June 5, 2009
DOWN JUNE 9 ON
ROCK BAND
Iron Maiden master
recordings made available as downloadable content for Rock Band for the first
time!
As
previously announced, Harmonix Music, the leading developer
of music-based games, and MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV
Networks, (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), along with distribution partner Electronic Arts
Inc., will offer 12 tracks from Iron Maiden, one of the world’s most successful
rock bands, June 9 in the Rock Band®
Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360®
video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3
computer entertainment system and the Wii™ system.
The release of
these downloadable tracks coincides with the U.S. release of Flight 666
on Blu-ray and DVD as well as a double-CD soundtrack album and limited
edition double-vinyl picture disc. Flight 666 documents the
first leg of Maiden’s legendary SOMEWHERE BACK IN TIME WORLD TOUR, which took
them 50,000 miles around the planet, playing 23 concerts on five continents in
just 45 days. One of the stars of the movie is the band’s customized Boeing 757,
Ed Force One, which carried the band, all their crew and 12 tons of stage
equipment and was piloted by Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson, a fully qualified
and active Airline Captain with Astraeus Airlines.
Live recordings of
“Aces High,” “Hallowed Be Thy Name,” “Fear of the Dark” and “Iron Maiden,”
featured on Flight 666, are among those available for download
in the Rock Band Music Store June 9. The other
eight songs were among those featured on the band’s Somewhere Back in Time World
Tour during the first leg of which Flight 666 was filmed. This
will mark the first time master recordings from Iron Maiden have been made
available on Rock Band games.
Rock Band for some time, and this seemed to be a perfect
opportunity,” said Maiden manager Rod Smallwood. “Our recent Somewhere Back in
Time tour was perhaps the most enjoyable one we have ever undertaken and
certainly the most successful with almost 2 million people catching the shows
around the world. So it just seemed a good idea to make some of the songs we
played available now so fans can play along with the band on the tour. Then we
shall see if they can keep up with the band!!”
recordings)
Track Album
“Aces
High (live)” Flight 666 (2009)
“2
Minutes to Midnight” Powerslave (1984)
“The
Trooper” Piece of Mind
(1983)
“Wasted
Years” Somewhere in Time
(1986)
“The
Number of the Beast” The Number of the Beast
(1982)
“Run
to the Hills” The Number of the
Beast (1982)
“Can
I Play With Madness” Seventh Son of a Seventh
Son (1988)
“The
Clairvoyant” Seventh Son of a
Seventh Son (1988)
“Powerslave”
Powerslave (1984)
“Hallowed
Be Thy Name (live)” Flight 666 (2009)
“Fear
of the Dark (live)” Flight 666 (2009)
“Iron
Maiden (live)” Flight 666 (2009)
The Iron Maiden
tracks will be available for purchase as part of the “Iron Maiden Pack” or as
individual tracks for Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 system. These tracks will be
available for purchase as individual tracks only for Wii.
Release Date: Tuesday,
June 9, 2009
(Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360® and in-game
Rock Band 2 Music Store for Wii)
Thursday, June
11, 2009
(PlayStation®Store)
** Dates for Rock
Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change **
$1.99 (160 Microsoft Points) for Xbox 360
per track
$19.99 (1600 Microsoft Points for Xbox
360) for “Iron Maiden Pack”
(200 Wii Points) per track
Locations:
Xbox LIVE
Marketplace for Xbox 360
Store for Wii
Music
Videos:
Click on the track
below to view the song’s corresponding music video.
Website Links:
For more
information, please visit:
Rock Band 2 is available for Xbox 360,
PLAYSTATION 3 system, PlayStation 2 system and Wii.
There are now more
than 700 tracks available to date via disc and download purchase (complete list
of tracks at
www.rockband.com/music). Rock Band continues to
satisfy music fans’ and gamers’ voracious appetite for rock with more than 40
million paid downloads since its launch on Nov. 20, 2007. The Rock
Band Music Store allows players to preview and
purchase downloadable individual music tracks and packs from the vast selection
of offerings available to date without ever leaving the game as they build their
own custom Rock Band library.
Rock Band and Rock Band 2 are
rated "T" for Teen (lyrics, suggestive themes) by the ESRB. Online transactions
are not rated by the ESRB.
For more
information on Rock Band 2 and Harmonix
Music Systems please visit
www.rockband.com and
www.harmonixmusic.com.
