October 25, 2007
Harmonix, MTV Games And Electronic Arts Blend Rock Fantasy And Reality With
Rockband.Com
Social Website Allows Rock Band
Community to Create Custom Band Homepages and Network via "Musicians Meeting
Musicians" Classified Section
Harmonix, the leading developer of
music-based games, and MTV Games, a division of MTV Networks which is a division
of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), along with distribution partner Electronic Arts
(NASDAQ: ERTS), revealed today details for the ROCKBAND.com social community
website. The site will launch on November 20, alongside the North American
release of Rock Band for the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system and
Xbox 360 ™ video game entertainment system from Microsoft. A PlayStation 2
version of the game will also ship on December 18.
The ROCKBAND.com Web site will
incllude in-depth Rock Band™ leaderboards, personal and band home pages, and a
“Musicians Meeting Musicians” classified section to help form bands online. The
site will also give fans the opportunity to create their own Rocker Profile
pages and communicate with other Community members, blogging about their musical
tastes and meeting others with similar interests.
“ROCKBAND.com blurs the lines
between fantasy and reality, ” said Melissa Macaulay, Producer of ROCKBAND.com,
Harmonix. “The site allows you to hype your in-game band’s accomplishments,
while providing a forum to meet other real-life people and potential band mates
who share your musical tastes.”
ROCKBAND.com Features:
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Personal & Band Pages:
ROCKBAND.com will automatically load your in-game characters and game stats
from an online database so your personal profile page will always be up to
date. Choose from four genres in the game to customize your profile pages with
cool background skins that reflect your rock tastes. -
Band Classifieds: Find and create
your own band through the ROCKBAND.com Band Classifieds page. Here you can
advertise your own rocker skills or search through dozens of rocker profiles
to choose band mates who share similar music tastes. -
Rock Band Leaderboards: Climb to
the top of the charts as a solo artist or band! From band rankings to solo
scores, the ROCKBAND.com leaderboards will earn you fame and fortune as you
progress on your journey to Rock Band stardom. -
Rocker Blogs: Find out what’s
happening behind the scenes with your favorite bands through their blogs. Use
your blog to communicate with band mates about practice times, meet others
with similar musical interests and keep your groupies in the loop with the
website’s unique blogs. -
Rock Band Forums: Interact with
other rockers and music lovers about anything and everything rock! -
Photo Creator: (Coming Soon!) Take
the ultimate promo band or solo shot with the website’s Photo Creator. Pick a
location, the right lighting, and a coordinated (or not!) pose for your band.
Take it over the top cheesy or seriously intense. It’s all about your band’s
total image.
“We see ROCKBAND.com as a true
extension of the Rock Band world. It will be an awesome way to meet new people
who have similar musical tastes,” said Josh Randall, Creative Director for
Harmonix. “With ROCKBAND.com players will be able to come together and express
themselves in a collaborative manner, which is what playing music is all about.”
Harmonix has partnered with the San
Francisco creative powerhouse Mekanism to build the social networking site.
“We are designing ROCKBAND.com as an
online home for your band, and as a creative platform for living out your rock
and roll fantasy”, said Pete Caban, partner at SF-based digital studio Mekanism.
“The bands and rockers that you can create in Rock Band are insanely unique, and
it’s going to be fascinating to watch this community come to life.”
Rock Band is slated is also slated
for release in Europe in Q1 2008. The game is rated T for Teen by the ESRB. For
more information on Rock Band and Harmonix Music Systems please visit
www.ROCKBAND.com and
www.harmonixmusic.com.
