Rock Band 4 to Get Final DLC Pack Almost a Decade After Launch

Fair play to Harmonix for supporting it this long... giving away free anniversary DLC packs and enabling imports way back to the RB1 days. I have around 700 tracks in RB4, hopefully the final DLC is a good one!

UPDATE: I've just read the blog, which says Jan 25th will be the last drop... but that's not the only one. Today they've released the following and I imagine there will be more to come over the coming days.

Our Love Will Still Be There - The Troggs
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John

I have no interest in these type of games, but nice to see them still supported after all this time, unlike these new GaaS that shut down in less than a year.

Now that is a name I have not heard in a long time.

That’s awesome that the company supports their fans and customers this way. I hope this inspires other publishers.

@somnambulance If they released a PS5 version of the game, it would just be an outcry for more instruments. if you didn't know, their instrument manufacturer for RB4 went out of business and people won't shut up about it on their channels. Every comment is talking about more instruments when they've explained that it's not possible in the foreseeable future.

If they are getting more in the future, it's because Epic decided to take care of it. Hard to believe but they're an indie company that sold themselves to keep making games but eventually bought back their independence. Now they belong to Epic.

I love this game. I play it all the time. I’m glad they continue to support it. I have a lot of music I’ve bought over the years. As a real guitar player it is an escape! I enjoy the fun and frolic of rockband. ✌️

@ztpayne7 @somnambulance PDP (the company that made Rock Band 4 instruments in 2016 alongside the release of the Rivals expansion) teased news about new guitars this month. The purpose of those guitars will no doubt be for Fortnite Festival but it's possible that they work with RB4.

I haven’t played this game in YEARS, but at one point it was my most played game. My roommate and I would play for hours on end. At one point we were pretty high on the nationally ranked leaderboards. If I had spent as much time learning to play an actual guitar as I did playing this game, I might actually know how to play a real guitar.😂😂😂

@Grumblevolcano weird, it looks like Mad Catz and PDP both made instruments for RB4. Not sure the timeline of which was which. I know the main Fender Stratocaster that came with the band in the box was made by Mad Catz who went out of business.

@ztpayne7 Madcatz did the initial batch of RB4 instruments in 2015. It changed over to PDP in 2016 because Madcatz went out of business in early 2016.

I’m mainly a PS man but I have my old Xbox 360 still in my room complete with all Guitar Hero’s and 3 diff Rock Bands.. been thinking about getting Rock Band 4 for my PS5 with a wireless guitar (never had one) but I’m afraid the new strum bar won’t have the ‘clicky’ sound to it.. it helps me keep rhythm

@Grumblevolcano ok good to know. Thanks!

@somnambulance I don't expect them to do it, especially with DLC winding down. Epic probably wants them to focus on Fortnite Festival. I would make the suggestion to Epic and nor Harmonix because they won't have any control over it.

@WolfyTn I guess it depends on what you're used to. I remember having a third party controller that was a lot more clicky in the strum bar. I have mostly the main stratocasters. I just did a strum test and my unofficial opinion is that the new one made for Rock Band 4 is a little less clickier than the one I have for Rock Band 2. But apparently both Mad Catz and PDP made guitars for Rock Band 4 per the comment above, I have the Mad Catz one

Weird. I expected "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" to feature in the final DLCs (after they announced expect tear jerkers and a summary of how they feel.....or something)

Im also expecting Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton
It might be just me but thats the biggest tear jerker for me. (Gets me every time)

Here's a random question to throw out to the void because I'm too lazy to research...

If I play Rock Band 4 on PS5/4, is there a midi to PlayStation peripheral for e-drums? I know there were some in the PS3 days.

THIS is how you do a service game. Love love love Harmonix, it's tragic Fuser never took off but you can feel parts of it in Fortnite now.

I want a new rock band or guitar hero so badly. But ideally one that doesn’t need to play in a system. Like a stand alone guitar that has a game built into it.