PS3 Rock Band 2 Patch on the way!

If you’re a fan of Rock Band 2 and own a PS3 we have some exciting news!

Over on the EU Playstation Blog, Dan Teasdale has announced a new patch is on the way for Rock Band 2, coming this Thursday. This patch is no minor bug fix, it’s got a few improvements plus a few new features. The details of this patch are listed below:

- “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!

- Improved “Sort by Stars” fix: Players will not have to beat a previous high score to record a star rating for their songs.<

- 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.

- Rock Band Network Store Support: When the Rock Band Network goes live, select songs will be available for PlayStation 3 users through a new storefront available in game. Stay tuned for more information closer to the launch of RBN!

- SingStar Wireless Microphone Support. Rock Band 2 now supports the SingStar Wireless Microphones currently available through Europe! Finally, you can now have a fully wireless Rock Band experience on your PlayStation 3!

It’s great to see Harmonix still supporting Rock Band 2 and with the new Rock Band Network Store coming soon, it’s going to be an exciting time for fans of the game.