Rock Band OFFICIALLY Coming to iPhone/iPod Touch
EA Mobile made the announcement official this morning via their Facebook page that Rock Band for the iPhone/iPod Touch will be coming out this month (no firm date included in the release). Below is what you can look forward to! Screen shots and video below!
- Rock out on guitar, bass, drums or vocals to MP3-quality songs on easy, medium or difficult. Play solo, or start a band with friends from around the world. Jump into Quickplay for casual sessions or take it on the road in Tour Mode. Start out playing in grungy dives and work all the way up to stadium-rock stardom. Collect rewards and achievements that provide replay value and depth to even the most experienced Rock Band veterans. Play along with 20 legendary songs (see full list below).
- Collect rewards and achievements that provide replay value and depth to even the most experienced Rock Band veterans.
- Check out the in-game Music Store to purchase additional tracks from OK Go, Foo Fighters, Smashing Pumpkins, Lenny Kravitz, Social Distortion, Devo, and more!
- Live Bluetooth multiplayer with up to 4 bandmates. Hear when they miss notes and bail them out with overdrive.
- Synch up via Facebook on your own time. Use the in-game message center to check your band’s status and get Push Notifications when friends invite you to rock out.
- Rock Band requires 3.0+ OS. (For optimal performance, Rock Band plays best with versions 3.0.1 and above.)
20 Legendary Rock Songs (Core Game)
- 30 Seconds To Mars – “Attack”
- AFI – “Girls Not Grey”
- All American Rejects – “Move Along”
- Beastie Boys – “Sabotage”
- Blink-182 – “All The Small Things”
- Blondie – “Hanging on the Telephone”
- Foo Fighters – “Learn To Fly”
- Foo Fighters – “Everlong”
- George Thorogood & the Destroyers – “Bad to The Bone”
- Jethro Tull – “Hymn 43″
- Joan Jett – “Hymn 43″ “Bad Reputation”
- Lynard Skynard – “Simple Man”
- Motorhead – “Ace of Spades ‘08″
- Pixies – “Debaser”
- Presidents of The United States of America – “Ladybug”
- Rise Against – “Give It All”
- Silversun Pickups – “Lazy Eye”
- Smashing Pumpkins – “Cherub Rock”
- Steve Miller Band – “Take The Money and Run”
- The Go Go’s – “We Got The Beat”
[via EAMobile's Facebook page, TouchArcade.com, and IntoMobile.com]
That looks fantastic. Day one purchase for sure. I’ll be checking the App Store on a daily basis until this comes out.
You and me both, sir! Looks like it was submitted for approval today, and should hopefully be out next week!
Hell yes. That’s great news. I’ll be sure to tweet it when it shows up.
Awesome, looks even better than I hoped! Goodbye, Tap Tap Revenge with your dreadful song selection and hideous charts.
Wow, all of the sudden I need an iPhone.
I wonder why they made the vocals section all tap-based as well. Seems that the iPhone could handle singing into it. Other apps process voice, methinks.
I’m a little disappointed that the Verizon game has more songs, (No Squeeze? For shame.) but what do I care? I don’t have a phone from either!
It appears that the iPhone app functions nearly identically to the Rock Band Mobile game on Verizon (no singing, either), but the iPhone app has additional functionality, including Bluetooth multiplayer and ability to purchase additional content. They probably also left out the ability to sing into the iPhone for the vocals piece because you would have some guy on the train next to you singing 30 Seconds to Mars… not as cool as it sounds.
Wow, even more of a reason for me to get an iPod Touch.
YES YES YES F*** YES!!!!
If I wasn’t getting an iPhone already… I sure as hell am now.
“Check out the in-game Music Store to purchase additional tracks from OK Go”
Does that confirm new OK Go songs? Or are they just re-releasing “Here It Goes Again” ?
I would assume it’s safe to say they’re just re-releasing “Here It Goes Again” for the iPhone app.
Will we get the full songs? I have RB Mobile on my enV 3, and I don’t get full songs