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"The kids of South Park have had video games of varying quality over the year but their first Xbox LIVE Arcade foray, South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play! is one of their better efforts. The tower defense game featuring the four boys fighting off waves of zombies, hippies, ginger kids, and more is on sale this week for 400 MS Points ($5). Half off it's normal price of 800 MS Points ($10)."
"Two hot racing demos are now available with today's update of the PSN Store. Split/Second for the PS3 takes you for a spin around a track that's rigged to explode to take out your competitors while ModNation Racers for the PSP is a highly customizable kart racer."
HMX today announce that the Rock Band Network has now been opened for public use. With over 100 songs available today, and with thousands already being charted, approved, and accepted, be prepared for an onslaught of music pouring into the Rock Band franchise.
Artists released today include such well knows as 3 Inches of Blood, Flogging Molly, Lacuna Coil, and Suicide Silence.
Future artists set to make their debut on the Network include Flight of the Conchords, Smashing Pumpkins, All T...
Next week HMX will be following up the HIM pack from last week with another healthy dose from Disturbed's debut album The Sickness. In conjunction with the 10th anniversary of the album, HMX will be giving us "Voices", "The Game", and "Meaning of Life".
Also, two singles from the Silversun Pickups (who are now on tour with Muse), two singles from The Mother Hips, and one from TRUSTcompany.
Enjoy.
HMX have announced next weeks DLC releases. And that release would be the very much requested Rust In Peace album by thrash band Megadeth. I'm sure most fans of GH2 will appreciate this as well since it contains one of that games most complicated songs - "Hanger 18". But for others, "Holy Wars...The Punishment Due" is where this album is really at.
"MTV Games and Harmonix, the world’s leading developer of music-based games and a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), today announced that a special recording of the performance The Who plans to play during the Bridgestone Super Bowl XLIV Halftime Show will be made available following the game to purchase, download and play in the groundbreaking music video game, Rock Band. “The Who Super Bowl S-mashup” will be available in the Rock Band Music Store immediately after the game on ..."
For the week of 12/8, HMX have decided to bring you one of the most diverse weeks in genres yet. A healthy dose of Slipknot and Simon & Garfunkel. And with them, a free downloadable track from Lights Resolve.
Not bad. Not bad.
"Below is a list of the top downloaded items from the PlayStation Store for the week ending October 22nd. This week Call of Duty: World at War and Fallout 3 both dominate the chart. The number one spot is occupied by the latest COD: WAW Map Pack for the second straight week. Fallout 3’s add on content has been very popular over the past few weeks. Check back each week for the lastest and most popular downloads from the PlayStation Store."
While Viacom, the owner of Harmonix's Rock Band game series, has been vocal in touting impressive sales numbers for the hit music title, what seemed to have been completely glanced over was a recent report by Credit Suisse which indicates that the game series simply has not been profitable since day one.
"Harmonix and MTV Games, along with marketing and distribution partner Electronic Arts, have announced that the critically acclaimed music videogame Rock Band 2 will ship in Europe for the Wii later this month. Rock Band 2 for the Nintendo Wii will be available at retail throughout continental Europe, with a Recommended Retail Price (RRP) of £29.99 in the UK."
"Mad Catz has revealed a new officially licensed Rock Band peripheral, the Electro-Harmonix Overdrive Pedal for Rock Band 2 Guitar Controllers. Set to arrive in Europe in late September, Rock Band and The Beatles: Rock Band players will never miss a beat with this durable accessory for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii."
This is the overview of the weekly updates to the PlayStation Store. This week, the wait is over, Fat Princess is here. EA Sports brings you Tiger Woods content and Madden 2010 demo. Also DLC for Buzz and Rag Doll Kung Fu.
North America, Europe, Hong Kong and Japan is included.
"Looking at music games as part of our NPD analysis, Gamasutra has discovered that U.S. Guitar Hero/Rock Band revenues are down 49% year on year, as discounted hardware and over 20 SKUs flood the market.
June 2009 was the second consecutive month without a Rock Band or Guitar Hero title in the top 20 software titles. The last time the software charts went two months without one of these franchises was in September and October 2007, right before the launch of Guitar Hero II on the PlayStatio..."
This week is terrible!
Aside from Little King's Story (for which Neoseeker has an interview and preview) and those down with the Rock Band Country Track Pack, there are just two other titles, one we dare not mention by name, and the other which isn't really that great (The Watchmen), if reviews are to be believed.
See you next week!
"Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that three packs from new power group The Dead Weather, metal legends Judas Priest and indie rockers Big Dipper will be added to the Rock Band Music Store of Downloadable Content (DLC) next week for the Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 (PS3).
Additionally, back-catalogue tracks from The Pixies, Foreigner, The Killers, Spinal Tap and more will be available in the Wii Rock Band Music Store, and tracks from Radiohead and Killswitch Engage will be available for..."
With Activision seemingly creating every conceivable peripheral to support its games, it might be surprising to hear that MTV Games is a bit more cautious about introducing new peripherals to the market. MTV Games' General Manager, Scott Guthrie, talked with IGN about how the peripherals must enhance the gameplay and experience in a "meaningful way." But that doesn't mean that more perpherals won't be added; however, don't get your hopes up for a cowbell add-on for Rock Band.
"The latest newsletter for the 2009 Warped Tour urges fans to be on the lookout for two new track packs for Rock Band, featuring tour artists The Devil Wears Prada, Bad Religion, and more."
"On with the content for next week!
Alice Cooper 6 Pack
“Under My Wheels” (Live)
“I’m Eighteen” (Live)
“Billion Dollar Babies” (Live)
“School’s Out” (Live)
“Poison”
“Vengeance is Mine”
And the Taking Back Sunday 3 Pack
“What’s It Feel Like to Be a Ghost?”
“Liar”
“MakeDamnSure”
(All tracks are original master recordings)"
"Welcome to the weekly round-up of DLC content expected to hit Xbox LIVE in the week ahead. We have tried our best of compile all the planned updates into one, so if we forgot any, please forgive us. Not much is being released this week, but Fable II fans should be happy at least."
"MTV games and EA partners have announced that the Rock Band franchise has officially brought in over 1 billion dollars in North America retails sales in its 15 month run. It’s also shocking to point out that over 40 million songs has been downloaded through their online store."
"Harmonix and MTV Games announced today the addition of seven new tracks from progressive rock band Rush to the Rock Band Music Store catalogue of downloadable content for Wii."
"Wii fans can expect a rollout of the previously released downloadable content until the entire back catalogue of more than 550 songs is available. In addition, the regularly scheduled future Downloadable Content releases for Xbox360 and PLAYSTATION3 system will also be available for Rock Band 2 Wii owners soon."
"According to a new research survey conducted by Kelton Research between January 6th and January 19th, 2009 for Game Crazy, found that 80 percent of Americans actually would like to play games with their partner, spouse and super-significant other. Ah, now doesnt that just warm your heart? Anyway, the study also found that gaming could help couples stay together. You might want read on before continuing through with that call to your divorce lawyer."
Another press release screw-up, this time with Rock Band. The stories circulating around the net about 5000 or so songs being released for Rock Band turns out not to be entirely true. An update for the release reveals otherwise.
"Rock Band owners currently have upwards of 600 songs to choose from, counting all of the songs in Rock Band, Rock Band 2, the AC/DC disc, and all of the DLC.
According to Billboard, now MTV has said that they hope to have 5000 songs available for Rock Band by year's end.
5,000!
Now while this may seem like an extraordinary number of songs, they may be trying to gauge the future of music distribution.
Being able to choose from such a huge catalogue, and not just from the 3-6 songs,..."
"...Eccentric British designer Edd China takes to the streets in one of his unusual inventions to set a brand new world record for the Fastest Mobile Gaming Rig. Fully roadworthy and complete with screens, water cooler and a phone, the office-like unit will be fitted with three fully powered gaming consoles during Edds inaugural drive around central London. He aims to reach a minimum speed of 60 kilometres per hour and give participating gamers an experience of a life time.
As part of the ..."
"Harmonix and MTV Games announced today that the inimitable singer-songwriter and producer Lenny Kravitz will bring four of his greatest hits to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content. The multi-talented Kravitz has sold more than thirty million albums and won four consecutive Grammy awards for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance 1999-2002, setting a record for most wins in a single category. Kravitz' classic rock star style and one-of-a-kind, smooth sound that blends the best of soul,..."
"However, Rigopolous says that we wont be seeing Rock Band 3 this year as the team is making a choice to break out of the annual release cycle for Rock Band this year. He explained further stating, [This is] partly because the annual cycle places limits on the choices you can make as a developer. Were trying to take a long term view.
Of course that sounds a bit too much like PR BS, but this Harmonix and theyre cool dudes. Thus Rigopolous admits that its also because the company want..."
This new peripheral from ezGear looks pretty darn sweet - it is called the You Rock Guitar and is part Guitar Hero/Rock Band controller and part real guitar to use on your PC as a MIDI instrument. It features a touch-sensitive full fret board and strings to strum. It is a pretty pricey instrument at $149, but that is cheaper than most real guitars.
"Harmonix and MTV Games announced today the addition of one of the most influential pioneers of rock and roll, Roy Orbison, to the Rock Band Music Store catalogue of downloadable content. Grammy Award-winning Roy Orbison was a singer, songwriter and performer whose distinctive sound scored him an astounding nine Top 10 hits in four years in the early 1960s. Orbisons historic career began in the 1950s and saw a huge resurgence in the late 1980s, when he became a prominent influence on artis..."
"Today, 2nd January 2009, is the ninth day of Christmas. It may seem like Christmas is all but over-and-done with now, but Electronic Theatre are staying true to tradition and heading-on through those infamous twelve days! On this ninth day, The Twelve Games of Christmas enters its ninth edition, and today we run through the top-performing disc-based releases of September 2008. Hold onto your hats, its going to be bumpy from here-on out!"
"On the fifth day of Christmas, Electronic Theatre brings to you the fifth installment of The Twelve Games of Christmas. A new feature series aiming to highlight the greatest achievers of 2008 by month of release The Twelve Games of Christmas is a great way to decide which of those bargains you should be picking-up in the January sales!"
"Harmonix, the world's premier music video game development company, and MTV Games, a part of Viacom's MTV Networks, today confirmed that Ten, the debut album that sold twelve million copies and introduced the world to Pearl Jam in 1991, will be offered for download in the Rock Band Music Store day-and-date with the re-issue of the album..."
"Harmonix and MTV Games today announced the rock-pop pioneers of No Doubt will bring thirteen tracks to the Rock Band music catalogue of downloadable content expanding the Rock Band library to include more than 500 songs!
No Doubt's The Singles 1992-2003 pack will include thirteen master tracks..."
"...Gene Simmons has a lot to say about it.
I never do anything half way. My AXE controller is the closest thing you can have to being onstage in KISS. I created and designed the Gene Simmons AXE bass guitar and I cant wait for the fans to experience it for themselves," said Gene Simmons. The Gene Simmons AXE guitar is such a recognizable symbol - people have been asking for a gaming replica ever since Guitar Hero was first introduced."
"Mad Catz Interactive, Inc., a leading third-party interactive entertainment accessory provider, today announced that it has begun shipping its range of premium licensed accessories designed for use with Rock Band® and Rock Band® 2 videogames for the Xbox360..."
"Now you youngin's might not know the band, but that is okay, just know that with this announcement will come some EA stock rising and a crapload more units of Rock Band being sold (and possibly more PS3s, 360s, and Wiis, seeing as how their core fanbase might not own such items).
Expect a full on major announcement sometime later today with full press release action."
News hit today concerning the Rock Band 2 Free DLC pack that comes with the purchase of Rock Band 2 for the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3. MTV Games and Harmonix are set to release the 20 song pack on November 4th, focusing on lesser known bands from all around and expanding the Rock Band 2 library even more. The best part is? You got it free if you bought the game new, which makes it that much better.
Next week, you're gunna be seeing a lot of Nirvana, with various songs from their "Nevermind" album hitting Rock Band on Tuesday for the PSN and Live Marketplace.
Look for the songs in the source.
This DLC is gonna make you feel all-right!
A classic album revisits us on Tuesday, and that album is Mötley Crüe's "Dr. Feelgood". This album will be the full album, minus "T.N.T."
For those of us too young (or too old) to remember the tracklist, this is it;
Dr Feelgood
Slice of Your Pie
Rattlesnake Shake
Kickstart My Heart
Without You
Same Ol' Situation (SOS)
Sticky Sweet
She Goes Down
Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)
Time for Change
The album will be 1280 MS points ($15...
Next week's Rock Band track's have been revealed, Harmonix is upping how much DLC they release each week, because they made a promise that 500 songs would be available by the end of the year. Here are the songs for this week:
* The Offspring "Gone Away"
* The Offspring "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)"
* The Offspring "Self Esteem"
* Against Me! "Stop!"
* Free "All Right Now"
* George Thorogood and the Destroyers "Bad to the Bone"
* Harvey Danger "Cream & Bas...
"When most people think of gamers, they think of guys. While that is fairly accurate, many girls also enjoy playing video games. One the most popular genres with the ladies are music games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band. The plain and masculine guitar controllers typically available with the games can be a problem for the ladies. Thankfully girly controllers are available in the aftermarket.
The controllers were designed with cooperation from teen rock starsingers Aly & AJ. The guitar ..."
Owners of Rock Band and RB2 will have access to the Red Hot Chili Peppers album Blood Sugar Sex Magik next week as DLC. The album will be priced at 1600 MS Points ($20), with individual tracks going for 160 MS Points ($2).
Earlier today, EA finally set a date for the first Rock Band to come out in Australia. That glorious day will be on November 7th, with much speculation surrounding the Aussie stores that the game would be out in October.
The game and instrument pack will be available for $250 AUD.
image credit - sfweekly blog
The Rush album by Moving Pictures was supposed to be released a few weeks ago, but it wasn't ready yet so they delayed it for a few weeks. Now it is finally ready.
Here are the songs that will also be available for download, along with the Rush album.
Bad Religion - Sorrow
The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
Hot Hot Heat - Bandages
Kasabian - Shoot the Runner
Sleater-Kinney - Youre No Rock N Roll Fun
Stone Roses - Love Spreads
Today on the Xbox Live Arcade you will be able to download a few things. One of them is Feeding Frenzy 2, which is available in every region for 800 Microsoft points. You will as well be able to play Domino Master, which is again available in every region and 800 Microsoft points. There is also some Rock Band Downloadable content, ranging from 80-160 Microsoft Points, and they are songs.
Seven tunes from the album for download this week while title track is on-disc for Rock Band 2. Now the masters or speed metal are ready for you to buy a piece of their Peace.
During the celebration for Nintendo Power's 20th birthday, Nintendo donated five Wii entertainment centers to the Starlight Children's Foundation. All of them will be shipped to hospitals throughout New York.
There were some celebrities on hand, such as Kyle Massey from Cory in the House, Christopher Massey from Zoey 101, and a lot more! All of the attenders go to try some upcoming games, such as Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party and Castlevania Judgment.
Check out some pictures of the eve...
There is a lot of Downloadable Content coming out for Rock Band on the PS3 and 360. 7 songs from Megadeath will cost 880 Microsoft points all together, and 160 for each song. Here are some more songs for DLC:
One of Those Nights by the Cab
Hands Down by Dashboard Confessional
Shes a Handsome Woman by Panic! At the Disco
Natural Disaster by Plain White Ts
"Rock Band for the PS3 and PS2 and Wii will ship to retail and will be available in the UK the week of September 8th, in France the week of September 15th, in Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands, Austria and Luxembourg the week of September 22nd and in Spain the week commencing September 29th."
"The selection of 55 exportable Rock Band tracks joins the weekly downloadable content list of over 200 songs to date and Rock Band 2s forthcoming setlist of over 100 songs [2] adding to the ever expanding Rock Band Music Library."
"Rock Band: PAX Pack 01 [Track Pack]: 240 MS Points and available everywhere.
Rock Band: The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets "Shhh...." [Track]: 80 MS Points and available everywhere.
Rock Band: Jonathan Coulton "Skullcrusher Mountain" [Track]: 80 MS Points and available everywhere.
Rock Band: MC Frontalot "Livin' at the Corner of Dude and Catastrophe" [Track]: 80 MS Points and available everywhere.
Too Human Gamer Themes Set 8 - Heroes Game Theme: 150 MS Points and available everywhere.
..."
"Ah, the Rhythm Action genre. Bashing away on a fake, plastic instrument or leaping around like a loon on a bunch of arrows while a banging track plays in the background. Do it well and youre a rock god on stage in front of thousands or the very ghost of Timberlake himself, throwing down some awesome shapes. For some people, this is escapism at its height. For others, well, they just dont get it."
"Hey everybody,
Unfortunately, due to unforeseen technical difficulties, we won't be able to release Rush's "Moving Pictures" this week. We'll be working on it as hard as we can, but it looks like it could be a couple of weeks to fix. In the meantime we will be moving around our schedule so we still have DLC coming out each week (including this week, info to follow in another announcement).
Look forward to some exciting news this weekend, from PAX and elsewhere."
"Well, Ive got good news and bad news for you this week. The good news is that Ive got something to write about from the worlds of full-retail releases, Xbox Live Arcade, demos and DLC. The bad news is that there is just one of each and the DLC is, predictably, from Rock Band."
"Here's the track-list:
Tom Sawyer (Original Version)
Red Barchetta
YYZ
Limelight (Original Version)
The Camera Eye
Witch Hunt
Vital Signs
The album, which is comprised entirely of original master recordings, will be available for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 platforms and will cost $10.99 (880 Microsoft Points) for the full album, or $2 (160 MSP) for the individual tracks."
"The relentless rock gurus over at Harmonix have pulled the curtain on what new downloadable tracks Rock Band players will be able to add to their music repertoire on Tuesday, August 19. Check out the umpteenth wave of new Rock Band content after the jump.
All tracks are master recordings and will be made available on the Marketplace individually. We'll let you know when they're up on the download service."
"Warner Music Chief Executive Edgar Bronfman says "The amount being paid to the music industry, even though their games are entirely dependent on the content we own and control, is far too small.""
The famous guitar amplification company Peavey is now selling custom-made Guitar Hero controllers. These controllers are essentially a real guitar. Made with wood, and complete with a pickup and all the circuitry required, it is possible to play this as a real guitar. Although, those 5 brightly-colored buttons and that strum bar may get in the way.
Not only is there a good amount of pre-made custom designs to choose from, you can even make your own.
According to the NPD Group research firm, the Sales of music- and dance-related video games climbed to 17 million units in the United States last year, from 4.7 million units the year before. The phenomenon has been fueled by the games "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band," in which gamers score points while playing simplified plastic guitars and other instruments in time to music.
"PC
1701 A.D. Gold Edition, Hunting Unlimited 2009, Space Chimps
PS2
NCAA Football 09, Space Chimps, PopCap Hits Vol. 2, Rock Band Track Pack Volume 1 (Original Rock Band Not Required)
PS3
NCAA Football 09
Xbox 360
NCAA Football 09, Space Chimps
Wii
NCAA Football 09 All-Play, Space Chimps, Rock Band Track Pack Volume 1 (Original Rock Band Not Required), We Love Golf!
DS
Mister Slime, Nancy Drew: The Mystery of the Clue Bender Society, Smart Girls: Magical Book Club, Spac..."
"Oh man no full retail releases for you this week, readers. Indeed, the schedule is empty until next month here in the UK. On the plus side that means youve now got the chance to pick up some summer bargains, revisit some old favourites or just bump up that gamerscore, but any of you looking for anything new and exciting will have a wait on your hands. It rather scuppers anyone who writes a weekly 360 article for a popular new gaming website. Bugger."
"The Konami patents, issued in 2002 and 2003, relate to simulated musical instruments, a music-game system and a ``musical-rhythm matching game.'' Konami also makes the ``Karaoke Revolution'' music game with microphones, as well as the ``Metal Gear Solid'' espionage game.
...
Konami is demanding cash compensation, plus an order that would block Viacom and Harmonix from using the inventions, according to the complaint, filed yesterday in federal court in Marshall, Texas. The suit names H..."
Unfortunately for us all who grew up in the 70s and the 80s, as well as the few kids who actually have a decent taste in music - Led Zeppelin isn't all that keen on lisencing their songs for use in games like Rock Band or Guitar Hero. (I was pulling for Guitar Hero: Led Zeppelin too, shucks...) I guess when they said "No Stairway!" in Guitar Hero 2's loading screens, they weren't kidding.
In other news, Van Halen, Steely Dan, The Eagles, and Guns N' Roses are perfectly fine with it, and ha...
"The pack is to include three tracks from The Who's "Live at Leeds" concert album, Rock Band's first live tracks.
Despite the pack's designation as a "Best of", it seems curiously lacking in the Who's actual best songs."
Well here's something no one expected (not), Harmonix announced Rock Band 2. With an official debut at E3 later this year, maybe E3 won't suck after-all.
The kick with this release is the fact that they have been working with both Sony and Microsoft to put out functional - cross platform - downloadable content. So no more arguing between the fanboys!
XboxFocus goes through the Ten Commandments governing over the sacred ways of the Xbox Live Achievements. The things that everyone is gunning for, no matter how ridiculous the means to achieve them are.
Harmonix has just announced the new downloadable content that will be coming to Rock Band, plus a new album that will be available with a release date of June 24th.
These songs will be available on the week of June 17th.
* Afterlife (Avenged Sevenfold)
* Critical Acclaim (Avenged Sevenfold)
* Hammerhead (The Offspring)
* Rock N Roll Dream (Crooked X)
These songs will be available at for 160 Microsoft Points, except for Crooked Xs Rock N Roll Dream which will cost 80....
Bored of Wii Fit? Looking for something to use your balance board for? GV is here to help!
After tirelessly trying various methods to improve their ability to drum on Rock Band, GamingVerdict have finally stumbled on a flawless solution. With a little help from Wii Fit you'll find your drumming technique improved almost instantly!
There are a whole bunch of new songs available for Rock Band on the Xbox 360. Of course, you have to purchase them all.
Tracks:
Content: MTV2 Pack 01
Price: 240 Microsoft Points
Availability: Not available in Asia, Australia and New Zealand
Content: Girls Who Play Guitars
Price: 160 Microsoft Points
Availability: Not available in Asia, Australia and New Zealand
Content: Bullets & Guns
Price: 80 Microsoft Points
Availability: Not available in Asia, Australia and New Zealand
...
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* Wanted Theme: Free and only available in the UK.
* Wanted GamerPics: Free and only available in the UK.
* Kung-Fu Panda Launch Trailer: Free and available everywhere.
* Last Remnant Trailer 2: Free and available everywhere.
* Star Ocean: The Last Hope: Cornelia Trailer: Free and available
everywhere.
* Prince Of Persia Trailer: Free and available everywhere.
* Rock Band - MTV2 Pac..."
Next weeks Rock Band tracks have been announced. The songs are:
MTV2 Pack
Solo
Each song is $0.99, and the complete MTV2 pack will cost $2.99.
"In another case of EA, Harmonix and/or MTV Games looking for consumer opinion on the next Rock Band, Joystiq has posted a pair of box art concepts for Rock Band 2 that are being focus tested via an online survey.
In other RB2 news, we've heard from our retail buddies that Rock Band 2 is showing up in databases 'round the nation with a November 2008 ship date. Thanks to BrocStoppable for the heads up on that."
A new pack of songs just became available for Guitar Hero 3 yesterday, but EA have taken a leaf out of Rock Band's book and announced they are going to release a new batch of songs every week this month. Next weeks pack has already been detailed.
Shoot the Runner by Kasabian
I Predict a Riot by Kaiser Chiefs
Problems by the Sex Pistols
"Harmonix has announced it will partner with Lumines and Every Extend Extra developer Q Entertainment to localize its Rock Band for Japan, with both a revised soundtrack featuring Japanese musical acts and other localized assets.
Harmonix says the partnership will mark "the first US-originated rock music game to be heavily localized for the Japanese market." The company also says partnering with Q Entertainment will benefit from the developer's "experience designing progressive and engaging..."
"Rock Band
Youre All Ive Got Tonight - The Cars ($1.99)
My Best Friends Girl - The Cars ($1.99)
Moving in Stereo - The Cars ($1.99)
Just What I Needed - The Cars ($1.99)
Im in Touch with Your World - The Cars ($1.99)
Good Times Roll - The Cars ($1.99)
Dont Cha Stop - The Cars ($1.99)
Bye Bye Love - The Cars ($1.99)
All Mixed up - The Cars ($1.99)
The Cars Album ($14.99) - This album includes All Mixed Up, Bye Bye Love, Dont Cha Stop, Good Times Roll, Im in Touch with Your Wo..."
Next week's downloadable content on the game Rock Band will feature tracks from Jimmy Buffet and Disturbed. The tracks are:
The Jimmy Buffet songs are $1.99 ea...
Paul Barnett is one of the developers for Warhammer Online, but if he had to develop a MMO on a console, he wouldn't know how to do it. He said to create a successful console MMO, "You would have to build something very console centric from the get-go." He later went on to say the best chance of someone doing that would be Nintendo. He noted that the secret to a good console MMO lies within Rock Band, saying "The best example I can find for a perpetual online console game is Rock Band, with i...
Harmonix developer Sean Baptiste (hmxsean on the forums) was on the official Rock Band forums where he announced the downloadable content that will be available on May 20th. He also said that on May 20th, the entire North American DLC will be available for Europeans to download as well! Harmonix will also have the tracks from the European release of Rock Band available to download. All tracks are $1.99 or 160 Microsoft Points each.
"As Mondays are to Xbox Live Arcade fans, Fridays are to Rock Band players, with the latest Harmonix update revealing that songs from Blondie, The Clash, and Sonic Youth will be featured in next weeks batch of new content for Rock Band.
* Hanging on the Telephone by Blondie (master)
* Train in Vain by The Clash (master)
* Kool Thing by Sonic Youth (master)
Once again, the aforementioned tracks will only be available for download individually, 160 Microsoft Points per track..."
"Anyone looking for some free Rock Band tracks had best go out and pre-order either the South Park Season 11 DVD or Disturbeds new album from Best Buy, as it has been revealed that both will be carrying some free DLC.
The two songs you might want for free from pre-ordering the Disturbed album are:
* Inside the Fire by Disturbed
* Perfect Insanity by Disturbed
Interestingly, the South Park DVD will carry different tracks, this time featuring three songs in an as yet unrev..."
Every week certain songs already released on Rock Band will come down in price, from $1.99, to $0.99.
Heres the release schedule for the promotion:
5/6/08-5/12/08:
* Crushcrushcrush - Paramore
* Rock n Roll Band - Boston
5/13/08-5/19/08:
* Shockwave - Black Tide
* Sugar Magnolia - Grateful Dead
5/20/08-5/26/08:
* We Care A Lot - Faith No More
* All the Small Things - Blink 182
5/27/08-6/2/08:
* Gimme Three Steps - Lynyrd Skynyrd
...
The Nordic Game 2008 conference is coming up, yeah nothing special right? Wrong, while the meeting is less game focused and more tech focused the conference will feature Fumito Ueda head of the ICO team to give a speech in the game creation and technology program, as well as Fumito the creator of Siren Hill Keiichiro Toyama will be attending along with Rock Band's Roby Kay and Ninja Theory co-founder, Tameem Antoniades. And who knows we may just hear something abut that new ICO game we've bee...
"As part of its first-quarter earnings statement, Viacom (parent company of MTV, which owns developer Harmonix) revealed that the popular music game Rock Band has "shipped more than three million bundled units" since launching last November. Furthermore, Harmonix's consistent updates with downloadable tracks have led to over 10 million songs being downloaded to date.
When Harmonix unveiled its sleek in-game music store for Rock Band the company also announced a total of six million download..."
Because the Wii version of Rock Band can not have downloadable content, they have made a separate disc for songs on the Wii called Track Pack arriving on July 15th.
For $29.99, you can download the following songs:
"It goes without saying that the Harmonix guys arent the kind of people to rest on their laurels, as proven time and time again by their relentless weekly releases of new downloadable content for the rock rhythm game Rock Band. Continuing its incredible DLC support, the developer has unveiled what songs will be hitting the Marketplace this coming Tuesday.
As usual, three new tracks will be added:
* This Aint A Scene, Its An Arms Race by Fallout Boy (master)
* Date With The..."
"Have your PS2 guitar controller and want to rock out on the new PS3 console? TAC has a perfect solution for you. The PS2 to PS3 Converter will enable your old PS2 controller (guitar or non-guitar) to be used on PS3 for both Guitar Hero and Rock Band games*.
The converter has a USB connector on one end and PS2 connector on the other. Simply plug the converter into PS3, connect the PS2 controller, and set the switch to either Guitar Hero, Rock Band or Gamepad and you are ready to go."
Harmonix and MTV Games have announced that they will be bringing the Smashing Pumpkins hit "Zero" along with 2 hits by Mother Hips, "Red Tandy and Time Sick Son of a Grizzly are those songs. These tracks will be arriving to the Xbox 360 on April 29th for 160 MS Points and to the Playstation 3 on May 1st for £1.99.
For a chance to preview these tracks, click on the relevant links above.
"Additionally, Harmonix has confirmed that The Cars' 1978 self-titled debut and the Pixies' Doolittle from 1989 will both be released as full-album downloads in the near future. In regards to Who's Next from The Who, today's update says that details will come "as information becomes available." So while the wait continues for one of the most-wanted album downloads, at least we'll finally be able to access the mysterious "Albums (Coming Soon)" part of the Rock Band in-game store next week."
All-right folks; this week we have another 3 songs coming out for Rock Band. I'm really excited for one song in particular; and I'm sure any Guitar Hero II fan will be just as excited... The following songs are:
"Call Me" by Blondie (master)
"Simple Man" by Lynyrd Skynyrd (master)
"Message in Bottle" by the Police (master)
You can purchase each song for $1.99 (160 microsoft points) or the pack for $5.49 (440 microsoft points). The PS3 store will be back up on Thursday, so you shou...
As previously posted, the "Complete" bundles of Rock Band will be retailing in Europe next month at a retail price of £180 ($360). This is £95 ($186) more than what American gamers already pay for the same equipment.
Today, though, whilst talking to Eurogamer, Harmonix's Rob Kay has come out and stated (in relation to why the European Gamers have to pay more) though VAT and the higher price of consumer electronics are not to blame though they had an impact, it is to actually do with how i...
Reports are currently claiming that the UK release bundle's for Rock Band are going to cost £95 more then in the United States for the Xbox 360.
Gamers in the US will be able to buy the complete bundle for $169 (£85) where as in the UK, EA has decided to split the bundles up and sell them individually so if you buy them all together it will come to around £179.98 ($360).
It's time to get your groove on, Europe! EA has just confirmed the release date for the Xbox 360 version of Rock Band, but has stated that it's a "timed exclusive." On top of that, they've also released the full list of European-exclusive songs to whet your palette and make you even more excited when the game's finally released.
This week's DLC for Rock Band will be featuring the three songs from the OXM disk (they were avaliable only by the disk for a while, and will now be released to download via the Playstation Network/Xbox 360 Marketplace). For those who have forgotten which songs they were, or may not have known before, the three songs will be:
Rock Rebellion- Bang Camaro (Master Track)
Shake- Count Zero (Master Track)
Super Sprode- Freezepop (Master Track)
Each song will be avaliable for 80 Microsoft ...
Tired of yanking out your guitar while playing Rock Band? Hate having so many wires plugged in when you're playing with a friend, or are you running out of USB ports and you can't find your hub? Well, fellow Rockers, then this may appeal to you. The Fender Stratocaster is finally being shipped with no wires. The pricing is $69.99 for the guitar. You can also purchase the Rock Band Drum-Kit standalone for $79.99.
As was previously reported, "Still Alive" was released for Rock Band. But wait! I don't have an Xbox 360, I don't have Rock Band, will Still Alive remain free or should I download it now or never? Well, this song is here to stay, and it will remain free forever. So future Rock Band purchasers no longer need to worry about getting their "Still Alive" fix before the holiday period is over.
This was a triumph! Earlier in the day it was reported that Still Alive would be hitting Rock Band tomorrow. Well, this is no April Fool's joke, because Still Alive is out now! It's costs quite a bit to buy, a whopping 0 Microsoft Points ($0), but don't hesitate to buy it! All jokes aside, it's a free download, and a great one at that. Unfortunately, PS3 owners will have to wait a few weeks to get their fix of Still Alive.
The Guitar Hero series was a hit, it's that simple. Recently Guitar Hero III sold over nine million copies. But a new musical video game has entered the picture: Rock Band. Though it was no where near as successful as Guitar Hero III it still sold roughly 1.5 million for it's first debut. As more Guitar Hero games and Rock Band Wii are released, who knows which brand will really come out on top?
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Much like when the Halo theme was released for Guitar Hero III over Xbox Live, the cult famous song dear to every Portal fans heart, Still Alive, is coming to Rock Band! The song was previewed by Harmonix staff and Jonathan Coulton himself (the guy who created the song) at Valves party last night. Exact details such as the release date are currently unknown, but this is so ridiculously awesome. I actually dreamt that this would happen, and that more videogame themes would follow..."
"Bioshock
This atmospheric first-person shooter game drew players in to a unique dystopian setting and broke ground with a storyline that forced players to make moral decisions.
Portal
One of the most original (and funny) games in recent history requires players to solve puzzles using a teleporting "Portal Gun." It also features a hugely compelling character in the computerized guide GLaDOS.
Rock Band
The studio that created toy-guitar game phenomenon "Guitar Hero" cranked the volume ..."
"With the recently released Rock Band microphone pretty much spilling the beans, it should come as no surprise that Electronic Arts officially announced today the planned release of Rock Band for the Wii. They also announced the European launch of Rock Band in some form, which is set to take place during the first quarter of EAs financial yearsomewhere between April and June of 2008.
During a question-and-answer session with the press yesterday, Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello ..."
"This weeks new content update sees the likes of PixelJunk Monsters and Jet Moto arriving as full downloadable games in the US, while Capcom fans over the pond also finally get to enjoy a little one-on-one time with the action-friendly Devil May Cry 4 demo.
Over in Europeland, downloadable games Syphon Filter: Combat Ops and Judge Dredd(?) are available, while demos arriving alongside Devil May Cry 4 include SEGA Rally Revo and PixelJunk Monsters hopefully the full game wont be too far ..."
The price of Rock Band's complete bundle might be putting some prospective fans off investing in the latest musical masterpiece from Harmonix. Well, break open the piggy bank because individual wireless guitar and wired drum peripherals are coming to retail from February.
Another one I found from Digg.
This is for both the part-time musician and the full time gamer (Both living in their mother's basements). This program lets you connect your Rock Band drum kit to your PC and use it just as you would a regular electronic drum kit. The program comes with samples itself, but you can also add any sample you have (.WAV format) that you'd like.
This may have me buying the game just for this purpose.
"Looking to bag goodies for free (you filthy spendthrift)? Then US honorary Scrooges can look forward to nabbing demos for Turok and FIFA Street 3 and trailers for Dynasty Warriors 6 and Syphon Filter: Combat Ops - while EU tight arses can slink off with an NBA 08 demo a trailer for Brothers In Arms: Hells Highway (also US).
Those willing to invest a few cents or pennies in Sonys online store can scoop a Motor storm Double Track Pack and a selection of songs for Rock Band, while EU mone..."
"Having missed out on last weeks seasonal mini-update to the PlayStation Store, which was instead gifted to European game fans, the official US PlayStation blog has now moved to help stem the tears and plug the gap with its first stateside content update of 2008."
Looks like the latest tracks are out for Rock Band. The three new tracks have a unique sound and are sure to help you rock out even more. I am a big Skynyrd fan and this makes me quite happy.
"Edmonton-based Play Me Games has taken stock of around 50 units of Rock Band from a broker in the states and is presently selling the game for a whopping $500. While such a price would frighten off most consumers, demand for Rock Band is so high that Play Me Games saw more than half of its supply flying from the store by yesterday afternoon."
Earlier, we found out that Activision blocked the release of a patch by Harmonix that would allow PS3 Guitar Hero III controllers to be usable in Rock Band. The reason was not known until now. Answer: Activision is a money-grubbing corporation. It seems that Harmonix was not willing to pay them money for the compatibility, so they blocked the patch.
Along with this morning's weekly dose of DLC, EA and Harmonix seem to be tinkering with the website a bit. Visiting rockband.com just shows a splash page asking visitors to "check back in a few for an new community experience!" Something about that screams "MAJOR UPDATE" to me.
"Today, a new "Punk Pack" joins the customizable experience, letting those who are about to rock do up their hair and spit at the establishment.
The pack follows the others and goes for 440 MS points, or $5.50 in normal human money. If you'd rather buy the individual tracks, they'll run you at 160 points ($2). Giving money to a large corporation in exchange for music, which is essentially just a collection of ideas?! This is not the punk way! Then again, strumming a plastic toy guitar proba..."
"Bowie is good. This is a universal fact. Singing, of course, but also acting (Labyrinth, The Prestige), and lending his creative influence, voice, and likeness to video games (Omikron: The Nomad Soul). While the Bowie pack for Rock Band, available today via Xbox Live Marketplace, might not contain my personal favourite Bowie tunes, it is Bowie and that's good enough for me. Well, technically it's Bowie. Two of the three songs in the 440 point pack - Queen Bitch and Heroes - are cover versions..."
Last week, I got off easy; I got away with only putting four of that pretty large list of notables in the title. With the games releasing this week, it looks like that's not possible. This is how you know it's the holidays.
That said, there are plenty of good games that came out last week, coming out this week, and will come out in the upcoming weeks. Console allegiances be damned; we're all gamers, and let's enjoy all these games. Defense Forces need not apply. Support good games!
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It looks like Harmonix's big rhythm-game gun, Rock Band, will be missing some online functionality when it hits the 360 and PS3 later this year. According to a post by someone on the Harmonix staff, they scrapped online co-op for their World Tour mode, due to time constraints. However, there will still be online for both quickplay and versus modes, but you won't be rocking virtual city to virtual city over the series of tubes.
"Gamestop is saying that the individual Drum Set and Microphone peripherals for Rock Band have been delayed until February 4 2008. If you want the drums or microphone youll have to buy the entire 169.99 bundle, so if you were planning on using your Guitar Hero guitar controller (which is compatible) and just buying drums youre screwed until February 2008."
"The price of starting your own band just got a lot more affordable, as Rock Band will retail for $170. Originally, the price was rumored to be $200, so the $30 discount is killer news for everyone that wants to rock out on their PS3 or Xbox 360. Harmonix is treating PlayStation 2 owners like rockstars, too. A $160 PS2 edition of the game is coming before the end of the year. Thats supposed to hit stores on December 10, while the PS3 and 360 versions go on sale on Nov. 23. So there you have i..."
In recent reports it has been shown that the Xbox 360 version of up and coming title Rock Band will only consist of wired bundles for the instruments and not wireless. Now it has been revealed that the Playstation 3 version of the game will offer Wireless bundle packs. The reason for this is because the wireless technology is too expensive to license on the 360, pushing the price-tag of the bundles too high. But as it does not cost as much for the Playstation 3 system, they will be offering W...
Harmonix CEO's, Alex Rigopulos has confirmed on a OXM Podcast that the up and coming title Rock Band wont be offering a Wireless Guitar's wont be available in the Retail Bundles though they will be available to purchase on separate purchase. How do you think this will effect the sale rate of Rock Band on these formats by not offering Wireless Retail Bundles ?
"An EA press release has revealed that Rock Band, the multi-instrumental strum/bang/sing-em-up, will be coming out on the PlayStation 2, as well as the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Rock Band creator Harmonix has already enjoyed phenomenal success on the PS2 through its two Guitar Hero games, and the appearance of Rock Band on the popular platform is sure to further boost sales of what promises to be a pricey product."
"Charles who? Why, that would be Charles Huang, co-founder and COO of Guitar Hero publisher RedOctane, who has revealed how he is "irked" whenever people associate rival music title Rock Band with mega-publisher EA. Speaking in an interview with GameSpot, Huang said that calling the multi-instrumental Rock Band an EA title was "misleading", and pointed out that while EA was distributing the title, the company had nothing to do with the development or publishing of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 36..."
"Around three weeks ago, MTV and Harmonix revealed plans to offer whole albums as part of the downloadable content for Rock Band, the forthcoming rock-em-up that will allow players to wield either a microphone, guitar, bass, or drums. "Whos Next", The Whos 1971 classic, was to kick things off, and today that was joined by "Nevermind", the 1991 Nirvana angst-fest that popularised the Seattle grunge movement, and sold 25 million copies worldwide in the process."
"Its official: those lucky blighters in the US can now pre-order Rock Band, the Harmonix-developed, multi-instrumental extravaganza that is due to appear later this year on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The game, which will see players warbling into microphones, strumming on plastic guitars, and bashing a too-cool-for-words drum set to a series of rock classics, can now be reserved at both Amazon and GameStop."
"MTV Games and Harmonix have revealed their joint plan to release weekly downloadable content for the Electronic Arts-published Rock Band, introducing regular full-length albums to the game - the first of which will be The Who's "Who's Next".
"Offering entire albums for play on the Rock Band platform is a monumental step forward in Harmonix's ever present quest to provide new ways for people to interact with music and creating the most authentic music experience possible," trumpeted Alex Ri..."
The first 16 songs of Rock Band have been officially announced, along with the news that Rock Band will support full album downloads. The first full album that will be available for download is The Who's 1971 release, Who's Next. Harmonix will be giving us content updates weekly when the game is released, so you may want to prepare your hard drive.
The 16 known tracks to be in Rock Band are as follows. An asterisk to the right of the name means it is a cover (meaning those without are bas...
During E3 today, Harmonix and MTV have announced the formation of a Music Advisory Board chaired by Little Steven himself. For those of you who don't know, Little Steven is one of the founding members of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, and also played Silvio Dante on The Sopranos. The advisory board consists of musicians and industry experts, who will be helping Harmonix with song choices in regards to their upcoming game, Rock Band. Harmonix have also released the first image of the elec...
"The inaugural E3 Business & Media Summit is just days away now, and such important gaming events usually prompt enough speculative chatter to kick start the efficient Rumour Mill into complete overdrive. The first significant arrival in terms of E3 rumours is the claim that Harmonix's Rock Band will appear exclusively (for a limited time) on the Microsoft Xbox 360 when it is launched later this year."
While thrashing about on Guitar Hero's replica Gibson SG is perhaps the most fun you can have with a music-based videogame, there's always been a drum-shaped hole in the genre, just begging to be filled. Well, last week saw the unveiling of Rock Band's 10-button Stratocaster, and now we've got a sneak peek at the Rock Band drum kit. Excited. Um... ya!
Guitar Hero is probably the biggest music-based series to ever rock our collective worlds, and the rockin' just got a whole lot cooler thanks to Rock Band and, more importantly, the introduction of the new Fender Statocaster guitar we'll all be thrashing about on come release day. Like, you know, it's, like, you know...totally awesome!
"We knew the Rock Band guitar was going to be based on the Fender Stratocaster and now, thanks to a GameStop newsletter, we get the clear internet-ready picture of what it'll actually look like. The ten button controller (you read that right, check out another pic after the break) has five frets at the top and another five frets of the same color below. Considering we haven't seen the in-game interface, we assume these are for the designated solo sections mentioned in the Game Informer info re..."
Harmonix art director Ryan Lesser told GamesIndustry.biz that they are working hard to make sure that their upcoming game Rock Band (to be published by MTV Games) will be as affordable for consumers as they can get.
You may know of Harmonix from their sucessful music title Guitar Hero. GH only featured a single instrument; you guess it, the guitar. Rock Band, however will feature Bass, Guitar, Voacals (Microphone), and Drums. In another article (http://www.gamegrep.com/news/1726-starting_y...
Gamespot is tossing the rumor around that there might be a Wii version. If there is one at all, Gamestop ponders it'll come later than the 360 and PS3 versions AND might not have online play till a sequel.
Consider that music games do not need much graphical nor processing power to be played perfectly (why hello there beatmania IIDX GOLD). Having Rock Band on the Wii is a completely smart and economical idea, if only they can get the kinks out of the way first such as features and--oh ye...
With the rock music genre taking off in North America with the hit Guitar Hero; EA and Harmonix's game Rock Band has advertised prices at GameStop. However, a representative for Rock Band said at the time,
quoteLet me nip this one in the bud right now. Those are estimated prices and not official in any even remote way. We haven't even decided on prices ultimately, much less announced them.
I think he might want to let GameStop know that as well, then.
- Rock Band - $59.99
- Rock Band drum...
Electronic Arts and Harmonix have previously hinted at a whole gaggle of new musical peripherals for their upcoming rythm game, Rock Band. Now both companies can confirm that renowned instrument producers Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, Roland Corporation and BOSS will be lending their brand names for Rock Band's assortment of themed controllers. Fender will naturally be lending its name for a Rock Band guitar peripheral modeled after the Fender Stratocaster, and Roland and BOSS hav...
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