Rock Band 2 out before Christmas?

Author: Faith Martin
Published: 29th October 2008
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Rock Band 2 out before Christmas?

Rock Band 2 may be out in the US right now, but a UK release date for the game is yet to be confirmed by EA.

Rock Band 2 will finally be up for grabs in the UK before Christmas, at least according to one of EA's PR outfits who issued the announcement in a press release yesterday…and then subsequently retracted it.

Searching for clarification, Eurogamer decided to call EA and double check if this release date was correct or not. Unfortunately, it turns out that MTV, Harmonix and EA have still not set a UK release date for the game – so, just a slight slip-up there then.

It turns out that the release date that was sent out was either a mistake or some kind of bad joke. Damn you!

Rock Band 2 is already out in the US on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and a British TV advert claimed the game should be released here in November… but that turned out to be a mistake too.

Let’s all cross our fingers, and hope that EA comes to grips with the difficult and confusing task of figuring out the release date for the game; because we can’t wait to play it.

Still, at least Activision will be happy that Rock Band 2 is being delayed- at the moment Guitar Hero: World Tour is reaping in the cash, and Rock Band 2 could be a major threat to the title.

What do you think of Rock Band? Which is better Rock Band or Guitar Hero? Let us know your thoughts in the forum.
Quote ChaosDefinesOrder 29th October 2008, 11:27
This is almost certainly the result of money hungry, greedy record labels holding back the UK release over the song licenses. The PS3 and X360 are not tied to PAL or NTSC anymore, they can freely scale to whatever SD resolution or have identical HD resolutions so there's no localisation reasons for the delay like there used to be for the previous generation.

That said, the price markup for the peripherals between the US and UK is going to be an absolute joke when it does finally make its way over...
Quote Baz 29th October 2008, 13:47
all the TV ads have said "Rock Band 2 available November," so a pre-xmas release seems likely.
Quote ChriX 29th October 2008, 14:01
I wonder if we will get the 6 month 360 to everything else delay again
Quote Veles 29th October 2008, 19:51
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Originally Posted by ChriX
I wonder if we will get the 6 month 360 to everything else delay again

I hope not but I can see it happening.
Quote JonDixon 30th October 2008, 08:00
Just got Rock Band 2 on the PS3 on Tuesday and have to say its awesome (first song is Survivor - Eye of The Tiger). Really gets me that Rock Band only just came out on the PS3 in the UK and the US are on Rock Band 2.

Got my peripherals from the US as well (relative brought them over in a suitcase and yes this left no room for clothes, toiletries etc). Worked out just under half the price and that included next day shipping to their house through amazon.com.
Quote Demon Cleaner 30th October 2008, 14:11
Eurogamer said November 14th yesterday

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=272198
Quote Journeyer 31st October 2008, 12:55
Meh, I'm more excited about Guitar Hero IV to be honest. I've finally been able to progress onto the orange fret and expert mode in GH3, and I can, in fact, play through most songs up to level 6 on expert. But still I am unable to exceed three stars on Fire and flames on medium. In fact, the missus outplays me quite severely on fire and flames medium, and it bugs me.

Still, we've played enough to contract tendonitis (is that how you spell that?) in both wrists, and particularly in the fingers on our left hands. Can you say carpal tunnel? But allmighty buggery! The game's fun! :D

Oh, by the way. GH4 has popped up to be pre-ordered on amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001ABLHIC?tag=wakeboardingo-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=B001ABLHIC&adid=0SE78BKDJT3XCHEQSQWG&
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