Activision just recently announced Guitar Hero: World Tour and now it seems that Harmonix has been working hard on the next iteration in the Rock Band series. Rock Band 2 is now scheduled for release this September on the Xbox 360 and PS3 later in the year.

Rock Band 2 will feature an all new setlist and according to Dan Teasdale, the Lead Designer, the game will feature “quieter, more realistic, and more reliable instrument.” So does this mean we’ll have to buy all new instruments? Nope. All of your old equipment will still work, but it might be hard to pass up more realistic instruments. At least for me.

Now on to the downloadable content you’ve already purchased. There’s nothing for you to worry about there. All previously purchased DLC will be fully compatible in Rock Band 2, and what’s even better is that they’ve been working with both Microsoft and Sony to develop a new way to share content between games, so they will be the first game ever to support fully functional cross-title DLC.

So Harmonix and Activision will be directly competing for your hard earned cash this holiday season. Who do you think will win?

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