Rock Band Blitz
| Rock Band Blitz | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Harmonix Music Systems |
| Series | Rock Band |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 3 (PlayStation Network) Xbox 360 (Xbox Live Arcade) |
| Genre(s) | Rhythm game |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
Rock Band Blitz is an upcoming Rock Band game from Harmonix Music Systems, for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network, due for release in Q3 2012.[1]
It is fashioned similarly to Harmonix' previous titles, Frequency, Amplitude, and Rock Band Unplugged. The game presents 4 different instrument tracks to the player. Using a standard game console controller, the player uses the buttons to match notes on one track at a time, and by successfully matching notes for a phrase will cause that track to continue to play by itself for a short period. The player must then switch to other tracks. Tracks that are not other played out are penalized to the player and may prematurely end the song. Upon successful completion of a song, the player is given a total score and compared to other friends via online leaderboards. Completing multiple tracks in a row for a given instrument will increase the scoring multiplier for subsequent tracks. Certain sections of tracks include power-ups that can be used to alter scoring, automatically clear tracks, and more. Project director Matthew Nordhaus stated that the game is a departure from the past Rock Band titles, "instead of having the focus on musical authenticity, and performance simulation, it’s an arcade game", and thus at times may be "fast, and loud and silly and a little over the top".[2]
Soundtrack
The game will come with 25 songs new to the Rock Band series. In addition, the game will work with all of the songs the player has previously downloaded for Rock Band 3, as well as the previous Rock Band games. The 25 songs included with the game can be exported as playable songs for Rock Band 3 as well.
| Song title | Artist |
|---|---|
| "Always" | Blink-182 |
| "Jessie's Girl" | Rick Springfield |
| "Metal Health (Bang Your Head)" | Quiet Riot |
| "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" | Great White |
| "Pumped Up Kicks" | Foster the People |
References
- ^ Curtis, Tom (2012-04-03). "Harmonix debuts new Rock Band game, sans peripheral support". Gamasutra. Retrieved 2012-04-03.
- ^ Bray, Hiawatha (2012-04-03). "Harmonix unveils new game: Rock Band Blitz". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2012-04-03.
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