EA Backtracks On Shutting Down Rock Band Mobile<\/a><\/div>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&gadget=a&resize_h=100&url=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.gawkerassets.com%2Fimg%2F17lhp488o1jugjpg%2Foriginal.jpg\")
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<\/a><\/div>\nPublisher Electronic Arts seems to have backtracked on its plans to shut down the mobile version of Rock Band following a massive outcry from fans and press yesterday.
\nYesterday, customers with the iO…<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nYesterday, customers with the iO…<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Bullshit on this one, EA. I can maybe see if at one point you were planning on shutting down your game, changed your mind, and some department just didn’t get the memo in time. But that’s NOT THE SAME THING as what you’re claiming. Considering how much flak you’ve been taking lately, and how much […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[65,4,3],"tags":[307,306,304,45,5,98,305],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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Bullshit on this one, EA. I can maybe see if at one point you were planning on shutting down your game, changed your mind, and some department just didn’t get the memo in time. But that’s NOT THE SAME THING as what you’re claiming. Considering how much flak you’ve been taking lately, and how much […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[65,4,3],"tags":[307,306,304,45,5,98,305],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n