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Guitar Hero: World Tour Reviews Suggest Not Better Than Rock Band 2
Uh oh, it looks like we might have been wrong on this one. Preliminary reviews of Guitar Hero: World Tour suggest that things might not be as rosey in the Guitar Hero camp as originally thought with their first foray into the “full band” experience. Unlocking Songs In previous Guitar Hero titles songs were always presented to [...]
Continue reading...Logitech Launches Ultra-Premium Guitar Hero Guitar for Playstation 3
Thursday, October 23, 2008
No more rumors, Logitech’s claim at making “premium components for Guitar Hero” are real and Logitech wants your money this holiday season… they want all of it. If you are a Guitar Hero fan, you might want to sell some junk to get some scratch together because Logitech has dropped a bomb with their new premium [...]
Continue reading...Fall 2008 Must-Have Co-Op Xbox 360 and PS3 Titles
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
There is no avoiding it, multiplayer support in a game, even the longest RPG, can extend a game’s life well beyond it’s initial single-player play through; even allowing the game to grow into it’s own cult status like a Halo or Counter Strike. While most players used to seem pretty satisfied with Death Match or CTF [...]
Continue reading...Peak Wood Guitar for Rock Band and Guitar Hero
Monday, September 29, 2008
It looks like a peripherals company named Peak has busted out a trump card for Guitar Hero/Rock Band fanatics in the form of a full-sized, wooden guitar for either Rock Band or Guitar Hero titles. Combining this with the Ion Drum set ($300) for Rock Band that will melt your face off already, if you [...]
Continue reading...GDC: Guitar Hero: World Tour Bon Jovi Gameplay Video
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Hot on the heels of the high resolution screenshots from the upcoming Guitar Hero: World Tour, we have gameplay video of a band performing Bon Jovi’s “Living on a Prayer”, check it out:
Continue reading...GDC: Guitar Hero: World Tour High Resolution Screenshots
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
One of the big complaints from players of the Guitar Hero series has been the graphics of the game looking too “last gen”. A lot of folks don’t necessarily play the Guitar Hero or Rock Band games for epic graphics, but it certainly doesn’t hurt to have them. We’ve got some high res screenshots showing off [...]
Continue reading...Rock Band 2 Bundle Delayed a Month
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Bah, it looks like the Rock Band 2 complete bundle (game + instruments) will be delayed an entire month until October 19th and only the game itself will be available at the original September 14th release date with the option to buy the instruments separately. Unfortunately for gamers that don’t already have the complete Rock Band [...]
Continue reading...Guitar Hero: World Tour Box Art Released
Monday, August 4, 2008
Well there it is, in all it’s glory… what we have been waiting for. Guitar Hero: The Complete Band Game (World Tour). I’m digging the art for it and Amazon has it listed as a October 27, 2008 ship date so get your pre-orders in folks… I think the war between Guitar Hero and Rock Band [...]
Continue reading...Logitech to Make Premium Guitar Hero: World Tour Instruments
Friday, August 1, 2008
Given that we have been ontop of this Guitar Hero: World Tour thing like flies on… a picnic sandwich, we had to cover Logitech’s co-announcement with Activision that they will be producing “premium instruments” for the Guitar Hero: World Tour release on all 3 consoles starting later this year. No details are known yet about exactly [...]
Continue reading...Guitar Hero: World Tour Supports Any Electronic Drum Set with MIDI Port
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Wired is reporting that at E3, Guitar Hero director Brian Bright confirmed that Rock Band (the original one) instruments would not only work fine with Guitar Hero: World Tour, but that you could use any electronic drum set with the game as it will ship with a MIDI connection on the back of the drum [...]
Continue reading...Rock Band 2 Confirmed Artist and Song Track List
Saturday, July 12, 2008
We have been covering Rock Band 2 (more) and Guitar Hero: World Tour (more) mercilessly with the impending war looming between the two franchises. One of the most popular questions that keeps coming up so far is about the artist and song lists for Rock Band 2 and Gutiar Hero: World Tour. We continue to report [...]
Continue reading...Rock Band 2 Drums Unchanged, But Can Be Extended for $$$?
Friday, July 11, 2008
In our coverage of the inevitable world-ending battle that will ensue when both Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero: World Tour come out, we have covered everything from the drums, to the guitars, to the song and artist lineups, to the game features themselves. (Pictured: Guitar Hero: World Tour wireless drum set with cymbals) One of the [...]
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Monday, October 27, 2008
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