Unless otherwise noted, all songs are $1.99.

Metal

• I See Stars – Endless Sky
• Psychostick – This is Not a Song, It’s a Sandwich!
• Hopes Die Last – Never Trust the Hazel Eyed
• The Burial – Pearls; The Frailty of Matter *
• Deadlock – The Brave/Agony Applause (RB3 version)

Songs marked with * are $0.99.

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Welcome to this week’s Rock Band Blitz goals. Goals are listed as they appear on Rock Band World and the songs you need to play for the scavenger hunt are listed after the break.

Community Goal:

Let’s All Play 80s Songs - 5,000 

With the releases of Oingo Boingo and Toto in Rock Band this week, we thought we’d revive this popular Community Goal! Get 200,000 Stars on ’80s songs!

Easy Goals:

There are no easy goals this week.

Hard Goals:

Let’s Take a Ride - 3,500 

Music can drive you to several places. So, get a ride on this goal by playing all these songs: “Walk” – Foo Fighters, “I Ran (So Far Away)” – A Flock of Seagulls, “Bicycle Race” – Queen, “Long Train Runnin’” – The Doobie Brothers, “Magic Bus (Live at Leeds)” – The Who, “I’m in Love with My Car” – Queen, “Jet (Live)” – Paul McCartney, “The Crystal Ship” – The Doors, “Airplanes” – B.o.B (featuring Hayley Williams). Credit: edfrank_jr (group size up to 3 players)

Play a Real Guitar Already - 5,000 

Rock Band 3 was the first major music game to teach gamers how to play real instruments! 5-star these songs that have Pro Upgrades available: Nirvana- “Breed”, Lynyrd Skynyrd- “Sweet Home Alabama”, Soundgarden- “Outshined”, The Strokes- “Under Cover of Darkness”, Boston- “More Than a Feeling”, B.B. King- “The Thrill is Gone”, The Offspring- “Self Esteem”, Rush- “Subdivisions”, Pantera- “Walk”, The Clash- “London Calling”, Santana- “Black Magic Woman”, Living Color- “Cult of Personality”. Credit: gamesurf (group size up to 5 players)

The Sound City Goal - 10,000 

Sound City, Dave Grohl’s new documentary, featured many different important people in the world of music. Get 5 Stars on these songs which correspond to 1 song by each artist available in Rock Band that a member featured in Sound City. Dio – “Holy Diver”, Pixies – “Crackity Jones”, Fleetwood Mac – “Gold Dust Woman”, REO Speedwagon – “Keep On Loving You”, Weezer – “Say It Ain’t So”, Queens of the Stone Age – “In My Head”, Them Crooked Vultures – “New Fang”, Eagles of Death Metal – “I Only Want You”, Foo Fighters – “Long Road to Ruin”, Paul McCartney & Wings – “Helen Wheels”, Stevie Nicks – “Stand Back”, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – “Mary Jane’s Last Dance”, Nirvana – “You Know You’re Right”, Nine Inch Nails – “Closer”, Rick Springfield – “Don’t Talk to Strangers”, Slipknot – “Wait and Bleed”, Stone Sour – “Made of Scars”, Rage Against the Machine – “Bombtrack”, Audioslave – “Gasoline”, Buffalo Springfield – “For What It’s Worth”, Ratt – “Round and Round”, Metallica – “Blackened”. Credit: grumblevolcano (group size up to 7 players)

Medium Goals:

No medium goals this week.

Scavenger Hunt:

Force of Nature Scavenger Hunt - 4,500 

Grab your coat and be sure to stay indoors! Play these five songs relating to meteorological events. They’re sure to blow you away, pun intended. Credit: WoodenGlory (group size up to 2 players)

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RBN artist Winter Crescent giving away 100 digital copies of their album for Rock Band 3 players, and here’s how you can get your hands on a copy. If you’re one of the first 100 Rock Band 3 players who upload a video response on YouTube playing Battle of Egos Part II on Expert (Xbox 360 only), you can snag a copy of the album. Here’s how:

1. Choose your favorite instrument.
2. Upload a video of you playing Battle of Egos Part II or Battle of Egos Part II (2x Bass Pedal) on Expert on YouTube and share it in their Facebook page.
3. Make it a video response to their video clip on YouTube.
4. Email wintercrescent@gmail.com to let them know you did all of the above.
5. Get your unique download code.
6. Enter it in this site http://wintercrescent.bandcamp.com/yum
7. Download the album.
8. If you enjoy this contest, share it with your friends!

NOTE: You can enter this giveaway only one time. Rock Band Blitz videos will be also accepted for this giveaway. YouTube might send you a Content ID match for our music; this is perfectly normal.

If you have any further questions, you are more than welcome to send an email to wintercrescent@gmail.com.

Their entire Battle of Egos album is being made available on Rock Band 3 and Rock Band Blitz by Chart Toppers Authoring! Go like them on Facebook and show them some love!

The full details of the giveaway are on their Facebook event page.

This week’s DLC features tracks from yacht rockers Toto and new wave group Oingo Boingo! Included below is the review, as well as playthrough videos of the DLC from the always awesome thenewnoelisoncruz. Definitely check out and subscribe to his YouTube channel!

All tracks are 160 MSP ($1.99). Pro Guitar/Bass charts are noted below where applicable, and can be purchased for an additional 80 MSP ($0.99).

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Four weeks left! And one of those weeks should be the last three singles from Rock Band Blitz, so we’re looking at only three weeks of new content (and the final week of content will only be one song)! Here’s what we can look forward to next week…

• Oingo Boingo – Weird Science *
• Toto – Rosanna

* Denotes Pro-Guitar/Bass chart availability for $.99.

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Unless otherwise noted, all songs are 160 MSP ($1.99).

Metal

• A Life Once Lost – Madness is God *
• Ava Inferi – Onyx
• Chaotrope – Synesthesia (2x Bass Pedal) *
• Deception of a Ghost – American Terrorist (2x Bass Pedal)
• Fail Emotions – Transformation Pt. 1 *
• I See Stars – Filth Friends Unite
• The Dillinger Escape Plan – Widower

New Wave

• Those Among Us – One *

Pop/Dance/Electronic

• Tyler Green – Regeneration *

Rock

• Hushpuppies – You’re Gonna Say Yeah! *
• Lucybell – Ave Fénix *

Songs marked with * are 80 MSP ($0.99).

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