Rock Band games will no longer be available on iOS as of July 31st. Upon booting up a Rock Band iOS game today (including Rock Band and Rock Band Reloaded), players will receive the following message: “Back up your game! On July 31, our Rock Band games will be leaving the App Store, and you can’t buy songs after that date. See our FAQs on how to back up your playlist.”
The Rock Band FAQ on EA’s site reveals that the games are being removed because EA’s licensing agreement with Harmonix will expire at the end of this month and it will no longer be allowed to sell Rock Band songs. EA confirms that players who already own either game will still to be able to play it, but no new songs can be purchased. Previously-purchased songs will continue to work, and players will have the option of backing up their purchases.
Back in May, Rock Band on iOS sent users a message that it would soon no longer be playable. At the time, EA said the message “was sent in error” and that it was "working to clarify the issue.” It now appears that the publisher simply notified users of its expiring song rights a few months too early.
Source : feeds.ign.com
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