I'm not allowed to say more yet...

[SackAttack]

Originally Posted by Hell Atlantic

you may have just sold me on Gamefly

NOTE: and my cosole is only 2-3 weeks old/young.

Yeah. Gamefly is seriously the best rental service I've ever used, bar none, and their prices are ridiculously good on the 'Keep It' side of things. Been using them since May '04 or so.

Paid $14.99 (normally $19.99, but every three months' paid membership gets you $5 in "GameFly Dollars" that you can redeem in their store) for Sonic the Hedgehog 360 this week, and that goes for $34.99 at GameStop. I get so much use out of the regular rental service that using their 'Keep It' service is almost a no-brainer.

[Mustang]

I've tried Gamefly 2x. The first time they were ok but, the second time, they sucked. I cancelled my account after 3 weeks without receiving a single game from them. (I had 2-3 games 'shipped' that never made it to my front door)

Although.. they do have good prices on used games. I will give them that.

[Ksyrup]

Harmonix, the leading developer of music-based games, MTV Games, a division of MTV Networks which is a division of Viacom, and rock icons METALLICA announced today a deal that will showcase the incredible depth of the band's music in the highly anticipated videogame Rock Band. The Grammy-award winning metallers are making key tracks from their celebrated catalog available as digitally-distributed game levels. The incomparable metal song "Enter Sandman" will ship on the game's disc this holiday season.

[bhlloy]

If you live on the West Coast, Gamefly absolutely rocks. Probably helps that I could drop my games in to the warehouse on my way to work, but I have very rarely waited more than 2 days for a game, and 98% of the time it's a one day turnaround. I've only had a game go missing once, and even then it turned up a week or so later after I had already received the replacement.

That being said, I've never heard anything but bad things about the service from anyone who doesn't live on the West Coast. Didn't they open a warehouse in PA a few months ago to try and improve the service though? Might be worth another go if you live in the northeast.

[SirFozzie]

NICE!

[SirFozzie]

And for us older guys..

Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive is in the tracklist too..

Can't wait to see how badly that gets butchered

[SirFozzie]

From the EA Press Conferenece

- Full albums will be available as DLC. The Who - Who's Next is the first album
- Shitloads of Metallica as DLC. "Enter Sandman" will come included on the game disc.
- Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive in game
- Indie bands will be able to submit their music
- Little Steven from Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band is picking the music for DLC
- New DLC every week.

[Groundhog]

Metallica's One would be a fun little number.

[Neuqua]

Originally Posted by SirFozzie

And for us older guys..

Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive is in the tracklist too..

Can't wait to see how badly that gets butchered

SOLD!!!

When is this game supposed to come out? Hopefully after a 360 price drop.

[MikeVic]

You'll have to pay for DLC, right?

Looks like I really have to get Rock Band. I never got the hype around Metallica (not a big metal fan), but I love Enter Sandman and a couple of their other songs.

[Eaglesfan27]

I posted this in the E3 thread, but it is worth cross posting here. They have announced that with weekly digital downloads there will be "thousands of songs" for this game.

MikeVic, yes I'm sure they will charge a fee for the DLC's.

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by Eaglesfan27

I posted this in the E3 thread, but it is worth cross posting here. They have announced that with weekly digital downloads there will be "thousands of songs" for this game.

MikeVic, yes I'm sure they will charge a fee for the DLC's.

Hm... I was hoping they wouldn't go to this pricing model. I'm gussing it won't be as nuts as the insane X360 3 songs for $10. But this means there will only be one Rock Band game for quite a while. The gameplay improvements and options between GH and GH2 were pretty steep with practice mode, co-op, better hammer ons/pull offs, and an unlock shop that made more sense. I'd rather they had stayed with "here's 50 songs for $50 and a game with some improvements" model.

SI

[WVUFAN]

In case this hasn't been posted yet, but the officially released current track list for Rock Band:

FIRST 16 OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED ROCK BAND SONGS:
1970s
The Who "Won't Get Fooled Again"
Mountain "Mississippi Queen"*
David Bowie "Suffragette City"
Black Sabbath "Paranoid"*
Blue Oyster Cult "Don't Fear the Reaper"
The Ramones "Rockaway Beach"

1980s
Rush "Tom Sawyer"*
Bon Jovi "Wanted Dead or Alive"

1990s
Nirvana "In Bloom"
Stone Temple Pilots "Vasoline"
Weezer "Say It Ain't So"
Foo Fighters "Learn to Fly"
Metallica "Enter Sandman"

2000s
The Hives "Main Offender"
The Strokes "Reptilia"
Queens of the Stone Age "Go With the Flow"

That, along with the full album of The Who's "Who's Next" available for download on release.

All but Mississippi Queen is a master track.

[sterlingice]

That's such a beautiful list. It makes me want to cry

SI

[SackAttack]

It is a beautiful list. I wanted to post it on Gamenikki when I got it Wednesday but we couldn't remember the Little Piggy address. So much for meticulous planning.

I need to post most of the stories that came in my email that day, plus start getting up the previews and my pictures of me making an ass of myself on the karaoke part of the game.

[SackAttack]

Oh, also my interview with Harmonix prez Alex Rigopulous.