

Rivals has 35 songs that are permanently added to playable songs at no additional charge for players. The price drop was part of the seventh-anniversary celebration of Rock Band 4 hitting stores. Harmonix announced that the bundle is now set at a base price of $39.99.

For those that don’t own Rock Band 4, the full game with the Rivals DLC is heavily discounted permanently, as well. Now, that number is going to be $0 permanently for Rock Band 4 owners. Rivals initially cost $29.99 for Rock Band 4 players and stayed at that price point for the most part for several years outside of some temporary sales (though the Rock Band instruments remain hard to find). RELATED: Harmonix Confirms Rock Band 4 is Compatible With PS5 and Xbox Series X The expansion also included the story mode, Rockudrama.

Shortly after the one-year anniversary of Rock Band 4’s release, Harmonix debuted the Rivals expansion pack that allowed players to take their musical talent online, forming crews and working together as a band. Released in 2015, Rock Band 4became a fan favorite due to its gameplay being similar to the first entry into the series. Now, players who own the base game can get the expansion for free on a permanent basis. Update 3: Harmonix now has all the particulars of exporting detailed in a guide.Rock Band 4 owners who have been waiting for a markdown in the Rivals DLC don’t have to wait for a sale anymore. Update 2: For those who no longer have their RB2 manuals, Harmonix tweets: "if you need a new code you can get one from EA!" (though there is currently no clear way to request a code from the support page). For Xbox 360 owners who lost their RB2 manuals, there will be a code replacement service available. Also, regarding PS3 imports of Rock Band 2, users will need to wait until the PSN updates later today ( same situation occurred with Fallout: New Vegas). Update: The PS3 and Wii export details will be explained once is live again. Also, if you'd previously paid for the license transfer for Rock Band 1 tracks, don't worry - those tracks are all set on your hard drive and ready for rockin'. RockBandAide reports nine songs from Harmonix bands will also not make it through the journey, but don't stop believin' in the company's bands, because they'll reportedly return as free DLC packs.

The five songs that will not survive the export process are: To redeem the code, go into the "Get More Songs" menu in Rock Band 3 and head on over to the "Redeem Code" option. RockBandAide details the export process (actually a track pack download) that requires $10 and the code from the back of your Rock Band 2 instruction manual, originally used for some bonus downloadable tracks. Rock Band 3 is ready to receive the 1.93GB Rock Band 2 song export.
