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Rock Band 4 Launch Day News: Weekly DLC Returning!

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Channel: Rock N' Roll True Stories · 2015 · Gaming

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Daily news from launch day for Rock Band 4 including the return of weekly DLC, firmware updates for the drum kit, day 1 DLC

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Day 1 DLC

All That Remains – Divide
Blitz Kids – Run for Cover
Bring Me the Horizon – Throne
Dead Sara – Mona Lisa
Duran Duran – The Reflex
Janis Joplin and the Full Tilt Boogie Band – Move Over
Of Mice & Men – Would You Still Be There
Oh Honey – Sugar You
Pantera – Cowboys from Hell (Live from Monsters in Moscow Festival)
Seasick Steve – Summertime Boy
If you are on the Xbox One and pre-order the digital Xbox One version, you can get 12 timed exclusive songs:
All That Remains – What If I Was Nothing
BABYMETAL – Gimme Chocolate!!
Earth, Wind & Fire – September
Interpol – All the Rage Back Home
Jefferson Starship – Jane
Linkin Park – Rebellion (ft. Daron Malakian)
Marilyn Manson – The Mephistopheles of Los Angeles
Mastodon – High Road
My Morning Jacket – One Big Holiday
Pierce the Veil ft. Kellin Quinn – King for a Day
“Weird Al” Yankovic – My Own Eyes
The Wild Feathers – Backwoods Company

From 2007 to 2010, music games were all the rage with multiple titles
being released each year from both Activision and Harmonix. 2009 alone
saw the release of almost 10 Guitar Hero and Rock Band games, so It
was no wonder that the genre crashed and burned the following year.
Rock Band 3 was the last major release from the franchise and a lot
has changed over the past 5 year years. Harmonix is now an indie
studio, rock music is even less popular than it was back in 2010 and
music streaming has become more popular than downloading. When Rock Band 4 was announced earlier this year, many wondered whether people still had an appetite for plastic instruments. Does Rock Band 4 feel relevant in 2015 or has it aged like Axl Rose? Read and find out.

Long time fans of the series will be happy to know that most of your
old dlc and instruments will work in Rock Band 4. As someone whose
bought over 1500 songs, it's a sigh of relief for me. Also, if you invested in premium instruments including the ion or midi drum kit, you'll be happy to know that Rock Band 4 supports both peripherals for the PS4. 

When you boot up the game, you’ll notice several game modes including
Show mode, quickplay and career. Show mode allows you to play two song
sets whereby you vote on what to play next. It's a great mode for
when you have people over as it offers a more streamlined experience than past games. Quickplay lets you play one song sets and is sadly missing the ability to create or save setlists. 

The career mode in Rock Band 3 was sub-par to say the least. Rock band
4 makes up for it by introducing a branching career mode that lets
you choose what type of band you want to be. You can choose to become a big stadium rock band or go the more underground route. You're decisions impact the rewards you get, the gigs you play and how much creative control you get over the song list. I personally love what's been done with the campaign as you can go back to the campaign multiple times and have different outcomes and experiences.  

While Rock Band 4 brings back your old DLC and instruments, it is
sorely missing some basic features from past games including keys, pro
guitar, online play, practice mode, setlist creator or the ability to
rate songs. In some respects, Rock Band 4 feels like a step backwards
for the series. While i wasn't a fan of the keys or pro guitar in Rock
Band 3, losing online play was a bitter pill to swallow since my personal
friends don't like Rock Band. It's ironic that the game's tagline is
"start a band, rock the world". it should be changed to "start a band,
rock the world....just not online" or "start a band, stay in your
City". In addition to that, some fans will be disappointed by the lack of options available in the character creator. You can't really customize you're characters body shape and the wealth of options present in Rock Band 3 seem to be missing here.

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