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Rock Band Country Track pack now available

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So you love Rock Band, but you have this little dark side about you that is a big Country Music fan as well. Well, you are in luck, as MTV Games and Harmonix have released the retail Country Track Pack available in stores now. The retail pack will consist of 21 country tracks for a mere $29.99. That equates to around $1.43 a song instead of the usual $1.99. The best part is that 13 of the songs have not been released onto the Rock band Store as of yet, so they are a timed exclusive to the Country Track Pack for the foreseeable future. As with the other stand alone packs, you can play straight off the disk or download it to your HDD.  Here is the complete lineup:

Alan Jackson - “Good Time” *
Brad Paisley - “Mud on the Tires”
Brooks & Dunn - “Hillbilly Deluxe”
Cross Canadian Ragweed - “Cry Lonely” *
Dierks Bentley - “Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)”
Dixie Chicks - “Sin Wagon”
Drive-By Truckers - “3 Dimes Down”
Jason Aldean - “She's Country” *
Keith Urban - “I Told You So” *
Kenny Chesney - “She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy” *
Kenny Rogers - “The Gambler”*
Lucinda Williams - “Can't Let Go”
Martina McBride - “This One's For The Girls”*
Miranda Lambert - “Gunpowder & Lead”
Montgomery Gentry - “Gone”*
Rascal Flatts - “Me and My Gang”*
Sara Evans - “Suds In The Bucket”*
Shania Twain - “Any Man of Mine”*
Steve Earle - “Satellite Radio”
Trace Adkins - “Swing”*
Willie Nelson - “On the Road Again”*

MTV Games, Harmonix and EA Announce Rock Band®
Country Track Pack™ Available Now in North America

Cambridge, MA – July 22, 2009 -- Harmonix, the leading developer of music-based games, and MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks, (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), along with distribution partner Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), today announced the release of Rock Band® Country Track Pack™, the first Rock Band game focused exclusively on country music. The standalone software is available now at retail stores nationwide for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and Wii™ system. The suggested retail price for Rock Band Country Track Pack is $29.99.

Featuring 21 tracks from some of country’s biggest artists, such as Willie Nelson, Alan Jackson, Kenny Rogers, Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean and Shania Twain, Rock Band Country Track Pack is a standalone software product that allows owners of Rock Band® and Rock Band®2 to keep the party going with a whole new setlist. (To view a full list of tracks please click here.) Thirteen of the on-disc tracks are brand new to the Rock Band platform and will be exclusive to the Rock Band Country Track Pack disc for a limited time before joining the Rock Band Music Store as downloadable content, including music from Keith Urban, Martina McBride, Montgomery Gentry, Sara Evans and more.

In addition, Rock Band Country Track Pack, like all Rock Band software, is compatible with all Rock Band controllers, as well as most Guitar Hero® and authorized third-party controllers and microphones.

Fans who buy the Rock Band Country Track Pack for Xbox 360 or PLAYSTATION 3 system can play directly from the disc or download the songs onto their consoles’ hard drives through a free offer with Xbox LIVE® online entertainment network or the PlayStation®Network. Once downloaded, the songs will automatically appear in the player’s custom Rock Band library and can be integrated into setlists and played in all game modes. With more than 700 tracks available in the Rock Band music catalogue and regular releases of downloadable content every week, Rock Band Country Track Pack is yet another way music-lovers can continue to expand and customize their music libraries.

The Rock Band franchise is the ultimate platform for music fans and gamers to interact with music like never before. The game challenges players to put together a band and tour for fame and fortune – all while learning to master lead/bass guitar, drums and vocals. Featuring the most master recordings of any music game ever by the world’s biggest rock artists, the Rock Band music catalogue includes tracks that span every genre of rock, ranging from alternative and classic rock, to heavy metal and punk.

Rock Band Country Track Pack is rated “E10+” for Everyone 10+ with a descriptor of Lyrics by the ESRB. Rock Band and Rock Band 2 are currently available for Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3 and PlayStation 2 systems and Wii.