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    Game » consists of 14 releases. Released Oct 26, 2010

    Rock Band 3 spices up the brand with the addition of a keyboard peripheral as well as "Pro Mode," and offers eighty-three new songs to rock out to.

    Rock Band 3 Hitting In Late October

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    Edited By BradNicholson
    Harmonix Music System's Rock Band 3, which is certainly poised to be one of its most ambitious offerings, now has a release date. MTV Games has announced that the music title will ship on October 26, 2010 and has additionally dished out details on pre-order exclusive deals sure to drive the Rock Band flock a bit nuts.

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    GameStop
    Shoppers who drop the coin at one of these fine retail chains will receive these three songs at launch: "Burning Down the House" by the Talking Heads, "My Own Summer," by the Deftones, and "Blue Monday" by New Order.

    Amazon
    Amazon's offer isn't so clear-cut. Pre-orders for all three versions of the game will net you an exclusive in-game guitar. But "for a limited time," PS3 and 360 pre-orderers will also receive a gift voucher for $10 off towards another game purchase.

    Wal-Mart
    Clean and simple: pre-orders will get you a $10 eGift card (whatever that is). 

    Rock Band 3 made its public debut at E3 2010. Due to the rumor mill, the reveal of keyboard support didn't quite make the splash that it could have, but that hasn't swayed the popular opinion that it's a solid addition to the franchise. Jeff got his hands on the game, and even a duct-taped keyboard, in advance of the event, so definitely check out his impressions if you've got an itch to break out that drum set later this fall.    
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    #1  Edited By BradNicholson
    Harmonix Music System's Rock Band 3, which is certainly poised to be one of its most ambitious offerings, now has a release date. MTV Games has announced that the music title will ship on October 26, 2010 and has additionally dished out details on pre-order exclusive deals sure to drive the Rock Band flock a bit nuts.

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    GameStop
    Shoppers who drop the coin at one of these fine retail chains will receive these three songs at launch: "Burning Down the House" by the Talking Heads, "My Own Summer," by the Deftones, and "Blue Monday" by New Order.

    Amazon
    Amazon's offer isn't so clear-cut. Pre-orders for all three versions of the game will net you an exclusive in-game guitar. But "for a limited time," PS3 and 360 pre-orderers will also receive a gift voucher for $10 off towards another game purchase.

    Wal-Mart
    Clean and simple: pre-orders will get you a $10 eGift card (whatever that is). 

    Rock Band 3 made its public debut at E3 2010. Due to the rumor mill, the reveal of keyboard support didn't quite make the splash that it could have, but that hasn't swayed the popular opinion that it's a solid addition to the franchise. Jeff got his hands on the game, and even a duct-taped keyboard, in advance of the event, so definitely check out his impressions if you've got an itch to break out that drum set later this fall.    
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    #2  Edited By Dreamfall31

    Woooo!

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    #3  Edited By TheThirstyWhale

    1
     
    edit: gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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    #4  Edited By SalukiJeff

    Can't Wait!!!

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    #5  Edited By maa4208

    I am totally going to get this game. I play Rock Band 2 at least once a day, and I have over 400 downloaded songs. Heres to playing those songs with Pro Drums! (They are supposed to support that, right?)

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    #6  Edited By zolloz89

    definitely preordering the keyboard bundle.

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    #7  Edited By Trnck
    @epilepsy said:
    " 1 edit: gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa "
    Don't waste time on annoying everyone on the site please.
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    #8  Edited By tebbit

    Lets do this thing! 
     
    If they don't release the Final Countdown for this game, Harmonix are failing their duty to rock out.

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    #9  Edited By TheThirstyWhale
    @Trnck:  

    really don't mean to, but i am trying for the quest that GB imposed 
    i'm a slave to the system!
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    #10  Edited By TheLawnWrangler

    yay! 
     
    @Tebbit said:

    " Lets do this thing!  If they don't release the Final Countdown for this game, Harmonix are failing their duty to rock out. "
    it's already in lego rock band. I'd spend 40 bucks to get it into rock band 3 XD 
     
    (20 for game 
    20 for export)
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    #11  Edited By tebbit
    @nofx4208 said:
    " yay! 
     
    @Tebbit said:
    " Lets do this thing!  If they don't release the Final Countdown for this game, Harmonix are failing their duty to rock out. "
    it's already in lego rock band. I'd spend 40 bucks to get it into rock band 3 XD  (20 for game 20 for export) "
    Oh SHIT! 
     
    Aww, but that means it won't have keyboard support... 
     
    ...Ah whatever, I'd tap that shit regardless.
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    #12  Edited By fwylo

    Can't decide if I'm disappointed that I read this on engadget about 16 hours ago.

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    #13  Edited By Mijati

    "And right before your Halloween party! "
     
    Seriously..? What the fuck? I swear every single time I see an article on this site I cringe, it's dreadful now. Either split all this shit away from proper updates on this site so I don't have to trawl through all this crap to find out if anything interesting is actually happening, or just stop posting pointless "news" articles.

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    #14  Edited By BreakfastKing

    Ah man, I knew Burning Down the House seemed familiar...
     
    I recognized the song title, but didn't fully understand its 80s awesomeness until I youtube'd it. can. not. wait.

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    #15  Edited By BlinkinCard41

    October 26? More like Rocktober26! Am I right!?

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    #16  Edited By jeffgoldblum
    @BlinkinCard41 said:
    " October 26? More like Rocktober26! Am I right!? "
    Tim Schafer is that you?
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    #17  Edited By CoolDrMoney

    Blue Monday is one of mankind's greatest accomplishments

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    #18  Edited By Little_Socrates

    BURNIN' DOWN THE HOUSE. 
     
     Yeah, that earns a GameStop preorder from me... :)

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    #19  Edited By wrecks

    Great, I lost a bet & 50 bucks.

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    #21  Edited By ht101

    I still need to export Lego Rock Band songs to Rock Band 2 but I'm waiting until I have more money.

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    #22  Edited By MachoFantastico

    Delighted to see it's a global release. Seriously looking forward to Rock Band 3. 

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    #23  Edited By Sambambo
    @DarkDude said:
    " "And right before your Halloween party! "  Seriously..? What the fuck? I swear every single time I see an article on this site I cringe, it's dreadful now. Either split all this shit away from proper updates on this site so I don't have to trawl through all this crap to find out if anything interesting is actually happening, or just stop posting pointless "news" articles. "
    Whoa, bit of an over reaction? Im sure it was tounge in cheek...
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    #24  Edited By lordbazuco

    God I feel liek getting all brand new instruments again. Gotta love that brand new plastic guitar smell :]
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    #25  Edited By Milkman
    @DarkDude said:
    " "And right before your Halloween party! "  Seriously..? What the fuck? I swear every single time I see an article on this site I cringe, it's dreadful now. Either split all this shit away from proper updates on this site so I don't have to trawl through all this crap to find out if anything interesting is actually happening, or just stop posting pointless "news" articles. "
    For fuck's sake, shut up.
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    #26  Edited By skrutop

    So it seems like Amazon winds up with the best deal.  The free songs would be nice, but they're only worth $6.

     @fwylo said:

    " Can't decide if I'm disappointed that I read this on engadget about 16 hours ago. "

      I know, right?  I added this info to the wiki page yesterday.
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    #27  Edited By natetodamax
    @RiotBananas said:
    " Damn Nicholson, you must be pretty rich now, what with all this "news" you pump out. "
    I'm pretty sure he doesn't get paid. 
     
    Also, why does the screenshot look cel shaded?
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    #28  Edited By jonnyboy

    Yay Deftones! Oh wait, I live in the UK. Never mind, guess I'll have to buy it later.
     
    Man no wonder the pregnancy rate is high in this country, what with the amount we get fucked over.

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    #29  Edited By Blitzer

    People still have Halloween parties?

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    #30  Edited By TheLawnWrangler
    @Tebbit said:
    " @nofx4208 said:
    " yay! 
     
    @Tebbit said:
    " Lets do this thing!  If they don't release the Final Countdown for this game, Harmonix are failing their duty to rock out. "
    it's already in lego rock band. I'd spend 40 bucks to get it into rock band 3 XD  (20 for game 20 for export) "
    Oh SHIT!  Aww, but that means it won't have keyboard support...  ...Ah whatever, I'd tap that shit regardless. "
    no worries, the synth part is charted to the guitar, if i remember correctly. so you get the guitar and synth part in one!
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    #31  Edited By pepper_2000

    Can't wait man, it'll be good.

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    #32  Edited By eroticfishcake

    Hey, that's my birthday! Not that I'm gonna get it since I'll be too busy getting very drunk and depressed but that's pretty awesome either way.

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    #33  Edited By ISuperGamerI

    I'm excited for the new guitars and drums as well as the new keyboard system.

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    #34  Edited By 234r2we232
    @fwylo said:

    " Can't decide if I'm disappointed that I read this on engadget about 16 hours ago. "

    Play.com had the UK release (29th) dated like last week. So whatever.
     
    ROCK BAND! I just want to know if there will be any support for old DLC with Pro mode, and/or what the pricing will be for Pro DLC.
     
    Roll on October!
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    #35  Edited By Berkie
    @sofacitysweetheart:  I believe I heard that some, or most maybe,older songs would be getting pro mode support....not sure where or when I heard that..... I think it was during E3 and it came from a Harmonix rep.....since pro mode is essentially the actual notes and fingering (heh) technically it should be easy to add the pro mode note charts...but what do I know!  :P
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    #36  Edited By 234r2we232
    @Berkie said:
    " @sofacitysweetheart:  I believe I heard that some, or most maybe,older songs would be getting pro mode support....not sure where or when I heard that..... I think it was during E3 and it came from a Harmonix rep..... "
    Interesting :). But this is EA, so I can only assume there will be a premium charge involved (sigh. I'll totally give into it too :'| )
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    #37  Edited By Alphawolfy

    Damn I really really wish they'd make an NTSC-J (Asia) version of Rock Band 3.... Seriously I can't even play RB1 or 2 simply because of the stupid region lock on 360. :'( Ahhh well from what I've heard about the features it is looking very good (for all you lucky folks who can play it)! :P

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    #38  Edited By DarkHeroZark

    If those three songs are available for purchase in the Rock Band store then Amazon is the best deal, because with the $10 coupon you can buy a 1600 MS point card for half price.

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    #39  Edited By Jerome85

    ill check out the game but after buying 400+ songs... i won't be buying any dlc for this game. 

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    #40  Edited By FreakAche

    *Insert bland and pointless Brad Nicholson bashing comment*

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    #41  Edited By XaiaX
    @DarkDude: Sorry you don't have friends.
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    #42  Edited By DharmaBum

    GameStop, a fine retail chain? 

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    #43  Edited By Merideath

    I can't wait! I love rockband! 

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    #44  Edited By toowalrus

    I will get this game if and when fender makes left handed rock band stratocasters.

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    #45  Edited By Marcsman

    DLC will be transferred right?
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    #46  Edited By Stega18

    I cannot wait, but to choose a system to play this on might be a problem O_o!!

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