While waiting for its release date Harmonix has reportedly revealed new songs for "Rock Band 4," which will include tracks from popular bands such as The Cure, Aerosmith, Foo Fighters and more.
According to VG24/7, below are the new songs that would be included in "Rock Band 4" once it hit shelves.
- Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
- The Cure - Friday I'm In Love
- Dream Theater - Metropolis - Part 1 The Miracle And The Sleeper
- Foo Fighters - The Feast and the Famine
- Judas Priest - Halls Of Valhalla
- Live - All Over You
- The Outfield - Your Love
- Ozzy Osbourne - Miracle Man
- Paramore - Still Into You
- St. Vincent - Birth In Reverse
- Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
For more songs fans can just visit Harmonix Music official website and check out if their favorite song is included in the upcoming music-themed game.
In line with the new songs, Harmonix designer Ali Thresher revealed a new gameplay experience that will be featured in "Rock Band 4" during his interview with IGN.
While gamers are promised to enjoy a more realistic feel to the game, a new gameplay featuring a campaign mode is reportedly going to be included in "Rock Band 4."
Just like a real life band, gamers can finally get to perform and tour around the world playing their choice of songs. In addition to that, gamers would also have to choose a path for their band, a never before seen feature from "Rock Band" history.
"When we started looking at all the new features we have in the game, mechanically, it just made sense for us to build this epic, branching story where instead of taking one rise to fame path through the world," said Thresher. "You know, you go from your hometown to being the biggest band in the world, you choose...what kind of band you are."
And while Harmonix is ready to release "Rock Band 4" to new and old generation consoles, unfortunately the game will not hit PC.
Project lead Daniel Sussman told Eurogamer via Game Spot that they are planning to "switch audiences," hence there will no longer be a PC release.
"The library is not there on PC," Sussman said. "The library is there on Xbox and PlayStation. So, for players who want it on PC, really you're looking at a new audience that hasn't played before, and I don't know to what degree there is an audience for new players who have never played Rock Band before on the PC. That's one piece of it."
Apparenlty, in its efforts to avoid music piracy, Harmonix was forced to dump PC version for "Rock Band 4."
"The other piece is all the security issues, to be perfectly frank," Sussman said. "There's something comforting about the closed network that comes along with the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. That's important to our partners in the music industry. Not to say that's an unsolvable problem."
"We're not concerned about software piracy on PC. We have and will release games for PC. In fact, last year we released A City Sleeps for PC, Mac, and Linux. As Daniel stated, the security in question is related to licensed music in the game. PlayStation4 and Xbox One have robust functionality in that area. It's added security that's handled by the platform holders. In the case of more open platforms like PC, we're responsible for that. It's something we can build. It's not off the table for the future, however we're first focusing on delivering Rock Band 4 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One this holiday."
