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Ten Seasons of Rock Band Rivals!

Hey gang!

Since Rock Band Rivals dropped in 2016, we’ve focused on everything from our favorite songs to musical food pairings, but as we gear up for Season 11 we want to take a minute to focus on you - our awesome community. We have a lot of exciting news to share about how far we’ve come and where we’re headed. Join us as we reflect on 10 Seasons of Rivals.

First off, as a thank you to the Rivals community, we’re giving away 6 illuminating bodysuits:
 

and 3 standout head models: Golem Oriented, Mooseskull Boudreau, and Present Deity.

 

If you own the Rivals upgrade, you will find this stuff in the Rock Shop TODAY. That's right now no matter when you read this! If you don’t own the Rivals upgrade, what are you waiting for? 

Looking back over 10 Rivals Seasons has been wicked fun for us. We’ve seen lots of extreme competition – not just at the Bloodstone level. In fact, under 3% percent of Crews get into Bloodstone. Most active crews get promoted to Silver and then hang out there, which is kind of the whole point of Rivals mode in the first place. Rivals is designed to pit Crews against Crews that are similarly skilled and play at similar frequency. So, whatever your achievement, we’re proud of you and thank you for participating! 

We appreciate the effort, and sincerely hope that you have enjoyed yourselves. We also want to emphatically declare that 10 Seasons is NOT the end. Starting today, we cast our gaze forward, towards the next 10 Seasons and beyond. But first, you deserve a break. As we close out Season 10, there will be a three-week break before we spin up Season 11. This will be a perfect low-pressure time to brush up on your favorite songs and throw that Rock Band party you’ve been too busy to get around to. 

During the break keep your eyes open for a micro-Challenge, ‘Grab The Mic’, featuring some of the best songs to sing in the Rock Band catalog. Crews who are promoted by the end of the week will be rewarded with a set of all the motorcycle outfits previously awarded to players who earned Bronze to Diamond tier in seasons 3-5:

 

If you missed out on these sweet outfits then, get in a Crew and join the fray. If you already have them, we urge you use this break to rest; you’re going to need to bring your A-game for Season 11. 

ALSO, this seems as good a time as any to remind you that the updated Rock Band Companion App is a must-have app for any Rivals player – it is completely free and links to your Xbox Gamertag or PlayStation® Network ID to show account gameplay information. You can view weekly Challenge data, see your activity feed, manage/moderate your Crew, and even engage in app-only features such as Crew chat. Also, we will be in contact with app users about the ways we can improve the Rock Band Rivals experience moving forward, so be sure to make your voice heard!

Lastly, we recognize that there are Crews out there that try harder than everyone else and figured this was an appropriate spot to call them out. Here are your Crews that have accumulated the most Lifetime Rivals Points:
 

Rank Crew Name Console Lifetime Rivals Points
1 The Wrecking Crüe /WC Xbox One 6,260,731
2 Renegades PlayStation® 4 5,973,551
3 ProfessorElder'sHams PlayStation® 4 5,957,421
4 ROCK BAND FRIENDS Xbox One 5,650,676
5 iDENTlTY CRiSlS Xbox One 5,627,381
6 Hungry Monsters PlayStation® 4 5,577,092
7 ANTIQUEinTheFUTURE Xbox One 5,577,076
8 Empire of the Fish Xbox One 5,529,649
9 No Sleep Till Bloodstone Xbox One 5,520,680
10 Junk Mail-order Brides Xbox One 5,475,874

 

And then there are the 94 (!!!) crews that have managed to get Bloodstone every season:

Xbox One PlayStation® 4
4th TIme's a Charm /WC Longdrive
Acoustine Cameltone LUNAR EFFECTS
Alcoholics Unanimous Macro Monk
AMORY KEYWORK WARRIORS My Beloved Zombie
ANTIQUEinTheFUTURE NØ*DRÅMÄ*HÈÉR
Asphyxiation PiNG ^_^
BEEF FED COW ProfessorElder'sHams
BLAZIN JIBBERS Qkosaloka
Blueberry Time Travelers Rae's Hounds
Breakfast Forever Blood Cave
Coalition of Trebuchets C.T.N .
Craig and the Colonies אּאּאּאּאּאּאּאּא
Deez Knuts /WC D.A.M.N. R.I.V.A.L.S.
DRIFTER WITH A MILKY EYE Draven's Loft
Drumstixx Escape Insanity
EMERGENCY ROOSTER FEAR-ALS (F3RL)
Empire of the Fish Fell Off My Pants
Everyone Gets Lei'd Gang of Wanderers
HOUSE OF BLUZZ Guild of Bandits
iDENTlTY CRiSlS Happy Hour
Intoxication Nation HOPOCIDAL MANIACS
Junk Mail-order Brides Hungry Monster
Killer Storm Kalypso Odyssey
The Megamix Keyblade Kings
The Red-Eyes Reminiscing Dreams
THE WAFFLE MONKIES Renegades
The Wrecking Crüe /WC Resounding Death Guardian
Tok Zik Rival's Revenge
Tone Deaf ROCK'N ON ROCKERS
Turbo **** Seize The Day
Untamed Retribution SHAWK&AWE
WHATSAMASIBLING?! SIEE and The Tools
Kings On Bridge Social Chaos
La Dizaine Space Monkey Mafia 2
Lane Kept A Trollin' Stone Temple Pirates
Laning Blood thatforumcrew
No Sleep Till Bloodstone Thedas Might Be Giants
One F***ing Nøte Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
PANHANDLE PANDEMONIUM League of Beasts 2
Plastic Jam
Reckless Rivals
Rigopocalypse
ROCK BAND FRIENDS
Rock 'n' Grohl
Rufie's Mighty Banhammer
Screaming Forever AAAAAAA
Secret Life of Moogles
Smash Moth
SRG: No Boston 4 Hire
Stubborn
The Band of ..Wait..WHAT?
The B Sides
The Devil's Playground
The Hawkes
The Lebowski's

 

Congratulations to all you glorious Rock Band winners – it continues to be our absolute pleasure to serve you.

Yours in Rock,
The Rock Band Team