XBLA Wednesday: August 29th, 2012

XBLA Wednesday: August 29th, 2012

Gettin' the band back together

Written by N0T PENNYS B0AT on 27 August 12 at 15:54

There's just one release to the dashboard this week, but it's certain to be a popular one. Gamers will be blitzing to to their consoles to download this music game.

Rock Band Blitz
Developer: Harmonix
Publisher: Harmonix
Price: 1200 MSPRock Band Blitz brings the excitement of a full band into your hands, transforming classic Rock Band gameplay into an addictive single player controller-based experience – no instruments needed! Compete with your friends on over 20 amazing new tracks, which are also instantly playable in Rock Band 3. Or add your own favorite music: Rock Band Blitz is compatible with the 3,500+ songs in the Rock Band library. With an endless combination of power-ups, instrument multipliers and more, Rock Band Blitz makes every song a replayable rock explosion! Not compatible with instrument controllers/Rock Band Pro upgrades.It should be noted that The Walking Dead Episode 3: Long Road Ahead has been submitted for certification and may be a late addition to the release schedule this week, but this has not yet been confirmed.
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Posted on 27 August 12 at 15:57
Looking forward to this
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Posted on 27 August 12 at 15:58
Could never get into the Rock Band on PSP. Hopefully I enjoy this one better. First Rock Band I'm actually apprehensive about.
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Posted on 27 August 12 at 15:59
I want my W.Dead :(
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Posted on 27 August 12 at 16:00
Finally. Another reason to replay my rock band DLC's....
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Posted on 27 August 12 at 16:02
Bought...in two days, that is.
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Posted on 27 August 12 at 16:03
Can't wait till Thursday!! (And possibly Friday if Walking Dead releases)
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Posted on 27 August 12 at 16:05
Most release schedules show 3 games this week: Rock Band Blitz, Joe Danger 2 and WWE Wrestlefest
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Posted on 27 August 12 at 16:12
People already have it guesting it was accidently released on the 23rd by the looks so its impossible for me to be the first one to finish it :( .Still im going to dominate the hell out of this game and if Walking Dead also comes out this will be my favorite week on XBLA ever!!!
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Posted on 27 August 12 at 16:12
My hands hurt from the amount of finger crossing for Walking Dead this week. Rock Band Blitz looks cool, nice idea, but I'd much rather play Rock Band with a guitar controller thanks Harmonix.
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Posted on 27 August 12 at 16:16
rock band blitz! IRON MAIDEN!! wooo!
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Posted on 27 August 12 at 16:21, Edited on 27 August 12 at 16:21 by litepink
finallife6 said:People already have it guesting it was accidently released on the 23rd by the looks so its impossible for me to be the first one to finish it :( .Still im going to dominate the hell out of this game and if Walking Dead also comes out this will be my favorite week on XBLA ever!!!Review codes and industry folk most likely.

UKGN Zoidberg said:Most release schedules show 3 games this week: Rock Band Blitz, Joe Danger 2 and WWE WrestlefestHello Games themselves have said that they expect Joe Danger 2 in September: http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/20/joe-danger-2-the-movie-fli...

As for Wrestlefest, xbox.com says this Wednesday, but hasn’t been confirmed elsewhere as far as I’m aware of (no press release from THQ either). Xbox.com is notorious for publishing false release dates (not that they’re never right either).
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Posted on 27 August 12 at 16:22
So no multiplayer? Bit of a let down
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Posted on 27 August 12 at 16:22
This will make the music mayem gamers happy, but it's not for me. Anything else coming out for XBLA this week, like Joe Danger 2?
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Posted on 27 August 12 at 16:30
Walking dead part 3 smile i hope so...
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Posted on 27 August 12 at 16:34
Rock Band Blitz looks good, even if the soundtrack (for the most part) is horrible.
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Posted on 27 August 12 at 16:36
finallife6 said:People already have it guesting it was accidently released on the 23rd by the looks so its impossible for me to be the first one to finish it :(Actually, HMX has given away a couple dozen download codes, plus RockBandAide had a few and so did some other people. I don't care who the first to finish it is, I'm getting the game and it looks like a lot of fun.
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Posted on 27 August 12 at 16:37
I'm pretty impressed at the price for this. Ignoring the actual game it's $15 for a 25 song DLC pack...which is an unprecedented price for anything that isn't a DotW or temporary price cut.

Doominatorx6 said:Rock Band Blitz looks good, even if the soundtrack (for the most part) is horrible.The beauty of this game is that it's almost full compatible with all previous Rock Band DLC on Day 1.

So if you've got a sizeable collection of songs already on your drive, you'd only have to play the on-disc songs for achievement purposes and then ignore them the rest of the time.
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Posted on 27 August 12 at 16:38
Crud...I thought it was out on Tuesday :(
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Posted on 27 August 12 at 16:54
RandomlyEvasive said:My hands hurt from the amount of finger crossing for Walking Dead this week. Rock Band Blitz looks cool, nice idea, but I'd much rather play Rock Band with a guitar controller thanks Harmonix.Even then, these songs can be used in RB3. Think of this as a big DLC pack, with different gameplay and more achievements.