Posts Tagged ‘Queen’

Score another one for the rumor mill! Freddie Mercury and the rest of the boys from Queen (Brian May, John Deacon, and Roger Taylor) will be making an appearance in their Lego form in Lego: Rock Band. And by the look of Freddie Mercury, it appears their using his 1986 Magic Tour likeness! See them in glorious action below!

[Via Destructoid and @Fireshoes]

No surprise here, as it was previously announced that we would be seeing a Queen 10-pack served up as DLC for next week. Since the pricing for the Queen pack was previously unannounced, I can now say that the pack will be $15.99/1280 Microsoft Points.  If you’re too lazy to click the link above, here are the songs in the pack again:

• “Another One Bites the Dust”
• “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”
• “Fat Bottomed Girls”
• “I Want It All”
• “I Want to Break Free”
• “Killer Queen”
• “One Vision”
• “Somebody to Love”
• “Tie Your Mother Down”
• “Under Pressure”

Also, for you PSP owners, here’s next week’s Rock Band: Unplugged DLC tracks:

• Blink-182 – “The Rock Show”
• The Offspring – “All I Want”

Don’t forget… next week we will also be seeing the Beatles’ album ‘Abbey Road’ released as DLC for The Beatles: Rock Band, as well!

And for no other reason other than I feel like it, here’s an old picture of me walking the cross walk at Abbey Road. FYI, it is a busy street (notice the car about to hit me coming from the right).

[Official announcement]

From a BBC article:

May also said he was delighted that he was being portrayed as a figure in a Lego Rock Band game – due out next month.  “It’s the ultimate accolade, to be portayed in Lego,” he said. “My dreams are all fulfilled now.”

He also went on to comment about a possible Queen version of Rock Band (a la the Beatles):

And he said there was talk “going on behind the scenes” about a dedicated Queen Rock Band game – like The Beatles version that came out last month.  “Yes we’re into it, I think it may happen,” he said.

I have my doubts about this one. Not that they wouldn’t deserve it. I mean, Queen is a serious force in the history of rock, but the Queen DLC pack coming next week and the two Queen songs coming in Lego: Rock Band have almost all of their big hits (I know everyone, with the obvious exception of Bohemian Rhapsody). You can make a Queen: Rock Band game similar to the Beatles: Rock Band game, but without the big hits on it, I just don’t think it would sell nearly as many units, unless you include the hits on it too, at which point you’re potentially making people buy the songs twice.

What say you?

[via BBC]

In today’s Rock Band ‘Zine email (sign up at RockBand.com at the bottom if you are not yet on the list), we received one of the announcements that we’ve been waiting awhile to hear… that’s right, TEN Queen songs will be coming to Rock Band as DLC the week of October 20th!!!

• Another One Bites the Dust
• Crazy Little Thing Called Love
• One Vision
• Fat Bottomed Girls
• I Want It All
• I Want to Break Free
• Killer Queen
• Somebody to Love
• Tie Your Mother Down
• Under Pressure

As someone that saw the musical (and I hate musicals) We Will Rock You with the music by Queen, this is a MUST BUY for me, and I HIGHLY recommend the same for you!!!

[Thanks to @JoshDuff and @S1ckH4nds for the heads up and the 'Zine image above]

A few weeks ago, Rock Band DLC rocketed past the 800 mark, and today at Gamescom in Germany, Alex Rigopulos, CEO and cofounder of Harmonix, announced that DLC from Queen, Nirvana, Tom Petty, Elton John, Iggy Pop, The White Stripes, Pantera, Talking Heads, Korn, The Raconteurs and more will be among the artists coming to Rock Band in the future.  He also mentioned that Harmonix-authored DLC alone (not counting RBN tracks) will hit the 1,000 point by end of 2009!

If my math is right (and I’m an accountant by trade so I’m hoping it is), that means that each week, we should have an average of about 10 DLC tracks released to reach 1,000.  I’m not sure about you, but this announcement makes me a happy little fella.

[Official announcement]