Lange hat es gedauert und nun ist endlich soweit. Der Publisher hat ein neues Update zu Rock Band 2 freigegeben. Das Update wird automatisch bei einer Verbindung zu Xbox Live heruntergeladen und bietet neben dem bereits vor geraumer Zeit angekündigten Support für Wireless Mikrofone von LIPS auch diverse Neuerungen. So können nun Tracks aus dem Store auch im Hintergrund heruntergeladen werden sowie Verbesserungen bei den HammerOns und PullOffs sowie der Anbindung an das ION Drum Set.

Der Originaleintrag im RB 2 Forum:

Hi! I'm Dan Teasdale, and I'm the Lead Designer on Rock Band 2 (HMXspraynwipe on the forums). On behalf of both the Rock Band 2 and Rock Band Network teams, I'm proud to be able to announce that we've finalized a software update for Rock Band 2 that addresses some common requests and adds some great new functionality!

In this latest software update, you'll find:

• Rock Band Network Audition Mode. Available from the "Extras" menu on Xbox 360 versions of Rock Band 2, members of the Rock Band Network can now upload songs from their PC's and audition their songs using our suite of song audition and testing tools. Currently in closed beta, the Rock Band Network will welcome authors to open beta in the coming weeks! Find out more at http://creators.rockband.com
• "Sort by Stars" in Quickplay. If you hit the "Sort" button on the Song Select screen, you'll come to a brand new sort that orders songs by the star ratings that you've achieved on each song. Each star rating gets a category, as well as an "Unplayed" category for songs that don't have a star rating recorded. Finally, you can record your progress towards gold starring every song in your library!
• Background Downloading in the Music Store. Purchasing songs from the Rock Band Music Store now no longer requires you to wait for a song to download before you can download another song. You can now queue up downloads to your heart's content, which is going to be incredibly handy with some of the amazing DLC that's coming out over the next few weeks and months.
• Xbox 360 Wireless Microphone Support. Rock Band 2 now supports Xbox 360 Wireless Microphones, like the Lips microphone. Finally, you can now have a fully wireless Rock Band experience!
• Chord HOPO improvements: If you've played The Beatles: Rock Band, you'll notice much more robust handling of chord hammer-ons and pull-offs. This patch implements those changes in Rock Band 2 to provide a more natural chord hammer-on/pull-off experience.
• Velocity Sensitivity on Ion Drum Kits: Ion Drum kits now support velocity sensitivity in both drum fills and Drum Freestyle mode.

Special thanks needs to go out to the Rock Band Network team for their hard work in building the infrastructure and tools for everybody to be able to submit and sell their songs. Integrating this experience seamlessly into a Rock Band 2 update is no mean feat, and they've been toiling away for over a year to provide both authors and players with the best ways to experience the deluge of new songs that will be available very soon.

This update also wouldn't be possible without the feedback and suggestions that we receive from our community. The Rock Band team reads and considers almost all of the suggestions and requests posted on our forums, and there are many details of this update that wouldn't have been possible without the well reasoned arguments and discussion that occurs on rockband.com. Thanks again for being an awesome community!

-DanT

Quelle: ElectronicArts