Held at the RockIt Room in San Francisco (with an open-bar courtesy of MTV Games and Harmonix), press and friends were invited to check out the new product and interact with studio heads.
I interviewed both John Drake, Rock Band Network Manager for Harmonix (who sings a mean Eric Cartman version of “Poker Face”), and Harmonix CEO, Alex Rigopulus.
From what we were shown of Green Day: Rock Band, the game will retain an on-tour motif, the gameplay backgrounds were set to a series of on-stage performances - decorated with features you might find at an actual Green Day concert.
Harmonies will return for Green Day: Rock Band as well, so your multiple mic-stand setups will not be left wanting. Character models were very striking and well put together, right down to minute details on the instruments.
Previously, we detailed a number of tracks you’ll get to hear in Green Day: Rock Band - however, the songs that were featured at the event were:
“Wake Me Up When September Ends” “Hitchin’ A Ride” “Brain Stew/Jaded” “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” “American Idiot”
I spoke with John Drake on a number of subjects:
The look of Green Day: Rock Band:
Additional content for The Beatles: Rock Band:
Rock Band Network:
I also spoke with Alex Rigopulus as well - after he performed on stage as a drummer.
Rock Band Network puts the control of release schedules and stuff like that in the hands of the artists and their community and our online community and not about Harmonix putting a song on the schedule six months in advance. If someone wants to release a whole album, they don’t have to wait on us to do it anymore. The control is totally in the hands of the artists."
Rock Band Network:
Rock Band 3:
Green Day: Rock Band
Rock Band’s future
The rivalry between the Guitar Hero franchise and Rock Band
Under the circumstances of an open-bar and on-stage Rock Band play sessions, I was grateful to have been able to spend time with the Harmonix crew - I’m sure all music fans alike will enjoy what’s to come with the future of Rock Band, I certainly am.
Stay tuned to Game Rant for more details on Green Day: Rock Band and Rock Band 3 as they develop.
