A funny thing happened on the way to E3…it seems that everyone decided to make all of their big announcements BEFORE the show…Along with a slew of game reveals, today we get word that Rock Band fans can now anxiously await the inclusion of a 25-key piano peripheral alongside the latest edition of the game that will undoubtedly take the popular franchise to new, interesting, and somewhat ivory places. This info coming via the USA Today, which also reported that Rock Band 3‘s feature set includes an enhanced story mode, revamped song-filtering system, more fluid gameplay so you can jump in and out of songs at will, and, most notably, the inclusion of the Rock Band Pro mode that will help players develop real-world music playing fundamentals for keyboards, guitars, and drums,

Nice!

In addition to the peripheral and the new features, we also get a partial song list that will now of course take the inclusion of keys into consideration. Check it out:

2000s

Combat Baby – Metric
Dead
End Friends – Them Crooked Vultures

Get Free – The Vines

Lasso – Phoenix
Me Enamora – Juanes

Oh My God – Ida Maria

Portions of Foxes – Rilo Kiley

The Hardest Button to Button – The White Stripes

1990s

Been Caught Stealing – Jane’s Addiction

In the Meantime – Spacehog

Plush – Stone Temple Pilots

Walkin’ on the Sun – Smash Mouth



1980s

Crazy Train – Ozzy Osbourne

Here I Go Again – Whitesnake

I Love Rock and Roll – Joan Jett

Just Like Heaven – The Cure

Rainbow in the Dark – Dio

The Power of Love – Huey Lewis and the News

Sister Christian – Night Ranger

1960s-1970s

Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen

Break On Through – The Doors

Crosstown Traffic – Jimi Hendrix

Bohemian Rhapsody? Break On Through? Dude…I’m sold…

So, what do YOU all think about all of the Rock Band news? Feel free to, uh, “sound off” below…

via Joystiq