George_Wrisley August 28, 2008 PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 3 views Comments Print This Post  Email This Post

I thought I would pass this awesome news along from EW.com:

While there’s been a lot of talk over the last few years about the inevitable death of the album format, the videogame industry doesn’t appear to be listening. On Sept. 12, Metallica will release a gameplay version of their new record, Death Magnetic, through Guitar Hero , and two days later, Rock Band 2 debuts, and with it, the promise of 500 tracks by year’s end. Stocking the digital bins, EW.com has learned exclusively, will be seminal full albums by Foo Fighters (The Colour and the Shape ), Red Hot Chili Peppers (Blood Sugar Sex Magik ), Jane’s Addiction (Nothing’s Shocking ), Megadeth (Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying ) and Stevie Ray Vaughn (Texas Flood ), along with a specially-compiled No Doubt Best Of collection. All are slated to roll out in the coming months, according to MTV Games.

I don’t know exactly what to make of the whole “death of the album” thing, but this is great news for Rock Band.

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Thanks for the virtual snare drum….?