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Warning: Lips Mic Not Cross Game Compatible
There was a time in the not to distant past where music game peripherals were not cross game compatible, but with the current iteration of Guitar Hero: World Tour, Rock Band 2, and Rock Revolution the developers and publishers involved listened to the consumers complaints about having to repeatedly buy new plastic instruments with each [...]
Continue reading...Guitar Hero: World Tour Review Summary: Close, But No Cigar
Saturday, November 1, 2008
For all the gamers out there sitting on the fence waiting to either decide between Rock Band 2 or Guitar Hero: World Tour (or both, possibly), we are here to tell you the following: Unless you have to have Guitar Hero, the instrument issues (drums specifically) make us recommend you get Rock Band 2. Very early reviews [...]
Continue reading...Guitar Hero: World Tour Compatible with Rock Band Instruments
Monday, October 27, 2008
… but that won’t stop Activision (Guitar Hero publishers) from acting like children. Apparently the wording on the Rock Band games is essentially “compatible with most music game controllers”, while Activisions position is “Activision expressly prohibits the use of non-Guitar Hero controllers”… but they are still compatible. So these franchises agreed to make their devices compatible [...]
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...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...Rock Band 2 Drum Pictures
Friday, September 5, 2008
Kotaku is rocking the Rock Band 2 news as they got a set of the drums in and snapped off some great shots of them up close, far away and comparing the two (Rock Band 1 vs Rock Band 2) drum sets. Overall the Rock Band 2 drum set looks about 15% bigger pads, Kotaku claims [...]
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...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 [...]
Continue reading...Rock Band 2 Guitar and Screenshots How Does it Compare to Guitar Hero: World Tour?
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Staying on-top of the Rock Band 2 vs Guitar Hero: World Tour craze is hard business. First we find out that Guitar Hero: World Tour will have all sorts of sexy Guitar enhancements, wireless drums and song-creation features! Then we get a peek at the Guitar Hero: World Tour artist and song list… looking hot, but [...]
Continue reading...Rock Band 2 Will Have Wireless Drums Like Guitar Hero World Tour
Monday, July 7, 2008
Not willing to sit back on their hands while Guitar Hero: World Tour hypothetically hands their ass to them, via a product listing on Amazon, Harmonix has indirectly confirmed that Rock Band 2 will also include a wireless drum set priced at $89.99. Expected street date of September 14th for Rock Band 2… so this battle-of-the-band-err-game [...]
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
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