Mega-Platinum Recording Artists Motley Crue and Revolutionary Music Video Game Rock Band Team Up to Make History
Posted on April 15, 2008
Filed Under Digital Entertainment / Blogtainment, entertainment
NEW YORK, April 15 /PRNewswire/ — Two of rock & roll’s biggest
powerhouses - mega-platinum recording artists Motley Crue and revolutionary
music video game Rock Band - are joining forces to make history. Harmonix
and MTV Games announced today that Motley Crue will be the first band to
release their brand-new single, “Saints Of Los Angeles,” as a downloadable,
playable track through Rock Band. The track, released on Motley Records,
will be available for download for $0.99 beginning on April 15th via Xbox
LIVE(R) Marketplace (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) and on April 17th
via the PLAYSTATION(R)Store.
In addition, Rock Band will be joining Motley Crue on tour for this
year’s much-buzzed-about CRUE FEST, a 40-city summer blockbuster that will
see the Crue headlining an all-star bill featuring Buckcherry, Papa Roach,
Sixx: A.M. and Trapt. At each stop on tour, the fold-out Rock Band Second
Stage Experience will give fans the on-site opportunity to become their
very own rock star - by trying out the Rock Band game as a bassist,
guitarist, drummer, or vocalist! In every tour market, Crue Fest fans will
get the chance to battle it out in their very own Rock Band for the chance
to take the Crue Fest concert stage between acts and become the local Rock
Band champion!
Rock Band by MTV Games and Harmonix is an all-new platform for music
fans and gamers to interact with and experience music. Currently available
for Xbox(R) 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft,
PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer entertainment system, and the PlayStation(R)2
computer entertainment system, Rock Band challenges players to put together
a band and tour for fame and fortune, mastering lead/bass guitar, drums and
vocals. With more master recordings than any other music game, Rock Band
features some of the world’s biggest rock artists and spans every genre of
rock ranging from alternative and classic rock to heavy metal and punk. For
more information on Rock Band, please visit http://www.rockband.com.
About MTV Networks
MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), is one of the
world’s leading creators of programming and content across all media
platforms. MTV Networks, with more than 150 channels worldwide, owns and
operates the following television programming services - MTV: MUSIC
TELEVISION, MTV2, VH1, mtvU, NICKELODEON, NICK at NITE, COMEDY CENTRAL, TV
LAND, SPIKE TV, CMT, NOGGIN/THE N, VH1 CLASSIC, MTVN INTERNATIONAL and THE
DIGITAL SUITE FROM MTV NETWORKS, a package of 13 digital services, all of
these networks trademarks of MTV Networks. MTV Networks connects with its
audiences through its robust consumer products businesses and its more than
300 interactive properties worldwide, including online, broadband, wireless
and interactive television services and also has licensing agreements,
joint ventures, and syndication deals whereby all of its programming
services can be seen worldwide.
About MTV Games:
MTV Games is dedicated to creating, marketing and publishing
high-quality, innovative interactive products that are relevant to the MTV
audience and complements the core values of the MTV Networks brands.
SOURCE MTV Networks via PRNewswire
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