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In today's edition of Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter Arok_Lazarus wonders what music transports us back to the games we used to play. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5788599&view=rss&microfeed=true There's nothing but an announcement for now. And while pop songs in games are hardly new, considering how suited The National's music is to a dirty, near-future landscape—and how Valve has already shown themselves how capable they are at integrating songs into a game in Portal 2—I think it's okay to get a little excited about it. More »
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DJ Hero 2, set for an Oct. 19 release, will include 105 songs remixed into 80 different mixes, Activision said today. More »
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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 »
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N is for Nirvana, who gave teen spirit a smell. N is for Night Ranger without "Sister Christian", what the hell? More »
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Four players will play songs performed by two people next week, when dynamic divorced duo The White Stripes make their Rock Band debut. More »
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Who didn't see this one coming? A triple pack of music from Brutal Legend hits the Rock Band Music Store next week, along with tracks from Black Tide, Blink-182, Joe Satriani, L7, and Kansas. More »
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Just when I had gotten The Flobots' "Handlebars" out of my head, next week's Rock Band Music Store update crams it back in, along with tunes from Electric Six, The Raconteurs, and a little Alanis. More »
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Band Hero's track list continues to confuse the hell out of me, as newly revealed songs from Hilary Duff and Jesse McCartney mingle with newly revealed songs from David Bowie and Counting Crows. More »
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The list of officially confirmed songs for The Beatles: Rock band grows to twenty-five this morning, as today's trailer reveals are joined by seven more tracks by way of official EA decree. More »
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Green Day finally makes an appearance on the Rock Band Music Store next week, along with a selection of tracks from RockStar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival artists, including Marilyn Manson and Slayer. More »
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A rather nice variety of tracks make up the first batch of new DLC for Rock Band Unplugged since launch, with Stone Temple Pilots, Mötley Crüe, Avenged Sevenfold, and Dream Theater getting the Frequency treatment. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5303819&view=rss&microfeed=true Over the next two weeks motion-friendly Xbox 360 karaoke game Lips will be getting seven new songs to add to its 40 title repertoire. The first batch lands today, the second next week. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5095530&view=rss&microfeed=true I think if you're the Sex Pistols you can, perhaps, pull off the whole deliberately bad singing, but if you're some group of kid musicians, it's a probably a bad idea. Besides, I'm pretty sure it isn't deliberate, I think they just can't sing. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=244509&view=rss&microfeed=true For me, nothing quite spices up gameplay like a little mood music. I'm not talking symphonic soundtracks, but something with vocals, lyrics, and a beat that compliments the game I am playing. Take a game like The Way of the Warrior for the 3DO. An unambitious Mortal Kombat clone made playable solely because they used an entire White Zombie album as BGM. This year was great for game songs, and here's a list of my top five favorites to prove it. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=224430&view=rss&microfeed=true Who knew this weird little song was implanted in so many of the games Kazumi Totaki has scored for Nintendo? Don't say "Me!" Or, worse yet, "Mii!" I am a man capable of extraordinary acts of physical violence. Florian Eckhardt More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=207762&view=rss&microfeed=true MTV's online game show G-Hole recently spent some time with the Harmonix team talking them about Guitar Hero 2. While the story is kinda of interesting, what really takes the cake is that they inadvertently showed off nearly all of the songs for the upcoming game. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=205630&view=rss&microfeed=true Moshezuchter had been playing for about a month when he decided to tackle the Zelda theme on his accordion. Not bad, though a bit stop and go. The second video is him churning through the Tetris theme song. Brian Crecente More »
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In the coolest move they've ever made, gaming network G4's Attack of the Show has posted a very sincere, very well-worded apology to our darling Aeropause. More »
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I love this little picture of Samus rocking out with her 8-bit guitar. What is she thrashing? Metroid tunes gone metal, naturally. More »
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RedOctane threw a little party in Australia today to show off a new build of Guitar Hero II. Among the biggest news was that the demo showed off three new songs, bringing the total known track count to 11. More »
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The Guardian Gamesblog has posted the timeless question, "What's your favorite song about video games?" then posted up a list of their own favorite picks. Personally, we're a fan of Ozma's take on the Tetris theme, Korobienicki. But it's hard to beat this pick: More »
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