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Harmonix may have another artist-specific Rock Band on the way. Queen guitarist Brian May says that they're currently in "behind the scenes" discussions about a game based on his band.

Given the intense marketing blitz and excitement for The Beatles: Rock Band, it seems almost unnecessary to remind you that it's in stores. But yeah, it is.

When MTV Games and Harmonix secured the rights to make a Beatles video game last year, you probably thought "Man, they must've paid a crapload of money for that." Well, you were right.

Next week Tom Petty will make his Rock Band debut with two of his best-known tracks. He'll be joined by Fleetwood Mac, Billy Idol, and Jet.

Beatles: Rock Band will ship with 45 songs in September. However, by the end of 2009, you'll have a lot more of their catalog to play.

MTV and Harmonix announced this morning that Rock Band Metal Track Pack, a standalone disc containing twenty heavy metal tracks, will be released to North American retailers on October 13th.

Usually Harmonix mixes an obscure band or two into their weekly batch of Rock Band. However, this time around they're sticking to bands that you've definitely heard of: Weezer, Blink-182 and KISS.