Slipknot and Simon and Garfunkel make their debut on Rock Band next week offering what has to be one of the strangest track pairings to date. While we will never see the day Mr Simon and Mr Garfunkel support Slipknot you can at least recreate what it could be like in your living room, though thankfully you [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 12, 2009
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Continue reading...Wednesday, October 7, 2009
U2 bassist Adam Clayton said in an interview with USA Toady, the band would like to be in a rhythm based music video game. U2 was reportedlyready to license their likeness to Harmonix and appear in Rock Band in some way, but the band decided against it. Now that The Beatles have done it the band sees the [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 2, 2009
The Raconteurs are making their Rock Band debut next week adding three songs to the ever growing music library. Joining them next week are Alanis Morissette, The Flobots and Electric Six. Yes at long last you will get disgrace yourself singing along to Gay Bar in the comfort of your living room. Just try to do it away [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, August 23, 2009
Unlike rival band simulator Rock Band, the DLC for the latest entry of Guitar Hero will only be compatible with that game. The news follows an announcement that older DLC for the franchise can be upgraded for use in the new game at a fee, a cost currently unknown. The incompatibility with titles such as last [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Another 15 tracks, and the venues they are played in have been announced for the most anticipated music game of the year, The Beatles: Rock Band. The full list of announced tracks reads: • Twist And Shout / Cavern Club • Do You Want To Know A Secret / Cavern Club • Can’t Buy Me Love / Ed [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 2, 2009
While developers have said that The Beatles: Rock Band would revolutionise the music game industry, the reality is that the game plays near identical to Rock Band. It may be very similar, but some subtle changes shuld make this that bit more special. The voice track now splits into the various harmony parts repicating the goups trademark [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 29, 2008
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 [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 30, 2008
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 [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 20, 2008
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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