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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...Beatles Video Game Announced
Friday, October 31, 2008
The President of MTV Networks, Van Toffler, made the official announcement yesterday that Harmonix/MTV Games and Apple Corp will be making a video game featuring the music of the The Beatles. Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos also said that it’s not just a “Rock Band” song expansion pack; it will be “a new, full-grown, custom game built [...]
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...Guitar Hero: World Tour Reviews Suggest Not Better Than Rock Band 2
Monday, October 27, 2008
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...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...Rock Band 2 Street Date OK to Break
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Apparently MTV Games/Harmonix are cool with you getting your hands on Rock Band 2 early (breaking the September 14th street date), giving the player lucky enough to get their hands on it early a little “props” at the bottom of their main menu (See screenshot above). Pretty cool actually… it’s always nice to see a company [...]
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...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...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 [...]
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
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