Warner confirms LEGO Rock Band

By Robert Purchese Published 21 April, 2009

For PS3, 360, Wii, DS this year.

Warner Bros. has confirmed LEGO Rock Band for release on PS3, Xbox 360, Wii and DS this year.

The musical game will be a collaboration between five companies: TT Games, The LEGO Group, MTV Games, Harmonix and Warner Bros.

Players will be able to customise not only the little block-rockers in their band, but also their roadies, managers and crew. And we're promised plenty of trademark LEGO humour as bands travel through fantasy locations on their pursuit of stardom.

Songs confirmed so far are Blur's "Song 2", Carl Douglas' "Kung Fu Fighting", Europe's "The Final Countdown", Good Charlotte's "Boys and Girls" and Pink's "So What".

Rock Band instruments are supported, as are those from "other music games".

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Comments (36) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • Darren #1 3 years ago

    Good lord, how many more of these types of game does the world need? :o

  • JahB #2 3 years ago

    Ok, whatever cred Harmonix had over Red Octane just died.

  • SHPanda #3 3 years ago

    LEGO block instruments FTW!

  • jonsaan #4 3 years ago

    Will it feature the music of blocparty and the blockheads?

  • Quint2020 #5 3 years ago

    why?

  • killercow #6 3 years ago

    Good one jonsaan ^^

  • Goodfella #7 3 years ago

    Ok, whatever cred Harmonix had over Red Octane just died.

    That's one way of looking at it but if it potentially makes lots of money (Lego + Music game = millions of parents buying it for their kids) for Harmonix to carry on making games like Beatles: Rock Band then I'm all for it.

  • stepneg #8 3 years ago

    Guitar Hero Metallica, Beatles:Rock Band I can undrestand but not this, it's Rock Band but with lego graphics, pointless.

  • DFawkes #9 3 years ago

    What? What? Whaaaaat?

    I don't get it. I understand the concept, but why? Selling it to kids and parents isn't enough, I'm sure there are other brands besides Lego that would've went better with Rock Band.

  • asphaltcowboy #10 3 years ago

    Why not just do some LEGO character DLC + songs?

    Oh yes, because this will rake in a crapload more cash.

  • Fwing #11 3 years ago

    Worst. Crossover. Ever.

  • kangarootoo #12 3 years ago

    Who said pointless? Really? Pointless? Last I checked, Lego had about as large an audience as amny market could wish for.

  • Nasty #13 3 years ago

    Next week, Grand Theft Winter Olympics

  • VicViper #14 3 years ago

    Why?

    Just Why?

  • jonbwfc #15 3 years ago

    Video games have finally started to eat themselves.

  • Skandalle #16 3 years ago

    Bit of a silly franchise mix. The playlist will be interesting to say the least.
    this GH wagon is getting kind of full now though...

  • Eraysor #17 3 years ago

    If we can export Final Countdown to RB2, I might have to at least rent this once.

  • LittleSacky #18 3 years ago

    When I first heard of this, a LEGO Rock Band would seem to suggest they're aiming to make this a "Kids" version of RockBand. similar mechanics, just songs aimed at small Kids like, (Mcfly, etc). The Idea of that sounded promising as its seems a untapped market so far, and could do well for them.

    However some of the songs on that lists seem to be targeting the wrong age range, or at least a little too old. so I'm not really sure what the purpose of doing something like this would be.

  • Reihn #19 3 years ago

    Why?? For kids? And if not, then for who? Hannah Montana Rock Band would have made more sense.

    At any rate, playing with and customising your little lego dudes/dudettes sounds pretty fun, especially if you can create your manager, your roadies, groupies etc . . but that is NOT enough. There is no need for another disc and a whole other set of songs, especially as it doesn't sound like they're going for kid friendly stuff anyway. What preteen knows 'The Final Countdown'?

    This would be much better* as a free 'skin' for regular Rock Band, which worked with all your existing songs. (Much like how we got avatars and a friendly looking UI from NXE - the avatars are fun, cute, didn't change the mechanics of how things worked really, but they were free). It would be a great 'mode' to turn on when you had young'ns and family around. Adding value to the product and all that. I'm sure that lego could see the sense in supporting it - it'd be great advertising for their toys . .


    * For the consumer. Not from a sales perspective, clearly.
    Edited by 1 at 21/04/09 @ 16:01

  • Skandalle #20 3 years ago

    We will all laugh at it now, but come release it will shift thousands.
    .....maybe they'll incorporate customisable, buildable lego instruments too. controversial ¬_¬

  • kinky_mong #21 3 years ago

    I'm more shocked they're committing that abortion of song So What by Pink to a game than sticking Lego people on it.

  • JahB #22 3 years ago

    That's one way of looking at it but if it potentially makes lots of money (Lego + Music game = millions of parents buying it for their kids) for Harmonix to carry on making games like Beatles: Rock Band then I'm all for it.

    either that, or the game will teach them the nintendo formula. kiddie crap + rehashing games = $$$

    personally i think that after GH:Metallica and RB:Beatles, this genre isn't gonna get better anymore. let it die in dignity

  • HuggyAtHome #23 3 years ago

    This is pointless - aren't these games about the music more than anything else - who really cares about the lego vs 'real' band members! Guitar Hero doesn't give you time to blink anyway, let alone look at the stuff in the background.

    Just put the new tracks on a disc or as DLC. End of.

  • Malek86 #24 3 years ago

    ... ooookay, then.

    Uhm, I mean, how will this improve gameplay? Or even make sense, for that matter?

  • GreyBeard #25 3 years ago

    5 companies, hardly.

    TT Games owns the exclusive LEGO license for videogames, and Warner Bros. Interactive owns TT games.

  • GrumpyLlama #26 3 years ago

    If you want to complain about it not being credible then learn to play a real guitar. Its just a game. Guitar hero and pokemon trainer are not real skills, they do not pay the rent or make you more popular with the oposite sex. Now Lego pokemon that is a great idea.

  • kangarootoo #27 3 years ago

    "We will all laugh at it now, but come release it will shift thousands."

    Truth.

    All the people in this thread saying this is pointless and misguided and so on, and yet there LEGO is, with a bank balance that would make the Pope blush.

  • MBar #28 3 years ago

    I hope Harmonix have signed up for a big percentage of the take from the inevitable Rock Band themed Lego sets.

    There's no possible way to justify this brand cross over, other than MOTHER-F'ING CHACHING $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$!!!!!

  • MBar #29 3 years ago

    LEGO Rock Band: The sound of your childhood being raped.

    Backing music by Pink.

  • Rusty_M #30 3 years ago

    @ GrumpyLlama

    Playing real guitar doesn't pay the rent either. Though I am glad it made me more popular with the opposite sex. Otherwise I'd have never stood a chance.

    I think this genre is fast becoming saturated, though as far as I'm concerned, it's always about the song list so I'll wait and see how that turns out (along with my financial situation arount that time.)

  • ronuds #31 3 years ago

    Just wait a few months to a year, pick up the game for next to nothing and add a bunch more songs to your available selection.

    I got into the GH craze a little late, but I've been benefitting greatly from how far prices have tumbled in that time.

    Lego, real, Aerosmith, Metallica - who cares, it's just music. It is a dumb idea, though. :p

  • makeamazing #32 3 years ago

    Perhaps they think the normal rockband is not aimed at kids and this will sell bucket loads... but I'm not convinced.

  • Toothball #33 3 years ago

    I really love Rock Band, but abhor the Lego games. I don't know what to think any more.

  • Redeye #34 3 years ago

    You can almost hear the sound of cashbags the size of Bristol being deposited at WB's front door.

    It may be daft, it may be pointless, but it'll sell several metric fucktons.

  • JayArr #35 3 years ago

    It's gotta have Fell in Love With a Girl by The White Stripes, right?

  • sharky_ob #36 3 years ago

    I think it's a great idea, if it bring the best music game to more people. I really want to see RB come out on top over GH, it's just so much better.

    If you don't like it, don't buy it. Simple.