By Jorge Campos on Feb 9, 2008 in News | 0 Comments
On Thursday night, at the 11th annual Interactive Achievement Awards, Rock Band and MTV picked up 3 awards.
The awards, which are considered the most prestigious in the video gaming industry, were held during the annual DICE conference organized by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences. Video of the event was streamed live on Gamespot.com
Rock […]
By Jorge Campos on Feb 8, 2008 in News | 0 Comments
Guitar Hero has been nominated in the ‘Best Video Game’ category for this years Kids Choice Awards
The year’s Kids Choice awards will be broadcast live on the Nickelodeon cable channel on March 29. Viewers can go online beginning March 3 to cast votes for their favorite nominees.
Guitar Hero is going up against “Dance Dance Revolution,” […]
By John Markham on Feb 8, 2008 in News | 3 Comments
Activision held their quarterly conference call yesterday and gave a heads up regarding their upcoming releases for 2008.According to Mike Griffith, President and CEO of Activision Publishing, two unconfirmed Guitar Hero titles will ship sometime between April and June while Guitar Hero 4 will ship in the fall.
While the exact details of the two new […]
By Tyler Ryan on Feb 6, 2008 in News | 5 Comments
Alright, alright…
I really didn’t want to perpetuate this rumor as it seems to be on particularly shaky ground. Saw it earlier today on a messageboard for British rock band The Answer, but then TotalVideoGames.com(TVG) posted a similar listing on their site, and now other sites are picking it up… so why not list it here.
So […]
By Tyler Ryan on Feb 6, 2008 in News | 4 Comments
The latest Guitar Hero 4 details have come from an unlikely source and they start to shed some insight as to the Guitar Hero 4 tracklisting. Eurogamer picked up on a press release from British rock band The Answer. According to the press release, their 2005 single “Never Too Late” has been selected […]
By Jorge Campos on Feb 4, 2008 in News | 0 Comments
The newest songs for download for Rock Band have been announced, and they are;
The B-52s - “Roam”
KISS - “Calling Doctor Love”
Faith No More - “We Care A Lot”
This pack is available on Tuesday for the XBOX 360 and on Thursday for the Playstation 3.
By Tyler Ryan on Feb 3, 2008 in News | 0 Comments
Real “Guitar Hero” Tom Petty played a fantastic set at Superbowl 42 on Sunday. He opened up his 12 minute set by playing “American Girl”, and following it up with a medley of “I Won’t Back Down”, “Free Falling” and “Running Down a Dream.”
As mentioned here at Console Hero, he did not play the Guitar […]
By Tyler Ryan on Feb 2, 2008 in Oddly Enough | 5 Comments
We didn’t really know how to categorize this, so we created a new category; Oddly Enough (Maybe we’ll work on the name).
We received an amusing story about a young man, Stephen Moor, aged 5 (sort of) who was arrested yesterday on an outstanding warrant for allegedly stealing a Guitar Hero game along with a Playstation […]
By Doug Reach on Feb 2, 2008 in Guides | 1 Comment
If you are serious about mastering Guitar Hero guitar technique then you have got your work cut out for you. Achieving expert status is not going to be attained by occasionally picking up your Guitar Hero guitar and noodling. You are going to have to work at this and not get frustrated. The average person […]
By Jorge Campos on Feb 2, 2008 in Mods | 0 Comments
If you have been looking for a way to use your Rock Band drums on your PC, your search is over.
A Mr. Andrew Rudson has released a neat little application, titled “Drum Machine”, that will allow users to plug their Rock Band drum set into their computer and use it like the more expensive electronic drum […]
