Archive for June 13th, 2008

My Rock Band Facebook Application »

My Rock Band is a new Facebook application that allows you to start a ‘Rock Band’ with your friends and set your high score in the band audition minigame.  The competition part is that your friends can challenge your position in the band by auditioning and getting a higher score.
Admittedly this is blatant viral advertising, […]

Guitar Hero: On Tour Bundle Is Heading To Europe »

The limited edition Guitar Hero: On Tour bundle that will be arriving in North America later this month will also be released across Europe on July 18.   The Guitar Hero: On Tour bundle not only features the game and guitar grip, but also comes with a silver and black Nintendo DS that has the Guitar […]

Rock Band DLC, Week of June 16 »

This upcoming week’s DLC from Rock Band has 3 bands and 4 songs.
The Offspring will debut their new single ‘Hammerhead’ on Rock Band.  Avenged Sevenfold will have two tracks from latest, self-titled, album.  The last song is rounded out with a track from Crooked X.
Crooked X?  Don’t feel bad if you haven’t heard of them…  […]

Drums “The Focus” of Rock Revolution - Konami’s Matejka »

Gamasutra has an article that features a discussion they had with Konami’s Keith Matejka who is the Rock Revolution Associate Producer.
At a recent Konami event, Matejka told Gamasutra that they plan to be competitive in the rhythm game market with a main focus on Rock Revolution’s drums.
Some highlights include Matejka saying that they’ve “been working […]

Update - Pixies ‘Doolittle’ Will Be Week After Next »

Well, our apologies for the incorrect news reported yesterday.  We said that the Pixie’s album Doolittle would be next week’s Rock Band DLC (although we did say it had not been confirmed).  Turns out that it will not be released until the week after.
Perhaps Doolittle was supposed to be released next week, and our source was […]

Guitar Hero DLC week of June 16 - Coldplay »

You may recall us mentioning that Coldplay’s newest upcoming single Violet Hill would be available for download for Guitar Hero III.
Activision announced today in a press release that ‘Violet Hill’ would be released as part of a Coldplay DLC.
Included in the song pack is the hit single “Violet Hill,” from the band’s highly anticipated new […]