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Finally, A Game For Girls!

John Walker | Rock Paper Shotgun — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:00:00 EDT

Oh, those pretty little dears. More »

Wait A Sec, Is That Jace Hall Kicking Tay Zonday's Ass?

Owen Good — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 14:00:00 EDT

Jace Hall, who earlier this year brought us "I Play WoW," returns with this love song to Street Fighter, featuring booty-shaking ring girls and cosplayers dressed like the game's major characters. This is pretty loud, so earbuds might be advisable. More »

Madden Soundtrack Goes For That Gameday Feeling

Owen Good — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:20:00 EDT

Seven NFL teams' fight songs are included for the first time this year in the Madden NFL soundtrack - unfortunately (from my perspective) the best one is MIA. Probably because they didn't want the thing sounding like a porn movie. More »

Hey, Maybe Eminem is Appearing for Call of Duty

Owen Good — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:20:00 EDT

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Eminem tweeted he'd appear in Activision's event at E3, and yesterday I joked "I don't think he's appearing on behalf of Call of Duty: Black Ops." Maybe he is. A track from his new album will be in the game. More »

Power Gig Scores Dave Matthews, Clapton, Kid Rock, And Fake Drums

Mike Fahey — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:20:00 EDT

Seven45 Studios reveals agreements with Dave Matthews Band, Eric Clapton, and Kid Rock to provide exclusive music to real guitar powered rhythm game Power Gig, along with the innovative Airstrike drums that will accompany said real guitar. More »

Rock Band Next Week: Slipknot And Garfunkel

Mike Fahey — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:40:00 EST

After three tracks from America's masked metal group, you might be ready for the sound of silence. Slipknot and Simon & Garfunkel both make their Rock Band debut in next week's update. More »

Rock Band: 1,000 Songs And Growing

Mike Fahey — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:40:00 EST

Harmonix and MTV Games promised more than 1,000 songs for Rock Band by the year 2010, and they have delivered with more than a month to spare. More »

Who Needs Nintendo Chiptunes When You've Got Sega Rock?

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EDT

Music inspired directly by video games tends to be fairly limited in scope. Chiptunes, hip-hop, some electronica, and the odd piece of folk. Sludgefeast are none of those things. More »

Rock Band Next Week: More Foreigner, More Warped Tour

Mike Fahey — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:20:00 EDT

Issue number 16 of the Official Rock Band Zine has hit fans' inboxes today, bringing with it news of three more Foreigner songs and another bunch of Warped Tour songs hitting the store next week. More »

Microsoft's E3 Promises, One Year Later

Stephen Totilo — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:00:11 EDT

Join us in reliving the hype of last year's Microsoft E3 press conference with the know-it-all hindsight of what did and didn't come true. Sorry, Microsoft, but you were not perfect in predicting the future... More »

Music Games Driving The Whole Damn Industry

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:30:00 EDT

The gaming industry just keeps. On. Growing. And shows no sign of slacking off! And while many pundits will point to the runaway success of the Wii as a key catalyst for this growth, some sales analysis by UBS' Ben Schachter shows that the driving force behind the industry's success is in fact music games. Particularly, Guitar Hero & Rock Band. According to Schachter's research, music games accounted for 19% of all gaming sales last month, and accounted for a crazy 44% of gaming's dollar growth over July 2007. Yeah, it's only one month, and yeah, they'll account for growth because they're expensive, but still. Don't rain on their parade! That's big money whichever way you look at it. More »

Konami Announces "Rock Revolution"

fdemarco — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:20:00 EDT

Seems like everyone is jumping on the music rhythm game bandwagon these days and seeing as Konami was somewhat instrumental in starting the whole genre it makes sense that the would come out with their own answer to Guitar Hero and Rock Band. That answer is Rock Revolution. Rock Revolution is mainly centered around the drumming although there will be guitar and bass available as well. There were no guitars in evidence but they were keen to show off their drum kit which features a total of six drum pads and a pedal. They also made sure to show us how quiet the pads themselves were so we could avoid the problem of "annoying family and neighbors with the constant tapping. I'm sure I have NO idea what they were referring to with that... More »

Def Leppard In Guitar Hero 4

Mike Fahey — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:20:00 EDT

There is no better pick me up in the world than the opening chords of Def Leppard's "Photograph". See for yourself once Guitar Hero 4. During an interview wit the band on the radio show Rockline, a caller asked why none of their songs were featured in Guitar Hero or Rock Band. Guitarist Phil Collen replied, revealing that at least three of their hits would be featured in GH4, including "Rock of Ages", "Animal", and of course, "Photograph". Personally I was hoping they would show up as downloadable content for Rock Band, but that's only because I lost one of my drumsticks. Oh come on, I had to go there. It was a moral imperative. More »

Does Phase Hint Where Rock Band is Going?

geoff — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:00:00 EST

Harmonix is a company all about the music. Don't believe me? Well consider this: When you walk into the men's room at the Cambridge, MA headquarters there's a ghetto blaster on the floor so you can listen to tunes while you do your business. More »

React Brings Guitars For The Holidays

Mike Fahey — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:00:48 EDT

After the warm reception their red and black Reaper model received earlier this year, React is introducing two new models of wireless guitar controllers for the PS2. The blue, green and white number is called the Odyssey and is pretty enough, but The Legacy is the one that has me drooling. Not only does it have a very classy wood grain finish, but it also comes with a pair of wireless foot pedals. One pedal controls star power, while the other acts as a whammy bar. Perfect for those of us who constantly screw themselves up while flailing about to get star power going. Both new models should be available from Best Buy in November. More »

So Bad It's Good Minibosses Video

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:20:27 EST

Since I have such a hard time reading—had a nasty fall off a loading dock as a child—I couldn't quite keep up with the storyline. But who the hell cares? With production values this bad, you just gotta let the music (and cheesy effects) wash over you. Take a break from the PS3 onslaught and enjoy some old school Castlevania III coverage. Michael McWhertor More »

Real Life Rockers Rock Out To Guitar Hero

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 20:00:54 EST

Celebrities. They're just like us! They buy gelato, shop for groceries, divorce their trophy wives, and wait in line at the airport (note: all celebrity behaviors swiped from Us Weekly). And they play Guitar Hero, even if they're certified, world famous rock and rollers. More »

Guitar Hero Controller For Tiny Kid Hands

Brian Crecente — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 17:58:23 EDT

From The Ant Commandos, makers of all things shredding and video game guitar related, comes this new Guitar Hero controller made just for kids. More »

Guitar Hero II Contest

brownlee — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 11:40:57 EDT

Have a bitching band? Well, with the announced release of Guitar Hero II in November comes the announcement that Red Octane are resurrecting their " Be A Guitar Hero" contest. So if you want to have some of your baddest heavy metal riffs immortalized by millions of dorks jumping around in their underpants in their living room, swing by the official site and enter. More »

Never Mind the Bollocks, I'm a Guitar Hero

Brian Crecente — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 13:59:12 EST

Oh... My... God... I can't believe how much Guitar Hero kicks ass. This is my new favorite game. If you haven't heard about it, Harmonix's latest is a rhythm game that features a life-sized guitar with a strum bar, whammy bar and five multi-colored fret buttons. You have to play chords and notes, pull off properly timed sustains and use the whammy to rock out. More »