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Get prepared to add Rockbeasts, the narrative band-management RPG, to your most anticipated albums of 2025. Welcome to a world that places you in the sneakers of a supervisor in the age of MTV, rock anthems, and dangerous haircuts.

That includes the enduring Iggy Pop and with a story written by Jakub Szamałek (Senior author of The Witcher 3, Principal Author of Cyberpunk 2077 and the upcoming The Blood of Dawnwalker), put together for a tragicomic story of the highs and lows of an up-and-coming band in the 90s.

Because the supervisor of “one of the vital controversial bands” of the period, you’ll assist a group of rising stars as they navigate the highs and lows of the music business in pursuit of fame and fortune. Alongside the best way, you’ll meet a colourful forged of anthropomorphic animals, some impressed by actual world rock legends.

Decide the venue, prep the set and ensure all of it goes in accordance to plan. Pull it off and the band would possibly simply lastly take these first steps to fame and glory. Positive, this one was in a dirty basement, however even the rock legends had to begin someplace, proper?

The characters that convey this world to life all include their very own motivations, and private demons. You’ve got a selection – will you be the supervisor who helps these round you, or makes use of others because the stepping stone to success?

Bringing the Godfather of Punk himself, Iggy Pop, to your tv screens as soon as once more, has drawn on many years of musical insider data for his efficiency to offer you an genuine window into the world of early ’90s rock mayhem.

His musical performances reside in the annals of rock music historical past and now he’s leaping over to your Xbox. Iggy Pop performs a fictionalised model of himself, the aptly named “Iggy Pup” and lends his vocal skills to bringing the story’s narrator to life, as a radio host charting the rise of the band to fame. Relive the story first-hand because the infamous supervisor that leads the band to fame and fortune.

The branching narratives, twists and tales of the story will lead you down a path for you and your band to both rock, or wreck, and solely by making the toughest selections are you able to assist this band attain their true potential. Handle their observe periods, sculpt their picture, and do every little thing a good supervisor will do and perhaps you’ll discover a diamond in the tough with this misfit bunch of anthropomorphic animals. Or, merely use their hopes and goals to line your personal pockets, on the finish of the day – the alternatives actually are yours.

Girls and Gents: Rock & Roll. Wishlist Rockbeasts now on the Xbox Retailer at the moment.

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