Archive for July 18th, 2008

Rock Band Instruments Will Work With Guitar Hero: World Tour »

At the E3 conference, Brian Bright of Neversoft confirmed that the Rock Band instruments will indeed work with Guitar Hero: World Tour.  This comes as a huge surprise to us given that the Guitar Hero: World Tour drums have one more pad than the Rock Band Drums.
Bright explained that when a Rock Band drum set […]

Full Sized Wooden Guitar Hero Controller »

Guitar Hero players on the PS3 and PS2 who have always wanted to play on a full-sized wooden guitar have just received a present from Peak Products.
Peak Products have just released the Starpex,  a full sized wooden guitar controller, which will be available in late August of this year.
The Starpex will have a wired/wireless connectivity […]

Guitar Hero: World Tour Will Have Jimi Hendrix »

Prepare to get experienced. Jimi Hendrix will be in Guitar Hero: World TourYou may recall that we reported on a survey indicating that Jimi Hendrix would be in Guitar Hero: World Tour. This has now been confirmed.
Hendrix will indeed be a playable character in the game, and 2 of his songs will be available […]

Rock Band DLC Week Of July 22 - NIN and Shinedown »

Once again the DLC for Rock Band next week has been announced and it features a nice dose of Nine Inch Nails, as well as the band Shinedown.  There are 3 songs from NIN, and 2 songs from Shinedown.
The Nine Inch Nails songs available will be;
NIN - “Burn”
NIN - “Capital G”
NIN - “Last”
And the tracks […]

A Look At The Rock Band 2 Instruments »

Harmonix had a nice little lounge set up at E3 demonstrating not only Rock Band 2, but they also gave a nice sneak peek at the instruments that come with the game, as well as the instruments available from their official 3rd party controller manufacturers as well.
Looking at the pictures, the ION drum kit looks […]