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Rock Band 2 Given Official European Release Date

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

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  After what has been a terrible year for Rock Band in Europe, the troubles could end soon as today MTV and Harmonix finally announced the official release date for the sequel in the territory. But not everyone will be happy when they see the game is a timed exclusive for 360. The critically acclaimed sequel to the alleged [...]

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AC/DC Trackpack Exclusive to Rock Band

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

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Guitar Hero isn’t the only music videogame to have landed exclusivity deals with artists; Rock Band is starting to follow the trend. A tenchnique they are using with the release strategy for the AC/DC Track Pack, which will be packaged as a disc, much like Guitar Hero: Aerosmith before. Unlike the Aerosmith offering though, AC/DC are the only [...]

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GC 08: Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero: World Tour Instruments to Play Nicely

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

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Rock Band and Guitar Hero aficionados can breathe a sigh of relief at some of the news coming from Leipzig as the coming glut of rhythm games will only require them to have/buy one set of instruments rather than a set per-game. Activision has announced something gamers have been waiting for since Harmonix and Red Octane parted ways [...]

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Rock Band Moves Out of the Living Room and Onstage this Fall

Thursday, July 31, 2008

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Rock Band executives just found one more way to reach out to music fans and potential buyers of their game: live tour.  The tour will be headlined by rockers Panic! At the Disco, and Dashboard Confessional — with special guests Plain White T’s and Cab. The press release adds an enthusiastic “possibily YOU!,” prompting us to [...]

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The FrankenStation: Nyko’s Media Hub for PS3

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

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“I am alone and miserable; man will not associate with me; but one as deformed and horrible as myself would not deny herself to me.“ -Sony PlayStation 3, July 2008* Remember waaaaaaaaay back in E3 2006 when the first details of Sony’s 40GB PlayStation 3 model were unveiled?  The (then) inferior version of the console was revealed [...]

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Rock Band 2 Announced. September Release, 360 Exclusive

Monday, June 30, 2008

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It was inevitable that this news would come sooner or later, but today is the day when EA officially announce a sequel to their hugely successful music game that we expected, and hoped, would come later. The sequel is to be released in September of this year, exclusively for the Xbox 360. While the game offers [...]

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DLC in Margaritaville

Sunday, June 1, 2008

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Three songs from Jimmy Buffet will be downloadable on Xbox Live Marketplace and in the PlayStation Store on Tuesday of next week.  Buffet claims to be a “big Rock Band fan” and has rerecorded new versions of his popular songs “Margaritaville,” “Cheeseburger in Paradise,” and “Volcano.”  Look for these classics at the usual $1.99/160MS points apiece, [...]

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Rock Band DLC coming to the Wii and PS2 afterall… sorta.

Monday, May 5, 2008

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In a move that I seriously didn’t see coming, MTV Games, Harmonix and EA Announced that “Rock Band™ Track Pack Volume 1″ would be coming to the Wii and PS2 on July 15th for $30 bucks! This disk based DLC pack contains 20 original master track recordings from groups such as Blink 182, Weezer, KISS, [...]

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Rock Band Scene Pack

Sunday, May 4, 2008

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On Tuesday May 6th (Xbox 360) and Thursday May 8 (PlayStation 3) strummers can get their rock on with Harmonix’s newest installment in their weekly downloadable ritual.  Fresh of the heels of a full length Judas Priest album, Screaming for Vengeance, comes the “Scene Pack.”  The pack features the following: “Date with the Night” - Yeah Yeah [...]

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Rock Band’s First Full Album Hits Next Week

Sunday, April 20, 2008

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  Virtual rockers may have expected The Who’s legendary 1971 album Who’s Next  to grace the music store as Rock Band’s first full album download, but things don’t always work out as planned.  Instead, plastic-button masters and mashers can look forward to Judas Priest’s 1982 album, Screaming for Vengeance. The album will be released April 22 to the Xbox [...]

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