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LEGO Rock Band gets some Queen appearances

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LEGO Rock Band announced that Queen will be featured in the game as not just the LEGO minifigures, but also in the form of downloadable content. Freddie Mercury, Brian May, John Deacon and Roger Taylor will all be appearing in miniature block form. The Queen track-pack includes 10 of their songs, including a collaboration track between Queen and David Bowie.

Check the screens and video of Queen LEGO version performing "We Are The Champsions" for a look at the new Queen features.


LEGENDARY BAND QUEEN TO APPEAR IN LEGO® ROCK BAND™



Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and MTV Games today announced that LEGO® Rock Band™ will feature the likeness of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and multi-platinum selling group Queen. Appearing in the game as LEGO minifigures, front man Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, bassist John Deacon and drummer Roger Taylor will be seen jamming to their hit anthems “We Will Rock You” and “We Are The Champions.”



Guitarist Brian May said: “This is IT! I wanna play! When do I get my toy LEGO man?”



Today also marks the release of the Queen pack for the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content, featuring 10 of the band’s most loved songs including “Killer Queen,” “Somebody to Love,” “Fat Bottomed Girls” and the Queen/David Bowie collaboration, “Under Pressure.” In addition, Queen will release Absolute Greatest on Nov. 17, featuring 20 of the band’s biggest hits.



LEGO Rock Band puts the power of rock into the hands of tweens, teens, families and gamers of all ages as they go on a wild journey to stardom as they “Build a Band and Rock the Universe.” The game is developed by TT Games in partnership with Harmonix for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and Wii™ home videogame console. LEGO Rock Band for Nintendo DS™ is co-developed by TT Games and Harmonix in partnership with Backbone Entertainment, a Foundation 9 Entertainment studio. All versions are scheduled for release holiday 2009.