Johnny Cash Is Coming to Rock Band 3

Harmonix and MTV Games, the two video game oriented companies that guide the destiny of the hugely popular Rock Band franchise, have announced that 2011 will begin for the music simulation game with a touch of greatness, as a pack of Johnny Cash songs is being delivered to Rock Band 3.

The songs can be downloaded on the PlayStation 3 from Sony, the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and the Nintendo Wii home consoles starting with January 4.

Another pack of tracks not performed by Johnny Cash that were featured in other games in the series will be available for free on the first two mentioned platforms.

The “Johnny Cash Pack 01” is set to include:

“Cry, Cry, Cry”
“Don’t Take Your Guns to Town”
“Five Feet High and Rising”
“Folsom Prison Blues”
“I Got Stripes”
“The Ballad of Ira Hayes”
“I Walk the Line”
“Tennessee Flat Top Box”

The last two songs include support for both Pro Guitar and Pro Bass modes.

All the songs have been created using master recordings.

The Johnny Cash based pack will be sold for 1,080 Microsoft Points, 1,350 Wii Points or 13.49 dollars, but players will also be able to get individual tracks for 1.99 dollars or 200 Wii Points or 160 Microsoft Points.

The “Rock BandFree Pack 01” will include:

Abnormality – “Visions”
Anarchy Club – “Get Clean”
Bang Camaro – “Night Lies”
Breaking Wheel – “Shoulder to the Plow”
Libyans – “Welcome to the Neighborhood”
The Main Drag – “A Jagged Gorgeous Winter”
Speck – “Conventional Lover”
The Sterns – “Supreme Girl”
That Handsome Devil – “Rob the Prez-O-Dent”

Viacom, the company that owns MTV Games, has confirmed that Harmonix has been sold to an investment firm, but it seems that the move will not in any way affect the release of more downloadable content for Rock Band 3.