Rock Band gets cheaper in Europe

Published 2008-09-08

Ever since the belated release in Europe, Rock Band has struggled to compete with the Guitar Hero series. Now EA and MTV Games are rolling out the game for Playstation 3 and Wii while lowering the price on the instruments for Xbox 360.

"Rock Band for the PLAYSTATION®3 and PlayStation®2 computer entertainment systems and Wii™ will ship to retail and will be available in the UK the week of September 8th, in France the week of September 15th, in Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands, Austria and Luxembourg the week of September 22nd and in Spain the week commencing September 29th. The Instrument Edition of Rock Band will retail for €139.99 in Europe and £109.99 in the United Kingdom for the Xbox 360®, PLAYSTATION®3 system, PlayStation®2 system and Wii™."

In should be mentioned that Rock Band 2 launches in the States on September 14 (Xbox 360). No date for other versions or other parts of the world has been announced.

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Written by: Ak-master
2008-09-10 19:47
Rock Band 2 on September 14th???
WTF??!? Come to Europa!!
Written by: fabian_wii
2008-09-10 18:19
fucking awesome dude
Written by: Major_Emil
2008-09-08 13:23
YAY

System:
PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
Genre:
Music
Developer:
Harmonix
Producer:
EA
Offline players:
1-4
Online players:
1-4
Age limit:
From 12 years
Release date:
26 September 2008

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