You can't throw around $300 million dollar bonuses without someone noticing. Tuesday, alleging that the creators of popular music game Rock Band had shipped defective drum pedals in a scheme "designed to deliberately cheat large numbers of consumers out of individually small sums of money," lawyers for Kansas resident Monte Morgan slapped all four -- Harmonix, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Though we've yet to receive an update regarding the compatibility of PS3 Guitar Hero World Tour drums with Rock Band 2, developer Neversoft dealt with an arguably more compelling problem today -- how to address the complaints of those whose new Guitar Hero drums aren't even working in Guitar Hero. At the official Guitar Hero [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 27, 2008
Guitar Hero World Tour launches today with 86 tracks, the promise of twenty more within the first month of launch, and a mode that lets you create your own music from scratch. Even compared to the musical monstrosity that is Rock Band, that's a pretty fair offering. But despite tremendous hype, what Guitar Hero may not [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 10, 2008
So, in case you've been living under a rock -- a rock with no internet access -- Rock Band 2 is releasing this weekend. Just to keep all virtual virtuosos on the edges of their drumming seats, Harmonix and MTV Games reminded us all today that the game has officially shipped out, and you'll be [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 18, 2008
I think it's fair to say that the most impressive thing Harmonix and MTV Games did at E3 this year had nothing to do with their game. Still, I was invited to come and take a look at Rock Band 2 at a quick presentation, and I got to spend a little time with the [...]
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
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