Archive for July, 2008

Logitech To Make Official Guitar Hero Controllers. »

Activision and Logitech announced a partnership today that will see Logitech providing 3rd party game controllers for Guitar Hero World Tour, much in the same vein as Mad Catz providing 3rd party controllers for Rock Band.
This might be a smart move for Activision. While many gamers enjoy the Guitar Hero controllers that are produced […]

Harmonix To Present At PAX »

Rock Band developers Harmonix will be presenting at this years Penny Arcade Expo(PAX). PAX is an annual 3 day video game festival that, unlike E3, is open to member of the public.
PAX often brings in many major studios and publishers and this year PAX will have Activision, EA, Harmonix, and many more.
The main presentation […]

Music Games Up For E3 Game Critics Awards »

These funky microphones, from the upcoming Lips, are up for a game critics award, following E3.Every year journalists from 36 different news outlets across North America get together to pick the best games shown at E3.
While Rock Band won best of show last year, there are no music games in the best of show category […]

Rock Band 2 on the Today Show »

If you’re like me, you probably don’t watch a lot of daytime television. You’re probably not even up early enough to catch the Today Show on NBC daytime.
So you probably “missed” the Today Show hosts rocking out to Rock Band. Here it is…

EA to Australia: Suck It »

EA didn’t actually say “suck it”, in fact they haven’t really said much. Reports are slowly coming out about the release of Rock Band for Australia however, and we feel for you, Australia.
While Rock Band 2 is getting a North American release in September, those in and around Australia will still be waiting for […]

Upcoming Music Games »

Lips is just one of many new music games scheduled for release before the end of the yearBetween now and the end of the year we will be getting a lot of music games, with the big 2 being Guitar Hero World Tour and Rock Band 2.
To top that off, we will be treated to […]

Guitar Hero World Tour - Guitar Controller Video »

The newest Guitar Hero World Tour video has been released, and it focuses on the new guitar controller.
Check out all the new features.

The Economics Of Downloadable Content »

Rock Band vs. Guitar Hero in the latest Rolling StoneThe newest issue of Rolling Stone magazine has a feature on Guitar Hero and Rock Band. The article talks about the economics of music video games, downloadable content, and the fight to get artists in the game.
Some highlights from the article;
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith sold 567,000 […]

Is Guitar Hero Getting NOFX? »

Treat this strictly as a rumor, but there is increasing talk that Guitar Hero: World Tour will contain the NOFX song ‘Soul Doubt’.
There are a few different claims that at a NOFX concert in Orlando, back in February, that lead singer Fat Mike was making fun of Guitar Hero on stage, but said that he […]

Rock Band DLC Week of July 29th - Testament, Staind, Scars On Broadway »

It’s Friday once again, and next week’s Rock Band DLC has been announced. Starting Tuesday, Rock Band gamers will be able to download songs from the bands Testament, Scars On Broadway, Staind, and thenewno2.
The inclusion of Scars On Broadway should make a lot of gamers happy, as I’ve noticed that a lot of the […]