Rock Band is the groundbreaking platform that allows music fans and gamers to interact with music like never before - challenging players to put together a band and tour for fame and fortune while learning to master lead/bass guitar, drums and vocals.

Rock Band 2 builds upon its foundation as the first music game to introduce co-operative band gameplay, multiple instruments, a robust online multiplayer experience, an unrivaled offering of downloadable content and raises the bar by delivering an entirely new level of depth, connectivity, authenticity and features including:

• Backwards compatibility with Rock Band downloadable music content. All previously purchased tracks will immediately load into your Rock Band 2 song list. No need to re-purchase or re-download.
  The biggest and most diverse soundtrack ever featuring some of rock’s most prolific acts, comprised entirely of master recordings.
• Major new and dynamic online modes that will connect the entire Rock Band community in more ways than ever before both locally and globally.
• More variety of instrument choices than ever before with new and improved drum and guitar peripherals, enhanced functionality and innovative new designs - all fully compatible with the original Rock Band instruments.
• And much more.

Preliminary track/band list :

• Chop Suey - System of a Down
• Give It Away - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Everlong - Foo Fighter
• Kids in America - Kim Wilde
• Ace of Spades - Motorhead
• Hello There - Cheap Trick
• Any Way You Want It - Journey
• Piinball Wizard - The Who
• All the Small Things - Blink 182
• More Than a Feeling - Boston
• Panic Attack - The Paddingtons or Dream Theater

Rock Band 2 will make its debut on Xbox 360 this September and have an exclusive launch window in North America. Rock Band 2 will be available for additional platforms later this year.

More details regarding features and music for Rock Band 2 will be revealed at the 2008 E3 Media & Business Summit.

In addition, Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that The Rock Band online music store recently surpassed 15 million paid downloads since the game’s launch in late November 2007. With more than 200 tracks available to date via download purchase (complete list of tracks), the massive Rock Band Music Store allows players to preview and purchase downloadable individual music tracks, packs and albums from the vast selection of offerings available as they build their own custom Rock Band library.

Rock Band 2 is rated “T” for Teen (lyrics, mild suggestive themes) by the ESRB.