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Rhythm Gaming Saturation Point?

November 18th, 2008 · No Comments

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!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 [...]

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Tags: Accessories · Activision · Casual Games · Editorial · Nintendo · Sony · Wii · Xbox 360 · playstation 3 · rock band

AC/DC Signs For Rock Band Track Pack

September 30th, 2008 · 3 Comments

This November console gamers will be able to purchase a new Track Pack for Rock Band and Rock Band 2. While Activision’s Guitar Hero: Aerosmith sells over 1-million copies, MTV and Harmonix look to prove they too can push big numbers on exclusive artist packs.
Unlike Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, Rock Band and Rock Band 2 are [...]

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Tags: Industry News · rock band

Five Dollars Gets You 55 Original Rock Band Songs

September 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) PostsIf you’re into Rock Band and love the songs you’ve played, you may want to migrate them into Rock Band 2, correct? For the price of 400 Microsoft points ($4.99) you’re now able to download an export “patch” to allow exporting of 55 Rock Band [...]

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Tags: Guitar Hero · Industry News · Sequels · Xbox 360 · harmonix · playstation 3 · rock band

Gamers Rejoice: Rhythm Game Instrument Compatibility!

August 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Compatibility. This is all we’re really asking for when it comes to rhythm gaming on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii. So far it seems Microsoft isn’t just on board, but enforcing compatibility between instruments from Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero: World Tour and Konami’s Rock Revolution. Sony has also confirmed this behavior [...]

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Tags: Accessories · Microsoft · Nintendo · Sony · Wii · Xbox 360 · playstation 3

Exclusive Artist Deals In Rhythm Games Not Good?

August 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Rhythm games are the new FPS for a lot of gamers, a broader audience of gamers, and the market is thriving and demanding new titles. Harmonix and Activision are at the front of the battle with Konami following a bit behind but still contending (we think) very soon.
Each company plans to up each other with [...]

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Tags: Activision · Editorial · Guitar Hero · Industry News · Konami · harmonix · rock band

Rush Playing Tom Sawyer - Rock Band

July 25th, 2008 · No Comments

This goes to show you, not even the best of the best can always expert everything! Rush sits down and plays Rock Band on the “expert” setting on the song Tom Sawyer and manages a less than stellar performance.

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Tags: Video · rock band

Rejoyce: Rock Band Instruments with Guitar Hero World Tour

July 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Simply amazing news coming out of E3 last night, apparently the Rock Band instruments will work with the new Guitar Hero World Tour game.  This may only be true with the Xbox 360 version of the title, as Activision didn’t want to comment on Wii, PlayStation 2 or PlayStation 3 yet.
Activision deserves a cup cake [...]

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Tags: Activision · Guitar Hero · Xbox 360

2008: The Year of Sequels? Too Much Risk?

July 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment

While compiling a list of games to respond to a user question on the TD Gaming Podcast, I’ve noticed something about this years gaming lineup: their mainly all sequels! Are there any new franchises taking a risk in the market or just more of the same? Some are not really “sequels” but spin-offs of the [...]

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Tags: Editorial · PC Gaming · Sequels · Wii · Xbox 360 · playstation 3

Konami Owns Musical Rhythm-Matching Game Patents?

July 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Apparently Konami just realized Harmonix, MTV Networks and Viacom have made some game called Rock Band and want to take legal action. Konami has created some Japanese games involving karaoke called Karaoke Revolution. Why take legal action now?
Probably because Konami is working towards Rock Revolution, a title which puts together drums, vocals and guitar. How [...]

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Tags: Industry News · Konami · rock band

Led Zeppelin Refuses Master Tracks for Rhythm Games

July 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Rhythm Games such as Rock Band and Guitar Hero will go without original masters of Led Zeppelin because the remaining band members don’t want to see their most valuable possessions in the wrong hands.
For Activision and MTV, original master tracks are the most valuable asset they can get their hands on. Cover bands work well [...]

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Tags: DLC · Guitar Hero · rock band