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Guitar Hero World Tour and Rock Band are finally in Australia, so we do a side-by-side comparison using the awesome might of Bon Jovi in this jam ... video.aol.com

By rss@youtube.com (pimpmyconsole) The Talismoon Rock Thunder Guitar brings you the newest in convenience. Completely wireless, and with all the features you need! It works for all versions of Guitar Hero and Rock Band on the Nintendo Wii. Compatible with all versions of Guitar Hero for Nintendo Wii Compatible with all vers...

Unknown length - 2008-08-05 Reusing many gameplay elements from the popular Guitar Hero series, Rock Band players will use peripherals modeled after musical instruments to simulate the performance of rock music.

2 min - 2008-05-31 Alvin and the Chipmunks is a music based. It is very similar to games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band. In this one, you shake either the Wii remote or nunchuk in accordance to the beats of the songs.

Guitar Hero/Rock Band (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii): The play-along genre really deserves a feature in its own right, but both of these series are great fun, ... and more »

CBBC Newsround The Guitar Hero and Rock Band franchises, from Activision and Electronic Arts respectively, have also grown and now include products dedicated to specific ... Wii Review - 'Band Hero'WorthPlaying.com Music games tune into innovationVariety

By Wootini Activision is touting "one of the hottest line-ups of downloadable content this December," although I have to admit I'm a little underwhelmed by the selections on offer. Plus, I've kind of moved away from Guitar Hero and Rock Band to Lips and Beatles Rock Band. But at any rate, the company ha...

MTV Games and Harmonix broke the multi-band model earlier of music games this year with "The Beatles: Rock Band," letting fans focus solely on the catalog ... Beat It!' – A Mental Musical Work OutTouch Arcade Krator teases new Guitar Hero controllerEndScore

A demo for PlatinumGames' superb third-person action game Bayonetta is star attraction this week on the PlayStation Store. There's also new content for Fight Night Round 4, Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, Need for Speed: Shift and of course Rock Band and Guitar Hero.

Montreal Mirror Xbox 360, PS3 or Wii, game only). Even nongamers have successfully grasped the play-along-with-music premise of the “Rock Band” and “Guitar Hero” games. ... Top Holiday Gifts at Walmart? Games, Games, GamesCrispy Gamer Cheat sheet to great video gamesGeorgia Straight

We've all played music games before; Guitar Hero and Rock Band have eaten up a lot of my time cumulatively over the past couple of years, so reading and ... Krator teases new Guitar Hero controllerEndScore Glu Mobile Launches Guitar Hero 5 Through Major Carriers WorldwideMocoNews

By Mister Slimm Every so often, Eurogamer run a series of technical comparison reviews for games released on both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Dragon Age: Origins   FIFA 10   Guitar Hero 5  PES 2010: Pro Evolution Soccer 2010  The Beatles: Rock Band Every so often, Eurogamer run a series of technical compa...

December 3, 2009 - The Guitar Hero/Rock Band/Tap Tap style of rhythm games is getting old. Sorry, but it's a fact. ... and more »

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“A lot of my guitar students are getting interested in guitar through 'Rock Band' or 'Guitar Hero,' and then they'll decide to pursue the real instrument. ...

By Kyle VanHemert • Xbox 360 Elite 120GB Holiday Bundle + The Beatles: Rock Band + $50 Amazon Gift Card for $349 plus free shipping (normally $399). • Nyko Xbox 360 HD Component Cable Harness for $5.99 (normally $19). • Guitar Hero 5 Guitar Bundle (PS3) for $69.99 plus free shipping (normally $98.99).

Dhruva Interactive's Game Tantra Develops Game For Rock Band REO SpeedWagon MediaNama.com (blog) RockBand published by MTV and EA and Guitar Hero by Activision Publishing are a different genre but are also popular amongst users but not amongst artists. ... IGN

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By Asterick Add-On: Guitar Hero 5 Neversoft Thanks the Fans Track Pack (Free) Downloadable Track Pack featuring "Lemon Frosting" by Bunny Knutson, "RockNRola" by Nancy Fullforce, "From the Blue/Point of No Return/T.T.R.T.S" by An Endless Sporadic, "Love Holds It Down" by Dom Liberati, "You Really L...

After widely successful and popular music games such as Rock Band and Guitar Hero, players world wide now have opportunity to exchange fake guitars for turntables and show what they know in DJ Hero.

in other video games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band, licensing songs for commercials, selling songs on iTunes and peddling merchandise at concerts. ... Dhruva Interactive's Game Tantra Develops Game For Rock Band REO SpeedWagonMediaNama.com (blog) IGN

While Rock Band is the undisputed king of DLC (Over 1,000 tracks available!), Guitar Hero will soon have something that Rock Band can only dream about. I'm talking about early 90s art-rock outfit Pavement's single near-hit "Cut Your Hair."

10 perfect Christmas presents for...Guitar Hero & Rock Band players Playing plastic 'Rock Band' instruments earns friends rock star treatment ...MLive.com Adventures in the Video-Game AisleNewsFactor Network December Guitar Hero DLC RevealedG4 TV

By ericstraus Seeking to expand the scope of this blog (at the request of its creator), I present a review of the video game “The Beatles: Rock Band.”  For those unfamiliar, Rock Band is an extension of the Guitar Hero game, in that you try and play along with songs using a guitar, bass, drums and vocals.  The...

By theradiocure Though it was preceded the similar Guitar Hero, Rock Band broke the video game mold upon it’s debut. Combining karaoke, hand eye coordination, and everyone’s dream of being a rock god, Rock Band became an instant hit. What music fan seriously doesn’t love belting out “Gimme Shelter” or try...

Thanks to the Xbox Live service, you can get your hands on everything from extra Rock Band and Guitar Hero tracks to full games like Shadow Complex. ... and more »

music games are good this holiday season, including Guitar Hero 5, Rock Band: Beatles, Guitar Hero: Metallica, Lego Rock Band, Band Hero, and Rock ... g4tv.com

By Luke Plunkett As Guitar Hero's catalogue of downloadable content grows larger, it gets harder and harder to make a buck selling the older stuff individually. So...what about a subscription to the whole service instead? Guitar Hero' founder excited about future [Seattle Times, via 1UP]

Glen offers his choices as to the DLC he wants for Rock Band and Guitar Hero. Which, er, he doesn't have much chance of getting. ... The Beatles: Rock Band' kicks off holiday season with new commercials, TV specialExaminer.com Music means business at Vanderbilt Rock Band tournamentInsideVand...

The likes of Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero 5 aren’t HD on the Wii, but they’ve got DLC support just like the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions. If you don’t have another console to play on, you’re not getting bad ports with crippled features; you’re getting excellent versions that are on par with the othe...

Nintendo Wii games for Christmas and a guide to using the Wii Guitar Hero controller with Rock Band . You can also watch the Tekken 6 review and ... mevio.com

Let's not confuse the decline of the Guitar Hero and Rock Band brands with the death of music games as a genre, though. In October 2007, when the Guitar ... Review: Lego Rock Band (Xbox 360/PS3),Making Rock Band a family affair, with ...GameFocus

By Chris Kohler Review: Rock Band for iPhone Looks Nice, Plays RoughHow Lego Rock Band Can Turn Kids On to Parents’ MusicThe Beatles Make the Leap to Rock BandCourtney Love Calls Guitar Hero 5’s Creepy Cobain ‘Vile’5 Rockin’ Tweaks in Guitar Hero 5Guitar Hero: Van Halen Free With Guitar Hero 5 Pre-Order

By cghouly I’ve been sick this week so I’ll keep this post short. Hacking Create a full MIDI Drumset with Guitar Hero and Rock Band Drums I’ve always wanted to get an electronic drum set. Must be some deep desire to play in an industrial thrash band. Create a font from your own handwriting How cool is this?

By Mike Szczys On the other side of the coin, we have [Jordan's] project in which she creates midi controllers using Wii drums from Guitar Hero World Tour and Rock Band. The Guitar Hero drums are velocity sensitive, a feature she’s using in her setup. The MIDI data takes into account how hard the drums are st...

Target's Black Friday video game deals for November 27, 2009. Includes discounted prices on Batman: Arkham Asylum, Halo 3: ODST, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, Need For Speed: Shift, Guitar Hero 5 (Wii only), Wii Music, Need For Speed: Nitro, Rock Band Unplugged and more.

But Activision and MTV Games, the publishers of "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band," respectively, want to make sure that even the youngest gamer is on board. ... Band Hero' is a mild, not wild, update of the video-game seriesFort Worth Star Telegram GameSpot -Huffington Post (blog) -dBTechno

By Mike Say what you want about the glut of music games like Guitar Hero or Rock Band—the genre is white hot and you know it. This is why Activision is striking continuously riding while the wave is at its zenith. One of the top publisher’s latest outings is Band Hero, which is actually a spin-off of [...] B...

Loot Ninja In a fall drenched with music games like The Beatles Rock Band, Guitar Hero 5, Band Hero, and others - one game has managed to stand out by attempting ... Review: DJ HeroThe Daily Titan The pure thrills of spinning plasticNYU Washington Square News

After playing the Guitar Hero and Rock Band Series, this is a great addition to the music video game genre. Tight controls, great gameplay and a fly ... Rock Band 3 Will Actually Teach People To Rockbeefjack.com Band Hero For Wii Game ReviewKidzworld Media

Ok, three Guitar Hero controllers, one Rock Band guitar, two drum sets, and two USB microphones. Let's face it, I have too many instrument controllers. ... Just plain funGamePro.com LEGO Rock BandNintendo Life The Consensus: Band Hero ReviewGamespy.com

By Darren Murph We've seen our fair share of Guitar Hero / Rock Band drum kit mods, but without exception, this one is our fav. Tipster (and tinkerer) Jordan has taken the time to wire up a Guitar Hero kit and a Rock Band kit in order to create the most bodacious set of MIDI skins this planet has ever seen. Using a c...

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...

By Stephen Totilo Activision's Wii Games Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock - 57 hours, 51 minutes Guitar Hero: World Tour - 35 hours, 18 minutes Guitar Hero: Metallica - 17 hours, 57 minutes Guitar Hero: Aerosmith - 13 hours, 14 minutes Guitar Hero: Smash Hits - 12 hours, 15 minutes

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 RawmeatCowboy 45% of Guitar Hero 5 users also played The Beatles Rock Band 34% of The Beatles Rock Band users also played Guitar Hero 5 64% of The Beatles Rock Band users have not played Guitar Hero World Tour or Rock Band 2 46% of Guitar Hero 5 users have not played Guitar Hero World Tour or Rock Band 2

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:

By RawmeatCowboy To me, it certainly looks like the Wii owners out there are more interested in The Beatles: Rock Band than Guitar Hero 5. I’d have to say that on a personal basis, I agree! On the other hand, this could simply come down to more The Beatles: Rock Band owners allowing their data to be pulled than Gu...

By Ben Gilbert Normally when people mod real instruments for use in music-rhythm games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero, they don't intentionally include the ability for someone else to play along by punching them. For Norway's Morten Skogly, that choice seemed only natural. On his website, you can see a s...

By Wootini Admittedly, I may be biased because I personally prefer Rock Band, but I honestly feel like it's more popular than Guitar Hero right now. But not according to Activision, who put out a press release proudly declaring that Guitar Hero has become the first console videogame franchise to sur...

By admiralneck Other than choosing lasers over booms, the basic tutorial didn’t give a hint as to what the effects dial does, but apparently you use this in the same way you use the Whammy Bar on a Rock Band/Guitar Hero controller, to “customise” the sound on screen. As with Rock Band and Guitar Hero, all thi...

By Adam Frucci How badass is this? In all honesty, overpriced toy instruments cluttering up my living room is one of the big reasons I almost never play Rock Band or Guitar Hero games anymore. This looks to solve that problem while also bringing all of my air guitar fantasies to life. [Procrastineering via...

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 davidmankoff I love Rock Band. I absolutely love it. It is one of my favorite games of all time. I still to this day play songs from the first Rock Band that came out in 2007. You can say I have an obsession with the Rock Band series, and to a lesser extent Guitar Hero. What I am starting to see is some bullshit tactics...

By Brian Crecente I just went through my current stash of goodies sent me from publishers and there are a ton of neat things we're giving away including more than 70 T-Shirts, a custom straight jacket, a limited edition Brutal Legend statue, a Guitar Hero drum seat, a popcorn machine and a Divinity Dragon kn...

By Jeff Atwood The full 65 song list was recently unveiled along with the fantastic news that all but four of the songs will be exportable to Guitar Hero 5! (Oddly, you can also go in the reverse direction, importing 69 Guitar Hero 5 songs into Band Hero.) It’s hardly the access to the nearly 1,000 song Rock B...

By RawmeatCowboy Full interview here A portion of a GameDaily interview with David Nathanielsz… GD: Why does Activision avoid the PSP with these music games? Harmonix brought Rock Band to the system. Why not Guitar or Band Hero? DAVID NATHANIELSZ: From the start of our development on Guitar Hero: On Tour,...

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...

By Shane McGlaun First Guitar Hero III band leakedRumor – Guitar Hero IV to include more than just guitarsActivision confirms compatibility with Rock Band instruments in Guitar Hero: World TourRock Band and Guitar Hero sales outperformed legal music downloads last yearRock Band – Only available in b...

By Wootini Guitar Hero and Rock Band offer game-only versions of their sequels, because they know that some people are happy with their instruments and just want to pay for the game. Heck, even Dance Dance Revolution assumes you might already have a dance mat from an earlier version. Sure, they'll som...

By Chris Davies Sousaphone Hero – New title from Activision fails attract gamersRecord companies asking for more of Rock Band profitsGuitar Hero III: Legends of Rock – For the PC and Mac!Activison announces 11 new tracks for Guitar Hero III: Legends of RockHarmonix exceeds sales expectations with Ro...

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...

By James Ransom-Wiley The sales de-feat must feel good for MTV Games and Harmonix -- what with B:RB being burned in the sales competition with GH5 by the kingdom that birthed the band (see: Chart-Track UK September sales rankings posted after the break). What was it? Right: Guitar Hero 5 supposedly outsold The B...

The Beatles: Rock Band (X360) The results are in, and the first round goes to Harmonix.

By Michael McWhertor The Beatles: Rock Band folks further rub their victory in Activision's corporate face by pointing out that Guitar Hero 5 shipped on an additional platform (the PlayStation 2) and even included a copy of Guitar Hero: Van Halen thrown in for free.

By Stephen Totilo Music Game Platform Choices Juggle: A lot of people are rightly focusing on the September victory of The Beatles: Rock Band over Guitar Hero 5. That's interesting. But here's another twist. Last year, Guitar Hero: World Tour launched in November 2008 with the Wii version as the top-seller (...

By Bill Harris(noreply@blogger.com) Dan Rosensweig, head of the Guitar Hero division at Activision, told the Financial Times it had seen no impact from the heavily-marketed Beatles game. “It did not affect our sales”. He added that Guitar Hero outsold Rock Band by four to one in the US and nine to one in other markets.

By Jason Chen The guitar/bass gameplay is essentially a port of the Rock Band you know from previous Rock Band and Guitar Hero games, and what you're familiar with if you've played the Tap Tap games on your iPhone. The singing is unfortunately NOT singing, and you'll have to tap one of the four pedals on th...

By AJ Glasser At some point during the talk, the moderator asked if the market was saturated with plastic peripherals. Fair point, but how are you going to get a guitar in the hands of everybody who wants to play Guitar Hero? Face it, cell phone interfaces just aren't the same.

By tiny dancer The YouTube user who posted the video has been banned, but video posts from his new account name, corporalgregg3, are all of Guitar Hero competitor Rock Band. Even in triumph, Activision loses face. Kurt Cobain Parody Vid Taken Down on Activision's Request [Kotaku]

By RawmeatCowboy Wii: Thanks to Max for the heads up! Wii: Metroid Prime Trilogy - 9.5 The Beatles: Rock Band - 8.5 Dead Space Exctraction - 8.0 Guitar Hero 5 - 8.0 Mario & Sonic bei den Olympischen Winterspielen - 7.5 Spyborgs - 7.0 MySims Agents - 7.0 FIFA 10 - 6.5 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up - 6.5 Spectr...

By David Hinkle Update: Dan Rosensweig's "2/2.5/3-to-1" sales comparison between Guitar Hero and Rock Band was a bit ambiguous (Europe? North America? Worldwide?), so we've contacted Activision for clarification.Activision: Guitar Hero 5 launch 'probably' franchise's best, DLC sales getting 'i...

By Asterick Guitar Hero 5 Billy Squier Track Pack -- 440 Microsoft Points When She Comes To Me" -- Billy Squier -- 160 Microsoft Points Everybody Wants You" -- Billy Squier -- 160 Microsoft Points The Stroke" -- Billy Squier -- 160 Microsoft Points

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By Andrew Yoon The music genre may be slowing down, but Divnich notes that "both Guitar Hero 5 and The Beatles: Rock Band have performed at levels ahead of retail expectations," with sales predicted at 800k and 1 million units respectively. The same analyst at EEDAR previously predicted that Guitar Her...

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By Michael McWhertor The rest? Well, there's "Gay Bar." It's now available to owners of the PlayStation 3 version of Rock Band. That's pretty exciting. The full list of goods for this week's PlayStation Store update, including a few new PSP games for your PSPgo, is after this. Guitar Hero tracks

By Justin McElroy We were just as perplexed as anyone when Guitar Hero 5 trounced The Beatles: Rock Band in the UK -- where we hear the Fab Four is fairly popular still. Thankfully, Activision's Guitar Hero business CEO, Rock 'n' Roll Dan Rosensweig, is there to explain it all. "The number one thing about Guita...

By James Hyde Music based video games are exploding at the moment, with Rock Band and Guitar Hero leading the way, making ordinary folks feel like rock stars, even though the plastic guitars and drum sets are as far from the real thing as they can get. With the new The Beatles game taking it a step further, [......

By RawmeatCowboy “This theme of this season was variety and value - variety of a series of great guitar songs - it’s 82 artists and 85 songs. So we really focused on not even having too many songs by any one artist. That was deliberate, and that was what the fans had been advocating, and we wanted to give the fans wh...

By peter@el33tonline.com (Peter) To my mind the new interface is infinitely superior to any other Guitar Hero or Rock Band game, and the advantages of it are particularly obvious in an expo setting. The game now allows players to join in or drop out at any time and change difficulty and instruments on the fly. So if you want to jo...

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...

By Jonah Falcon Yahtzee gets his plastic instrument thing on which his review of both Guitar Hero 5 and The Beatles: Rock Band. Let us know what you think. Yahtzee gets his plastic instrument thing on which his review of both Guitar Hero 5 and The Beatles: Rock Band.

By Posted by Drost Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that on 9-9-09 Harmonix released The Beatles: Rock Band. Not to be outdone, Activision came out with Guitar Hero 5 one week earlier. While I’m a devout Rock Band 2 loyalist, I do love me some new tunes. So, I put both new games into my Game Fly que and...

By delifte She is the kind of artist where it would be rather difficult to find a song from her whole catalog that you could put into a video-music-game. I guess Pull me out alive would probably be the easiest pick. But honestly, this would be the kind of case wherein you’d have to have a person using both se...

By gearsofrock The Guitar Hero microphone and guitars also work like a charm. Check out the full compatibility chart from Rock Band here. I’d also like to add that the  manual instrument calibration on The Beatles: Rock Band is far better than Guitar Hero 5 which you really have to screw around with to get pe...

By Mike Talk about rhythm game fatigue. Last week, we showed you how Guitar Hero 5 was doing on the Nintendo Wii. I’ll give you a hint: the critics loved it. Today, another rhythm game for the Wii is set to compete for our attention and budget. The Beatles: Rock Band is now released, and with much [...] The Bea...

By RawmeatCowboy TR: That’s a great question and I’m glad you asked. Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero are unique in that if you’re a hardcore consumer and you like unlimited access to music you’ve already purchased — we now have that. You can transfer over music that you’ve previously played from World Tour, Smash H...

By Brian Crecente Ms. Cobain is extremely upset about Activision's use of Mr. Cobain's likeness to sing the songs of others in its Guitar Hero game," Keith A. Fink, Love's attorney, told Kotaku. "Activision was granted permission by Kurt's trust solely to use his name and likeness. Activision was not given an u...

By Brian Crecente This is the build, Activision tells us, that will be showing up at kiosks in stores starting in October. The ability to play music with both the turntable and a Guitar Hero guitar adds a lot of potential depth to the title, and will most certainly extend its reach.

By tiny dancer Whereas On this day, Harmonix Music Systems, the Cambridge-based inventors of Rock Band and developer of the original Guitar Hero games, is releasing The Beatles: Rock Band™, a game that will not only bring the creativity and joy of The Beatles music to countless people, but will introd...

By JC Fletcher The Guitar Hero: Whoever series reached its ridiculous extreme with the recent announcement that the Van Halen game would be given away as a freebie with Guitar Hero 5. While we appreciate it as a deal, it shows just how much even Activision thinks of it.

How times have changed. Billions of dollars and tens of millions of game sales later, master recordings are the standard rather than the aspiration, and recording artists increasingly find themselves legitimately labelled "As made famous by Guitar Hero", or "As made famous by Rock Ban...

By Jason Rybka The latest and greatest Guitar Hero video game is now available, and so are the cheats. Of course, if it is indeed the greatest is still undecided. As per usual Guitar Hero 5 boasts a good number of cheat codes for you to groove to, just select the platform of your choice and get playing. Guitar He...

By Wootini I have to admit that it is a little crazy to me that Guitar Hero 5 has already come out, especially since it feels like Guitar Hero: World Tour was just released relatively recently. I'd suspect that Activision pushed it out to market to combat the Beatles: Rock Band juggernaut, but that's ju...

By tiny dancer Published by Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), Guitar Hero 5 is being developed by Neversoft Entertainment for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, and by Vicarious Visions for the WiiTM system fro...

By Jeff Atwood Rock Band Guitar Strap – Gothic Rock Band Guitar Strap – Octopus Rock Band Guitar Strap – Tibetan Rock Band Guitar Strap – Skulls I haven’t personally used the official Rock Band straps, but they get positive Amazon reviews and cost about $9.

By Randy Nelson Yes, Guitar Hero 5 is getting all modern-like and letting those who buy it -- and own other GH games -- access all those songs they already bought (on disc or in DLC form) without firing up another title. GH5 and the upcoming Band Hero will work with songs from the Guitar Hero World Tour and Guit...

By Gregory Gay I am absolutely horrible at music games. Guitar Hero or Rock Band, it doesn’t matter which. I can sometime manage the “hard” mode on the guitar, but I generally just hover around a comfortable medium. Hell, don’t even get me started on vocals - a karaoke king I am not. Of course, I didn’t let [...]

By Jeff Atwood I recently broke down and purchased one of the new second generation Mad Catz Wireless Precision Bass Guitars. (Yep, this was the other part of the package deal with the guitar pedal.) I’ve had it for two days and run it through its paces in both Rock Band and Guitar Hero World Tour (gotta love t...

By tiny dancer This little gem is only for Xbox 360 guitars, but you can find the whole suite of platform/instrument compatibilities at the Rock Band site. On the lee of the stone, as it were, you'll find a similar rundown at Activision for Guitar Hero.

By Jeff Atwood Dress the part — like a rocker! Trick out your guitars or drumpads with decals. Be a hot chick. (err…) Adjust your strap to the right length when playing guitar. Learn to hold the drumsticks correctly. Grip the mic passionately with both hands. When playing bass, try alternate strumming. Pick an...

By Bill Harris(noreply@blogger.com) I've always felt that in the past, Guitar Hero was far more aggressively and effectively marketed than Rock Band. Guitar Hero had the additional advantage in that it already had an established reputation (ironically enough, largely due to Harmonix, who makes Rock Band).

By Jeff Atwood Remember the lackluster GHTunes feature of Guitar Hero: World Tour, where you create your own songs from canned instrument sounds by pressing buttons on the guitar and drum controllers? It’s a plausible idea, but in practice the “songs” produced this way sound like MIDI songs gone horr...

By Fruit Brute This is huge news for MTV/Harmonix and the Rock Band franchise. Between this and things like The Beatles: Rock Band, we could well see Guitar Hero left in the dust. Never underestimate the power of really good DLC. MTV To Launch New Track Upload Program For 'Rock Band' [Billboard]

By Ross Miller Looks like that bulky Guitar Hero World Tour drumset might be getting itself an extreme makeover in time for the launch of Guitar Hero 5. According to our source, the blurred render above is the newest plastic percussion peripheral, and while functionality remains the same, it's moved th...

By RawmeatCowboy IG: In terms of strategy for Activision… you have some hot selling IP in Guitar Hero, Call of Duty and Tony Hawk has been reinvented with the new board from the Robomodo guys, but do you ever feel there’s overkill in terms of too many Guitar Hero SKUs? I think the Rock Band guys have a slightly d...

By Fruit Brute Today, Guitar Hero Smash Hits launches, expanding a selection of past Guitar Hero hits from two instruments to four. Forty-eight of the most popular songs from Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s and Guitar Hero: Aerosmith have...

By Game-Boy The video above comes from engadget's E3 demo time and shows off the hardware and how it's used in game. Seeing the game in action may not dispel accusations of ripping off Beatmania/Guitar Freaks/Guitar Hero/Rock Band/ [Your favorite music game here], but it does show that it has the pote...

By Game-Boy Are you one of the three people in this corner of the known galaxy that doesn't own a giant array of plastic instruments? You are?!? Well, I'm glad I found you because GameStop is having a "Music Blowout Sale" that is drastically slashing prices on Rock Band and Guitar Hero. With full sets of h...

By Bill Harris(noreply@blogger.com) The timing window is a sleight of hand that is unbelievably elegant. Even though I know better, when I'm playing the drums in Rock Band I feel like I'm hearing what I'm playing. That's the kind of elegance that permeates Rock Band and the first two Guitar Hero games (common element: Harmonix).

By Jeff Atwood I previously talked about Harmonix’ upcoming portable iteration of Rock Band, Rock Band Unplugged for the PSP. But Guitar Hero went portable first, with Guitar Hero: On Tour for the Nintendo DS. I am now required by law to show you what may be the cheesiest promo video for a game of all time. It’...

Unlike other, better music games, Rock Revolution doesn't have its own set of instruments. You can buy a special drum kit for it in the States, but that doesn't appear to be available here. The good news is you can use Guitar Hero and Rock Band controllers to play the game instead. The bad news is...

 CA - Barry White The Metal Pedal is a replacement foot pedal for the drum sets of both Rock Band and Guitar Hero World Tour. It even comes with an adapter so that two pedals can be used as a double-bass, but Rock Band 1 gamers will find that their drum set is not ...

By RawmeatCowboy Specialty packs seem to be the wave of the future as far as music games go. No longer looking at a “one a year” approach to Activision’s Guitar Hero cash cow, and with Rock Band venturing into a similar “band focused” approach, it’s only a matter of time before your favorite rock act has their o...

Also, if you play both Rock Band and Guitar Hero, the cross-compatible hardware plugs into both drumsets and is toggled with a simple switch. I could see where using the same bass drum pedal for both games could be beneficial if you were a real score ...

By Stephen Totilo What I’d like, I guess, is a Wii game that has the kind of “casual”-gamer design of an “Order Up,” but has interesting enough gameplay mechanics that I would want to play the game for the long haul. That’s what “Rock Band” and “Guitar Hero” are: non-threatening, non-narrative games with mec...

By Chris Kohler Longtime fans of Rock Band maker Harmonix Music Systems will have already figured out that Unplugged is actually a throwback to Frequency and Amplitude, the PlayStation 2 games the developer created back when Guitar Hero was just a twinkle in Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos' eye. It feels qu...

By smeeguel Check out Cena’s Corner store 2.0. Now with 100% more Zazzle! http://is.gd/rPop # Guns N Roses Chinese Democracy album coming to Rock Band as DLC next week http://tiny.cc/e7xAN # About to learn how to scratch at a Rhythm Heaven DS event. # Guitar Hero Smash Hits trailer reveals partial setlist...

By oliver@el33tonline.com (Oliver) Not that much to shout about this week, especially for visitors to the European PlayStation Store, with some Rock Band and Guitar Hero: World Tour downloadable content (DLC), some game add-ons and a couple videos and wallpapers. European PlayStation Store Update Add-on Content

That they feel mainstream development far outweighs that of independent guys such as Harmonix? Not necessarily. Guitar Hero's more kid-friendly atmosphere and lack of glaring bugs, unlike Rock Band 2, gives it more of an edge even though Rock Band 2 ... rock band, or Rock Band? WNYC

By Jeff Atwood On the Rock Band side of the fence, I was surprised to discover that Harmonix now has an officially blessed dual drum kick pedal solution too! You can buy an add-on kick pedal for $24.99. The only place I could find the pedal for sale is at GameStop, as the Universal Rock Band Drum Pedal.

By mikewithe For quite some time now Activision has been telling the gaming world that the Guitar Hero titles are outselling Rock Band by a huge margin. Those statements have been met with a good deal of skepticism, and no small amount of speculation, by the Rhythm Gaming community. Some people believe t...

By oliver@el33tonline.com (Oliver) There’s also a bunch of Disgaea 3 and LittleBigPlanet DLC, as well as the promised Resistance 2 DLC and patch. The usual assortment of Rock Band and Guitar Hero :World Tour downloadable content (DLC) is also available this week. European PlayStation Store Update Playable Content

By JC Fletcher These days, it's impossible to talk about rhythm games without bringing up Guitar Hero and/or Rock Band. Nintendo's Rhythm Heaven, to use the nomenclature, could be described as Soccer Ball Bounce Hero, Love Potion Mixing Hero, Race Car Photography Hero, Lizard Mating Dance Hero (that...

Music games are huge today with Guitar Hero and Rock Band among the best selling games for the major game consoles. Music games have also been a big hit for the music industry with digital playable tracks often outselling the normal tracks. ...

By Tracey John Out of all the possibilities for music games, why a marching band game? “PaRappa The Rapper” has been credited with being ahead of its time and being the first modern rhythm game. As such, how do you feel about where music games have gone with the popularity of “Guitar Hero” and “Rock Band”?

By Owen Good Studies and claims have tied the popularity of Guitar Hero and Rock Band to actual music performance for some time. A British study says the games' popularity have inspired children there to experiment with music. There are unverifiable claims Guitar Hero is responsible for a surge in sal...

By casualgamerchick Optek Music Systems has announced a new way for budding musicians to learn the guitar. Games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero have inspired gamers to start learning the guitar for real instead of just playing in the video game. Of course, when they start learning guitar they may find it tedious...

By Jeff Atwood Addition of the open bass note on bass guitar. Heavy drum notes. Bridged chords on guitar. Here’s hoping they continue to improve the platform with each new release this year — GH: Metallica, Guitar Hero Greatest Hits, GH: Van Halen, and of course the inevitable Guitar Hero: World Tour 2.

Masaya Matsuura, the creator of PaRappa the Rapper, wants music games to use traditional controllers. While he acknowledges that guitar and drum controllers -- like those found in the Guitar Hero and Rock Band games -- are unique, he believes that great software is enough to immerse play...

You can now 'kick' the bass drums by blowing into a tube." The project is exclusively for the Guitar Hero World Tour drum kit, as Rock Band uses a different and "somewhat simpler" mechanism for the drum pedal. "[The Rock Band pedal is] just a magnetic ... Game review: Guitar Hero - World Tour TVNZ

We have several PS3 Guitar Hero guitars so we where good on that front as Rock Revolution does not come with a guitar of any kind. The drum kit is sold separately from the game and you have the option of using your Rock Band drum kit instead of ... Game review: Guitar Hero - World Tour TVNZ

 CA Back in December, a Harmonix Spokesperson confirmed to TeamXbox.com that MTV Games and Harmonix were working on a patch to allow the Lips microphone to work with Rock Band 2, but today news of compatibility with the Lips mic came from the opposite band ...

By oliver@el33tonline.com (Oliver) Quite a good, solid update to the US and European PlayStation Stores this week, with a Tom Clancy’s HAWX demo in both regions, some Street Fighter IV downloadable content (DLC), Rock Band and Guitar Hero DLC, a bunch of interesting videos and the Killzone 2 demo on the US PlayStation Store.

By oliver@el33tonline.com (Oliver) On the European PlayStation Store, we have Noby Noby Boy, Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, Mirror’s Edge downloadable content (DLC), Burnout Paradise DLC and a bunch of Rock Band and Guitar Hero DLC, as well as some interesting looking videos. On the US PlayStation Store, Noby Noby...

By oliver@el33tonline.com (Oliver) European PlayStation Store Update Playable Content Tekken 6 trailerFifa 09 trailerFlower trailer Rock Band DLC The Fratellis Pack (£2.49) Flathead (£0.99)Henrietta (£0.99)Creeping Up The Back Stairs (£0.99) Guitar Hero World Tour DLC

Atlantic Online  NY - Today's deal at Woot is the Ashley AIL RA23B Rock Axe Full Size Rock Band and Guitar Hero Guitar for PS2 and PS3. The guitar is on sale for $49.99, ... School of Rock Atlantic Online Being a Guitar Hero isn't the same as being a guitarist Vernon Hills Review

By oliver@el33tonline.com (Oliver) Oh, there’s also some cool demos, add-on content, the usual assortment of Rock Band and Guitar Hero downloadable content (DLC) and some great new games to buy. Mostly though, the Killzone 2 demo (currently available on the European PlayStation Store).

By Patrick Klepek Hip-Hop, Stand Up — Rap Community Wants New Turntable Game To Balance Rock Dominance In Rhythm Games Once “Guitar Freaks” and “Guitar Hero” established the basic interface for music sims, there was a natural extension to bass and drums, but one reason hip-hop games haven’t caught on, a “...

By cmfl3x 1. Instruments The Guitar Hero: World Tour instruments The Rock Band 2 instruments 2. Gameplay Rock Band 2 Rock Band 2 Guitar Hero World Tour Instruments: Guitar Hero Gameplay: Rock Band Difficulty: Guitar Hero Music Library: Rock Band Presentation: Guitar Hero ————-

By Sam Harrison With the advent of Guitar Hero and Rock Band I now have four plastic guitars and a plastic drum kit in my house and I am rapidly running out of space in my cupboard. Guitar Hero World Tour is adding to that collection with another drum kit and guitar, so I think it’s only fair to review the instrum...

By oliver@el33tonline.com (Oliver) The full list of content now available on both the European and US PlayStation Stores follows below:European PlayStation Store Update Guitar Hero World Tour DLC Bruce Springsteen track pack (free) Themes Crash Commando “Maps” theme US PlayStation Store Update

By oliver@el33tonline.com (Oliver) Europe also gets two PlayStation One games, but don’t hold your breath – the two games are The Little Mermaid II and Hercules. There’s the usual assortment of Rock Band and Guitar Hero downloadable content (DLC) on offer, with some interesting game trailers that make for good viewing Rock...

First of the creators of rockband were.... the creators of Guitar hero 1 & 2!! Ok, so the basis is the same, you play guitar on a plastic guitar in a "simon ... Guitar Hero World Tour Review PALGN Forbes Magazine calls Rock Band “Shameless Knockoff” of Guitar ... Gear Live

The Money Times Guitar Hero World Tour is an ambitious step from Neversoft as they try to keep up with Harmonix's Rock Band franchise. While Aussies still have to wait to ... Bobby Kotick Hits The Cover Of Forbes, Does Not Worry Kotaku Australia

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By Owen Good But he never had any exposure to Rock Band or Guitar Hero until recently in a mall store, where he was literally beaten at his own game. I know about Rock Band, because Nirvana has some songs on it. I had never tried the game before, so I gave it a go. I worked through the menu and found the song "In Blo...

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Gigwise  - Eventually, they created the Rock Band knockoff, Guitar Hero: World Tour. They created a new guitar and a drum set that could beat Rock Band's. ... Game Releases and DLC for the Week Ending January 17 Nintendo World Report Don't believe their hype! Auburn Citizen

 Canada - “I’ve played Rock Band and Guitar Hero so I think it would be a lot of fun if I learned a real instrument,” the Grade 4 student said. ...

By Jen Finally, someone has come up with a classy way to store all of your Rock Band gear.  Most of us have heard people complain about the huge amount of space that Rock Band gear (and Guitar Hero World Tour for that matter) takes up.  Thankfully, some wily entrepreneurs at AK Designs have found a wa...

This is a video review of Guitar Hero SG Controller. Probably the cheapest GH controller; it works fine with GH and Rock Band. A good controller ... www.expotv.com

By Patrick Klepek Some artists have come out against games like “Rock Band” and “Guitar Hero” because it might not encourage users to play real instruments. Barbara didn’t express that worry, and believed if Roy would have felt the same. The Roy Orbison track pack was released this week on Xbox 360 and PlaySt...

By Jacob Schulman If ezGear's last guitar wasn't quite complex enough for you, check out it's latest product -- the You Rock Guitar. Compatible with both Guitar Hero 2 and Rock Band: World Tour for Wii, and your PC or Mac, the You Rock has a full multi-touch fretboard which simulates a "real" guitar with six st...

By Jonathan Cresswell Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People Gears of War 2 Stamping on People’s Faces Animal Crossing: Let’s Go To City Yo Gabba Gabba Locke’s Quest Wii Fit 2009 Preview: Scribblenauts 2009 Preview: Yakuza 3 The Megaman 9 Rap Fallout 3 LittleBigPlanet Rock Band 2 Guitar Hero World Tour

Sydney Morning Herald  United States - s original PlayStation game console. Guitar Hero and Harmonix's successor game Rock Band were created for video-game consoles such as Xbox 360 or ... Review: Rock Band The Age With karaoke video game, the song just isn't the same Macon Telegraph

 - Dec 22, 2008 So how's the gameplay you ask? If you've played any of the Guitar Hero games or the previous Rock Band, you'll have no trouble playing ROCK BAND 2. ...

They've all been enjoying a kind of "second life" in recent years courtesy tap-and-strum rhythm rockers like Activision's Guitar Hero and MTV's Rock Band. ... Yes, Being In Rock Band Or Guitar Hero Helps Bands Sell More Music Techdirt Rock Band 2 Review (Xbox 360) Monsters and Critics.com

 CA - On the videogame front there is no denying that both Rock Band and Guitar Hero helped fuel the need and desire for music, whether it be new tunes or vintage ...

Essentially, the MIC is a nice microphone for Rock Band/Guitar Hero, but it also has all the necessary Xbox 360 buttons built in. This means you don't need ... Mad Catz Bringing Street Fighter Sticks, Rock Band Accessories to CES Kotaku Australia

By Adam Frucci Essentially, the M.I.C. is a nice microphone for Rock Band/Guitar Hero, but it also has all the necessary Xbox 360 buttons built in. This means you don't need to use both a mic and a controller to play. Awesome! Is it $60 worth of awesome? Eh, probably not, but if you're a seriously hardcore Rock Ba...

 - Dec 18, 2008 So I followed up with the makers of “Guitar Hero: World Tour,” “Rock Band” and “Rock Revolution” to see if they had any last-minute holiday songs up their ... Have 'guitar Hero'and 'rock Band' Peaked? KBS Radio PopStar Guitar Review IGN Guitar Hero "has not peaked" CVG Online

By Jonathan Cresswell After a ridiculous wait, band simulator Rock Band was finally released at a ridiculous price earlier this year – but really, the most ridiculous thing was just how fun this music title was. Taking the note-hitting concept popularised through Guitar Hero, combining it with drums and voca...

By Eliot Van Buskirk The recorded music industry certainly hopes that's the case. Featuring a song in a guitar-based game has been shown to boost sales numbers -- so much so that the Activision CEO Robert Kotick said the labels should pay Activision to include their songs in Guitar Hero, rather than the develo...

149.99 to $169.99; go-peak.com) is the first full-size wood guitar peripheral to play with Guitar Hero and Rock Band on PlayStation 2 or 3. Available in three colors, the wireless Starpex looks and feels like the real deal thanks to its hardwood body with lacquered finish, high-quality fret...

By SaikoSakura It’s difficult to believe that three years ago today we were playing Guitar Hero on our PlayStation 2 with its squeaky 3/4 sized plastic Gibson SG controller. Within a short time the franchise evolved into a full band experience with Rock Band and Guitar Hero World Tour. With each new game ca...

By oliver@el33tonline.com (Oliver) A huge update graced the PlayStation Store last week, with tons of demos, full games and the usual selection of videos, themes and add-on content, as well as Rock Band and Guitar Hero: World Tour DLC. Guitar Hero World Tour DLC Rock Band DLC Guitar Hero World Tour DLC Rock Band DLC

By Jonathan It’s been almost a year since we saw Yahtzee Croshaw fake-strumming his way through a music rhythm game, but now he’s picked up a newer plastic instrument for a bout with Guitar Hero World Tour. This time around around he has a bit of a grudge against Rock Band — which is understandable once yo...

By Jason Chen The Gadget: Riff Rocker, an even smaller miniature USB guitar that's made to work with Frets on Fire, the open source PC knockoff of Guitar Hero. The guitar's got the normal amount of fret buttons, but instead of a strummer, you get a two-way rocker button that's meant to be played with two fi...

To make good on the words of encouragement, Harmonix released a patch today for the PlayStation 3 version of Rock Band 2 which fixes a slew of things, including adding support for the Guitar Hero World Tour drum and guitar peripherals. ...

The cross-game instrument compatibility fulfills Sony's earlier promise, with Microsoft having made a similar vow for the Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 instruments for Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero World Tour were cross-compatible upon release.

By Chris Also new this week is downloadable content for Dead Space (various skin packs and weapon packs, ranging from $1-$4) and new costumes for Little Big Planet (a free Sack in the Box costume and a $3 LocoRoco pack which has five different costumes). Rock Band and Guitar Hero World Tour square of...

I have learned to play drums because of Rock Band. I have two friends that have started to learn guitar because of Guitar Hero. Also, Nickelback, learn how to play your own instruments before you complain about other people not learning ...

By Derrick Schommer Rhythm Gaming is all the rage, or is it? Turns out Guitar Hero: World Tour didn’t meet or exceed the figures they hit with Guitar Hero III. Where GH3 brought in $115 million in the first week, GHWT brought in $67 million in the same time frame. Why? Guitar Hero World Tour Sales, via Kotaku

By Patrick Klepek Related Posts ‘Guitar Hero: World Tour’ Readying Raconteurs, Jimi Hendrix Download Packs Activision Considering Subscription Service For User-Generated ‘Guitar Hero’ Music ‘Guitar Hero: World Tour’ Sells More On Wii Than On Any Other Platform

By Jeff Atwood This is awesome! No more tapping the mic; you can use an actual tambourine or cowbell to play those parts as the vocalist! It looks complicated, but it’s actually not too bad. I performed the mod this weekend and here’s what I used: Spare Rock Band or Guitar Hero World Tour microphone(s) a Tam...

By Patrick Klepek What do you think this means for the future of music games, readers? More ‘Rock Band 2′ Wii Questions Answered - SD Cards, ‘Guitar Hero’ Instrument Compatibility And More Harmonix Answers Our Questions About ‘Rock Band 2′ Wii Meet ‘PopStar Guitar’’s Wii-Specific Controller

By Brian Crecente While playing Guitar Hero World Tour for my review of the game I started thinking that maybe the plastic and rubber drum kit was a bit louder that Rock Band 2's. So Adam and I made this short little video showing me playing a chunk of the same song. This isn't scientific at all (You'd need a way to m...

By Brian Crecente Guitar Hero: World Tour was developed by Neversoft for the Xbox 360 and PS3, published by Activision and released on Oct. 26 for Playstation 2, Playstation 3, Wii and Xbox 360. The Band Kit retails for $189.99 USD. Completed single-player tour using guitar, played many songs using bass, drum...

By Jen Earlier in the year, there were rumors that both companies were in talks to nab the Fab Four’s great works.  Sony/ATV chairman and CEO Marty Bandier mentioned in March that they were interesed in looking into Guitar Hero.  Apparently, it was Activision’s deal to lose.  Speaking of his t...

By Luke Anderson So what did Harmonix do that set it apart from Activision’s Guitar Hero expansion? First, they started off by only putting in AC/DC tracks, so you don’t have to weed through other bands that you could care less about. Second, they made all of the tracks freely exportable to Rock Band, thus “e...

By BOMB Matt Gameplay We'll start with the Guitar Hero microphone. Or is it the Rock Band microphone? The Logitech microphone? They are all the same thing. Really... they are all made by Logitech, have the same specs, and the same form factor. No difference between them at all. The drums... Rock Band 2 - Buy It

By Aelux Ok...The Drum Truning Kit, which you can read about HERE, is now available, but you need a MIDI usb interface, to connect it to your computer. Using the downloadable program, you can set the sensitivity of your drums. The catch is, if you don't have a MIDI usb interface and i'm sure many of you don'...

A few bits of news that may be of interest to anyone who likes getting their music-game fix with drums:...Xbox 360 users can now download a Guitar Hero World Tour update that will allow ION Drum Rocker owners to use the drum kit with the game.So, that's a plus. However, there's been a slight snag in...

By Rajiv Ashrafi Related Posts. Rock Band 2 Wii Supports World Tour’s Controllers, All Rock Band DLC. Developer Harmonix has confirmed that the Wii release of Rock Band 2 will be compatible with the Wi… Rock Band PS3 Gets Guitar Hero Support, PAX Patch ...

By Ross Miller Filed under: Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Rhythm This week marked the debut of a second contender in the full-band-simulator genre. It's hard to find a review for Guitar Hero: World Tour that utters Rock Band less than a half dozen times. Compar...

By Mike Fahey Has Activision managed to beat Harmonix at their own game, or is Guitar Hero World Tour but a pale imitation? Let's see what the all-star game critics super group has to say. From nowhere near even Rock Band 1 to look out, Harmonix, in five easy steps.

By Nilay Patel Guitar Hero: World Tour has only officially been on shelves for a day or so now, but unhappy PS3 customers are already making a fuss -- the game's new drumkit isn't compatible with Rock Band 2. That's a major disappointment -- having redundant guitars because Activision and Harmonix can't...

By Ken Denmead It was worth the wait.  The set is really, really nice - incredibly good build quality.  I think it's safe to say that they've learned a lot from the previous iterations of the GH and RB franchises, and put together a durable set of instruments.  The new guitar feels so solid, and looks smokin'!...

By Chris Kohler Wii Musicis kind of like the anti- Rock Band. Rating: See Also: Wii Music's Licensed Songs Hands On: Wii Music's Challenge-Free Rhythm Gaming Behind the Mario Maestro's Music Review: Song Remains (Mostly) the Same in Rock Band 2 Facing Competition, Guitar Hero IIICranks Gameplay to 11

By Owen Good Hope everyone's had a good chance to fan themselves and hose off following Thursday's introduction to Grace Kim, the former Activision PR rep turned Guitar Hero Rock Band vixen in this month's Playboy. Remember a while back, the survey that asked if anybody's played video games in the nud...

By Patrick Klepek Miyamoto: ‘Wii Music’ Is ‘More Interesting Than A Video Game’ Hardcore gamers are split on “Wii Music.” It’s not “Rock Band” or “Guitar Hero” — it’s something entirely different. Given the accessibility of “Wii Music,” however, it seems especially designed to engage the younger crowd. A f...

By Jeff Atwood The most interesting thing I’ve seen so far, in terms of something I’d like to see Rock Band and Guitar Hero add to their games, is the note grading system. It’s not a binary hit-the-notes-or-not system — like many older rhythm games, ...

By Rich Reed We all know that this year Rock Band 2 is going to have competition by Guitar Hero World Tour. Both games have an impressive song lost and features so I wanted to post the complete song list for Guitar Hero World Tour. Some great songs on the list but I also noticed a few songs that will be on both ga...

By Rich Reed Three Grand Prizes (each valued at over $1,000): Families Who Rock! - Six free day passes to Six Flags Theme Parks and a $500 gas card and a copy of Guitar Hero: World Tour Band Kit. Moms with Star Power! A $1,000 gift card for the "star" treatment at Elizabeth Arden Red Door Spas and a copy of Gui...

By Owen Good Nintendo Responds to Trade Commission Investigation of Wii Rock Band 2 Review: Second Verse Same As The First Training Wheels: My First MMO The Best Damn Video Game Infomercial You'll Ever Not Walk Away From Activision Boss Says Guitar Hero Is "Dominating" The Competition

By Chris Kohler You can play Rock Band 2 with Rock Band or Guitar Hero instrument controllers, but a new guitar and drums have been released specifically for this game. Both new input devices are wireless, which is especially welcome with the drum controller, which also sports a metal-reinforced kick pe...

By Edgar Everyone knows the Guitar Hero/Rock Band gameplay formula, so I’ll just explain what’s new. There are two new kinds of notes that I noticed in the game for the guitar player. One is just a horizontal line, which means you simply strum without pressing any buttons. The second ones are notes lin...

By AJ Glasser Here’s the thing – this game is Rock Band. No, don’t give me that crap about how it’s different, it’s better, it’s got six drumheads, so it’s totally different. It is Rock Band. And who says that’s a bad thing? I already knew how to play the instruments. Not well, mind you, but it’s not like I needed...

By bkuchera@arstechnica.com (Ben Kuchera) A new patch for Rock Band fixes some downloadable content... and adds support of Guitar Hero 3 peripherals. Awesome. Read More...

By Derrick Schommer Today, we’ve learned the PlayStation 3 will get the same export feature as DLC, if you’re into the PS3 and plan to get Rock Band 2 you’re in luck. Also included in the PS3 patch, you’ll now have the ability to use your Guitar Hero 3 Les ...

By Rajiv Ashrafi Harmonix, not staying idle, has also released a patch that adds the disc export feature, allowing Rock Band 2 gamers to move their original songs to the upcoming installment; it has also released a patch for the PAX Pack, which was broken on the PS3 only. Related PostsActivision Blocks Sup...

By Derrick Schommer Today, we’ve learned the PlayStation 3 will get the same export feature as DLC, if you’re into the PS3 and plan to get Rock Band 2 you’re in luck. Also included in the PS3 patch, you’ll now have the ability to use your Guitar Hero 3 Les ...

By Brian Crecente This year around the retailer-only show will give folks their hands on time with Guitar Hero: World Tour, Rock Band 2, Wii Music, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Spore, Call of Duty: World at War, Animal Crossing and, I'm told, a first ever chance to check out Halo Wars.

This year around the retailer-only show will give folks their hands on time with Guitar Hero: World Tour, Rock Band 2, Wii Music, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Spore, Call of Duty: World at War, Animal Crossing and, I'm told, a first ever chance to check out Halo Wars.

By PS3 News This title update will also patch for the use of the Guitar Hero III Les Paul PS3 Controller with RB1 on the PS3. We're excited to release this, as controller compatibility is something we've been working towards for a long time. ...

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 - Sep 3, 2008 Guitar Hero World Tour will be available for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, and Wii this fall. For more on the game, check out GameSpot's ... › More exclusive tracks for upcoming GH World Tour Video Game Media all 5 news articles

That led to some odd patterns in Rock Band since the game doesn't know about cymbals, but we'd bet that Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero: World Tour have it ... Music industry wants bigger slice of Guitar Hero, Rock Band pie TECH.BLORGE.com Record companies asking for more of Rock Band profits SlashGe...

By Roo If you’ve got a Rock Band guitar and want to use it as MIDI instrument, in GarageBand or anything else, I’m very happy to make the current version of my patch available. Most of the features should work with the Guitar Hero controller ...

Konami also expects that their own drum kit will work with Guitar Hero and Rock Band once a patch is released after the games are launched. ... Rock Band 2 Project Director Slams GH: World Tour Instruments Wired News PS3 'Rock Band 2', 'Guitar Hero World Tour' instruments ... CNET News

By Rajiv Ashrafi Following Sony, Microsoft has announced that the Xbox 360 versions of Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero World Tour and Rock Revolution will feature instrument interoperability. “Consider this an official announcement,” wrote Microsoft representative Chris Paladino. “All the instruments fr...

By Rajiv Ashrafi Posting on the PlayStation Blog, SCE PR director Michael Shorrock revealed that Sony has brokered an arrangement between the developers of Rock Band, Guitar Hero and Rock Revolution to ensure instrument interoperability on the PS3. “We have been working closely with Neversoft and Act...

CNET sister-site Gamespot is reporting that instruments for the games Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero: World Tour will work universally with either title on PlayStation 3. In addition, the peripherals will also work with games like Rock ...

By Shawn Sines Performance Designed Products is giving gamer girls there own specially designed Aly & AJ guitar controllers to use with Guitar Hero and Rock Band. The pop-rock star sisters worked with PDP to come up with controllers that reflected ...

Guitar Hero: World Tour will be compatible with Rock Band instruments, at least on the 360. Likewise, a recent patch for the 360 version of Guitar Hero: Aerosmith should make it compatible with non-GH guitars. ...

By smeeguel Activision wants the world to know that they're nowhere near ready to relinquish the rhythm game crown to MTV/Harmonix and their rookie sensation Rock Band.  The publisher, along with developer Neversoft and perennial rock gods Aerosmith, took over Times Square Friday afternoon (two...

By Jason Chen One of our main complaints about playing bass on Guitar Hero or Rock Band is that the guitars aren't bass guitars. The Ant Commandos, a company that specializes in making cheaper versions of video game accessories, has just released a wireless PS2/PS3 bass guitar. It doesn't solve the prob...

By Stephany Another reason it is a great time to be a gamer, is because of the wonderful games created by Activision and Harmonix by the way of Guitar Hero and Rock Band. This is also a great time for people who love music, because while there are some who can play a musical instrument, not everyone can and t...

 NY - Jun 18, 2008 And today, we have Frets on Fire, an open-source Guitar Hero clone that looks like it could actually be pretty badass. You can play along to the included ...

 CA - The plasticky tapping of Rock Band’s drum kit was hardly a deal-breaker, but it’s pleasing to see little irritants removed. This kit also has some capacity ... Frets on Fire = Open Source Guitar Hero RealTechNews The Visual Experience IGN all 3 news articles

By Chris Scott Barr Relevant Entries on SlashGearRock Band takes Best of Show at this year’s E3Rock Band for Xbox 360 to include wired guitar, PS3 gets wirelessAir Guitar AG Riff Master Guitar Controller featuring KISSFirst Guitar Hero III band leakedRock Band issues being addressed by Harmonix

By Jeff Atwood Scorehero is generally regarded as the ultimate source for competitive Guitar Hero and Rock Band online. And that’s in addition to the built-in online leaderboards in the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the games. I do wonder, however, why they don’t support Rock Band — it’s very difficult for...

By Jonathan Related Articles at Gaming Today:. How To: (Dis)Assemble the Rock Band Drum Kit; Rock Band Bundle Exposed; Rock Band Drums for PC: Xbox 360 vs. PS3 Kit; Rock Band Madness: ION Audio Rock Band Drum Kit; Guitar Hero IV Drum Kit Prototype.

By Paul Miller Brilliant, just brilliant. As if Rock Band wasn't living room clutter enough, Activision is busting out a drumset for Guitar Hero IV, and now Konami is getting in on the "pretending to play music" meme with its very own Rock Revolution title. If the oversaturation of incompatible music per...

By Rajiv Ashrafi While full sales figures for Rock Band aren’t available, the insanely popular Harmonix-developed band simulator sold over 1.5 million copies alone in the last quarter. In comparison, Guitar Hero 3 sold over 1.4 million during its ...

GH4 Drum Kit Has Cymbals Activision's bid to compete with Rock Band's drum kit will include two cymbal pads as part of the peripheral... Guitar Hero IV will definitely feature a ... Drumming AND strumming set for Guitar Hero 4? T3 First Guitar Hero IV Details Cubed3

By Doug Aamoth The above photo is NOT the actual drum kit that’ll come with Guitar Hero IV but — but! — the drums that do come with the game will feature two cymbals. What a crazy idea, huh? My Rock Band drums don’t have cymbals. ...

By Bill Harris If you're thinking that games are like that, too, you're right. That's why I thought Guitar Hero was in serious trouble when the developers changed from Harmonix to Neversoft--it was like John Lennon, George Harrison, and Paul McCartney leaving the Beatles, but letting Ringo Starr keep...

By Jeff Atwood You may know Harmonix as the developers of Rock Band and Guitar Hero I and II. But did you know they were founded out of the MIT Media Lab in 1995, and also released much lesser known games like their very first title, The Axe? It looked a little like this: The Harmonix story is told [...]

By Jason Chen The Gadget: A wooden stand that keeps your Rock Band and Guitar Hero guitars, mic, and various controllers in check so they don't otherwise destroy your living room in a mass of plastic and cabling. The Price: $55 for the standard stand, plus $10 extra if you want extra microphone holder hol...

By Nilay Patel Filed under: GamingHey hey, what's this? Not only is Activision CEO Bobby Kotick quoted in this month's Conde Nast Portfolio saying that future versions of Guitar Hero will have "other instruments" and "vocals," but our crew over at Joystiq says that a source within Activision has conf...

By Ross Miller Call of Duty 4 DLC in the works for PC Guitar Hero: Aerosmith adds Mott the Hoople, The Kinks, Joan Jett Europe gets the shard with Warhawk 'Broken Mirror' expansion in April Darwinia rated by ESRB for Xbox 360 Darwinia+ confirmed for Xbox Live this Fall

Guitar Hero" controllers Photo: Marsaili McGrath/Getty Images On Friday, Gibson also announced that it was suing MTV Networks, Harmonix and EA, the publishers, developer and distributors of "Rock Band," respectively, for infringing on the same patent.

By Stephany Rock Band Guitar Patch Still Not Here; Classic Rock DLC Available for Guitar Hero III; Pricing for Rock Band and Peripherals Revealed; Metallica Classic Song Featured in Guitar Hero III; New Rock Band Screenshots.

By Michael Prince This week on the PSN we see a little bit of everything, we have demos, add-ons, videos and a full game. Of course we see the new Rock Band songs (still days later then on the Xbox 360) and we have the free Guitar Hero 3 song Dream On, free is always nice!In the form of demos we see a demo for the Q games...

By Woody The community over at ScoreHero, considered to be one of the best sources on Rock Band/Guitar Hero info, have supposedly gotten their hands on a copy of the March issue of OXM early. What’s so special about a dumb magazine you ask? ...

By RawmeatCowboy Best Licensed Music: Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Best Story: BioShock Best Sound Design: Rock Band Biggest News: Vivendi merges with Activision Best Multiplayer Game: Rock Band Best New Gaming Hardware: Rock Band Instrument Set Best Downloadable Content: Rock Band

By Matt Buchanan In fact, Harmonix and its parent company MTV Games/Viacom recently declined Activision's offer to reach an agreement that would allow the use of Guitar Hero guitar controllers with Rock Band. We have been and remain open to discussions with Harmonix and MTV Games/Viacom about the use of...

By Tracey John “Two weeks ago, Harmonix created a software patch for the Sony PlayStation 3 version of ‘Rock Band’ that allowed for guitar compatibility and support for third party peripherals, including enabling use of Activision’s ‘Guitar Hero III’ ...

By Nicolo S. Rock Band cover - Image 1 Those who want to do mad riffs in Harmonix and MTV Games' Rock Band (Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360) using third-party guitar controllers will have to wait, because Activision (publisher of Guitar Hero ...

By Matt Buchanan Two weeks ago, Harmonix created a software patch for the Sony PLAYSTATION 3 version of Rock Band that allowed for guitar compatibility and support for third party peripherals, including enabling use of Activision's Guitar Hero III ...

Harmonix: Activision blocking Rock Band guitar patch  UK - Dec 12, 2007 However, when Rock Band was released, PS3 owners were unable to use the Les Paul guitar controller included with Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. Harmonix ...

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Activision expressly prohibits the use of this Guitar Hero controller with any other game." An update to the PlayStation 3 version of Harmonix's Rock Band will arrive later today, granting compatibility with the wireless Les Paul controller bundled in the PS3 version of Guitar Hero III...

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By Matt Buchanan In the battalion of boxes that encases Rock Band's high quality gear there is but one guitar. Since you can't buy the instruments separately yet and Guitar Hero III's guitar won't work w/ RB on the PS3, your band is effectively bass player-less. Harmonix to the rescue: The upcoming patch for...

By Michael McWhertor The Harmonix community manager writes at the official Rock Band forums that a routine patch for the PlayStation 3 version of the game is coming soon, one that will address "a number of items related to guitar controller compatibility." The patch was expected to be released yesterday, but...

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By Jem Alexander This patch "addresses a number of items related to guitar controller compatibility." Most people on the forum are assuming that this will fix the problems with the Guitar Hero III guitar when used with Rock Band, finally allowing PS3 ...

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By Matthew Simantov Word on the Intertubes is that a patch will be available for Playstation 3 owners today that will fix the issue with Guitar Hero 3 controllers not working on Rock Band. Specifics were not revealed but Harmonix's Sean Baptiste told...

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By Donald Melanson Not that it comes as much of a surprise after past Guitar Hero hacks, but it seems that the Rock Band drum kit has now found its way into PC land as well, with it at least one enterprising individual having hacked it for use with ...

By Richard Mitchell Rock Band gold, sold separately Word Puzzle and Switchball on XBLA Xbox 360 Family Timer confirmed Lost Planet: Colonies sequel on USK Guitar Hero on South Park (Assassin's commercial overload during South Park) Halo 3 matchmaking updates, bugs and maps Guitar Hero III shortages expe...

By Jason Chen Not content to dominate living rooms with their upcoming Rock Band music title, Harmonix has made a Guitar Hero-esque iPod game called Phase that can take your own music and lay down a rhythm game on top. The game costs $5 and needs the iTunes 7.5 update we told you about earlier. Although you ma...

By Jonathan Cresswell Taking the Guitar Hero experience further with drums and vocals, Rock Band from EA, Harmonix and MTV has been announced to also be released on PS2. That’s not the only release announcement though, as sadly the game has been delayed until 2008 for Europe, so cross it off your Christmas prese...

By Jason Chen EBGames is great at letting people in on unreleased accessories. Last time, it was the Retro Joystick from Mad Catz. This time, it's a wireless guitar controller for Rock Band, the upcoming game that lets you be Guitar Hero with 2 guitars, a drum set and a mic.

By Jeff Atwood The first thing you need to decide is whether you prefer your fret buttons flat (Rock Band style) or embossed/raised (Guitar Hero style). If you love or hate a particular button style, this guitar, despite its awesomeness, will not change your mind. Yes, the “premium” strum mechanism is a b...

By KC Crazy My kids got this for a gift today and apparently the Salesperson at Target said the GH3 Wii Guitar would work with Rockband Wii no problem. Before I open the box i wanted to find out for sure. Thank you.