Hey, Here's Rock Band 3!

Having the Ion Drumset already, this is an easy purchase.  Plus, if the Pro mode is available in guitar as well, which it looks like it will be, this is the fresh breath of air into the series.  I love the series dearly, and I have pumped in more hours and money than I care to realize, but it has been a lot of fun learning to play the drums through this game.  I am all for the innovation, and Harmonix seems to always get it right.  

Ben Folds, now.

Needs more Nickelback

I thought I was finished with these games but Rock Band always seems to get me excited. I need a new guitar and that keyboard and I'll be set.

YES!!

I wonder if a company like Harmonix will or can ever make a non music related game.

so is Jump or Come Sail Away gonna show up? Too bad this wasn't in Beatles Rock Band so I can play Hey Jude

 For anyone that didn't watch the video/missed this tidbit: there will be a Pro mode with an actual Fender guitar. Given Harmonix's record, I'm going to guess this renders "Rise of the SixString" utterly stillborn, but I don't know for sure. If you don't want the instrument, you can also purchase a "fake-real" guitar, that simulates the fretting with a ton of buttons, or just play with the standard 5-frets. This is seriously a game changer.
 
Plus the 25-key keyboard, plus three extra cymbals for the drums.

Isn't this all just too much for people? I keep getting the feeling that it is. But I'm like THE target demographic for this game, having purchased about 80% of the DLC they've put out so far, an expert player on all instruments with many 1st place expert guitar scores, who's been getting a little tired of the formula, and who's been brushing up on their actual guitar skills. I genuinely enjoy listening to and being exposed to new music through these games, so somehow it's never gotten stale for me, and this announcement is making my fucking head spin. I consider myself equal parts music fan and gamer, but since Guitar Hero II I haven't been able to pry myself away from rhythm games long enough to appreciate much else, and it looks like the cycle will continue.

Yep, I'm sold. Just Like Heaven AND Break On Through.

I was just going over in my mind how I don't know if I want to spend $200-400 on a full kit and how crummy the partial setlist was, then I got to the 1980s.  They just crushed me the The Cure and Dio.  Day one purchase.

Bohemian Rhapsody is going to be no fucking fun to play unless you're one of the two instruments that is in the song for more than a minute. 
 
Sold on the Doors, though.

They are definitely adding some cool things.  It's nice to see that it's a sequel that should actually be a sequel.  As much as I'll want it I really probably won't play it too much.  I'd rather just stick to DJ Hero.  

wait wait wait...... fucking smash mouth?

"  Bohemian Rhapsody -- Queen   sold  "

So hey yeah Doors....cool.

I have stopped myself from playing music games for a few months now. By the time RB3 comes out, i'll be ready to jump back in.

Added to rental list. If EA bring that online code across all their franchises, this will be removed from the rentals list. And sadness will reside.

I'm really looking forward to Rock Band 3. I haven't hit music game saturation yet.

Them Crooked Vultures, Dio and The Doors???? SOLD!!

Keyboard looks awesome.

I am glad I avoided this whole music game trend.

Incorporate my stationary bike and we'll talk.

" Needs more Radiohead!!! 
 
@jadeskye said:

" ugh more rockband. i'm so done with this. "

Rock Band isn't nearly as milked as Guitar Hero. Rock Band isn't milked at all because they mostly release new songs via DLC.  "

" ugh more rockband. i'm so done with this. "

 Bohemian Rhapsody -- Queen  
 
sold 

Bohemiam Rhaspody! Yes please!

ugh more rockband. i'm so done with this. I don't need more plastic in my living room.

Hey, want to see Rock Band 3's new keyboard controller and hear about a few of the improvements coming to Harmonix's next Rock Band release?

I'd sure love to tell you all about it. And maybe, in another 23 hours or so, I will. But until then, here's a video from USA Today.
 
  

2000s

• Combat Baby -- Metric
• Dead End Friends -- Them Crooked Vultures
• Get Free -- The Vines
• Lasso -- Phoenix
• Me Enamora -- Juanes
• Oh My God -- Ida Maria
• Portions of Foxes -- Rilo Kiley
• The Hardest Button to Button -- The White Stripes

1990s

• Been Caught Stealing -- Jane's Addiction
• In the Meantime -- Spacehog
• Plush -- Stone Temple Pilots
• Walkin' on the Sun -- Smash Mouth

1980s

• Crazy Train -- Ozzy Osbourne
• Here I Go Again -- Whitesnake
• I Love Rock and Roll -- Joan Jett
• Just Like Heaven -- The Cure
• Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
• The Power of Love -- Huey Lewis and the News
• Sister Christian -- Night Ranger

1960s-1970s

• Bohemian Rhapsody -- Queen
• Break On Through -- The Doors
• Crosstown Traffic -- Jimi Hendrix