Realta Entertainment announced today it has named Jeff Marshall as its Director of Artist Relations and Content Licensing for BandFuse: Rock Legends. Marshall will be responsible for securing music content and planning the roadmap of DLC for BandFuse: Rock Legends, the music video game where legendary rockers transform players into real-world guitarists, bassists and vocalists.
Marshall was an executive producer at Harmonix Music Systems, where he helped devise and drive the launch of the Rock Band Network (RBN), the user-generated content system for Rock Band 3 that enables musicians, labels, and independent authors to release music as playable Rock Band tracks. Since its launch in 2009 the Rock Band Network has released more than 2,117 songs from more than 1,000 indie artists including breakout bands such as A Day to Remember, Mayday Parade, All That Remains, Flogging Molly and Five Finger Death Punch.
“BandFuse is an amazingly expansive title and I’m thrilled to be joining the Realta team,” said Marshall. “Music video games are an excellent method for discovering new music and BandFuse’s ability to translate games to real-world guitar skills is unparalleled.”
“Jeff was a huge creative force for the Rock Band Network, which broke new ground in terms of giving indie bands and artists a new outlet for reaching fans,” said Steve Gomes, CEO of Realta Entertainment. “His skill in cultivating new musical talent and finding what gamers will love to play is impressive and we’re thrilled to work with him on BandFuse’s roadmap.”
Seamlessly connecting real guitars, basses and microphones to game consoles, BandFuse empowers players to jam to a fully unlocked library of hit songs from rock to metal and punk to funk, featuring 55 massive genre-jumping songs from Slash, Maroon 5, Rush, The Strokes, Heart, Pearl Jam and more. Players will receive in-game inspiration and interactive instruction from some of the world’s best guitar and bass players including Slash, Bootsy Collins, Zakk Wylde, George Lynch and Five Finger Death Punch among others.
BandFuse: Rock Legends is rated T for Teen by the ESRB and will launch in North America on November 19th, 2013, on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. A release date for Europe and Japan will be announced soon.
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