Gaming Mojo

News from GDC that Green Day: Rock Band, the latest branded entry in the Harmonix music franchise, now has an official release date. But the release sounds messy with the game hitting stores in both disc-only and ‘Plus’ editions; the later of the two ships for the 360 and PS3 only, features free song export to those systems, and six DLC tracks from Green Day.

The disc-only version will still allow song export to Sony and Microsoft consoles for a small fee. The game spans Green Day’s career thus far, features 47 tracks, three-part harmonies, and 100 collectible images as well as 40 minutes of video to unlock. Green Day: Rock Band hits the stage on June 8th for 360, PS3, and Wii

I love Green Day, they have influence in my playing but i dont believe they have the fame nor the quantity of material to make a game purely based on them. Specially competing against Metallica and the Bettles. Yes there music is more of the ‘modern’ era then the previous bands mentioned but still not a saving grace. Rock Band should look at bands like The Stones, Foo Fighters, Powder Finger. Even Bands like GnR and Motley Crue with a badass rep will get sales rolling. Bands that have made major impacts in the music industry

Another avenue could be going back to the roots of GH and RB and have a list of various artist exposing the mass quality of music instead of focusing on one band inpaticular.