC/DC's upcoming album "Black Ice." The game will contain all of the tracks from the album "AC/DC Live at Donnington" and cost just under $30, according to the official website.
The Times further reports that Wal-Mart has signed a deal with Columbia Records and MTV to sell the game exclusively in Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores, and on the Wal-Mart website. The retailer is said to be considering specialized temporary stores in Manhattan and Los Angeles, where it has no locations, to sell the game and album.
It is unknown if the tracks will be provided to existing Rock Band owners as downloadable content. The game's website notes that the tracks will "also be available for play in Rock Band and Rock Band 2."
A previous Track Pack released on PlayStation 2 and Wii was playable without another Rock Band disc, suggesting the game will be a stand-alone release.
The spin-off will arrive on PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii. Oddly, the timing of the spin-off's release puts it in direct competition with Rock Band 2, which just hit Xbox 360 and arrives on other systems by November.
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AC/DC's new album Black Ice, their first in eight years, is a Wal-Mart exclusive.
About a year ago, The Eagles released their album, Long Road Out Of Eden to Wal-Mart stores exclusively. It's sold about 3.1 million copies in the USA alone. It also (as I follow it) was never leaked to the Internet prior to release. It's also about $11.86 for a 2-disc album.
I think AC/DC and The Eagles share management or something.
The rumor is that Guns N' Roses has scored an exclusive deal with Best Buy to release Chinese Democracy before the end of the year.
So the reason this Rock Band thing is a Wal-Mart exclusive is because AC/DC has an exclusive deal with Wal-Mart. The Eagles album is supposed to be available outside of Wal-Mart after a year, so next month probably. The Eagles album exclusivity is also only for North America. So yeah this thing will be available outside of Wal-Mart at some point, but don't hold your breath.
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Click VIDEO GAMES near the top.
1."Thunderstruck"
2."Shoot to Thrill"
3."Back in Black"
4."Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be"
5."Heatseeker"
6."Fire Your Guns"
7."Jailbreak"
8."The Jack"
9."Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
10."Moneytalks"
11."Hells Bells"
12."High Voltage"
13."Whole Lotta Rosie"
14."You Shook Me All Night Long"
15."T.N.T."
16."Let There Be Rock"
17."Highway To Hell"
18."For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)"
"All tracks from the AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack will also be available for play in Rock Band and Rock Band 2." "from $29.98"
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AC/DC Live at Donnington DVD is under $10 at Tower Records.
What's the new CD going to cost new? $12 on sale somewhere?
I think the pricing on DLC for the music games is starting to pricey for my tastes.
Could be that I'm starting to out grow the whole 'rock band' thing. It's way more fun with a group of friends than it is to sit around playing (don't have time to play with myself) solo.
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WOULD buy these songs as DLC.
WOULD NOT buy this as a standalone game.
Please pass this information along to their marketing department. I realize I am not representative of all rockband consumers as a whole. However I like to let them know what I think.
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Ok, you're getting about 1/2 the tracks, you're not getting the band's history, nor their characters in the game. But, if I read this, those that can do DLC may have 18 tracks to simply add to the "Rock Band" platform.
I'm thinking $30 is just a notch too high if these were simply songs, so I'm guessing there is a standalone game in this, which suggests that maybe there's going to be some DLC in the future (though I'm easily seeing this being a $20/2000 point purchase). But it's hard to tell.
I'm going to throw out that this might be the right way to do a band-specific game. Not necessarily exactly how this is being done, but I can now see things like "Rush", "Megadeth" ,etc Track Packs. Those that can get DLC can download what they want; those less limited can pick up the tracks that appeal most to them. Much faster turnaround time than a project like GH:A
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