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Wednesday, Nov 4
Review: Brutal Legend (Xbox360)
Playing and reviewing Brütal Legend was a bit of a strange experience for me, and I believe it has a lot to do with my level of investment in the game. To be clear, I am a huge fan of Tim Schafer and Double Fine Productions, and I’ve been looking forward to Brütal Legend, and any news I could scrape...
Tuesday, Oct 27
Review: The Beatles: Rock Band (PS3)
By now we’re all getting a bit fatigued with the constant release of new games in the plastic-instrument genre, and Harmonix once promised to make Rock Band a platform updated by downloadable content instead of an annual release with almost no changes. But then they somehow snagged The Be...
Review: Guitar Hero 5 (Xbox360)
Claiming that this is the 5th Guitar Hero game is as preposterous as claiming Windows 7 is the 7th edition of Windows. We have multiple sequels to different versions, with single band spin-offs and portable versions. We are also soon to get Band Hero, DJ Hero and who knows: maybe MC Hero and Tr...
Tuesday, Jul 28
Review: Dancing Stage Supernova 2 (PS2)
Before every other rhythm game there was Bemani. It can be argued that just about every other rhythm ever invented is just a variation of Bemani – it is the series that introduced pressing buttons in time with the music. So before Guitar Hero there was Dance Dance Revolution, or Dancing Stage...
Monday, Mar 23
Interesting first Scratch: The Ultimate DJ trailer
South Africa Players control the action with a turntable controller, as they input the required commands as dictated by the on-screen prompts, ala Guitar Hero/Rock Band. Artists tied to the game so far include Kanye West, The Beastie Boys, Nelly, Run DMC, ...
Thursday, Mar 12
Review: Wii Music (Wii)
I have been having an internal conversation about just what I think of Wii Music these past weeks. Nintendo have done something remarkable just to accomplish this – a game that is not a game but tries to do more and in so doing becomes something of a stumbling block for most gamers. I adore music....
Monday, Jan 26
Review: Guitar Hero: World Tour (PS3)
A brief glance through our past reviews will reveal that we have an enormous amount of love for rhythm games, or any games that feature music prominently. The simple fact is that we adore music, we love videogames, and so when the two intertwine they usually produce something we find extrem...
Friday, Nov 7
This week’s PSN Update
LittleBigPlanet gets some add-on content, as well as the usual assortment of Guitar Hero World Tour and Rock Band songs for download. The full European and US PlayStation Network Update for the week follows bellow:European PlayStation Network Full Games US PlayStation Network
Thursday, Oct 30
Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades set list
The DS version of Guitar Hero, On Tour, went down quite a storm when it was released earlier this year, and now a follow-up to that success is to be released in the form of Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades. Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades is probably being finished off right now by Vicarious Visions an...
Tuesday, Sep 23
UK Charts: Chart Track software sales for the week ending 20/9
Activision-Blizzard’s Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock moves up from number 27 to number 12, thanks to retailer promotion on the Wii version, while Guitar Hero: On Tour for the NDS drops from number 8 to number 23. Sega’s Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games drops from last week’s number 4...
Tuesday, Aug 5
Review: Guitar Hero: On Tour (DS)
Never in your wildest dreams would you have imagined that the Guitar Hero franchise would go to a handheld system…ever. This alone is absolutely revolutionary! Herewith your track list: Breed" – Nirvana I Know a Little" - Lynyrd Skynyrd Stray Cat Strut" - Stray Cats
Review: Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (Xbox360)
Dream Police" – Cheap Trick Make It" - Aerosmith Uncle Salty" - Aerosmith Draw the Line" - Aerosmith No Surprize" - Aerosmith Movin' Out" - Aerosmith Sweet Emotion" - Aerosmith Rag Doll" - Aerosmith Walk This Way" - Run-D.M.C. featuring Aerosmith Dream On" - Aerosmith Mama Kin" - Aerosmith
Wednesday, Mar 19
Review: Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Xbox360)
5. “Rock and Roll All Nite” - Kiss (Encore) 4. “Barracuda” - Heart 5. “Guitar Battle vs. Tom Morello“ 5. “Even Flow” - Pearl Jam (Encore) 3. “Same Old Song and Dance” - Aerosmith 5. “Guitar Battle vs. Slash“ 2. “Cherub Rock” - The Smashing Pumpkins 4. “One” - Metallica Suitable for guitar enthusiasts
Tuesday, Dec 4
Guitar Hero IV, Call of Duty 5 in Activision Blizzard’s pipeline - EL33TONLINE
Guitar Hero IV, Call of Duty 5 in Activision Blizzard’s pipeline South Africa - Dec 4, 2007 Chief among the new projects in the Activision pipeline are Call of Duty 5 and Guitar Hero IV. The fact sheet also outlines new Tony Hawk and James Bond ...
Monday, Nov 26
The Romantics sue Activision over Guitar Hero song - EL33TONLINE
The Romantics sue Activision over Guitar Hero song South Africa - Nov 26, 2007 Detroit based rock band The Romantics is suing Guitar Hero publisher Activision for its inclusion of a song sounding like their 1980 hit ‘What I Like About ...
Wednesday, Sep 5
Review: Guitar Hero II (Xbox360)
Search and Destroy" – Iggy Pop and the Stooges Who Was in My Room Last Night?" – The Butthole Surfers Can't You Hear Me Knockin'" – The Rolling Stones Hangar 18" – Megadeth Free Bird" – Lynyrd Skynyrd Guitar Hero Track Pack 4 (Exclusive Xbox 360 Download Pack)
