Harmonix and MTV Games announced today the next addition to the Rock Band Music Store will be tracks from MTV2's "Circuit Breakout" band contest winners The Material, The Myriad and Them Terribles, available on Tuesday, June 10. The three up-and-coming acts will join the ranks of some of the greatest rock bands including Metallica, Nine Inch Nails, Boston, The Grateful Dead, Queens of the Stone Age and more, as part of the Rock Band downloadable content catalog with more than 170 songs to date. Each track will be available for $.99 per track (80 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360®), or $2.99 (240 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for the three-pak.

Additionally, the northeastern England post-punk revival band Maxïmo Park will make their North American single debut with "Girls Who Play Guitars" as downloadable content for Rock Band. Having helped MTV launch Rock Band in Europe, they are even helping select the best Rock Band band abroad in a bid for a VIP stay in Ibiza. "Girls Who Play Guitars" will be available for $.99 (80 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) on Tuesday, June 10.

Release date: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 (Xbox LIVE® Marketplace); Thursday, June 12, 2008 (PLAYSTATION®Store)

Tracks: MTV2 Pack
The Material - Moving to Seattle
The Myriad - A Clean Shot
Them Terribles - Bullets & Guns
Maxïmo Park - Girls Who Play Guitars*

Price: $.99 (80 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track; $2.99 (240 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for the MTV2 three-pak
Locations: Xbox LIVE® Marketplace and PLAYSTATION®Network

With the addition of these tracks there are now more than 170 tracks available to date via disc and download purchase (complete list of tracks at http://www.rockband.com/dlc). Rock Band™ continues to fly off shelves and satisfy music fans and gamers' voracious appetite for rock as more than 10 million downloads have been purchased 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™ is rated "T" for Teen (lyrics, mild suggestive themes) by the ESRB.
(All tracks utilize original master recordings)

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

*Track not included in MTV2 three-pak

Rock Band™ allows online play and features that expand the boundaries of music gaming. Rock Band™ downloadable content is playable and integrated into setlists in all game modes including: Solo Tour, Band World Tour, head-to-head competition either locally or online, and from any Quickplay mode. In order to play downloadable content for head-to-head matches or multiplayer online, all players must own the same downloadable track. Downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft will be available for purchase via Xbox LIVE Marketplace using Microsoft Points and is downloaded directly to the Xbox 360 hard drive. Downloadable content for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system's version of Rock Band™ will be available for purchase on the PLAYSTATION Store through the free PLAYSTATION Network and is downloaded directly to PLAYSTATION 3 system's built in hard drive.

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