Rock Band 2 may not be ridiculously late in Europe

by JC Fletcher { Nov 28th 2008 at 4:28PM }

It's hard to be a Rock Band fan and a Wii owner. It's much, much harder to be a Rock Band fan and a Wii owner in Europe. While Rock Band first released on the Xbox 360 in the US in November 2007, people hoping to play it on their PAL Wiis didn't see it until September of this year, following delays.

The situation may not be as dire for Rock Band 2. Amazon.fr offers a January 22 release date for the Wii, PS3, and PS2 versions of the sequel. That's not that long after the North American Wii release in December! Not that we're sure it's coming out here in December.

[Via Wiiz]

Tags: ea, europe, harmonix, music, rock-band, rock-band-2

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Chris @ Nov 28th 2008 5:00PM

It would be astounding to me if they screwed this up and didn't get it out before Christmas.

Luke @ Nov 28th 2008 5:29PM

Still waiting on news about compatibility with the GHWT drums. According to reports on the RB forums, all GH guitars should be compatible (as they work with the AC/DC track pack, and the GH3 guitar is officially confirmed), but no one knows about the drums.

My purchase depends on this. One set of instruments, that's it, I've decided. The delays make me hopeful that they're working on this, so I don't have an issue. But I'd like to be playing it on Christmas morning...

treqie @ Nov 29th 2008 5:55AM

I agree. I mailed both Vicarious Vision and Harmonix about it, but never got a reply.

KIMP @ Nov 29th 2008 1:29PM

Yeah they better be compatible on the Wii too.
I got GHWT as the drum is simply amazing, I sure hope i will be able to use it with RB2.

And why releasing RB2 on December 16?!
its such a late date...

Badgi @ Dec 25th 2008 7:44AM

From what I've read, I can only assume that the RB Drums will be compatible with GHWT and visa versa.

Whether they are referring to the new drums only or not is unclear.

The big question is, when the bloody hell is the new wireless hardware going to be released in Europe......

acdcgirl @ Nov 29th 2008 9:38PM

So...I need clarification because I've been looking all over the internet and have not found a clear answer...does the GH3 guitars work with the RB AC/DC track pack??