Harmonix is teaming up with Mad Catz to bring Rock Band 4 to PS4 and Xbox One, and brings the franchise to a new generation of consoles, focusing on the features and gameplay that people love, and expanding the franchise in innovative ways that were informed by how fans play and what they want.  

In addition to a killer on-disc soundtrack, Rock Band 4 will support over 2000 tracks released since the 2007 launch of the original Rock Band, accounting for more than 500 of rock music’s most legendary artists.

Players who’ve purchased or downloaded playable tracks on last-generation consoles will be able to download and play those tracks on their new platforms at no additional charge. Hundreds of tracks will be available at launch, with more back catalog music – and new tracks – to be added regularly after launch.

This first major feature update will be available on December 8, 2015 to all players for free, and will focus on exciting new social and competitive features, along with some surprises for fans. Additionally, based on feedback from its community, Harmonix has confirmed it will be adding “Variable Breakneck Speed” to the game for the first time. “Variable Breakneck Speed” will let players control note scrolling speeds for each track independently, a feature long-requested by many in the Rock Band community.

“With the core game already shipping to retailers for an October 6 launch, we’re excited to start looking at the future of Rock Band for our fans,” said Harmonix CEO Steve Janiak. “We already have a team hard at work building new features for the platform, some based on player feedback, along with some surprises, including a new mode that changes gameplay in a really significant way that we think people are going to love.”

“We’ve said that we’re viewing Rock Band 4 as a platform that we will build on over time,” added Product Manager Daniel Sussman, “and this first feature update is just the beginning; we can’t wait to share more details after launch.”

Full list of songs:

• Brad Paisley ft. Keith Urban – “Start A Band”
• Brandi Carlile – “Mainstream Kid”
• Dark Wheels – “V-Bomb”
• Gary Clark Jr. – “Ain’t Messin ‘Round”
• Gin Blossoms – “Follow You Down”
• Grouplove – “Tongue Tied”
• Imagine Dragons – “I Bet My Life”
• Jeff Allen ft. Noelle LeBlanc and Naoko Takamoto – “Recession”
• Johnny Blazes and the Pretty Boys – “Cold Clear Light”
• Lynyrd Skynyrd – “That Smell”
• Mumford & Sons – “The Wolf”
• R.E.M. – “The One I Love”
• The Warning – “Free Falling”
• .38 Special Caught Up In You
• 4 Non Blondes What’s Up?
• Aerosmith Toys in the Attic
• Arctic Monkeys Arabella
• Avenged Sevenfold Hail to the King
• Benjamin Booker Violent Shiver
• The Black Keys Fever
• The Both Milwaukee
• Cake Short Skirt/Long Jacket
• The Cure Friday I'm In Love
• Disturbed Prayer
• Dream Theater Metropolis - Part 1 - "The Miracle And The Sleeper"
• Duck & Cover Knock 'Em Down
• Eddie Japan Albert
• Elvis Presley Suspicious Minds
• Fall Out Boy Centuries
• Fleetwood Mac You Make Loving Fun
• Foo Fighters The Feast and the Famine
• Halestorm I Miss The Misery
• Heart Kick It Out
• Heaven’s Basement I Am Electric
• Jack White Lazaretto
• Judas Priest Halls Of Valhalla
• The Killers Somebody Told Me
• Lightning Bolt Dream Genie
• Little Big Town Little White Church
• Live All Over You
• Lucius Turn It Around
• Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars Uptown Funk
• The Mighty Mighty Bosstones The Impression That I Get
• The Outfield Your Love
• Ozzy Osbourne Miracle Man
• Tijuana Sweetheart Pistol Whipped
• Paramore Still Into You
• The Protomen Light Up The Night”
• Queens of the Stone Age My God Is The Sun
• Rick Derringer Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo
• Rush A Passage To Bangkok
• Scandal The Warrior
• Scorpions No One Like You
• Slydigs Light The Fuse
• Soul Remnants Dead Black (Heart of Ice)
• Soundgarden Superunknown
• Spin Doctors Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong
• St. Vincent Birth In Reverse
• System of a Down Spiders
• Van Halen Panama
• Van Morrison Brown Eyed Girl
• White Denim At Night In Dreams
• The Who The Seeker