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Summer Promotion to Offer Music Fans Thousands of Rock Band Tracks and Games

First-Ever MTV Video Music Awards Moonman for Best Rock Band Music Video to be Awarded to Contest Winner

MTV and MTV Games, and Pepsi announced a multi-platform “Drink Up, Rock Out” promotion that will give away thousands of Rock Band DLC music tracks and games. Music lovers and gamers nationwide will be able to win prizes instantly and will have the opportunity to participate in the first-ever Pepsi Rock Band music video contest that will award one talented band a 2009 MTV Video Music Awards Moonman. The summer promotion begins June 2 and continues through the MTV Video Music Awards.

As part of the “Drink Up, Rock Out” promotion, fans who see a Rock Band icon on specially-marked packages of 20-ounce and 1-liter bottles of Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Pepsi Max and other Pepsi products are encouraged to look under the cap for a code and then go to www.pepsirockband.com to enter the code for a chance to win prizes. During the promotion, MTV and Pepsi will give away a Rock Band 2 Special Edition bundle every hour and thousands of Rock Band downloadable tracks each day. Additionally, fans can enter a weekly sweepstakes for opportunities to win a trip to a Harrah’s Entertainment property, Xbox 360 Consoles and other great prizes.

“MTV’s Rock Band has quickly established a new gaming platform that is extremely popular with music fans and gamers alike,” said Ralph Santana, VP of cola marketing, Pepsi-Cola North America Beverages. “We’re partnering with MTV to bring a new exciting twist to the game that will give one talented band a once-in-a-lifetime experience and a taste of stardom.”

Christina Glorioso, Vice President Marketing Partnerships for MTV Games added: “Pepsi is continuing their long standing tradition of being on the forefront of music with the decision to partner with Rock Band, the genre-defining music game platform that allows music fans and gamers to interact with and discover music like never before. This campaign has something for every Pepsi consumer from those that love to rock to the fans that love to cheer on their favorite bands.”

And for those Rock Band groups who seek fame, Pepsi, Rock Band, and MTV are giving fans the opportunity to win a Moonman for the first time by entering their own Rock Band music video into the competition. Entrants can choose a song from the official competition list – available at www.RockBand.com/Pepsi and start making their Rock Band music video right now. Music video submissions can be uploaded to www.PepsiRockBand.com where bands and fans will be able to enter, view, rate and vote on their favorite Rock Band music videos. To jump start the promotion, MTV Games is giving hardcore fans, those that upload a music video on the first day of the promotion (June 2 before 6pm EDT), the opportunity to win a trip to Los Angles the very next day to be the house band at the Rock Band booth at E3. Fans must register separately on June 2 to be entered for the chance to win this prize at www.RockBand.com/Pepsi.

For a shot to win the Moonman, Pepsi Rock Band music video submissions will be accepted June 2 through July 28. Beginning August 8 – September 1, fans take the reins as they vote online and decide the fate of the winning Rock Band band. The winning band will travel to the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, walk the red carpet, receive their very-own Moonman statue, and will be featured in a spot produced by MTV to air the night of the awards show.

The “Drink Up and Rock Out” summer program will also include promotion across MTV Networks channels, including MTV, MTV2, mtvU, VH1, CMT, Spike, COMEDY CENTRAL, TV Land and Nick at Nite.

Harmonix and MTV Games, along with distribution partner Electronic Arts Inc., announced the release of Rock Band Track Pack: Classic Rock. The standalone software is available now at retail stores nationwide for the Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii. The suggested retail price for Rock Band Track Pack: Classic Rock is $29.99.

Featuring an outstanding mix of favorite classic rock hits, Rock Band Track Pack: Classic Rock features 20-songs from mega artists such as The Who, Rush, Boston, Police, Steve Miller Band, George Thorogood and more!

Rock Band Track Pack: Classic Rock, like all Rock Band software, is compatible with all Rock Band instrument controllers, as well as most Guitar Hero and other music instrument controllers.

As an added bonus, fans who buy the Rock Band Track Pack: Classic Rock for Xbox 360 and PS3 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 set lists and played in all game modes.

The Rock Band Track Pack: Classic Rock is the latest in a series of popular software releases developed to increase players’ music library for the Rock Band platform including Rock Band Track Pack 1, Rock Band Track Pack 2 and AC/DC LIVE: Rock Band Track Pack. With more than 670 tracks available in the Rock Band music catalogue, and regular releases of downloadable content every week, Rock Band Track Pack: Classic Rock is yet another way rockers 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 Track Pack: Classic Rock is rated “T” for Teen with a descriptor of Mild Lyrics by the ESRB. Rock Band and Rock Band 2 are currently available for Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3 system, PlayStation 2 system and Wii.

For more information on Rock Band and Harmonix Music Systems please visit www.rockband.com and www.harmonixmusic.com.

An unusual PR request, it’s not the first game-music-related piece I’ve received. It’s always cool to find out about the artist(s) and teams that do the music that drives any game. Check em out, you might be surprised where else their work has popped up.

Composers Jorge & Guillermo Badolato (www.badolatomusic.com) are glad to announce they worked in the composition and production of the soundtrack for next-gen videogame Wheelman, developed by Newcastle´s Midway Studios & Tigon Studios (Vin Diesel´s video game company, who also starres the game). The game has been published worldwide by Ubisoft and Midway.
Jorge & Guillermo Badolato created half of the multi-layered interactive in-game soundtrack, the music for most of the cutscenes of the game and also did part of the music for promotion trailers for Wheelman.

The game has a hi-energy & frenetic action score featuring a mixture of actual Hollywood´s cinematic car chase films, blending powerful orchestral textures, techno-electronica, percussion and spanish/flamenco & electric guitars (recorded live by Guillermo Badolato).

“It’s been a honnor for us to work with Midway on this title, there has been an excellent understanding with Craig Beattie (Wheelman´s Audio Director) right from the start. Working on a game such amazing as this one is a blast!” Said Jorge & Guillermo.

Craig Beattie, Wheelman Audio Director/Midway UK: “Working with Badolatomusic was a complete joy. They delivered 50% of the in-game musical scores for Wheelman and most of the cutscene music. There music fitted perfectly with the tense missions and atmosphere of the game. When things got tight and changes to cutscenes where needed they re-scored the music to fit, they delivered time and time again without one complaint. I highly recommend these guys as professional and accomplished musicians”.

Wheelman it´s available for the Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3 and PC from March 24, 2009, in North America and March 27, 2009, in Europe. For more information on Wheelman, please visit http://www.wheelmangame.com Other tracks from the game were composed by Rod Abernethy.

About Jorge & Guillermo Badolato – Badolatomusic
Badolatomusic is formed by Composers/Sound Designers Jorge & Guillermo Badolato working for Videogames, Film, TV, Advertising and diverse media from early 90´s for many top companies. A selected list of videogame clients include Midway Games, Tigon Studios, Ubisoft, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, 8 bit Games (UK), Big Head Games (UK), Shanblue Interactive, Deep Silver, Enjoy Up, Revistronic and many more…

For more information please visit www.badolatomusic.com

Harmonix and MTV Games announced today a massive array of new tracks coming this week to the Rock Band Music Store catalogue of downloadable content for the Wii system, including 25 hit songs from artists like Silversun Pickups, Duran Duran, The Pretenders, Mötley Crüe and many more.

As previously announced, Wii Rock Band 2 owners will also gain access this week to three tracks from Social Distortion, two tracks from Disturbed, two tracks from Steely Dan and singles from Elvis Costello and The Replacements.

British post-punk pioneers Siouxsie & The Banshees offer three tracks to Wii music fans including “Hong Kong Garden,” from Once Upon A Time: The Singles (1981), “Kiss Them for Me,” the lead single from the band’s tenth album, Superstition (1991) and “The Killing Jar,” from Peepshow (1988).

Indie rockers Locksley offer up three tracks this week with “All Over Again,” “Don’t Make Me Wait” and “She Does,” all featured on the band’s 2007 album Don’t Make Me Wait. Plus, rising indie rockers Silversun Pickups make their way into the Wii Rock Band store with “Melatonin” and “Well Thought Out Twinkles” from Carnavas (2006).

This week’s content update also includes two tracks from Duran Duran: “Girls on Film” and “Rio.” “Girls on Film” was the band’s breakthrough single and the biggest hit from their 1981 self-titled debut album, while “Rio” was the fourth single from Rio (1982) and featured one of the most well known music videos from the 1980s.

Six additional singles from a variety of rock artists round out this week’s music store offering with “Rescue Me” from Buckcherry’s album Black Butterfly (2008), Mötley Crüe’s “Face Down in the Dirt” from Saints of Los Angeles (2008), “Life is Beautiful” from Sixx:A.M.’s album The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack (2007), “Pretty in Pink” from Psychedelic Furs’ Talk Talk Talk (1981), Pretenders’ hit “Brass in Pocket” from the band’s self-titled 1980 album and “Get Your Rock On” by The Janitors featured on the American Mall soundtrack (2008).

The tracks from Social Distortion, Steely Dan, Disturbed, Elvis Costello and The Replacements will be released simultaneously with the weekly content update for other consoles. The remainder of the tracks comes from the back catalogue of Rock Band music already released to owners of Xbox 360 and PS3. Wii fans can expect a rollout of previously released downloadable Rock Band content until the entire back catalogue of more than 670 songs is available.

Release Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2009

** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change **
Tracks:
Social Distortion “Bad Luck”
Social Distortion “Ring of Fire”
Social Distortion “Story of My Life”
Steely Dan “Black Friday”
Steely Dan “My Old School”
Disturbed “Stricken”
Disturbed “Stupify”
Elvis Costello “Radio Radio”
The Replacements “Kids Don’t Follow”
Siouxsie & The Banshees “Hong Kong Garden”
Siouxsie & The Banshees “Kiss Them For Me”
Siouxsie & The Banshees “The Killing Jar”
Locksley “All Over Again”
Locksley “Don’t Make Me Wait”
Locksley “She Does”
Silversun Pickups “Melatonin”
Silversun Pickups “Well Thought Out Twinkles”
Duran Duran “Girls On Film”
Duran Duran “Rio”
Buckcherry “Rescue Me”
Mötley Crüe “Face Down in the Dirt”
Psychedelic Furs “Pretty in Pink”
Sixx:A.M. “Life is Beautiful”
The Pretenders “Brass in Pocket”
The Janitors “Get Your Rock On”

(All tracks are original master recordings)

Price: $2.00 (200 Wii Points) per track

Location: In-game Rock Band 2 Music Store (Wii Points must be purchased through the Wii Shop Channel)

Country music recording artist Billy Currington will play Need for Speed Undercover with Xbox LIVE Gold Members May 12. If you’re an Xbox LIVE Gold Member (if not, upgrade now!), and you want a chance to play with Billy Currington, send a friend request to the following Gamertag and be online half an hour before (2:30 P.M. ET) the Game with Fame session starts on Tuesday, May 12, 3:00 P.M. ET. If you get a chance to play with Billy Currington, we want to hear about it! Send us an e-mail (xlmail@microsoft.com) with the subject: “GWF – Billy Currington.” Be sure to include your Gamertag and home town.

Billy Currington hit the big time in 2003 with his self-titled debut album, and two hit singles including “I Got A Feelin’” and “Walk A Little Straighter.” Now, with his new release, Little Bit of Everything, Currington has thrown a little bit of everything into the mix and come out with a world-class country album. “You know, I get asked a lot, ‘What’s your favorite thing to do? Writing the songs, going into the studio to record them, or doing live shows?’” he says. “And I can honestly say I love doing it all. They’re all fun. I can’t pick one over the others. I just feel so blessed and so lucky getting to do what I love.” That upbeat optimism is a signature note throughout his music, reflected in a number of the singles on the new album, including the redneck anthem “That’s How Country Boys Roll,” and the deeply felt first single off the release, “Don’t.”

If you want a taste of Billy Currington’s music, check out his classic music video on Xbox LIVE Marketplace:

“Don’t” – http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/videos/media/7c8aff7e-b0fc-41f5-bb57-da9769a17dc2

Billy Currington Game With Fame on Xbox LIVE
Date: May 12th
Location: Nashville
Time: 2:00PM – 4:00PM (CST)
Game: Need For Speed: Undercover
GAMERTAG: Billy C GWF
URL: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/calendar/gamewithfame/2009/0512-billycurrington.htm

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Harmonix and MTV Games announced today 18 new tracks coming this week to the Rock Band Music Store catalogue of downloadable content for the Wii system, including seven tracks from 80s power rockers REO Speedwagon and Styx. This week’s music update also includes songs from All That Remains, The Clash, Devo, Hautewerk, The Ramones, and System of a Down.

Three of Styx’s biggest singles were recently re-recorded for Rock Band, including “Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)” and “Renegade” originally featured on the band’s eighth studio album Pieces of Eight (1978), plus “Too Much Time on My Hands” originally featured on the band’s 1981 concept album Paradise Theatre.

REO Speedwagon’s timeless classics “Ridin’ the Storm Out,” originally featured on the band’s third album of the same name (1973), “Roll With the Changes,” originally featured on the band’s seventh studio album, You can Tune a Piano but You Can’t Tuna Fish (1978) and “Take It on the Run,” originally featured on the band’s 9-times platinum 1980 album Hi Infidelity will also debut in the Wii Rock Band Music Store this week.

“Can’t Stop Rockin’”, the new collaborative song between Styx and REO Speedwagon, which the bands recorded together in anticipation of their upcoming Can’t Stop Rockin’ tour, which kicks off May 13, will also be available next week.

Hautewerk adds three tracks from their debut album Stop Start Again (2006) including “Stop Start Again,” “Alone in My Head” and “I Know Where You Came From.”

As previously announced, the tracks from Styx, REO Speedwagon and Hautewerk were released last week to owners of Xbox 360 and PS3.

This week’s Wii update also includes eight tracks from the Rock Band back catalogue starting with three songs from Massachusetts-based metalcore band All That Remains – “Two Weeks” and “Chiron” from 2008’s Overcome as well as “This Calling” from Fall of Ideals (2006).

Politically-charged hard rockers System of a Down add two tracks with “B.Y.O.B.” from Mezmerize (2005) and title track “Toxicity” from the 2001 album. Two classic punk tracks are also on the way courtesy of The Clash’s “Complete Control” from the band’s self-titled 1977 debut album and The Ramones’ “Teenage Lobotomy” from Rocket to Russia (1977). Rounding out the content updated is Devo’s “Girl U Want,” the first single from the band’s album Freedom of Choice (1980).

Wii fans can expect a rollout of previously released downloadable Rock Band content until the entire back catalogue of more than 660 songs is available.

Release Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2009

** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change *

Tracks: REO Speedwagon “Ridin’ the Storm Out”
REO Speedwagon “Roll with the Changes”
REO Speedwagon “Take It on the Run”
Styx “Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)”
Styx “Renegade”
Styx “Too Much Time On My Hands”
Styx/REO Speedwagon “Can’t Stop Rockin’”
Hautewerk “Alone in My Head”
Hautewerk “I Know Where You Came From”
Hautewerk “Stop Start Again”
The Clash “Complete Control”
Devo “Girl U Want”
The Ramones “Teenage Lobotomy”
All That Remains “Chiron”
All That Remains “This Calling”
All That Remains “Two Weeks”
System of a Down “B.Y.O.B.”
System of a Down “Toxicity”

(All tracks are original master recordings)

Price: $2.00 (200 Wii Points) per track

Location: In-game Rock Band 2 Music Store (Wii Points must be purchased through the Wii Shop Channel)

** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change **

Rock Band 2 is available now for Xbox 360, PS 3, PS2, and Wii. The Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii versions support downloadable content.

Downloadable content for Wii is purchased via the in-game Rock Band Music Store using Wii Points purchased through the Wii Shop Channel and can be downloaded to the memory of the Wii or to an SD card for additional storage. The tracks stream directly from the SD card for seamless play.

To view a complete list of the more than 660 tracks available in the Rock Band music back catalog please visit www.rockband.com/music. With the addition of these tracks there are now 130 tracks in the Wii Rock Band Music Store.

Rock Band continues to satisfy music fans’ and gamers’ voracious appetite for rock with more than 40 million paid downloads since its launch on November 20, 2007. The Rock Band Music Store allows players to preview and purchase downloadable individual music tracks and packs from the vast selection of offerings available to date without ever leaving the game as they build their own custom Rock Band library.

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

For more information on Rock Band2 and Harmonix Music Systems please visit www.rockband.com and www.harmonixmusic.com

Wow. Got $40.00 to drop on DLC this week?

Harmonix and MTV Games announced today a monster lineup of 20 new tracks coming this week to the Rock Band Music Store catalogue of downloadable content for Wii home videogame console from Nintendo, including hit songs from American metal outfit Megadeth, British alternative group Oasis and one of the most popular pop rock bands of all time, The Police.
As previously announced, Wii Rock Band 2 owners will also gain access this week to the Nothing’s Shocking album from Jane’s Addiction.

The content update to the Wii Rock Band Music Store features eight tracks from Megadeth, one of the highest-selling thrash metal bands of all time with over 20 million albums sold worldwide. The lineup includes “Wake Up Dead,” “The Conjuring,” “Devil’s Island,” “Good Mourning/Black Friday,” “Bad Omen,” “I Ain’t Superstitious” and “My Last Words” – all from Megadeth’s classic second album, Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying? (1986). Additionally, Megadeth adds “Sleepwalker” from its latest album, United Abominations (2007) to the Wii Rock Band Music Store.

Rounding out this week’s additions are “Truth Hits Everybody” from The Police’s 1978 debut album, Outlandoes d’Amour and “Don’t Look Back in Anger” from English rock band Oasis’ second album (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? (1995).

The tracks from Jane’s Addiction will be released simultaneously with the weekly content update for other consoles. The remainder of the tracks comes from the back catalogue of Rock Band music already released to owners of Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 system. Wii fans can expect a rollout of previously released downloadable Rock Band content until the entire back catalogue of more than 650 songs is available.

Release Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2009

** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change **

Tracks:
Jane’s Addiction “Up the Beach”
Jane’s Addiction “Ocean Size”
Jane’s Addiction “Had a Dad”
Jane’s Addiction “Ted, Just Admit It…”
Jane’s Addiction “Standing in the Shower…Thinking”
Jane’s Addiction “Summertime Rolls”
Jane’s Addiction “Idiots Rule”
Jane’s Addiction “Jane Says”
Jane’s Addiction “Thank You Boys”
Jane’s Addiction “Pig’s in Zen”
Megadeth “Wake Up Dead”
Megadeth “The Conjuring”
Megadeth “Devil’s Island”
Megadeth “Good Mourning/Black Friday”
Megadeth “Bad Omen”
Megadeth “I Ain’t Superstitious”
Megadeth “My Last Words”
Megadeth “Sleepwalker”
The Police “Truth Hits Everybody”
Oasis “Don’t Look Back in Anger”

(All tracks are original master recordings)

Price: $2.00 (200 Wii Points) per track

Location: In-game Rock Band 2 Music Store (Wii Points must be purchased through the Wii^TM Shop Channel)

** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change **

Rock Band 2 is available now for Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3 and PlayStation®2 systems and the Wii system. The Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3 system and Wii versions support downloadable content.

Downloadable content for Wii is purchased via the in-game Rock Band Music Store using Wii Points purchased through the Wii Shop Channel and can be downloaded to the memory of the Wii or to an SD card for additional storage. The tracks stream directly from the SD card for seamless play.

To view a complete list of the more than 650 tracks available in the Rock Band music back catalog please visit www.rockband.com/music. With the addition of these tracks there are now 120 tracks in the Wii Rock Band Music Store.

Rock Band continues to satisfy music fans’ and gamers’ voracious appetite for rock with more than 40 million paid downloads since its launch on November 20, 2007. The Rock Band Music Store allows players to preview and purchase downloadable individual music tracks and packs from the vast selection of offerings available to date without ever leaving the game as they build their own custom Rock Band library.

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

For more information on Rock Band2 and Harmonix Music Systems please visit www.rockband.com and www.harmonixmusic.com

Harmonix and MTV Games announced today Nothing’s Shocking, the second album from eclectic alternative rock group Jane’s Addiction will be added to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content next week for Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii.

Jane’s Addiction made its major-label debut with the release of Nothing’s Shocking in 1988. The album was well received by music critics and introduced fans to the hit “Jane Says,” which is now considered a signature track for the band. Nothing’s Shocking has since been named in Rolling Stone’s “Top 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.”

Next week’s Rock Band Music Store lineup will feature ten tracks from Nothing’s Shocking with “Mountain Song” from Nothing’s Shocking already featured on the Rock Band 2 soundtrack. The DLC album includes the following tracks:

Tracks:
“Up the Beach”
“Ocean Size”
“Had a Dad”
“Ted, Just Admit It…”
“Standing in the Shower… Thinking”
“Summertime Rolls”
“Idiots Rule”
“Jane Says”
“Thank You Boys”
“Pig’s in Zen”
(All tracks are original master recordings)

The tracks will be available for purchase as an album or as individual tracks for Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 system. The tracks will be available for purchase as individual tracks only for Wii.

Release Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 (Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360 and in-game Rock Band 2 Music Store for Wii)
Thursday, April 30, 2009 (PlayStation Store)
** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change **

Price: $1.99 or 160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360 per track
$2.00 or 200 Wii Points for Wii per track
$15.99 or 1280 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360 for Nothing’s Shocking album

Locations: Xbox LIVE Marketplace for the Xbox 360
PlayStation Network
In-game Rock Band 2 Music Store for Wii

Music Videos:
Jane’s Addiction “Mountain Song”

Website Links:
For more information, please visit:
Rock Band Website
Jane’s Addiction Official Website

Rock Band 2 is available for the Xbox 360, PS3, PS2 and Wii.

There are now more than 650 tracks available to date via disc and download purchase (complete list of tracks at www.rockband.com/music). Rock Band continues to satisfy music fans’ and gamers’ voracious appetite for rock with more than 40 million paid downloads since its launch on November 20, 2007. The Rock Band Music Store allows players to preview and purchase downloadable individual music tracks and packs from the vast selection of offerings available to date without ever leaving the game as they build their own custom Rock Band library.

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

For more information on Rock Band 2 and Harmonix Music Systems please visit www.rockband.com and www.harmonixmusic.com.

Beto Cuevas, former lead singer of popular Chilean band La Ley, and now embarking on a solo career, will play Gears of War 2 with Xbox LIVE Gold members April 30. If you’re an Xbox LIVE Gold member (if not, upgrade now!), and you want a chance to play with Beto Cuevas, send a friend request to the following Gamertag and be online half an hour before (10:00 P.M. ET) the Game with Fame session starts on Thursday, April 30, 10:30 P.M. ET.If you get a chance to play with Beto Cuevas, we want to hear about it! Send us an e-mail (xlmail@microsoft.com) with the subject: “GWF – Beto Cuevas.” Be sure to include your Gamertag and home town.

Beto Cuevas recorded ten albums with well-known Chilean band La Ley, but after they broke up in 2005, Cuevas started working on his solo career as both an actor and musician. His first album, Miedo Escénico, released in 2008, and its hit single “Vuelvo” has cemented his reputation as a songwriter. He says, “Calling the album Miedo Escénico is kind of an irony about the moment in which the artist is filled with an atrocious feeling of uncertainty before jumping on stage, which is the feeling that keeps me alive, but in exchange of what is around. Before recording the album there wasn’t any feeling of doubt or uncertainty, everything was marked by the irony of saying the opposite to miedo escénico.”

If you want a taste of Beto Cuevas’ music, check out these music video downloads from the new album on Xbox LIVE Marketplace:
“Vuelvo”: http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/videos/media/0b1df8f0-e54c-4cd1-8b24-ccb874aee729/
“Hablame”: http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/videos/media/5848fa14-636e-4121-8c4f-5a698f2673b5/
Game With Fame featuring Beto Cuevas
Date: April 30th
Location: Los Angeles
Time: 7:30PM – 9:30PM (PST)
Game: Gears Of War 2
GAMERTAG: Beto GWF (**space between Beto and GwF)
URL: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/calendar/gamewithfame/2009/0402-betocuevas.htm
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Only Karaoke Game to be Released on All Next Gen Platforms

Features All-New Songs, Expanded Multiplayer and Party Modes and a Brand New Career Mode

Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., today announced Karaoke Revolution for Wii^TM, Xbox 360 and PS3. The newest title in the groundbreaking music series distinguishes itself in the market as it is the only karaoke game that will be available on all next gen platforms. Additionally, the game will let karaoke fans sing and compete against friends with expanded multiplayer modes, 50 all-new hit songs from master recordings, as well as 16 original customizable venues and newly enhanced customizable characters including facial and body morphing.

Transforming video game consoles into a high-end interactive karaoke machine, Karaoke Revolution’s expanded multiplayer modes allows players to throw karaoke parties with their friends where they can perform as teams or choose to play in the single player career mode. If you just want to hear your favorite songs in succession, create a playlist and whenever you’re ready to perform, pick up the microphone and jump in at anytime! Players can join together on a wide variety of contemporary hits and classic favorites from licensed master recordings. Additionally, those using either the Xbox 360 or the PS3 can utilize the co-op Party Mode with multiple game modes for up to 16 players or battle with or against each other in the ultimate competition.

Also new to this year’s version is the custom venue and custom character creators which allow singers to design and personalize their venues and characters in ways that will be guaranteed to catch the attention of the crowd. Karaoke Revolution also offers singers to almost create a virtual representation of themselves with the abundance of character customization and record themselves with the Xbox LIVE Vision Camera or the PLAYSTATION Eye to incorporate themselves right on screen inside their custom venues! Additionally, Xbox 360 and PS3 gamers can also select and download licensed master tracks, share exclusive venues and additional clothing and accessories.

Like all versions from this acclaimed franchise, Karaoke Revolution features a proprietary voice recognition technology which accurately recognizes and scores vocal pitch and rhythm. Real-time feedback is offered by the dynamic crowds that fill each virtual venue. The game comes packaged with a microphone for players to be ready to perform.

Karaoke Revolution will be released in the fourth quarter of 2009. For more information on the game, please visit: http://www.konami.com/kr/