NEWS
by Mark Barley
Rock Band 3 Gets Huge Title Update
Hamonix has announced that their major title update for Rock Band 3 has gone live on XBL and within the next day on the PSN. This title update is pretty massive as it addresses a plethora of problems that have plagued the game for a while, such as scoring being disabled by pausing the game and the game now supporting the RB Stage Kit.
Here's what has been fixed:
Gameplay Changes
- Audio distortion has been addressed concerning the PS3 keyboard.
- For users experiencing trouble deploying Vocal Overdrive in certain audio setups, OD can now be deployed using the Back button on the controller. NOTE: this only works while in a valid Overdrive deploy section.
- Overdrive can now be deployed using a Pedal with both the Mustang Pro Guitar and the Keyboard peripherals.
- Scoring is disabled after a song has been paused multiple times (this prevent players from artificially inflating scores using the pause function).
- The translucency of the track surface has been adjusted to make note gems are easier to see against the venue backgrounds.
- Based on fan feedback, limited functionality for the Stage kit has been added to Rock Band 3. Please note that this 3rd-party peripheral is no longer officially supported, so we cannot guarantee full functionality with every file format (RB3, Pro-DLC), but basic functions should be reenabled.
Online Changes
- PS3 Voice Chat not properly working with headsets has been remedied.
- Audio no longer distorts for remote players when whammying sustains in an online session.
- To prevent blank tracks from appearing in online multiplayer, all members in an online multiplayer band must own the Pro upgrades to play a song with DLC pro upgrades.
Music Library and Store Changes
- Pro Guitar songs now sort themselves into the correct difficulty tiers.
- Pro upgrade availability will now be more accurately reflected in the Music Store.
The following songs now appear correctly in the Music Library:
- "666" Anvil
- "Metal on Metal" Anvil
- "This is Thirteen" Anvil
- "Pick Me Up" Dinosaur Jr
- "The Wagon" Dinosaur Jr
- "Hand Me Down World" The Guess Who
- "No Time" The Guess Who
- "Rock Your Socks" Tenacious D
- "Afterlife" Avenged Sevenfold
Practice Mode Changes
- An issue that prevented holding sustain notes on keys in the trainers has been addressed
- Breakneck Speed now works in Practice Mode.
Crash Fixes
- Fixed a Character Creator crash related to a particular eyebrow asset or the generation of a random character.
- Fixed assorted minor crashes, as well as minor scoring and text bugs.
Via Rock Band 3 Forums