Green Day exclusive to Rock Band

Harmonix Music Systems has inked a partnership with Warner Bros. Records and Green Day today to bring the band’s music exclusively to Rock Band. Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tré Cool are the latest artists to bring songs from their catalogue of hits to MTV’s genre defining, multi-million selling Rock Band.

The first selection of Green Day songs to arrive on Rock Band as downloadable content will be a three-pack of songs from their latest release, 21st Century Breakdown on July 7th including 21 Guns, Know Your Enemy, East Jesus Nowhere. Additional Green Day songs and projects will be announced at a later date.

Great news for rock Band fans, not-so-great news for Guitar Hero fans.

GameX Industry Summit call for submissions

The organizers of the GameX Industry Summit have put out a call for session proposals from game industry professionals The GameX Industry Summit will take place October 24-25, 2009 in Philadelphia. The two-day event is presented by the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) chapters in New York, New Jersey, Boston, Baltimore and Philadelphia. The ‘Right Brain’ Creativity Track and the ‘Left Brain’ Leadership Track will be the main focus of the event.

The Right Brain track helps game developers working in the content and creative management side of the game industry get in touch with their inner (or outer) creative, covering topics in game art, game design, and game audio. The Left Brain track reveals the best practices, business strategies and production methodologies which result in successful, shipped titles. This track includes appearances by studio heads, producers and notable games industry business people.

The event will offer games-focused lectures, panels, roundtables and keynotes from the brightest minds in the games business. Chris Foster, Design Director for Harmonix Music Systems and the lead designer on The Beatles: Rock Band, was recently announced as one of the show keynotes.

Review proposal guidelines can be found online at www.gamexindustrysummit.com. The proposal submissions deadline is Monday, June 15. E-mail your questions and final proposals to: proposals@gamexpo.us.