'Rock Band 3' Demo Now Available for PS3, Xbox 360

By Hector Cortez Nov 9, 2010, 1:15 GMT

A demo for Rock Band 3 is now available for download via PSN and Xbox Live.

Harmonix today announced that a demo for Rock Band 3 is now available for the PS3 and Xbox 360.

The Rock Band 3 demo features four songs in Quickplay, with one standard venue and one music video venue. For those who don’t yet have the Rock Band 3 keyboard peripheral, keyboard parts are playable with the guitar controllers.

The demo includes the following songs:

Spacehog – “In the Meantime”
White Stripes – “Hardest Button to Button”
Slipknot – “Before I Forget”
Foreigner – “Cold As Ice”

To download and play the Rock Band 3 demo for the PlayStation 3, you must have an Internet-connected PlayStation 3 console, a PlayStation Network account and at least one Rock Band or Rock Band-compatible third-party music game controller or USB microphone. If you don’t already have a PlayStation Network account, simply create one in the PSN Home Menu. Next, simply head over to Demos in the Featured Games menu and click Rock Band 3 demo to download.

To download the Rock Band 3 demo for the Xbox 360, you must have an Internet-connected Xbox 360, a Gold Xbox Live account (the demo will be available to Xbox Live free accounts Nov. 12) and at least one Rock Band or Rock Band-compatible third-party music game controller or USB microphone. Sign in to your Xbox Live account. If you don’t already have a Xbox Live account, simply select Join Xbox Live from the Xbox dashboard and create your account. In the Xbox Live menu, go to Game Marketplace and select Game Demos. Find the Rock Band 3 demo and select to download.