Quite a few terms have been thrown around in order to refer to Wii Music. Nintendo's marketing materials call the title "a musical playground where there are no mistakes." Game auteur Shigeru Miyamoto agrees that Wii Music is more like a "toy," suggesting that its friendly, non-competitive nature, and its lack of scores make it [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 16, 2008
Though Xbox 360 owners have been enjoying Harmonix and MTV Games' ubiquitous music title since mid-September, the timed exclusivity of Rock Band 2 is just about to expire. MTV and Harmonix issued a press release this morning, confirming to eager PS3 owners that their shredding sequel is still on track for its October 19th release [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 15, 2008
A while back, we featured an announcement from Gamers To Players (G2P), a new instructional documentary, which made an interesting claim: This DVD boasts the ability to “transform gamers into real guitarists.” Join us as we put this claim to the test, attempting to use the DVD’s instructions to turn a Rock Band/Guitar Hero devotee [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 13, 2008
Music games are all the rage these days, and Microsoft is well aware; at E3 2008, they had us begging them for mercy with a live demonstration of Lips, a new social karaoke game that comes with two motion-sensing wireless microphones, 40 tracks and the welcome ability to plug in your own tunes via Zune [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 8, 2008
With less than two weeks before Wii Music's North American release on October 20th, Nintendo has their work cut out for them. They need to convince music-loving gamers that this holiday, those gamers don't want to spend their increasingly hard-earned cash on the proven, socially acceptable Guitar Hero or Rock Band, but instead on a [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 7, 2008
A while back, we featured an announcement from Gamers To Players (G2P), a new instructional documentary, which made an interesting claim: This DVD boasts the ability to “transform gamers into real guitarists.” Join us as we put this claim to the test, attempting to use the DVD's instructions to turn a Rock Band/Guitar Hero devotee [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 6, 2008
Remember how excited we all got when MTV Games and Harmonix announced that the new Rock Band website would be going live in a week? The promise of real-life merchandise, featuring your very own band members, was a feature we'd been looking forward to since our E3 preview. Of course, the promised week went by [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 1, 2008
While we may have mixed feelings about the structuring of Rock Band's latest add-on, we certainly have no issues with getting 20 extra songs for free. As promised back when Rock Band 2 launched, the simple act of purchasing the game entitles you to download an additional 20 songs for your growing library of Rock [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Last week, we featured an announcement from Gamers To Players (G2P), a new instructional documentary, which made an interesting claim: This DVD, said the press release, can "transform gamers into real guitarists." At the time, I called this promise a tall order; I have personally attempted to make this transformation in the past, and met [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 30, 2008
UPDATE: AC/DC LIVE: Rock Band Track Pack is a Wal-Mart exclusive. Hooray? Spotted on multiple sources this morning, Harmonix and MTV Games have officially announced the impending release of AC/DC LIVE: Rock Band Track Pack on November 2, and November 16th for the Wii. Working similarly to previous Track Packs that Rock Band has seen, the [...]
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008
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