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We Sing Rock! Reveals Complete Song List

Nordic Games Publishing has announced the full tracklist for their upcoming music game We Sing Rock!, which is set to be launched exclusively on the Nintendo Wii home console.Here's the tracklist for We Sing Rock!:30 Seconds to Mars - Kings and Queens4 Non Blondes - What's UpAlice Cooper - PoisonBloc Party ...

27 September 2011
09:32 GMT

Maroon 5 Front Man Sues Activision Over Band Hero

It seems that even with the franchise dead at the moment Guitar Hero is causing publisher Activision Blizzard problems with Adam Levine, the leader of the pop rock band Maroon 5, suing the company because of how he was portrayed in the 2009 release Band Hero.The singer says that he did agree to allow Activision to us...

8 August 2011
16:21 GMT

Ubisoft Announces Real Life Guitar Game Rocksmith

Video game publisher Ubisoft has announced that it is working on a whole new music game, called Rocksmith, which is set to allow gamers to use any real life standard guitar in order to learn to play a variety of songs and improve their overall technique. The new game will be launched during the fall of this year a...

16 March 2011
14:41 GMT

DJ Hero 2 Gets Indie Hip Hop Mixes

Video game publisher Activision Blizzard has announced that it has released a new pack of songs for DJ Hero 2, including three new tracks coming from the underground of the hip hop movement, giving players more opportunities to create their own musical output by modifying and expanding the already existing songs. ...

16 March 2011
05:53 GMT

Harmonix Says Guitar Hero Demise Is Discouraging

Activision announced that it was ending the Guitar Hero series for the moment, with no video game in the franchise planned for 2011 and with no more downloadable content delivered to those who own Warriors of Rock after February, but rival series Rock Band will continue to push for innovation in the music game space....

14 February 2011
08:37 GMT

49.99 Dollars Sale Price for Harmonix More than It Seems

Earlier we found out that Viacom, the parent company of MTV Games, has decided to sell video games developer Harmonix, who is in charge of both Rock Band and Dance Central development, to an investment firm called Columbus Nova, and now the price for the transaction has been revealed to just be 49.99 dollars.A report...

7 January 2011
04:15 GMT

Full Imagine Album Coming to Rock Band 3

Harmonix and MTV Games, the two companies that are in charge of the Rock Band franchise, have announced that this week music lovers will be receiving, as downloadable content, the second solo album from John Lennon, “Imagine”, launched in 1971 and widely seen to contain his best solo efforts.The tracks in...

23 November 2010
05:33 GMT

Guitar Hero and Rock Band Should Join Forces, Says Analyst

An analyst watching the video game industry has suggested that the two biggest music simulation franchises, Guitar Hero from Activision and Rock Band from MTV Games and Harmonix, should join forces in order to combat the clear decline in sales the genre has been recently experiencing.Doug Creutz, who is analyst with ...

27 October 2010
18:01 GMT

Anthrax and The Doobie Brothers Come to Rock Band

Harmonix and MTV Games, the two companies in charge of the Rock Band franchise, have announced that bands that Anthrax, The Doobie Brothers, My Chemical Romance, 30 Seconds to Mars, Atreyu and Buckcherry are the bands that are set to add their songs to the Rock Band Music Store, allowing gamers on the Xbox 360, the P...

28 September 2010
13:51 GMT

Power Gig: Rise of the SixString Gets Ful Song List

Seven45 Studios, the develovers, have unveiled the entire track list for their upcoming music simulation titles Power Gig: Rise of the SixString, a game that will allow gamers to actually play a guitar as they try to emulate some of the most important artists of the moment.Here are the songs players will be able to e...

7 September 2010
04:32 GMT

Rock Band 3 Offers Full Track List

Harmonix and MTV Games have offered a full list of the songs that players will be able to rock to in the upcoming Rock Band 3, which is set to be launched on October 26 for the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3 and the Nintendo Wii.Here's the full track list for Rock Band 3, separated by eras:1960Beach Boys - “G...

26 August 2010
17:51 GMT

Eleven New Bands Come to Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock

Activision has announced the bands that will make their debut in the upcoming Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, the new music simulation title that will arrive for the Xbox 360 from Microsoft, the PlayStation 3 from Sony and the Nintendo Wii.Here are the bands that will make their first appearance in a Guitar Hero franc...

12 August 2010
05:12 GMT

Guitar Hero 6 Features Queen, Black Sabbath and KISS

Analysts have said that the music simulation genre is but a shadow of its former self, with sales of both the Guitar Hero franchise and the Rock Band hero bringing in less revenue during 2009 than they previously did. But Activision confirmed that it would be publishing Guitar Hero 6 and DJ Hero 2 this year, and now ...

17 May 2010
15:01 GMT

DJ Shadow Confirms His Return in DJ Hero 2

DJ Hero 2 does not officially exist. At least that's what publisher Activision Blizzard is publicly saying. Despite this, a lot of people, including one Chief Executive Officer Bobby Kotick, have talked about the record spinning sequel, and now DJ Shadow, one of the music industry figures heavily involved with t...

27 April 2010
02:58 GMT

Full Tracklist Revealed for Guitar Hero: Van Halen

The Beatles Rock Band might dominate September but the music game of December will likely prove to be Guitar Hero: Van Halen, the title dedicated to the '80's band, which Activision has confirmed as coming out on December 22. To make sure that interest in the game reaches big values, the publisher has also ...

7 August 2009
16:41 GMT

Guitar Hero World Tour Track List Officially Revealed

Finally Activision has officially released the full list of tracks to be featured in the upcoming Guitar Hero World Tour.It's nice to see that they managed to create a balanced play list that includes classic guitar players like Jimi Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac and Creedence Clearwater Revival while also offering new...

15 September 2008
06:19 GMT

Guitar Praise Offers Christian Rock

In Guitar Hero III, there's a track where Lucifer makes a short guest star appearance. It's all nice and funny, with the guitar wielding Lord of the Underdark preying for the player as he becomes a real Rock God. But, of course, there were some people that freaked out completely at the thought of children s...

28 August 2008
04:50 GMT


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