{"id":3672,"date":"2009-10-21T14:31:33","date_gmt":"2009-10-21T04:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=3672"},"modified":"2009-10-21T14:31:33","modified_gmt":"2009-10-21T04:31:33","slug":"rock-band%e2%84%a2-goes-mobile-now-available-on-app-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=3672","title":{"rendered":"ROCK BAND\u2122 GOES MOBILE &#8211; NOW AVAILABLE ON APP STORE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">EA Mobile, Harmonix and MTV Games let you control the Guitar, Bass, Mic or Drums with ROCK BAND on iPhone and iPod touch! <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>October 21 2009, Australia <\/strong>\u2013 EA Mobile\u2122, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) and Harmonix and MTV Games, a part of Viacom\u2019s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B), today announced the availability of <em>ROCK BAND\u2122 <\/em>on the App StoreSM<em>.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>ROCK BAND <\/em>allows players to enjoy a full-band multiplayer experience on iPhone\u00ae and iPod\u00ae touch and the game launches with 20 full-length songs, with additional songs available for purchase via the In App Purchase feature.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u201cFans of <em>ROCK BAND<\/em> are going to be blown away when they play this iconic franchise on their iPhone or iPod touch for the first time, and see how we\u2019ve utilised new 3.0 OS features for this game,\u201d said Travis Boatman, VP Worldwide Publishing for EA Mobile.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u201cNot only are we delivering on a finely tuned <em>ROCK BAND <\/em>experience, we\u2019re innovating with four-player Bluetooth Multiplayer, and even allowing players to connect on Facebook to form a band with friends. We\u2019re also taking advantage of In App Purchasing, so players can add music to the game as downloadable content. We really feel that this feature line up for the iPhone and iPod touch has allowed us to create a true social gaming experience that delivers on the awesomeness of <em>ROCK BAND<\/em>,\u201d he finished.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Alex Rigopulos, CEO and Co-Founder of Harmonix, added: \u201cWe\u2019re always looking for new ways to let our audience engage with music. The iPhone and iPod touch have become such a central fixture in people\u2019s musical lives, so naturally we wanted to extend the <em>ROCK BAND<\/em> play experience to these platforms. We\u2019re really pleased with how the game came out, and we think this is a version of <em>ROCK BAND<\/em> that people will thoroughly enjoy.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">In <em>ROCK BAND<\/em>, players can jam solo or push it to the limit with live Bluetooth multiplayer. Over Bluetooth, play with up to four people, earn unison bonuses, and save friends that drop out by activating overdrive. Rock out on guitar, bass, mic and drums<strong><em> <\/em><\/strong>to MP3-quality songs on easy, medium or difficult. Jump into Quickplay for casual sessions or take it on the road in Tour Mode. If no one is in Bluetooth range to form a band, sync up via Facebook with friends around the world. Use the in-game message centre to communicate with Facebook friends from within the game.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Enjoy playing along to 20 legendary songs from well-known artists such as Smashing Pumpkins, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Foo Fighters, Blink-182, and The Beastie Boys. Also use the In App Purchase feature to purchase additional tracks from OK Go, Lenny Kravitz, Social Distortion, Devo, and many more popular bands. Start out playing in grungy dives and work all the way up to stadium-rock stardom, collecting rewards and achievements that provide replay value and depth to even the most experienced <em>ROCK BAND<\/em> veterans.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>ROCK BAND\u2122 <\/em>is available in English in the US, Canada, UK, Italy, Germany, Spain, Australia &amp; New Zealand from the App Store on iPhone and iPod touch, or at <a href=\"mhtml:{534E9537-84FB-4BE9-9ACE-046B3188061A}mid:\/\/00000053\/!x-usc:http:\/\/www.itunes.com\/appstore\">http:\/\/www.itunes.com\/appstore<\/a>. The game will soon be available globally in additional languages.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">For information on pricing for all EA Mobile games, visit www.eamobile.com. To follow EA Mobile on Twitter visit <a href=\"mhtml:{534E9537-84FB-4BE9-9ACE-046B3188061A}mid:\/\/00000053\/!x-usc:http:\/\/twitter.com\/eamobile\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/eamobile<\/a>. For more information on <em>ROCK BAND,<\/em> visit www.rockband.com.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 EA Mobile, Harmonix and MTV Games let you control the Guitar, Bass, Mic or Drums with ROCK BAND on iPhone and iPod touch! 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(NASDAQ:ERTS) and Harmonix and MTV Games, a part of Viacom\u2019s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B), today announced<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=3672\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3672"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3673,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3672\/revisions\/3673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}