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Harmonix’s highly anticipated music title has gone gold ahead of its November 18/20 launch.

Harmonix, MTV Games and Electronic Arts recently announced that their highly anticipated music game Rock Band has gone gold and is ready for its launch later this month

"Rock Band is a true symbol of Harmonix's vision, dedication and passion for music and after two years of development, we are thrilled that Rock Band is finally ready to get in the hands of rock fans everywhere," said Alex Rigopolous, CEO of Harmonix.

"We have a small army filling our warehouses with final product, ready for our November 20th ship date so players can fulfill their rock and roll aspirations. Now, our focus is putting together an amazing selection of downloadable music content for players so players can continue to further customize their Rock Band experience post launch."

The game will be available for the Playstation 2 on December 18, as well as the PS3 and the Xbox 360 two days later on November 20. It will be priced at $159.99 and $169.99 respectively.

Nov 6, 2007

News by Karn Bianco.

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