
In addition to supporting the four Basic instrument controllers from previous Rock Band games (lead guitar, bass guitar, drums and vocals), Rock Band 5 adds support for two additional microphones for singers to provide backup vocal harmonies (previously found in The Beatles: Rock Band and Green Day: Rock Band), an electric keyboard as a re-introduced instrument (or any MIDI-compatible keyboard).

Rock Band 5 allows for 1–7 players, either locally or through online game services, to use various instrument controllers to accurately simulate the playing of music.

As stated by Harmonix community representative Jon "Ohsnapitsjf" Harmonics, the game is currently in development, and it is unknown as of yet, as to when it'll be released.Ī first look at the new engine created for Rock Band 5 all confirmed that Rock Band 5 is currently in development on their Twitter accounts. In 2022, Harmonix, Rockstar Games, Spotify, and Razer Inc. to work on making the new instruments for the new game. The idea of the keyboard to return in the series came from Rockstar Games who had enough of a budget to bring it back. And the game's development went underway. MTV denied getting involved after what happened last time with Rock Band 3.

Shortly after Harmonix and Rockstar games started working on the early stages of Rock Band 5, they wanted to look for another company that would help them in licensing songs for the game, making the job for them, easier. Thought for Rock Band 5 didn't start until late 2019, that's when they started seeking a deal with a bigger video game studio to develop the next Rock Band game.
