Let’s recap briefly as to what we have learnt about the game so far. Online integrated co-op career? Check. Deep avatar customization and a chance to rock it out like your badass idol? Double check. Guitar peripheral that actually looks like its real-life model? Check. Fret boards neatly laid out across the screen? Get out your trusty pens and tick this one off your lists, as CVG have got their trembling hands on the game, releasing world exclusive Rock Band in-game screenshots along the way. Without further ado, here are two out of many more screens found on CVG.

As you can see for yourselves, the screen will be populated by three snazzy fret boards situated on the bottom part, with the guitar player on the left, the drummer in the middle, and the bass player on the right hand side. The lead-singer will have to look attentively at the top part of the screen, as that is where the lyrics will be scrolling across with a little arrow leaving behind a dazzling trail closely above.

While all of this is pretty easy to make out from the screenshots, there are a couple of things that we cannot be entirely sure of before the developer elaborates on it further. For one, if you look closely at the drummer’s fret board, you’ll notice that there are two different variants of a note. What this most likely means is that one note will signify a normal hit on the drums, whereas the other will involve stepping on the pedal at the exact same moment. Another interesting bit that doesn’t say much by itself is the half-coloured disc sitting right next to the singer’s multiplier. Keep in mind that this is just speculation on our part.

With the current abundant amount of tasty details on Rock Band shooting from all sides, one has to wonder what will set Activision’s Guitar Hero III up to the par with Harmonix’s behemoth hype-wise. Contrary to GH III’s much revealed contents, its rival developer has still yet to unveil the drum set and microphone peripherals which are sure to heighten the already skyrocketed hype surrounding Rock Band. And as we all know, hype plays a hefty role when it comes to a game’s appeal and, consequently, its sales. The one and only obstacle that Harmonix faces now is pricing that is still kept tightly under wraps.

Which rhythm game do you think will prevail come this fall; Neversoft’s Guitar Hero III or Harmonix’s Rock Band?