“We believe previously supported instruments should work as expected.” “ Rock Band 4 and all DLC will work on the next generation consoles day 1,” said Harmonix. But you'll be losing the keyboard parts, since - as Harmonix said yesterday - keyboard support is sadly 'never coming back to Rock Band.'įor more on Rock Band 4, read our review.The Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 are backward-compatible with pretty much the entire Xbox One and PlayStation 4 libraries, respectively - and rhythm game fans will be delighted to hear that Rock Band 4 is included in the list on both next-generation consoles, developer Harmonix announced Tuesday. Imported songs from Rock Band 3 will support new Rock Band 4 features like Freestyle Vocals and Freestyle Guitar Solos.

You will need to have exported songs from older games into Rock Band 3 before you'll be able to import them into Rock Band 4. Harmonix said yesterday that it is planning to add support for the original Rock Band in January, followed later by Rock Band 2 and Lego Rock Band. (You don't need to do this all at once - you can head to the 'Add-Ons' section of the Rock Band 4 menu at any time to get tracks you didn't initially download.)Īt this time, Rock Band 4 only supports importing tunes from Rock Band 3. But on PS4, because of the way the PlayStation Store is designed, you'll have to individually download all 83 tracks by clicking the white download arrow next to each song. On Xbox One, you can download a single package that contains all of the Rock Band 3 songs. This is where the path separates (and gets much more annoying for PS4 players). Choose ' Rock Band 3,' and then ' RB3 Disc Export Pack.' At that point, the game will electronically verify whether your PlayStation Network or Xbox Live account owns Rock Band 3 - both physical and digital copies count - and is thus entitled to export the songs.Īssuming you're good to go, you'll be taken to a PlayStation Store or Xbox Games Store screen to buy the Rock Band 3 song export pack, which costs $14.99. Starting from the Rock Band 4 main menu, head to 'Get More Songs' and navigate to the new 'Exports' tab. The process is relatively simple, but differs in one major way depending on whether you're on PS4 or Xbox One. Rock Band 4's future updates set to deliver features fans have been requesting

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