Gaming site Kotaku recently had the opportunity to play a review copy of 8-Bit Rebellion, and have now written a short article about the game as well as a mini review on their first impressions of 8-Bit Rebellion. Quoting from the article: "8-Bit Rebellion appears to be neither a great beat ‘em up nor a terrible one, but is surely the only one that rewards the player for being a Linkin Park fan. Playing the game on an iPod or iPhone that contains five Linkin Park songs download from iTunes unlocks an in-game trophy. Owning 15 unlocks another, as does owning 35. Other trophies are earned by adding fellow game owners to one’s friends-list (the game supports text-chatting and players’ avatars can hang out, though not go through the game adventure together). Some trophies are earned by sending in-game gifts to friends. The goal is clear: to network Linkin Park fans together and reward them for both spreading the word and for legally buying and downloading Linkin Park music." While it can be argued that the journalist is not the biggest Linkin Park fan, the above quote (plus the rest of the article) offer an interesting insight as to what you can expect on April 26th. For more information, as well as to read the article in full, please go here: http://www.kotaku.com.au/2010/04/new-way-to-love-a-band-like-linkin-park-play-their-video-game/ Source: Kotaku
From what we know they won't do anything in particular. I do think that they will ad up to something because it says that the game will reward you for having Linkin Park tracks on your iDevice, I don't see the point in saying that is you're only going to get a trophy. We'll have to wait and see.