Rock Band

By Game-Boy The Renegade Edition of the game was $200. The standard edition, $120. That's a tough sell in a market where price point is so important. For $80 more you can get yourself a Wii or an Xbox 360 Arcade model. Right now at GameStop you can spend $20 less and pick up a game, a guitar, a microphone, and dru...

By Melanie - Northeastern University 7. DJ Hero Okay, maybe it’s not revolutionary, but I’m so beyond excited for this it’s not even funny. Finally, I can create mashups of my very own! Hopefully I’ll be better at this than the drums on Rock Band. And hopefully this won’t give me those awful foot cramps like the drums on Rock Band.

By editors@gamesetwatch.com (Simon Carless) But assuming consumers are willing to spend more than $100 on a single video game, could DJ Hero revolutionize rhythm games? The advent of Guitar Hero let entirely new audiences tap into a near-universal fantasy. Whether video game fan or not, how many people have never once rocked out on a...

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By Xav de Matos When contacted by Joystiq, Activision refused to comment on the matter. With no less than three new rhythm titles on the horizon, we presume publishers hope the trend of sluggish peripheral-based game sales comes to a screeching halt; like the days of disco music and, apparently, outlin...

By Stephen Totilo We cannot stop new games from coming out, but we can at least review them. Here’s what we reviewed last week, for those who may have missed them. Forza, Tekken, LostWinds, Saw, GTA, Dungeon Hunter, Rock Band iPhone, DJ Hero. (more…)

Activision is rolling out DJ Hero downloadable content right out of the gate. This is standard, if not expected and explicitly desired, for music games. Activision and developer FreeStyleGames is charging $3-per-mix for the DJ Hero downloadable content, citing "additional creative w...

By Brian Crecente We're asking for a minimum donation of $10 to get in and get a door prize ticket. We will be giving away a huge amount of swag including more than 70 T-Shirts, a custom straight jacket, a Guitar Hero drum seat, a popcorn machine and Divinity Dragon knives.

By Stephen Totilo We cannot stop new games from coming out, but we can at least review them. Here's what we reviewed last week, for those who may have missed them. Forza, Tekken, LostWinds, Saw, GTA, Dungeon Hunter, Rock Band iPhone, DJ Hero. Read! Rock Band Micro Review: iPhone Joins the Band

By Owen Good But I think I did detect a semipregnant pause from The Major after e piped up (31:30 of the podcast). Like "Oh man, someone's gonna stick this on a blog." And, I guess someone just did. Show #337: DJ Hero, MUA2, Lego Rock Band and MW2 [Major Nelson, thanks elektrixxx]

What the Game's About DJ Hero is the newest member of the "Hero" family. This time around you can clear your living room space for a plastic turntable that allows you to interact with music in another way. Instead of trying to emulate a song like "Freebird," DJ Hero presents you with mixes of tw...

By Mike Fahey DJ Hero is barely out the door and already there are new downloadable tracks, with 50 Cent, Queen, Gorillaz, and Public Enemy hitting Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network today - for $3.00 apiece. Lee explains why DJ Hero tracks cost a dollar more than Rock Band or Guitar Hero tracks:

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By Mike Fahey DJ Hero was developed by FreeStyleGames and published by Activision on October 27th on the Wii, PlayStation 2. PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. Retails for $119.99 ($99.99 for the PS2). A copy of the Xbox 360 version of the game was given to us by the publisher for reviewing purposes. Performed all tr...

By crossfeedthemix The Tuesday release of the new DJ Hero spin-off of the Rock Band/Guitar Hero games got me thinking about an idea I had with a friend of mine a while back as those games were first originally becoming popular.  It’s called “Guitar Troll.”  The idea is simple: you take the guitar controller from...

By Mike Fahey These numbers make sense to me. While Guitar Hero and Rock Band have the benefit of recognizable instruments and music, DJ Hero consists of mashups of popular songs performed using a device that not a lot of consumers are familiar with. Just tally up how many times you've seen someone play im...

Activision actually trademarked DJ Hero after Guitar Hero exploded, long before the project that would actually become DJ Hero came to fruition. DJ Hero was originally an untitled, unannounced DJ take on Guitar Hero in development for Vivendi Games by FreeStyleGames before Vivendi me...

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By RawmeatCowboy “Stage-Gig is the first speaker system designed from the ground up for use with Rock Band, Guitar Hero and DJ Hero,” explains Don Milks, senior manager of product management at Altec Lansing. “By amplifying the audio, Stage-Gig makes the games feel even more like you are playing in a live c...

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By Brian Crecente Right now it looks like we're going to have at least two music set ups on stage, perhaps Rock Band and DJ Hero, so people can play back to back without having to wait for the players to set up first. What you missed: You Have the Power 250GB PlayStation 3 Priced And Dated For North America

By Luke Plunkett The odd compatibility hiccup aside, when you buy a Rock Band guitar or a Guitar Hero drum kit, you expect it'll work on multiple games. Not so for the upcoming DJ Hero's peripheral.

By AJ Glasser You Can Pair It With Guitars: This is a point toward DJ Hero's "utility." If you already own a Guitar Hero-compatible guitar, you can hook it up and play alongside the DJ. I'm not sure how great any of it sounds (presumably, these sections have been given the same attention as the singleplayer...

The problem with Guitar Hero and Rock Band is that the games are slaves to the music. Neversoft, Harmonix and anybody else who develops a band-centric game is at the mercy of their soundtracks - and all the licensing woes these give rise to. True, music games are all about the music and the subs...

By Randy Nelson There's another scenario in which this year's Rock Band could prove more of a contender. "The only concern I have with my Guitar Hero vs. Rock Band analysis is that Activision may focus less on marketing Guitar Hero 5 and divert funding to DJ Hero, a new brand in their Guitar Hero line-up," EED...