There's also a nice price drop on several music games and accessories; $40 off the Rock Band 2 Special Edition Bundle, $50 off the Rock Band 2 drum set, ...

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

It's time once again for our weekly round-up of downloadable content for all of your favorite music games. As you might have heard earlier in the week, Harmonix will no longer be releasing DLC for its PlayStation Portable music title Rock Band Unplugged, so if you are wondering why it was le...

Rock Band 2, one of the most hotly anticipated music games of last year, sold solidly but behind expectations. There has been some worry in the games ... and more »

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 Mike Band-specific music games aren’t new, but the arrival of The Beatles: Rock Band on consoles (and the Wii, in particular) gives the stagnating genre a much needed lift. Strangely, the game doesn’t really bring anything significantly new to the table, but it can’t be denied that what The Be...

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.

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

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 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

By Gus Mastrapa Play family-friendly music games like Lego Rock Band and Band Hero and you’ll play along to songs by rock superstars like David Bowie, Elton John and Queen. Last week, MTV and Activision each released a kid-friendly version of their music games. Lego Rock Band and Band Hero both have the “E 1...

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 RawmeatCowboy 1. Wii Weakness: Since few publishers outside of Nintendo significantly benefited from the Wii boom, few will be significantly hurt as the platform stalls. 3. Music Games Fatigue: The genre is past its prime. While it still accounts for 9% of YTD 2009 sales, it is down 40% vs. 2008. ATVI is obviou...

It's time once again for our weekly round-up of downloadable content for all of your favorite music games. Considering there will be at least a dozen or so people hosting Halloween parties this weekend, it’s no surprise that this week sees the release of a few dark metal tracks for Guitar He...

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 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 AJ Glasser Now, of course I've heard people say that this is wrong; that video games cheapen or damage the experience of learning real music with their plastic peripherals and oversimplification of beats, rhythm and notes. But it seems like even more music games seem to be popping up in response to th...

An update for the Xbox 360 edition of Rock Band 2 was released by Harmonix today, delivering the long promised support of the Xbox 360 Wireless Microphones that come bundled with Lips and were recently released for standalone purchase. The Xbox 360 incarnations of recent music games rele...

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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 Wootini Video Games | DJ Star | Debut TrailerXBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii I have no actual musical talent myself, which is why I love my music games. I can't sing that well, but Lips and Karaoke Revolution are a blast. Only took guitar lessons for a few months as a kid, but that doesn't stop me fr...

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...

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...

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”?

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...

By Tracey John Alex Rigopulos, CEO and co-founder of Harmonix Music Systems, which produces Rock Band™, said, “It is extremely gratifying and a true realization of Harmonix’s vision to see Fender’s Little Kids Rock Survey™ highlight the fact that music games like Rock Band™ are helping to influence...

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