Rock Band 4 December Update Details Released

Harmonix has promised continuous updates for Rock Band 4 post-launch and the developer has now revealed the contents of its December update.

The update will include the following:

Score challenge features – This is a whole suite of features that is designed to leverage the competitive heart of the game.

Improved Calibration – thanks to your feedback, we’ve implemented some significant improvements. PLEASE NOTE that these changes require you to recalibrate.

In-game notifications of leaderboard events: Find out at the moment you pass a friend’s score with an all-new in-song indicator.

Activity feed: This is a main menu log of your leaderboard events and that also allows you to quickly jump to a track to regain your dominance.

Taunt system from the results screen: Let your friends know you beat their score by sending them a selectable randomized Taunt message. This taunt will appear in his or her Activity Feed.

Variable Breakneck Speed – One of the most requested features from the hardcore competitive community, Variable Breakneck Speed will allow players to individually set the Breakneck Speed of their tracks for the first time in a Rock Band title – up to 2.5X this time!

Full Combo Recognition & Indicator – The “Full Combo” (a perfect streak, no notes missed or additional strums/hits from start to finish) is one of the competitive player’s greatest achievements. Rock Band games haven’t kept track of this impressive feat in the past, and that all changes with this update. The game will now celebrate and track your FC success, and a subtle new in-song indicator will allow you to know if you’re still on track for an FC or if you’ve broken your streak. We also now indicate FC runs on the leaderboards.

More Song Results details – leaderboard info, plus detailed gameplay statistics will now be shown on the song results screen.

Player Stats – Want to know where you stack against your friends online? Access this new Player Stats screen from anywhere in the game to get a detailed overview of your complete Rock Band gameplay statistics, including cumulative scores, stars, and more.

New Items in the Rock Shop – we’ve got a handful of new assets in the Rock Shop, including one that celebrates a recent (and very awesome) game launch from a studio that we love.

Auto-kick mode – One of the most requested Accessibility features, this toggle will allow you to play drum parts by hitting the drum pads only while we automatically hit kick drum notes. This will be available as a toggle in the Options menu.

The update also features a long list of bug fixes, including the return of packs and albums to the Xbox One in-game store and a fix for PlayStation 4 players that have 2,000 friends.

Improvements have also been made to the game's microphone lag, as well as tambourine hit sensitivity.