Archive for May, 2008

MTV’s Rhythm Game Track Finder »

Are you a rhythm game freak like we are (that is to say you love Guitar Hero, Rock Band, DDR, Singstar, Karaoke Revolution, Britneys Dance Beat, .. uh..  well may not Britneys Dance Beat)?
Have you ever wasted precious gaming minutes when trying to swap discs to find the song you really want but can’t remember what disk it’s […]

Will Rock Band II be Announced Soon? »

Kotaku has a story up today regarding a survey that one of their readers, “shroom”, took part in.  The first question of the survey hinted at the sequel, asked the survey takers if they would be interested in “purchasing Rock Band 2″. 
Also considered in the survey is Guitar Hero IV inclusion of “full band play” […]

Another Guitar Hero Guiness World Record »

Two Guitar Hero players rock out to Guns ‘n Roses’ ‘Welcome To The Jungle’ in front of 9,600 fans, setting a new Guiness record for “Largest Audience for a Videogame Performance”.
The new record was set at the Give It A Name festival in  Earls Court, London, England this past Sunday May 11.
The two gamers, Renos Georgiou, […]

Rock Band Track Pack Volume 1 Will be Standalone Disk »

We reported last week that PS2 and Wii gamers would finally be able to get additional song content for Rock Band in the form of a game disk that would be available through major retailers.
At yesterday’s Electronic Arts’ Spring Break event, an EA rep confirmed that the disk would not require the original game.  Rock Band’s ‘Track […]

Aspyr Updates Guitar Hero III for Mac »

Aspyr Media has updated Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock for the Mac with a new patch. 
This patch will update any previous versions of Guitar Hero III to version 1.3.
This patch is highly recommended as it contains an optimization fix.  This will allow for a ‘Front Row Cam’ option so that lower end Macs can have […]

Guitar Hero IV Drums Info and Picture »

Update: We’ve included an additional photo after the break below, it’s not as crisp but, it contains more of the drums. 
It looks like the upcoming issue of Game Informer also contains a picture of the new Guitar Hero IV drum kit, and someone at Demonoid was nice enough to upload a scan of the magazine […]

New Guitar Hero IV Details Released »

Guitar Hero IV
Apparently next week’s issue of Game Informer has a Guitar Hero IV cover story and guess who got an advance copy? No, not us, but rather a reader at the NeoGaf forums and she was kind enough to give some details which we mention here.
Extra Instruments
Unsurprisingly, Guitar Hero IV will be like Rock […]

Fantastic Wooden Rock Band Drum Set »

This has to be the best Rock Band Drum Kit mod we have seen to date.
We’re most impressed with the mesh heads on the drums, but the quality of construction looks top notch as well.  I really wish there was someone over at edrums.info to give the credit to.
The tutorials are up for the drum […]

Rock Band Stage Kit »

The Rock Band Stage Kit is a a product that has been known about for a while.  Back in January some sharp viewers noticed that GameStop had a product listing on their website with a box shot that was quickly removed.
It appears as though the page has been updated with this product shot showing a […]

Update: South Park DVD will NOT feature Rock Band Bonus »

In a previous post, we reported that an upcoming South Park DVD release, of the complete 11th season, would feature bonus content including 3 songs for Rock Band.
This information has been reported as false. 
TVShowsOnDVD.com, who we picked up the story from annouced that “Late yesterday a studio spokesperson contacted us with bad news: this won’t be […]