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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...Upcoming Downloadable Content for Music Games
Saturday, November 15, 2008
If you play you’re preferred music game anything like I do, at least 3 or 4 songs a day with longer stretches on the weekend, you’ve probably downloaded a few songs to expand your music gaming library. Both Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero: World Tour have had a pretty steady stream of additional songs [...]
Continue reading...Guitar Hero World Tour Drum Tuning Kit Now Available
Monday, November 3, 2008
Less than a week after announcing it was being worked on Activision and Red Octane have released the Guitar Hero World Tour Drum Tuning Kit to help Guitar Hero World Tour owners who have drums with sensitivity issues. While I’m still surprised the issues with the Drums exist in the first place I am pretty [...]
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...Warning: Guitar Hero World Tour Drums May Be Fault
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Across the internet reports are coming in that the Guitar Hero World Tour drums are having issues. Most of these reports are complaining about the cymbals registering extra hits or the pads not registering hits unless played very hard. Today Activision confirmed that there are “sensitivity issues” with the drums and that they would be [...]
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...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 [...]
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
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