Hasta La Creative!

Yesterday, developers of the explosively popular video game Rock Band announced that Motley Crue will be releasing their first single off their upcoming album through the game. Definitely a first, but certainly not entirely unexpected. From the Reuters article:

“Rock Band” went on sale last November and now has more than 80 tracks available for download in addition to the 58 tracks in the original game. MTV Games said players have bought more than 6 million downloadable songs for Rock Band. Tunes range from classics by the likes of the Who and the Rolling Stones to more-contemporary fare from the Killers and Fall Out Boy.

The music industry is changing (in-case you hadn’t noticed) and is trying to stay afloat as the video game industry adapts to an evolving – and growing – demographic. Significant? Definitely. The way we are interacting with the world of video games is shifting – and moving significantly closer to the “real world.” Certainly something worth paying attention to as technology and games continue to advance.