Harmonix announced today that Rock Band 2, the follow up to the original, will come in XBOX 360 and PS3 flavors later this year (with XBOX 360 coming in September). IGN went to chat with Lead Designer Dan Teasdale about the game. Some big things we took out of the interview:

• Downloadable tracks from Rock Band 1 will be playable on Rock Band 2 and Rock Band 2 downloadable tracks will be playable on Rock Band 1.
• Rock Band 2 will feature “quieter, more realistic, and more reliable instruments.”
• Teasdale couldn’t spill much about the game, but he did say the track list would “read like a who’s who list of rock music.”

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