Tracks from Metallica, The Police, Queens of the Stone Age, David Bowie, Ramones, The Clash and More Available Before the End of 2007

New York, NY – November 15, 2007– Harmonix, the worldwide leading developer of music-based games, and MTV Games, a division of Viacom's MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), today announced a stellar first line-up of weekly downloadable content available before the end of 2007. The highly anticipated music video game hits retail shelves on Tuesday, November 20th for the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system. Beginning on November 20th, fans will be able to purchase 3-song packs from Metallica, The Police and Queens of the Stone Age for a suggested retail price of $5.49 per pack or $1.99 per track (440 Microsoft Points per pack and 160 per track for Xbox 360). Individual tracks from Foreigner, Wolfmother and The Runaways, among others, for $1.99 per track (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360).

A variety of song packs, albums and individual tracks will be available for download on a weekly basis. And that's just through the end of 2007. Fans can expect more music every week through 2008 with suggested retail pricing varying from $.99 to $2.99 per track (The equivalent of 80 to 240 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360), with the vast majority selling for $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360).

"We are excited to unleash some of the most beloved rock songs of all time for consumers to customize their Rock Band game experience - for an amazing price," said Paul DeGooyer, Senior Vice President of MTV Games. "The overwhelmingly positive response from artists, managers, music publishers and record labels has setup a queue of fantastic tracks that will continue to roll out every week."

"We are giving consumers a way to experience what is essentially a new game every week with more and more of the songs they love," said Alex Rigopulos, co-founder and CEO of Harmonix.

In addition to the 58 songs available on the game disc, Harmonix and MTV Games are offering a robust calendar of new downloadable content including packs, full albums and individual tracks to satiate the desire for constantly refreshed Rock Band content, including:

Rock Band DLC Release Schedule – November / December 2007

Week of November 20, 2007:

3-Pack for $5.49 or Individual Tracks for $1.99 Each
(160 Microsoft Points per track and 440 per pack for Xbox 360)

Metallica Pack
"Ride the Lightning" – Metallica
"Blackened" - Metallica
"And Justice for All" - Metallica

The Police Pack
"Can't Stand Losing You" – The Police
"Synchronicity II" – The Police
"Roxanne" – The Police

Queens of the Stone Age Pack
"3's and 7's" – Queens of the Stone Age
"Little Sister" – Queens of the Stone Age
"Sick Sick Sick" – Queens of the Stone Age

Individual Tracks for $1.99 Each
(160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360

"Fortunate Son" as made famous by Creedence Clearwater Revival *
"Juke Box Hero" as made famous by Foreigner *
"Bang a Gong (Get It On)" as made famous by T-Rex *
"My Sharona" as made famous by The Knack *
"Cherry Bomb" as made famous by The Runaways *
"Joker & The Thief"- Wolfmother

Week of November 27, 2007

3-Pack for $5.49 or Individual Tracks for $1.99 Each
(160 Microsoft Points per track and 440 per pack for Xbox 360)

David Bowie Pack
"Moonage Daydream" – David Bowie
"Heroes" as made famous by David Bowie *
"Queen Bitch" as made famous by David Bowie *

Week of December 4, 2007

3-Pack for $5.49 or Individual Tracks for $1.99 Each
(160 Microsoft Points per track and 440 per pack for Xbox 360)

Black Sabbath Pack
"N.I.B." as made famous by Black Sabbath *
"Sweet Leaf" as made famous by Black Sabbath *
"War Pigs" as made famous by Black Sabbath *

Week of December 11, 2007

3-Pack for $5.49 or Individual Tracks for $1.99 Each
(160 Microsoft Points per track and 440 per pack for Xbox 360)

Would your favorite bands be caught dead without gear and clothing worthy of a rock superstar? Hell no, and neither should you. Visit our newly opened Rock Band store and be the first on the block to sport our spiffy, exclusive clothing and merch.

www.rockbandstore.com

There's barely a week to go before you can get your hands on a copy of Rock Band, get your group together and start your rise to virtual superstardom. We like to think it will change your life just a little, or at least keep you off the streets for a long while. We understand there's a lot of anticipation building over the release, so as a public service we offer a list of ten things to do while you're waiting for Rock Band: 1: Polish your air-guitar technique. Remember how you jumped around your bedroom pretending to be in Aerosmith with the CD blasting, so it never mattered if you were in time or not? Now it will. 2: Canvas your friends for the best people to be in your Rock Band. See, it's just like forming a real band, but with one difference: You don't have to let someone you don't like play bass just because s/he owns the practice space.

3: Watch a film of your favorite band performing, even if that means sitting through “The Song Remains the Same” for the 100th time. Look for some great onstage moves to lift from your favorite performers. But no, you won't have any occasion to ask if anybody remembers laughter. 4: Get out of the house. It may be your last chance for a long while. 5: Brush up on your stock of drummer jokes. (What's the difference between a drummer and a savings bond?) 6: Get the new Radiohead album without paying for it. Hey, it was their idea, not ours. 7: Recite the entire lyrics of Nine Inch Nails' “Machine” to the next telemarketer who calls. This won't help you at all with Rock Band, but it's fun. 8: Search the web for that video clip of Van Halen turning “Jump” into a total trainwreck. Not only is it truly priceless, but it will make you feel better about your own playing.

From vintage Stones to modern-day Killers, the hotly-anticipated videogame “Rock Band” has a soundtrack that spans rock history. With 58 tracks from five decades, the game allows you to play along with the greats of punk, metal, classic rock and everything in between.”

MTV Games and Harmonix Unveil Set List for Rock Band

Video Game to Feature 58 Tracks Including Songs from Mega Rock Artists Rolling Stones, Metallica, The Police, The Clash, Foo Fighters, Radiohead and More
Cambridge, Massachusetts – October 29, 2007 – Harmonix, the leading developer of music-based games, and MTV Games, a division of Viacom's MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), along with distribution partner Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:ERTS), announced today the final song list for its highly anticipated music videogame Rock Band™. Featuring the most master recordings of any music game ever by the world's biggest rock artists, Rock Band includes 58 tracks and spans every genre of rock ranging from alternative and classic rock to heavy metal and punk. With multiple instruments and an impressive selection of online and offline game modes to choose from to play as a band or individually, Rock Band offers an infinite number of ways to play each song and live out their ultimate rock and roll fantasies.

“Our goal with Rock Band was to give players the chance to experience an amazing cross section of music from the last four decades, and our final list of tracks includes everything from emerging bands to iconic artists,“ stated Paul DeGooyer, MTV's Senior Vice President of Home Entertainment, Music and Games.

“The overwhelmingly positive response from artists, music publishers and record labels made the final selection process challenging, but extremely exciting. As a result, 51 out of 58 of the final selections are based on original masters, giving fans an unprecedented way to get closer to the music they love.”

Eric Brosius, Harmonix audio lead stated, “Now that the disc track list is locked and Rock Band is being prepped for manufacture, we are working with our music partners to set an exciting download schedule, both for launch and beyond. Through DLC, players will have the ability to take a deeper dive into the music of the artists featured on the Rock Band disc, or further explore different genres of rock or additional bands if they choose.”

Rock Band Set List:

In addition to the 45 tracks listed below, Rock Band will also feature 13 songs ranging from a variety of established bands to up-and-coming independent artists that can be unlocked as you play through the game.
* Indicates a cover song, all others songs are original master recordings

1960s
"Gimme Shelter" Rolling Stones

1970s
* “Train Kept a Rollin'” as made famous by Aerosmith
"Won't Get Fooled Again" The Who
“Foreplay/Long Time” Boston
* "Mississippi Queen" as made famous by Mountain
“Next to You” The Police
"Suffragette City" David Bowie
* "Paranoid" as made famous by Black Sabbath
"Don't Fear the Reaper" Blue Oyster Cult
"Blitzkrieg Bop" The Ramones
"Highway Star" Deep Purple
"Detroit Rock City" Kiss
“Flirtin' With Disaster” Molly Hatchet
* “Green Grass & High Tides” as made famous by The Outlaws
* “Ballroom Blitz” as made famous by Sweet

1980s
* "Tom Sawyer" - as made famous by Rush
"Wanted Dead or Alive" Bon Jovi
"Should I Stay or Should I Go" The Clash
"Epic" Faith No More

 Come out and play Rockband 11:00am-6:00pm and check out a free live performance by Bang Camaro! Bang Camaro is scheduled to play at 1:00pm in front of the Zesiger Sports and Fitness Center 120 Vassar St. at MIT in Cambridge MA, Friday October 26th, 2007.

When the Rock Band bus tour pulls into MIT this Friday, we'll be coming in with a triple dose of sheer rock velocity: Our special guests will be one of Boston's most head-shakin', fist-wavin' bands, Bang Camaro.

If you've never seen the band, we'll ruin the surprise: All those people who come onstage to sing—between 15 and 20 people, depending on who's awake and available—really are part of the lineup. Just imagine the celestial harmonies from your favorite Def Leppard album (and don't tell us you haven't got one) done before your very eyes. “We usually come out first and play an instrumental,” explains guitarist Bryn Bennett, who doubles as a software developer at Harmonix Music. “When all the people rush onstage, we see the jaws drop. They can't figure if they're all in the band, or if we're like a rap group bringing out our posse.”

Bang Camaro's founders swear they had every intention of forming a nice, normal, alternative rock band—then something went terribly right. “We kept trying to write indie rock songs, but then we'd mess around after rehearsals. We realized we were having a way better time learning the 'Bark at the Moon' solo, or all these other old Randy Rhodes riffs.” Turned out they couldn't get away from the music they grew up loving. As Bryn explains, “Alex and I [cofounder Alex Necochea] grew up in small towns, where metal held on longer than it really should have.”

Formed barely two years ago, the band caught on in a hurry: Their first gig was in a friend's basement; the second was at the sold-out Paradise club opening for local hero Bleu (who liked Bang Camaro so much he wrote a song for them). Word spread via MP3's posted on their Myspace page; and by September of last year they were playing the Boston Music Awards, where they got nominated for best new band and song of the year. Even the cynics in the Boston press were quick to take notice: The Boston Globe's Joan Anderman noted that “the boys in Bang Camaro have melted into a single beer-swilling, headbanging mass of

Creators of Guitar Hero™ Franchise Partners with Major Record Labels and Music Publishers for Unprecedented Access to Artist Catalogs and Original Masters for New Game.

CAMBRIDGE, MA - April 2, 2007 - Harmonix, developer of the blockbuster Guitar Hero™ franchise, MTV: Music Television, a division of MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), and Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced Rock Band, an all-new platform for music fans and gamers to interact with music like never before. Rock Band will allow gamers to perform music from the world's biggest rock artists with their friends as a virtual band using drum, bass/lead guitar and microphone peripherals, in addition to offering deep online connectivity. Built on unprecedented deals with the world's biggest record labels and music publishers, the music featured in Rock Band will span all genres of rock and include many of the master recordings from the biggest songs and artists of all time. Rock Band is slated for release on PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft® in holiday 2007.

The leading music publishers - EMI Music Publishing and Warner/Chappell Music - are allowing unrivaled access to their catalogs of incredible songs for use in Rock Band. The record labels - EMI Music, Hollywood Records, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group's Universal Music Enterprises and Warner Music Group's Rhino Entertainment - have agreed to supply master recordings by their artists for use in the game.

"Harmonix was founded to create new ways for everyone to experience the pleasure and satisfaction that comes from playing music. Our work on Guitar Hero was an instrumental step toward that goal," stated Alex Rigopulos, co-founder and CEO of Harmonix. "But Rock Band is Harmonix's most ambitious project to date, and it will take music gameplay to an entirely new level. MTV has given us the freedom and the resources to really swing for the fences and make the game we've always wanted to make."

"Our vision for Rock Band is to completely change the way people interact with and enjoy the music they love," said Jeff Yapp, EVP, MTV Program Enterprises. "By joining forces with EA and the music industry's

What is Rock Band?

Rock Band is the latest interactive music instrument playing game for the Playstation 3 and XBox 360. Rock Band lets you play as the whole band where you can play lead guitar, bass guitar, drums or sing vocals.

Where can I buy Rock Band?

The Rock Band game will not be available in the UK until February 2007.