Rock Band date not set yet

By Robert Purchese Published 15 August, 2007

EA stamps on 2008 rumours.

EA has poured cold water on rumours that Rock Band will slip to 2008 outside of the US.

"The Rock Band date still hasn't been set in either the US or UK," a spokesperson told us.

However, it contradicts an earlier comment issued to Gamespot saying, "We don't think [Rock Band] will be released in Q4."

The publisher was speaking in the aftermath of comments made by owner of RedOctane Charles Huang, who told Gamespot it was unlikely the game would launch this Christmas in PAL territories, and expects it to carry an AUD 275 price tag (GBP 114 / EUR 168).

RedOctane is both the publisher of the rival Guitar Hero series and maker of the nifty peripherals, which Activision recently shelled out USD 100 million to acquire.

However, Rock Band is aiming to take the phenomena one step further - allowing us to play lead guitar, bass, drums and sing to the various tracks on screen. Guitar Hero developer Harmonix will be creating it with musical push of MTV and financial backing of EA.

Head over to our Rock Band gamepage to see how it's all shaping up.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds. @Clert on Twitter.

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Comments (9) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • RexRunti #1 5 years ago

    I bet it has more good games than the Wii

    ;p

  • RexRunti #2 5 years ago

    That was a joke by the way... please don't flame me.

  • Psychotext #3 5 years ago

    Missing xmas on this game would be particularly stupid... would be great fun to have this when all the family is together.

  • adman123 #4 5 years ago

    The estimated price is actually a lot cheaper than I thought it was going to retail for...obviously its still up in the air but if it is that price (with all peripherals included) I think its fairly reasonable for what your getting.

    Anyways...lets hope it does come out this Christmas, because waiting too much longer for such a badass game will be most gruelling...

    Oh and LOL RexRunti, a little sarcasm always goes a long way heh
    Edited by adman123 at 15/08/07 @ 12:53

  • Kazzahdrane #5 5 years ago

    Main rival in genre makes random remarks aimed at lowering gamers excitement about the game that by all accounts looks to be about to tear them a new one.

    This isn't news - for a moment I thought that comment was made by a guy from Harmonix and got worried.

  • Gojira #6 5 years ago

    "However, Rock Band is aiming to take the phenomena one step further "

    The word you're looking for is "pheonomenon", there's only one so you should use the singular.

  • DB2k #7 5 years ago

    doesn't 275 AUD translate as £200?
    I would guess it does.

    Rex I have to flame you. Take the heat, bitch.

  • Killerbee #8 5 years ago

    Sorry, but that price is pretty steep imho. Okay, yes, it probably does reflect the cost of all the peripherals, but really, it's like Steel Batallion all over again. Maybe I'll be surprised, but I don't really expect it to sell all that much if it's over £100.

  • Toothball #9 5 years ago

    £114 is decent for a set of instruments. I'd pay a lot more for a set, but then I don't have a problem with the Guitar Hero download track pricing.