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In celebration of the franchise’s tenth anniversary, Harmonix has detailed the first batch of classic songs being added to Rock Band 4 as downloadable content.
It’s been a decade since 2007 and this year marks the year that saw the release of the inaugural Rock Band game. Harmonix has revealed that there are big plans to celebrate this important anniversary, and the festivities will begin this week with the re-release of some classic songs from the series’ back catalog as downloadable content for Rock Band 4.
First one is (Don’t Fear) The Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult, which was featured in the set list of the original Rock Band game. However, this title is not the first that’s been tapped for classic tracks, as all iterations of the series seem to be fair game for Harmonix’s celebrations with this Rock Band 4 content. Taking this into account, the second re-release confirmed for January is Carry On Wayward Son by Kansas. This song was part of the track list for Rock Band 2, and also showed up in Guitar Hero II, and more recently in Guitar Hero Live.
Lastly, there’s a representative from the franchise’s often forgotten brick based spin-off Lego Rock Band. Swing by the All-American Rejects will also be available for purchase before the end of January, but the studio’s blog post announcing the festivities doesn’t list an exact date. Longtime fans of Rock Band will undoubtedly appreciate this chance to take on a trip down memory lane. After four mainline installments and wide variety of spin-offs, the franchise has amassed quite a selection of memorable songs, many of which cannot be downloaded via Rock Band 4.
Speculations are probably well underway as to what other songs could be added to the game to celebrate the series’ tenth anniversary. If Harmonix keeps releasing three classic songs every month, we might see some interesting picks to flesh out the field of 36 songs released over the course in 2017.
Rock Band 4 is currently available for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
