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Rock Band Export Method and List Confirmed, Goes Live Today

Harmonix and MTV Games have confirmed which songs Rock Band players will be able to export from the original disc into Rock Band 2 as DLC. Until now, the companies have merely promised that we would be able to export “most of” the original disc library, and that much appears to be true; players will [...]

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Guitar Hero: World Tour Gets Awesome Music, Terrible Gameplay

The constant battle-of-licensing-the-bands rages on! Following last week’s Rock Band DLC announcement including the likes of Foo Fighters and Megadeth, Guitar Hero: World Tour has confirmed a few choice names of their own. GameSpot attended an Activision press event in New Zealand, at which the publisher confirmed four tracks to be included in the GH:WT [...]

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Six New Rock Band Albums Announced

Harmonix knew we needed a little cheering up after yesterday’s news that Rush’s “Moving Pictures” wouldn’t be out this week after all, so they’ve gone ahead and announced all six of the full albums they promised to confirm this month. Spotted over at Kotaku, MTV Games spilled the news to Entertainment Weekly in a large [...]

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Rock Band Delays Rush in Cruel Name-Based Irony

Rush fans who have been waiting eagerly to play along with Moving Pictures in Rock Band since last week’s announcement are going to have to wait a little longer. When the new downloadable content failed to arrive yesterday, Harmonix cited a “technical difficulty,” hoping the album would be able to arrive soon thereafter. This afternoon, [...]

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Moving Pictures Now Actually Confirmed for Rock Band DLC

So, we already knew this would happen, but it’s nice to have official confirmation, and all. Harmonix has formally announced that Rush album Moving Pictures will go on sale next week as DLC for Rock Band. If you count the fact that YYZ was in Guitar Hero II, the reappearance of Tom Sawyer and Limelight [...]

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Rhythm Heaven is #1 Seller in Japan

Considering Nintendo is hoping to give the game a North American release, this news can only bode well for the DS incarnation of Nintendo R&D1’s quirky rhythm title. Rhythm Heaven, which we thoroughly enjoyed back at E3, claimed the top spot this week for game sales in Japan, as reported by Media Create via Gamasutra.

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Rock Band Announcing Six New Full Albums by End of August

G4TV had a rather lengthy conversation with Harmonix’s PR Coordinator yesterday, during which a rather large number of revelations were made public. Virtual virtuosos (I’m growing fond of that term) can look forward to exciting news and features for the electronic ensemble experience (I should write ad copy). Among the new announcements: Harmonix will be [...]

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E3 2008: Rock Band 2 Rock-On

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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E3 2008: Samba de Amigo Impressions

Finally, a game where waggling a Wiimote is used to simulate the actual act of waggling something! GameCyte took a moment to sample Sega’s Samba de Amigo for the Wii on the show floor at E3 2008, and we’ve got impressions for the maraca enthusiast in all of us.

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E3 2008: Video of Wii Music in Motion

Witness our amateur cinematography! As promised, we have the conclusion of the Wii Music demo, featuring Shigeru Miyamoto and pals as they motion-control their way through the Super Mario Bros. theme. Apologies for the occasional bouts of blurriness — it’s not your eyes, we promise. Click ahead to witness the waggle!

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