The Killers Rock Band (2016)

Lore & Background

Rock Band is based on Harmonix's previous success with the Guitar Hero series. It expands on the concept by adding a drum and microphone peripheral, allowing up to four players to play lead and bass guitar, drums, and vocals. The gameplay is comparable to Guitar Hero along with elements from Harmonix's Karaoke Revolution.

Reader's Guide

Players can play Rock Band alone through a Career mode for lead guitar, drums, and vocals, earning in-game money to purchase new outfits and instruments. Each of the 45 songs has a different difficulty ranking for each instrument part, as well as a total band difficulty. There are nine difficulty tiers. In career mode, each song in a tier must be completed to move to the next. Once unlocked, songs may be played in Quickplay, multiplayer (competitive and co-operative) off- or online. Each instrument part can be played at Easy, Medium, Hard, or Expert difficulty.

Did You Know?

• The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 2 and 3 versions shipped with 58 songs on disc; the Wii version contained 5 additional songs that were released as downloadable content for the game.
• The European version includes 9 additional songs that have since been released as downloadable content for other regions.
• A total of 13 bonus songs can be unlocked through Career mode, including bands formed by Harmonix employees and local bands from Cambridge, Massachusetts, or Boston.
• The Wii version features 5 additional songs originally released as downloadable content on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions.
• The European Wii version contains 14 additional songs compared to the launch versions due to containing both sets of extra songs.