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Harmonix Will Discontinue Rock Band DLC In April

Posted on Monday, February 18 @ 10:31:30 Eastern by Keri_Honea


Harmonix announced today that there is a reason why their weekly song DLC for Rock Band has been declining over the last several months—the DLC will discontinue on April 2nd, thereby closing the door on their successful Rock Band franchise.

"We have managed to maintain a consistent release schedule for a staggering 275 consecutive weeks, releasing over 4,000 songs for the Rock Band Platform, but in recent months we’ve scaled production down as we’ve transitioned resources onto other projects. With several new titles in development and developers needed to usher these new games along, April 2nd will be the last weekly DLC release for Rock Band," wrote Harmonix on their company blog.

As a thanks for all of the support from fans over the years, Harmonix is going to continue their half-off sale for over 1,000 songs so fans can continue to build their libraries, even though nothing new will release after April 2nd.

Harmonix did not go into additional details about these new titles in development, so we're all left to wonder if these new games are music games or something completely different.

If you're curious exactly what the DLC closure will mean for the Rock Band leaderboards and user-generated content, Harmonix has posted an extensive FAQ on the matter.
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  • sandineyes
    sandineyes
    Joined: May 2008
    Posted: Feb 18th, 2013 at 11:08 am
    As a person at university who has lived in dorms, I think I can describe the progression of rhythm games with my sleeping habits:
    First year: Couldn't sleep, too much squeaking and Freebird, later Cliffs of Dover.
    Second year: Couldn't sleep, too much FUCKING BANGING of drum sticks, and **** singing.
    Third year: Couldn't sleep due to music, but simply because people are listening to music without headphones.
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  • Axelownz
    Axelownz
    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Feb 18th, 2013 at 11:19 am
    5 years of weekly DLC and only 1 or 2 mishaps is a pretty good run. I knew with Blitz songs being released they were slowing down. Shame it has to happen but the music genre is dead and i don't play Rock Band as much as i used to. They lasted a while longer than GH did though with DLC.

    RB was pretty great though. Had so much fun with friends, probably the best memory is brining it home with friends at midnight and one of our friends from Tokyo with a heavy accent who was visiting tried to sing "Should i stay or Should i go"

    Gonna miss RB but i guess its time to move on.
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  • Kakulukia
    Kakulukia
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Feb 18th, 2013 at 1:32 pm
    And not a single **** was given that day.
    1 0
  • Chunibrow
    Chunibrow
    Joined: Mar 2010
    Posted: Feb 18th, 2013 at 4:03 pm
    Awwww you beat me to it
    0 0
  • tinymhg
    tinymhg
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Feb 18th, 2013 at 8:32 pm
    He beat us both. (I kinda like it.)
    0 0
  • Klandathu
    Klandathu
    Joined: Apr 2008
    Posted: Feb 19th, 2013 at 12:00 am
    I was unaware they were still releasing stuff. That's quite a run.
    0 1

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