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Wednesday, Nov 18
Walmart Black Friday Ad Leaks With $78 Blu-ray Player
Sony BDP-S369 Blu Ray Player – $148.00 Sony iPod Speaker – $69.00 Portable USB Storage 2K Sports NBA 2K10 For Xbox 360 – $25.00 Grand Theft Auto IV For Xbox 360 – $10.00 Rock Band Special Edition (PS3) – $50.00 Rock Band Special Edition (XBox 360) – $50.00 UFC 2009 Undisputed (Xbox 360) – $25.00
Friday, Nov 13
This Week's Gaming Stories You Cannot Miss [Roundups]
LEGO Rock Band Review: Redefining The Rock Block Spoiler: It's like every other Rock Band title, but with LEGO. StarCraft II Expansions, Diablo III Coming in "Next Few Years" Just like I predicted, Diablo III won't be here until 2011...at the earliest. Being right can suck.
Monday, Nov 9
Rock Band Voice Engine Tricked By Something Called a "Musical Instrument" [Gaming]
The musical cosmos have been tilted out of balance for quite a while now, violently thrown askew sometime between when the first fake guitar rolled off an assembly line in China and the first time a child recognized the Beatles on the radio as "that song from my Xbox!" Today, as we watch a you...
Saturday, Oct 31
Gizmodo's Essential iPhone Apps: October '09 Edition [IPhone Apps]
Rock Band: It's not perfect—controls can be awkward, and the singing mode isn't really a singing mode, but it represents the first major rhythm franchise to hit the iPhone, and it bear gifts: Great graphics, decent, familiar, song selection, and multiple instruments.
Tuesday, Oct 27
Air Guitar Hero Lets You Shred Sans Plastic Guitars [Gaming]
How badass is this? In all honesty, overpriced toy instruments cluttering up my living room is one of the big reasons I almost never play Rock Band or Guitar Hero games anymore. This looks to solve that problem while also bringing all of my air guitar fantasies to life. [Procrastineering via...
Friday, Oct 23
This Week's 10 Best iPhone Apps
Rock Band: Despite the obvious success of games like Tap Tap Revolution, the big rhythm game players have generally steered clear of the App Store. Until this week! Rock Band, late as it is, is pretty good, with caveats: the control scheme isn't ideal; the singing mode isn't actually a sing...
Monday, Oct 19
Rock Band For iPhone Hands On: Alleviate Boredom, Suffer Hand Cramps [IPhone Apps]
The guitar/bass gameplay is essentially a port of the Rock Band you know from previous Rock Band and Guitar Hero games, and what you're familiar with if you've played the Tap Tap games on your iPhone. The singing is unfortunately NOT singing, and you'll have to tap one of the four pedals on th...
Now Available: Rock Band for iPhone and iPod touch [IPhone]
I've been psyched for this ever since EA confirmed the multi-player mode supports four players over Bluetooth. The $10 app lets you invite Facebook friends, and choose guitar, bass, drums or vocals. 20 tracks are included, too…here's the full listing:
Friday, Oct 9
This Week's 10 Best iPhone Apps
Rock Band: Another long-overdue addition to the store, Rock Band, the app, is kind of a jerk: While it was taking foreeever to show up, companies like Tapulous stepped in an made decent rhythm games to fill the void. Now that it's here, and it looks great—multiple instruments, a decent song...
Thursday, Oct 8
Rock Band for iPhone Looks Just Like the Real Thing, Minus the Plastic Instruments [Gaming]
Watch your back, Tap Tap Revenge: Rock Band is coming for the iPhone, and it looks slick as hell. And as a bonus, this is one version of Rock Band that won't clutter your living room up with toy guitars. Mashable got a chance to play around with Rock Band for iPhone, and they loved it:
Wednesday, Oct 7
Mad Catz Rock Band Telecaster Is Distressed, And That Is a Very Good Thing [Rock Band]
If you are still with us after that price revelation, you might be interested to know that the Mad Catz guitar also features fast-action ‘Shredderz' fret buttons—an exclusive addition that makes it easier to tear up solos. If that isn't enough to improve your game, the optional Electro-H...
Tuesday, Oct 6
Gizmodo Gallery: Thank You and Good Night (Til 2010) [Giz Gallery 09]
• Thank you to Chris De Maria and Jeff Samuels from Panasonic who worked their magic once again and somehow graced us with their 103" TV. • Thank you to Keita at Sony for loaning us historic Walkmans from the Tokyo Archives. • Thank you to Chris Kooluris and Cheeto for the World's Largest Cheeto...
Friday, Sep 25
Giz Gallery '09 Walkthrough: What You're Missing [Giz Gallery 09]
We have Beatles Rock Band going, the new Halo game—on a 103-inch Panasonic plasma TV. Live musical Tesla lightning coils! Try your hand at shredding on the Prism Laser Synth-Guitar. It bleeps and bloops with the best noisemakers out there.
Monday, Apr 27
Nyko Metal Pedal Review [Lightning Review]
The Verdict: I like it more than the standard Rock Band (2) drum pedal, but probably not for the reasons you'd think. The Metal Pedal, for all of its hardcore skeleton styling, doesn't feel sturdier than the latest Rock Band stock pedal. Sure, it's called the Metal Pedal, but 80% or more of it i...
Thursday, Dec 18
Opinion: Rock Band MIC Combines Microphone, Xbox Controller in One
Essentially, the MIC is a nice microphone for Rock Band/Guitar Hero, but it also has all the necessary Xbox 360 buttons built in. This means you don't need ... Mad Catz Bringing Street Fighter Sticks, Rock Band Accessories to CES Kotaku Australia
Rock Band M.I.C. Combines Microphone, Xbox Controller in One [Review]
Essentially, the M.I.C. is a nice microphone for Rock Band/Guitar Hero, but it also has all the necessary Xbox 360 buttons built in. This means you don't need to use both a mic and a controller to play. Awesome! Is it $60 worth of awesome? Eh, probably not, but if you're a seriously hardcore Rock Ba...
Thursday, Dec 11
'Funny Band' Combines Keyboards, Drums and Guitar Into One Unusable Controller [Games]
Sick of all those fake instruments cluttering up your living room? Try Korean-made Funny Band, which takes a guitar and shoves drums on the back and a keyboard on the front for some insane reason. Third, there is keynote system which has maximized the rhythm. I… see. [Kotaku]
Wednesday, Dec 10
Lips Karaoke Game For Xbox 360: Hardware and Media Import Review [Review]
As for actually singing, the three AA-powered microphones are at least as good as Rock Band's and Singstar's versions at picking up audio, if not slightly better. These are also wireless, which is a welcome solution to the problem of tripping over cords in the living room. They're also bein...
Tuesday, Nov 25
Riff Rocker USB Mini Guitar Game Controller Lightning Review
The Gadget: Riff Rocker, an even smaller miniature USB guitar that's made to work with Frets on Fire, the open source PC knockoff of Guitar Hero. The guitar's got the normal amount of fret buttons, but instead of a strummer, you get a two-way rocker button that's meant to be played with two fi...
Monday, Sep 15
Rock Band 2 Wireless Guitar and Drums Hardware Review
Guitar Center is a music store like Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant. Also, the 'play a real instrument' statements were old about 9 months ago. Why are rhythm games the only games that invoke this reaction from people? ...
Lightning Review: Illuminated LED Drumsticks For Rock Band, Guitar ...
strider_mt2k:That's all that matters is spinning those sticks.Thats reminds me, I wish I had a drum set to use these drum sticks on, oh well. *spins stick*. BiZarRroBALlmeR.
Lightning Review: Illuminated LED Drumsticks For Rock Band, Guitar ...
Doesn't really look like a good idea for ninjas who want to play Rock Band in the dark... Tsk tsk. TheMurderer.
Opinion: Rock Band 2 Instruments Vs Rock Band 1 Instruments, In Decibels [Rock Band]
In Jason's review of Rock Band 2's peripherals, he called the updated instruments not a necessity but "a bonus for people who were patient enough to wait for Rock Band 2." In other words, the new instruments were all around nicer to play than the old instruments. But what about the pesky sound...
Saturday, Sep 13
Rock Band 2 Wireless Guitar and Drums Hardware Review [Review]
Just like the guitar, the minor changes found in the drums aren't worth upgrading for if you already own a set. Instead, you can think of these as a bonus for people who were patient enough to wait for Rock Band 2 before joining the rhythm music craze. [Amazon Drums and Amazon Guitar]
Thursday, Aug 21
Exporting Songs From Rock Band 1 to Rock Band 2 Will Require Code, Five Bucks, HDD Space [Rock Band 2]
One of Rock Band 2's more thoughtful features is that you'll be able to export most of the tracks from your Rock Band 1 disc to play in Rock Band 2 on the Xbox 360 (DLC works with it automatically). Harmonix has just dropped some of the details on how you'll make this happen. It's easy, and it'll co...
Tuesday, Jun 24
The Ant Commandos' Wireless Bass Guitar For Guitar Hero, Rock Band
One of our main complaints about playing bass on Guitar Hero or Rock Band is that the guitars aren't bass guitars. The Ant Commandos, a company that specializes in making cheaper versions of video game accessories, has just released a wireless PS2/PS3 bass guitar. It doesn't solve the prob...
Tuesday, Apr 22
Lightning Review: Rock Band Stand Keeps Your Guitars, Controllers and Mics in Check
The Gadget: A wooden stand that keeps your Rock Band and Guitar Hero guitars, mic, and various controllers in check so they don't otherwise destroy your living room in a mass of plastic and cabling. The Price: $55 for the standard stand, plus $10 extra if you want extra microphone holder hol...
Thursday, Jan 24
Rock Band Standalone Instruments Get Ship Dates, Price
The days of only being able to buy Rock Band instruments in a gigantic pack are about to come to an end as the creators just announced dates and pricing on their instruments. The drums will be $79 on February 12 and the guitar will be $59 on April 1. The PlayStation 3 version of the guitar will work...
Friday, Dec 14
Activision Calls Harmonix a Punk, Says They Were "Misleading" About Blocked Patch [Fight!]
In fact, Harmonix and its parent company MTV Games/Viacom recently declined Activision's offer to reach an agreement that would allow the use of Guitar Hero guitar controllers with Rock Band. We have been and remain open to discussions with Harmonix and MTV Games/Viacom about the use of...
Wednesday, Dec 12
Activision Roadblocks GHIII Guitar Support for PS3 Rock Band
As is the case with the Microsoft Xbox360, we believe that Sony PLAYSTATION 3 users should be able to use the peripheral of their choice with Rock Band. We sincerely hope that Activision will reverse its decision and allow release of the compatibility patch and further, that Activision wi...
Activision Roadblocks GHIII Guitar Support for PS3 Rock Band [Say ...
Two weeks ago, Harmonix created a software patch for the Sony PLAYSTATION 3 version of Rock Band that allowed for guitar compatibility and support for third party peripherals, including enabling use of Activision's Guitar Hero III ...
Wednesday, Dec 5
Rock Band Patch Adds Support for PS3 Guitar Hero III Controllers [Unconfirmed]
In the battalion of boxes that encases Rock Band's high quality gear there is but one guitar. Since you can't buy the instruments separately yet and Guitar Hero III's guitar won't work w/ RB on the PS3, your band is effectively bass player-less. Harmonix to the rescue: The upcoming patch for...
Monday, Dec 3
Got a Bum Strum, Get a Free Game
EA's warranty efforts to replace broken Rock Band Guitars has been seeing some delays, and in response to the delayed replacements, EA is offering a free game for those who are affected. So, those of you who still have a bum strum button and haven't requested a replacement, you might want to...
Tuesday, Nov 6
Harmonix iPod Guitar Hero Game Lets You Use Your Own Music [Gaming]
Not content to dominate living rooms with their upcoming Rock Band music title, Harmonix has made a Guitar Hero-esque iPod game called Phase that can take your own music and lay down a rhythm game on top. The game costs $5 and needs the iTunes 7.5 update we told you about earlier. Although you ma...
Tuesday, Apr 3
Wireless Xbox 360 Rock Band Guitar Controller Coming? [Peripherals]
EBGames is great at letting people in on unreleased accessories. Last time, it was the Retro Joystick from Mad Catz. This time, it's a wireless guitar controller for Rock Band, the upcoming game that lets you be Guitar Hero with 2 guitars, a drum set and a mic.
