Rock Band, the game developed by Harmonix and MTV Networks, will be released on November 23 for Xbox 360 and PS3.

According to a Harmonix representative quoted by Gamespot.com the price of the game will be $169.99. The complete package will include the game, a wired drum kit, and a microphone. The differenece is that while the Xbox 360 version will include a wired Fender Stratocaster guitar controller and USB hub, the PS3 bundle will have only a wireless version wireless version of the Stratocaster controller. Harmonix said that the PS2 version of Rock Band, which was announced in August at Leipzig’s Game Convention is scheduled for launch on December 10.

Harmonix are known as creators of the widely-acclameid Guitar Hero.

Rock Band was announced in April this year ant the game will allow gamers to perform music from the world’s biggest rock artists with their friends as a virtual band using drum, bass/lead guitar and microphone peripherals, in addition to offering deep online connectivity.

The music featured in Rock Band will span all genres of rock and include many of the master recordings from the biggest songs and artists of all time.

The leading music publishers - EMI Music Publishing and Warner/Chappell Music - are allowing unrivaled access to their catalogs of incredible songs for use in Rock Band. The record labels - EMI Music, Hollywood Records, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group's Universal Music Enterprises and Warner Music Group's Rhino Entertainment - have agreed to supply master recordings by their artists for use in the game.

Amongst the artists who will offer their tunes for Rock Band are rock groups as Metallica, The Who, Grateful Dead, Bon Jovie, Nirvana and Rolling Stone.