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...Friday, November 14, 2008
In my last post, I mentioned how one of the most entertaining aspects of any Wii game is watching someone else play it. The bobbing, the weaving, the self-injury, the "srs bsns" faces; under the right conditions, it is incredibly entertaining to see someone attempt to interact with something that simply does not exist in [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 6, 2008
I got mine! Harmonix and MTV Games have finally started sending out the download codes for the 20 free bonus tracks they promised to all owners of Rock Band 2. After dating those downloads for November 4th, and then experiencing a brief snafu in getting the content online, those codes are now finding their way [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 3, 2008
See, Bobby? We told you this would happen. In the ongoing music licensing battle between Harmonix/MTV and Activision/Red Octane, last week saw an impressive "get" for the former camp, when it was announced that Harmonix and MTV had secured the exclusive rights to create a Beatles music game. During the initial conference, neither Harmonix nor [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 30, 2008
The rumors have been swirling about for quite a while now, and while preliminary confirmations had already been spotted by clever investigators over at Joystiq, MTV hosted a joint conference call with Apple Corps, Ltd. to simultaneously confirm and dash our hopes. Officially announcing one of the most impressive "gets" in the music-game licensing war, [...]
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, October 22, 2008
Rock Band enthusiasts, the wait is nearly over: Very soon, your copy of Rock Band 2 will come with as many tracks as it says it does on the box! Today, Harmonix and MTV Games sent us a press release, confirming the 20 post-launch downloadable tracks that every owner of Rock Band 2 is entitled [...]
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 [...]
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
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