Harmonix announced yesterday that Rock Band 3 is currently in production and will come out during the holidays this year. Harmonix said that it will be published by MTV games and distributed by EA. Harmonix claims that that Rock Band 3 is sure to “Innovate and revolutionize the music genre once again.”
This announcement comes on the heels of the Rock Band Network going live at the beginning of March. The Rock Band Network gives artists a venue by which to create music, edit it, and have it put into the Rock Band store for purchase by users across the world.
Since the Rock Band Network Beta went up in January, over 4,300 users have registered as artists and peer reviewers. Many artists have already gotten songs into the Rock Band store, such as the Shins, the Hold Steady and of Montreal, with more songs from the Smashing Pumpkins and Flight of the Conchords currently in the peer reviewing process.
The Rock Band Network will also be featuring an Artist of the Month in connection with T-Mobile starting in April to garner attention for new talent.
The Rock Band Store offered over 1100 songs for purchase in the Rock Band store before the Rock Band Network, and through Beta already have added an additional 100 songs. The Network certainly seems like it will swell the size of the Rock Band store quickly, and allow many more genres into the game than were previously found.
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