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First video of keyboard in action can be found here

Among the 83 new songs to be included, Rigopulos says, "it's hard to pick a favorite, but for The Doors to be making an appearance on Rock Band finally with their classic Break On Through, I love that one. And Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody is endlessly fun."

The success of Rock Band and follow-up Rock Band 2 propelled sales of music games to more than $1.6 billion in 2008 — with the help of competing Guitar Hero titles. Despite a wide variety of new games in 2009 including The Beatles: Rock Band and DJ Hero, annual sales fell by nearly 50%.

That slide inspired the Rock Band 3 development team to try to recapture the fun "that really started this whole phenomenon in the first place," says project director Daniel Sussman.

During the game, green, red, blue, yellow or orange keys flow on a "stream" representing the notes to be played on five corresponding keyboard keys. In a new authentic Pro mode meant to help players segue to actual instruments, all 25 keys are used; the streams shifts left and right to cover the correct keys. The keyboard also works as a MIDI keyboard that can be connected to a computer. "This is a real instrument and a real device," says senior designer Sylvain Dubrofsky.

In addition to the new keyboard controller, also due for the game's release are two advanced guitar controllers that take advantage of the Pro mode, one a full-sized, fully functional Fender guitar (all sold separately, no prices yet).

Other Rock Band 3 advances: improved animations, refined gameplay features — players can drop in and out of games, or change instruments and difficulty settings without stopping songs — and a easier-to-use song menu.

"Our ambition for Rock Band 3 was really to re-energize and reinvigorate the (music game) category and advance it and move it forward," Rigopulos says.


Some tracks revealed

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

I can not wait for this game!!
 
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I wonder if like RB2 we will be able to import all our RB1/2/lego/acdc/DLC over to RB3 ?

Otherwise I wont be too happy tbh :(
 
theys hould have a lot of deep purple on there to make use of the keyboard. maybe the highway star solo could be played on the right instrument this time.
 
The thing is they were great to start with, awesome music and what not.

Now the music is so awful it's a pain to actually play through the games.

I bought GHIII & World Tour along with Rock Band drums to play with the missus, we spent about a month doing it and it was great fun, but now it's a chore to play.

And I have to say looking at the partial set list for RB3 it looks dire. They milked this sort of game too much.
 
Man A "damn it everyone owns our overpriced low quality instruments now, how else can we make money?"

Man B "add another instrument!"


I fully expect glockenspiel to be in Rockband 4.
 
Can't wait can't wait can't WAIT!

Really looking forward to playing the keyboard, as well as pro mode on guitar and drums, they're becoming a bit easy now :p
 
for a charge naturally.....

anyway all these games are becoming stagnant now - hardly anyone is interested anymore, been done to death.

Thats cool I dont mind paying a charge to transfer them over. I just like having all my tunes in one place :)

Its much better than having loads of different discs like GH. That way when I have friends over to play and one is like man I really want to play X tune. its already on the game. I am not having to go oh soz mate different disc. Then having to swap discs just for one song
 
Definately still interested in rock band the keyboard stuff sounds great and there are some really good tracks in that list, cant wait :D.
 
Its the best party game out there (IMO) and there adding another instrument how can you say its been done to death?

There adding more game modes (pro mode) sound very interesting 5 players in band sounds cool to me!!
 
Highly unlikley. The only real venues i'm aware of in RB games are from Beatles and Green Day, and I don't think GH have ever had them either (except stone henge)
 
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