Rock Band 4, Harmonix’s legendary musical rhythm sport, is quickly to develop into unavailable.
On the developer’s Discord and the sport’s subreddit, the crew confirmed to followers that the sport will probably be delisted from digital storefronts, together with PS Retailer in fact, on fifth October 2025. This is because of music licences for the title’s base soundtrack expiring.
“Hey everybody, on Sunday, October 5, 2025, Rock Band 4 turns 10. What a trip it’s been,” writes group supervisor Kyle Winn. “With this milestone comes one large change – the unique licenses for the core soundtrack are expiring. Due to that, Rock Band 4 will probably be faraway from the PlayStation and Xbox digital shops.”
Winn confirms that, if you happen to already personal the sport, you will nonetheless be capable of obtain and play it as regular. “The identical applies to Downloadable Content material (DLC) – songs will come down as they hit the 10-year mark, however something you’ve bought will stay in your library,” he provides.
So, the bottom sport will probably be delisted, and all add-on DLC tracks may also be delisted as soon as they attain the 10-year milestone. Nevertheless, something you personal (or buy earlier than the 10-year cut-off) is protected and will not be taken away.
It seems that on-line play will stay practical.
Rock Band 4 was launched for PS4 again on sixth October 2015, and has been supported with a frankly absurd quantity of DLC ever since. Further songs solely stopped being added in January of 2024, when Harmonix shifted its focus to Fortnite Pageant.
It is a fairly unimaginable legacy, and the longest-lasting sport of the plastic instrument peripheral craze, birthed by Harmonix’s personal Guitar Hero again on PS2.
The bottom sport (which incorporates the Rivals growth as customary) at the moment goes for $9.99/£7.99, so if you happen to do not personal it however need to have entry to it going ahead, it is cheap — however you solely have a couple of days between now and its delisting.
