Tag: ROCK BAND

A recent survey conducted by retail giant Guitar Center found that the games 'Guitar Hero' and 'Rock Band' are encouraging players to pick up and learn how to play real instruments, reports Game Daily. According to the survey of 7,000 gamers, 67 percent of those who do not play an instrument plan to learn and 72 percent of those who already play an instrument play more frequently due to the ...

You don't need to be Guitar Hero to make some money. Take, for instance, Electronic Arts' 'Rock Band' -- a game made by original 'Guitar Hero' creators, Harmonix Music Systems. According to Viacom's (parent of Harmonix's owner, MTV Networks) Securities and Exchanges filing, the Boston-based developer will be receiving a $300+ million dollar bonus. $150 million was already paid last quarter, and ...

After years of negotiations, rumors, and quite probably begging, the Beatles catalog will finally be available for digital download -- but not on iTunes, and we're sure Steve Jobs is none too happy (despite numerous teaser announcements and rumors, the Beatles still aren't on Apple's online music store, or anywhere else online, for that matter). So if not Apple with its iTunes Store, then who's ...

Girls can, like, totally rock now, but they've had to use boy-aimed guitar peripherals when playing games like 'Rock Band.' Thankfully, PDP has teamed up with Radio Disney mainstays Aly & AJ to create some seriously rockin' game controllers for the PlayStation2 and Wii. Due out mid-October and priced at a rockin' $69.99, tweenage 'Guitar Hero' and 'Rock Band' fans can choose either the ...

While there's likely nothing that will convince most folks of the merits of a full-size, $180 wooden guitar controller, those still on the fence about this particular piece of excess may be interested to know that the good people of PS3 Fanboy recently got their hands on one, and they've now offered up some initial impressions. As you might expect, they found it to definitely be a hefty device, ...

Last weekend at the New American Music Union Festival in Pittsburgh, PA, Bob Dylan took to the stage and soon found himself competing with another 'band.' For reasons we can't quite comprehend, several boys had apparently set up a pretty serious gaming rig less than 50 yards from Dylan's stage. According to the New York Daily News, the troublemakers jammed out to a boisterous game of 'Rock ...

What more is there to say? Rush tries to get down with 'Rock Band' backstage at the 'Colbert Report.' The results are simultaneously hilarious and sad as the legendary Canadian rockers struggle to keep up with their own hit single. Of course, this confirms what we and Slash of Guns N' Roses have been saying all along, 'Guitar Hero' and 'Rock Band' are nothing like the real thing. [Source: Boing ...

We've done the roundup treatment for the big three (Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft) at this year's E3 video game show. Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony have each had their turn to toot their own horns, and now it's time for the publishers to have their say. Yes, these are the third-party developers that are responsible for much of the flood of actual games that will be hitting the various consoles ...

Alright, this is getting a little silly. First it was Gibson claiming that Rock Band and Guitar Hero violated a patent covering "simulating a musical performance," and now Konami is suing Harmonix, Viacom, and MTV Game because Rock Band allegedly violates a similar set of patents covering "simulated musical instruments" and "musical rhythm-based matching games." Filed in good ol' Marshall, the ...

While the original 'Rock Band' is still going strong, Harmonix is already looking towards the next bit of kit that it hopes will be cluttering your place, with it now getting official with Rock Band 2 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. This time around, it seems the Xbox 360 will be getting a jump on things with a launch in September, with the PS3 version set to follow "later in the year." ...

Sales of digital music have yet to make up for staggeringly low CD sales, so artists have been getting creative about distribution. First it was ring tones, and now artists are getting behind a pair of niche marketing vehicles, 'Guitar Hero' and 'Rock Band.' The games aimed at wannabe rock stars have helped rejuvenate the careers of classic rock acts. Mötley Crüe certainly had this in ...

GameStop leaked the existence of the $100 Rock Band Stage Kit back in January, and it's updated the listing with the first pictures we've seen of the included smoke machine and strobe light. The smoke machine looks fairly ordinary, but the light features controls so Rock Band vocalists can apparently blind themselves while making selections. The kit's listed with a ship date of August 15, but who ...

Sure people were excited to see Slash in 'Guitar Hero III,' but 'Rock Band' stole Activision's thunder when it debuted with tons of dowloadable content and additional instruments. But in an interview in Conde Nast Portfolio, Activision CEO, Bobby Kotick, revealed that Rock Band wont be alone for long in the drums and microphone as video game accessory market. Also, this June will see the ...

While the name Bruckheimer may not inspire much confidence in those who prefer their movies to have deep meanings and thought-provoking storylines, you have to admit that the guy has made some of the greatest action movies of all time. ('Top Gun,' despite all its cheese, ranks up there pretty high on most peoples' lists.) So, it's with mixed thoughts that many will take the news of Bruckheimer ...

The folks at I Am 8-Bit (you may remember them from such art shows as this one) and a design company called Couch (great name, eh?) have put their collective pixels together to create some nice Space Invader-inspired guitar straps, particularly for those of you with 'Rock Band' and/or 'Guitar Hero' gee-tars. The vinyl strap comes in either blue or black, and will set you back $33, or ...