CES 2009: No Rock Band 3 this year, Harmonix focusing on Beatles game
After releasing the first two Rock Band (Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii) games in two consecutive years, Harmonix is apparently skipping 2009 for the next entry in the popular rhythm game series. For this year, they’re bringing most of their creative forces to bear on the upcoming Beatles game. Rock Band fans won’t be left without new tracks to play, though. More after the jump.
After releasing the first two Rock Band (Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii) games in two consecutive years, Harmonix is apparently skipping 2009 for the next entry in the popular rhythm game series. For this year, they’re bringing most of their creative forces to bear on the upcoming Beatles game.
That’s not to say that Harmonix is abandoning Rock Band, though. Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos said that increasing the series’ music library even further is the main focus for Rock Band tin 2009:
Passing the 500 mark was enormous, but as big a number as 500 songs might seem, it’s just the tiniest sliver … a big part of the challenge of the coming year is to really invest so we can blow that out into as large a fraction of the universe as possible.
Rigopulos didn’t mention any actual target numbers, but with the weekly updates, new Rock Band tracks are coming in at roughly 250 tracks a year, so it looks like it’ll still be a couple of years at the most until Harmonix breaks the 1,000-track milestone.
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Via Washington Post