Rock Band PSP is coming! First Tracks Confirmed!

Rock Band Unplugged, the out-of-nowhere PSP port of the wildly successful Rock Band series, now has an official release date: June 9.

Unplugged is unsurprisingly planned as an exclusive for Sony's portable, and will feature 40 master recordings, according to a press release issued by RB distribution partner Electronic Arts.

It will also include "the first fully-featured in-game store for downloadable content on the PSP system" -- a system that utilizes the PSP's wireless internet capabilities and allows you to use your existing PlayStation Network account to purchase tunes.

Additionally, the press release reveals a list of 9 tracks that EA says "will launch exclusively through Rock Band Unplugged on the PSP system for a limited time before becoming downloadable content for the other platforms:"

* 3 Doors Down - "Kryptonite"
* AFI - "Miss Murder"
* Alice in Chains - "Would?"
* Audioslave - "Gasoline"
* Black Tide - "Show Me the Way"
* Blink 182 - "What's My Age Again"
* Freezepop - "Less Talk More Rokk"
* Jackson 5 - "ABC"
* Tenacious D - "Rock Your Socks"

Looks like a typically Harmonix-esque blend of safe-for-the-Top-40, mainstream pop rock, their own music, and Jack Black's inexplicably popular metal-as-irony schtick.

Then, to screw with everyone, they throw in the Jackson 5. Tricky.



Shamelessly ripped from http://blog.wired.com/games/2009/04/rock-band-unplu.html

They better have Would? for DLC at a later date.

"Additionally, the press release reveals a list of 9 tracks that EA says "will launch exclusively through Rock Band Unplugged on the PSP system for a limited time before becoming downloadable content for the other platforms:"


Did you read that?

Shreddfork wrote:

"Additionally, the press release reveals a list of 9 tracks that EA says "will launch exclusively through Rock Band Unplugged on the PSP system for a limited time before becoming downloadable content for the other platforms:"


Did you read that?

Overlooked it, but holy *bleep* yes.

I can't wait. I loved amplitude.

Rock Your Socks is pretty awesoooooooooooooome

Gasoline is cool.