This morning, Harmonix announced their next hit game: Rock Band, which combines the guitar and bass gameplay of Guitar Hero with the karaoke gameplay of Karaoke Revolution, and a full drum kit, for a simultaneous, four-player rock band experience! Since the announcement, there has been some concern voiced across the internet as to how gameplay information for four different instruments will be displayed simultaneously on the screen. I expressed this concern to an unnamed source deeply involved with the project, and he was able to leak me two EXCLUSIVE FULL-RESOLUTION screenshots to quell all the rumors and doubt!

This first screenshot illustrates what four players playing simultaneously on the same Xbox 360 will see:

My anonymous source assures me that when only one or two players are playing on the same Xbox 360, the other instrument screens will be darkened so as not to confuse the player(s).

But that’s not all! My source has ALSO leaked a screenshot that covers a part of the game that has so far been kept completely under wraps: 16-player, four-band, simultaneous, online, battle-of-the-bands deathmatch!!

As these screenshots make clear, there’s certainly no need to upgrade to the latest, greatest, HDTV to continue to enjoy awesome, hard-rockin’ video games, even with a living room full of friends!

Happy belated April Fools’, everyone!

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