The upcoming downloadable pack for Rock Band will bring about a major milestone for MTV Games and Harmonix as the franchise will finally hit its 2,000th song. Perhaps fitting to the milestone is the fact that the downloadable pack will feature Jimi Hendrix and his Are You Experienced album.
"The success of our song downloads has afforded us the opportunity to approach Rock Band as an interactive music platform and reshape the way gamers think of expansion content," said Paul DeGooyer, senior vice president of electronic games, music and programming for MTV Networks.
"Our commitment to weekly releases, disc export, forward compatibility of downloads and the launch of the Rock Band Network were milestones in the development of Rock Band's vibrant digital business. Now, with the release of our 2,000th song, we are reaffirming our commitment to present new music every week – and with the new features in Rock Band 3, there will be more ways than ever to experience it."
Harmonix also announced that over 800 bands are available to play and that when Rock Band 3 launches, fans will be able to play all 2,000 songs through downloads and music exports from previous games.
It has also been stated that over 75 million songs have been downloaded from the Rock Band Music Store, and that with the announcement of over 2,000 songs, Rock Band has surpassed all other music games with the amount of content available.
