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Harmonix Announces Lego Rock Band

April 21, 2009 in News comments 30

More than just a rumor, Harmonix, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games, The Lego Group and MTV Games have announced that Lego Rock Band is for real and that it's coming to the PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 and DS this holiday season.

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games, The Lego Group, Harmonix and MTV Games are forming a supergroup of developers and publishers to bring Lego Rock Band to the PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360 this holiday season. A DS version is also in the works and it will be developed by Backbone Entertainment (who are also working on Rock Band Unplugged for the PSP).
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  • 0
    Deathsythe Apr 21, 09
    ... You've got to be kidding me.

  • 1
    anacreon Apr 21, 09
    ... i have no words for this... just so suprising and unexpected
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    reaver11 Apr 21, 09
    Kinda already knew about this. Been rumors hovering for months now. But it looks neat.

    Wonder when the songs will hit the RB store. And could we replace Pink's "So What" with Metallica's "So What"?
    • 0
      Seproth Apr 21, 09
      I'd be interested in what kind of "family friendly" lyrics they would have to come up with to stick in that song.
  • 0
    kik36 Apr 21, 09
    Ummm as much as I enjoy LEGO and music, I'm going to have to pass on this one.
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    PangTong_Blademaster Apr 21, 09
    NO.........NO............no...
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    Slumpy monkey Apr 21, 09
    Thought it was going to be fail, but some of the songs seem good. Ill keep my eye on it.
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    Darknet* Apr 21, 09
    ...so it's exactly like Rock Band but the band on stage are legos?
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    Matthew Apr 21, 09
    this is going to have to have a hell of a song list to persuade me to buy it...surely Harmonix will bring these songs out of the RB2 music store, but then again I suppose that would defeat the point of making a new game
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    Metallica Apr 21, 09
    How stupid... seriously... >.
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    Wolverine527 Apr 21, 09
    WTF,what would give anyone such a stupid and pointless idea?
  • 0
    Shinobi_razor Apr 21, 09
    ...are you shitting me?!?
  • 0
    carouselambra Apr 21, 09
    I'm seeing all the comments saying how stupid this is, but consider this, whoever made this, is a freakin genius. Think of all the sticky fingered 5 year olds and 45 year olds that are gonna see this and go *bleep* YEH LEGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and repeatedly buy any game; Lego indiana jones, Lego star wars, Lego Rock Band, Lego Bible stories, Lego generic genre title, Lego let's all pay another 30 quid for a lego rip off game, just for the fact that it's Lego. Stupid, yes. pointless, yes. But still, Genius man. Genius.

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      BANDITO ATTACK Apr 22, 09
      if there any emotion or feeling known to man which can't be described with a picture of a monkey?
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        carouselambra Apr 22, 09
        If there is, I've yet to find it man

    • 0
      Shinobi_razor Apr 23, 09
      you have a point there carouse. so i guess well just let the stupid non-gamer crowd buy this while we all just sit back and laugh at how dumb they are and go play normal Rock Band.
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    ChozenMaster Apr 22, 09
    Seriously...I though Activision was doing bad with the Guitar Hero franchise...but even they wouldn't do something as stupid as this! WTF is the point?
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      Shinobi_razor Apr 23, 09
      dont be so sure. they did after all, make 2 games based exclusively on very mediocre bands (Aerosmith and Metallica), while Harmonix on the other hand scored the friggin BEATLES, arguably the greatest rock and roll band of all time.

      oh and also they are making DJ Hero!
  • 0
    Aussie Legend Apr 22, 09
    The move to delay Rock Band 3 just got stupid

    I must say that Harmonix 'so far' has done everything right (except for their horrid overseas release date policy ), but this is a slip up imo.
    • 0
      Koloth* Apr 22, 09
      Meh. The point is to make money with groups they normally don't make money from. And since it won't affect or disrupt my gameplay I don't really care. We still get regular DLC updates. And I'm sure at some point these songs will be available for RB2 or 3. It is all good.

      And Ameer has a good point. Lego themed instruments could be cool. Want something unique to play there you go. Always better to have a first party controller.
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    BANDITO ATTACK Apr 22, 09
    i'd prefer a real lego game.
    • 0
      reaver11 Apr 22, 09
      Like the Army Men games? Hell yeah!
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    StarJet Apr 22, 09
    Hah, so the rumours were real. Lego Rock Band for PS3, XBOX360, Wii and DS. Rock Band Unplugged for PSP. Hmmm... I think I'll go for unplugged.
  • 0
    Ameer Apr 22, 09
    Genius. Complete fluff, but sure to roll in the dough.
    • 0
      Ameer Apr 22, 09
      Lego themed instruments?
  • 0
    Wolverine527 Apr 22, 09
    Let's just hope nobody gets the idea for a lego final fantasy,that would be a horrible idea !
  • 0
    HisServant77 Apr 22, 09
    Hm, still absolutely no interest in Rock Band for me. It'd be absolutely awesome to hear though that you can take apart the songs and mix them up like you can customize the characters . . . hahaha.

    Of course, that would hardly present family-friendly songs
  • 0
    King X2 Apr 28, 09
    Lego Rock Band? How in the hell is that necessary in any way?

    Lego Star Wars pulled it off, and even Lego Batman did, but Lego Rock Band singing popular songs just sounds wayyy too far-fetched.

    My first thought is this is incredibly stupid. Maybe they will pull it off.
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      Koloth* Apr 28, 09
      If you're going to ask that you might as well ask how GH: Metallica or Aero Smith is necessary. Especially in this day and age when DLC is so easy. It is all about making money. Lego Rock Band is really going to be little more than a graphical change. But people will buy it. For one people like Lego games, two people like rythme games. When you have two popular genres going it only makes sense to try and combine them if you can. Then you have double the fan base to pull from.

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