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Friends coast to coast, across state lines or in the next room will soon jam together playing ROCK BAND over a cellular network for the first time.

When playing ROCK BAND on select Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphones, consumers will be able to rock out with their friends like never before – wherever they are hanging out.

Debuted during the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), ROCK BAND will be coming to select 4G smartphones from Verizon Wireless later this year.  Verizon Wireless; EA Mobile, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (Nasdaq: ERTS); Harmonix Music Systems Inc., the world’s premier music video game developer; and MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B) announced the new ROCK BAND game today.

Packed with favorite hits, ROCK BAND will be ideal for music lovers looking to rock out on guitar, bass, drums and vocals.  A Quick Play mode will provide casual jam sessions, and players can hit the road to rock sold-out stadiums in Tour Mode.  Buddy Lists, a feature exclusive to ROCK BAND on select Verizon Wireless 4G LTE devices, will allow players to join games, locate others they have recently played with and search for friends.  EA Mobile worked directly with Verizon Wireless to optimize ROCK BAND for Verizon Wireless’ fast 4G LTE network. (more…)

Fans Can Also Download Nine Free Songs That Were Featured on Previous Rock Band Titles!

Harmonix and MTV Games announced that Johnny Cash will make his Rock Band debut next week with an eight pack of his greatest hits beginning Jan. 4 in the Rock Band 3 Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3  and Wii.  Nine songs featured previously in Rock Band games will also be available for free for the Xbox and PlayStation 3.

Rock Band provides the deepest and best selection of artists, songs and albums through the Rock Band music platform, which features more than 800 artists and more than 2,000 tracks via disc and download purchase (complete list of tracks at www.rockband.com/songs). Rock Band’s gigantic music library dwarfs that of any other rhythm video game on the market. To date, more than 75 million songs have been sold through the Rock Band Music Store since its launch Nov. 20, 2007. (more…)

Legendary Artists KISS and Linkin Park Allow Fans to Fill Their Stockings With Downloadable Songs for Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock and DJ Hero 2 This Holiday

Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock and DJ Hero 2 are giving the gift that will keep fans rocking and mixing with new downloadable content from two of the world’s best-selling artists KISS and Linkin Park.

Gene Simmons, who voiced the Demi-God of Rock in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock , is back this holiday season and has brought the boys of KISS with him. Beginning today Guitar Hero aficionados can celebrate the holidays KISS style with a KISS-mas trio of tracks featuring everyone’s favorite KISS songs. The KISS-mas Track Pack contains one of the bands biggest hits and possibly one of the greatest rock songs of all time, “Rock And Roll All Nite,” along with two other hit KISS tracks, “Detroit Rock City” and “Calling Dr. Love.”

Linkin Park are no strangers to the remix realm, having collaborated on crossover tracks with everyone from hip-hop icon JAY-Z to world-renowned DJ Hero remixer and consultant Z-Trip. Now, two Linkin Park tracks off of their 2010 number one selling album A Thousand Suns have received the exclusive DJ Hero remix treatment as downloadable content for DJ Hero 2 , including “The Catalyst (Does It Offend You, Yeah? Remix)” and a mashup of “When They Come For Me” by legendary turntablist, producer and DJ Hero alumni, Diplo.  Available beginning today, and rounding out the three track Linkin Park Mix Pack, is a mashup of “Pts.OF.Athrty” from the band’s 2002 remix album, Reanimation. (more…)