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Activision CEO talks about Rock Band vs. Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk franchise fatigue

Wed, Jul 1 | from Go Nintendo
IG: In terms of strategy for Activision… you have some hot selling IP in Guitar Hero, Call of Duty and Tony Hawk has been reinvented with the new board from the Robomodo guys, but do you ever feel there’s overkill in terms of too many Guitar Hero SKUs? I think the Rock Band guys have a slightly d...

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Activision explains DJ Hero pricing, says game offers 'tremendous value'

Sorry, we nodded off there for a minute. Between the $250 for The Beatles: Rock Band and another $120 for Tony Hawk: Ride, we're up late a lot, worrying about affording all these plastic game controllers -- and a bigger house to put them all in. Gallery: DJ Hero
9 hours ago | from Joystiq

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Suda: This Is The Last ‘No More Heroes’ On Wii Worst Wii Bundles Ever SouthPeak Delivers Roogoo for Wii and Nintendo DS onto Retail Shelves Miyamoto Talks Wii Zelda No Onimusha For You Exclusive Green Day Three Pack and Mayhem Festival Eight Pack Come to Rock Band
23 hours ago | from Go Nintendo

Average time Wii owners spend playing Sonic games, music games

Rock Band 2 (December 2008) — 39 hours, 6 minutes Guitar Hero: World Tour (October 2008) — 31 hours, 41 minutes Rock Band (June 2008) — 30 hours, 23 minutes Guitar Hero Metallica (March 2009) — 14 hours, 38 minutes Guitar Hero Aersomith (June 2008) — 12 hours, 50 minutes
Thu, Jul 2 | from Go Nintendo

The Ten Most Avidly-Played Wii Games In America (As Of July 1) [Wii Stats Report]

Make way for Rune Factory Frontier and Rock Band 2 in our (theoretically) monthly study of which Nintendo Wii games are getting played the most, per user. Rock Band 2's appearance is no surprise, as it surges toward Guitar Hero III. Notably, Rock Band 2 has passed the average playing time of i...
Wed, Jul 1 | from Kotaku

Rock Band: Unplugged Review

Instead of rocking out with your friends, Unplugged makes you juggle all four tracks -- guitar, bass, vocals, and drums -- by yourself. You can customize the controls however you like, but under the default scheme, you press Left, Right, Triangle and Circle in time to the music and switch t...
Wed, Jun 10 | from 1up.com

Rock Band Unplugged Review: It's The Frequency, Kenneth [Review]

MTV Games' Rock Band series shrinks down and drops the plastic instruments for the PlayStation Portable release Rock Band Unplugged, which turns the band video game series into a break out solo effort. If you're at all interested in the Rock Band series or have enjoyed Harmonix's origina...
Tue, May 26 | from Kotaku

Gaming Podcast 113: How Do You Say Gyro?

6,200 Reasons to buy iPhone/iTouch gamesMTV thinks Rock Band: The Beatles is worth $59.99 on the WiiWii Motion Plus delay rumorAssociated Press is reporting Circuit City officially doneKillzone 2 gets patched for multiplayerWii new play control lineup We’re also reviewing the downl...
Thu, Mar 12 | from Game Stooge

Opinion: 10 Things Guitar Hero World Tour Gets Right

Addition of the open bass note on bass guitar. Heavy drum notes. Bridged chords on guitar. Here’s hoping they continue to improve the platform with each new release this year — GH: Metallica, Guitar Hero Greatest Hits, GH: Van Halen, and of course the inevitable Guitar Hero: World Tour 2.
Sat, Mar 7 | from Fake Plastic Rock

Patch: Guitar Hero Metallica to Support Lips Microphone

CA Back in December, a Harmonix Spokesperson confirmed to TeamXbox.com that MTV Games and Harmonix were working on a patch to allow the Lips microphone to work with Rock Band 2, but today news of compatibility with the Lips mic came from the opposite band ...
Mon, Mar 2 | from TeamXbox

How to make a totally silenced Rock Band Drum Kit

tutorial Author: justifyd567 Keywords: silenced rock band drum kit towels Added: March 1, 2009
Sun, Mar 1 | from YouTube

How to unlock all songs in Rock Band with a cheat code

Cami, theburntmatches, shows us how to unlock all songs on Rock Band! It is a simple way to unlock all the songs in XBOX 360, PS3 or Wii Rock Band ... www.wonderhowto.com
Sat, Feb 14 | from wonderhowto.com

Patch: Guitar Hero World Tour drum kit and guitar now supported by Rock ...

To make good on the words of encouragement, Harmonix released a patch today for the PlayStation 3 version of Rock Band 2 which fixes a slew of things, including adding support for the Guitar Hero World Tour drum and guitar peripherals. ...
Mon, Nov 24 | from Destructoid

Patch: Guitar Hero Drums Now Work in Rock Band 2 PS3

The cross-game instrument compatibility fulfills Sony's earlier promise, with Microsoft having made a similar vow for the Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 instruments for Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero World Tour were cross-compatible upon release.
Mon, Nov 24 | from Shacknews

TD Gaming Podcast 90: Riddled With Fragmented Patches

This week’s Gaming Podcast, we’re doing a review of Rock Band 2 and it’s drum kit. We are also digging into some juicy news on: Fable II launches with no on-line co-op mode EA slapped with class action law suit over Spore DRM Warhammer Online hits 500K subscribers Sony PS3, not the most popula...
Wed, Oct 1 | from Game Stooge

Podcast: 10 Retro Songs With Geek Cred

Devo: "Girl U Want". 'Cause it's on Rock Band and started this whole post. A performance video with the band in their trademark Flower Pot hats (sorry- "energy domes"), silver suits, stilted robotic movements and not one, but two keytars... And it's on the TankGirl soundtrack.
Mon, Sep 15 | from Wired News

How To: Diy Bass Drum Pedal For Diy Electronic Drum Kit/Rock Band Fix

This will hopefull tell you how to create your very own bass drum/hi-hat pedal for you DIY electronic drum kit (mine coming soon!) to gamepad hack or as a fix for your rock band pedal (not tested since i don't have rock band). ...
Thu, May 15 | from instructables.com

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Review: Rock Band Unplugged

Portable music games always seem like an odd duck. Guitar Hero On Tour for the Nintendo DS had to create an attachment so you could press down on the usual buttons while "strumming" on the touch screen. But all the PSP has are some buttons and a thumbstick. So how in the world did Harmonix think th...
Tue, Jun 30 | from GayGamer.net