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november 2021

DLC Week of 12/2: Steely Dan and The Wind and The Wave

It’s not Rock Band, it’s Dock Band! This week’s Rivals Challenge is taking to the high seas, putting the boat out on the lake and enjoying the best chill rock the Rock Band catalog has to offer. From Steely Dan’s legendary 1977 album Aja, “Peg” was the first promotional single, and reached th... Read more

Harmonix is Joining the Epic Games Family!

Exciting news for team Harmonix today! Read more

DLC Week of 11/23: Olivia Newton-John and Sueco

It’s not Rock Band, it’s Not Band! Despite the name of the game being Rock BAND, we have quite the catalog of fantastic solo artists and one-person bands. This week’s Rivals Challenge will focus on those solo artists with talented backing bands and bands who are secretly just one massively talen... Read more

Employee Spotlight: Riddhi Padte

Hi! I am Riddhi Padte and I currently work as a User Researcher for Harmonix. I have been working here for a little over a year. At the company, I am the person the teams go to when they want something playtested. I work on all the projects that are being developed in the studio and help the team in... Read more

DLC Week of 11/18: Fuel and Interloper

It’s not Rock Band, it’s Mach Band! Do you feel the need for speed? Then this week is for you. We’re celebrating the fastest songs in the Rock Band Catalog as well as all of the songs about cars, jets, and other fast movers. From their 1998 album Sunburn, Fuel’s “Shimmer” was one of the quint... Read more

DLC Week of 11/11: Lil Nas X and Tai Verdes

It’s not Rock Band, it’s Pop Band! Whenever we release a track from a “pop” artist, people love to roast us for it. They may say “the game is called Rock Band, not Pop Band” which inspired this whole Rivals season. But we wanted to take this week to celebrate the genre and give you a chance to s... Read more

DLC Week of 11/4: American Hi-Fi and Angels & Airwaves

It’s not Rock Band, it’s Ro(k B@nd! This week is all about songs with more than just numbers and letters including songs and artists with acronyms, songs with “(Live)” versions or “(feat. _)” other artists, and much more. This week is definitely a bit weird, but it has a rad setlist. The earl... Read more