Owners of Guitar Hero III for the Wii who were affected by the early disks that only had mono sound, and that had sent their disks in for a replacement, are starting to get a nice surprise in the mail.
To make up for the hassle that the Wii owners went through, Red Octane and Activision […]

It’s just been announced that on top of suing Activision, and retailers of Guitar Hero, Gibson Guitar’s Corp. is now suing Harmonix, Viacom, and EA.
In an earlier story we had remarked that if they’re suing ‘Guitar Hero’ that they should be suing Rock Band as well. We were joking, Gibson.
The only reason we can […]

Harmonix has just announced next week’s Rock Band DLC, the Mega-Ultra-Super Boston SIX.
6 master tracks by the super group Boston will be available. The songs are;
“More Than a Feeling” (Master)
“Peace of Mind” (Master)
“Smokin’” (Master)
“Rock & Roll Band” (Master)
“Something About You” (Master)
“Hitch a Ride” (Master)
Each song can be purchased individually for $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points) […]

Gibson Guitar Corp., based in Nashville, announced yesterday that it is suing several retailers who sell the popular Guitar Hero games.
Gibson filed a lawsuit in a federal court in Nashville on Monday essentially seeking royalties from Wal-Mart, Target, Kmart, Amazon.com, GameStop, and Toys R Us, on every Guitar Hero game sold.
Activision sent out a […]

Activision has just released details on pricing for Guitar Hero: On Tour, as well as the release date.
On Tour is scheduled to be released on June 22, 2008. The suggested retail price is $49.99 USD and Guitar Hero: On Tour will include the Guitar Grip peripheral
Product Description
Rock out to Guitar Hero on the DS […]

As we mentioned earlier today, Harmonix is releasing a big update for Rock Band, which included an in-game store to review and purchase new songs.
One of the options listed, but not yet available to select, is ‘ALBUMS (COMING SOON)’
Harmonix has previously mentioned that they had planned on making full albums available for the game but […]

Alison Bonaguro, contributor for CMT.com and the Chicago Tribune has made a blog post highlighting the need for a Country Guitar Hero.
And why not? Country music has a big fan base and there is plenty of great country music both new and old that have great guitar parts. Plenty of good country guitarists […]

At this weeks Play.com Live, the EA Rock Band booth had the full PAL version tracklisting available.
The tracks exclusive to the European release of rock band will be;

Blur “Beattlebum” (English)
Oasis “Rock ‘n’ roll star” (English)
Tokyo Hotel “Through the Monsoon” (English)
Muse “Hysteria” (English)
Les Wamaps “Manu Chao” (French)
Indochine “L’Aventurier” (French) (Not in final release it seems)
Playmo “New […]

Dan T (HMXspraynwipe), a senior designer over at Harmonix has posted about a major software update for both the XBOX360 and PS3.
The software update fixes common issues and adds a new feature.
The new feature allows you to preview and purchase the songs right from the game by making it accessible from the main menu.
To view […]

Activision responded to Gibson Guitar’s recent lawsuit in a press release earlier today.
In the press release Activision said they believe that Gibson’s claims are “disingenuous and lack any justification”.
Activisions says that the lawsuit only came about “after it became clear that Activision was not interested in renewing its marketing and support agreement with Gibson”.
Read the […]