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How do we save Rock Band?
Last week Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos talked with Edge about his company’s recent history and future plans, admitting that Rock Band 3 has not sold that well. With the shuttering of the Guitar Hero and …
Lords of Shadow soundtrack earns two IFMCA nominations
Oscar Araujo’s soundtrack to Castlevania: Lords of Shadow has earned two nominations for The International Film Music Critics Association awards. While the awards are obviously generally intended for film, it turns out that video game …
PaRappa creator returns with WINtA music game for iPhone
In the beginning of December, PaRappa creator Masaya Matsuura launched a new rhythm game for iPhone, WINtA. The odd capitalization stands for War Is Not the Answer.
The free app comes with one free song, plus …
First Thirty: Rock Band 3 (PS3)
Even as a longtime fan of Rock Band, I can’t deny there’s a weariness to the formula. I mean, what else can you do to make notes-on-a-highway compelling? It’s not like anybody paid attention to …
And now, the DJ Hero 2 setlist
If you hurry, you might be able to snag the first DJ Hero bundle for a pathetic $20… and maybe that will get you psyched enough to sign up for DJ Hero 2, out October …
Here’s Rock Band 3 piano in action!
It’s a prototype controller and it looks like beta gameplay footage (I’m saying that simply because the onscreen fonts are boring), but here’s video from USA Today with the reveal of piano in Rock Band …
Warning: Castlevania Best Music Collections Box may not come with everything shown
I was thrilled to see my Castlevania Best Music Collections Box had finally arrived today, and then pretty disappointed to find that several of the parts of the set shown in multiple photos on Play-Asia’s …
Brilliant Super Mario Land rap isn’t even remotely safe for work
It’s a couple of months old, so you may have already seen this, but if you haven’t, you missed out. This incredibly good rap based on the Gunpei Yokoi Gameboy classic Super Mario Land has …
God of War III Free MP3 Doesn’t Disappoint
Dealnews carries word of a free download of a single track from the God of War III soundtrack. The soundtrack is due out on iTunes and Sumthing Digital on March 16th (alongside the game …
Fret Nice wants to bring you back to your guitar controllers
There’s a lot of guitar controllers out there, so why haven’t we found something else to do with them besides Rock Band? Enter Fret Nice, a platformer with a musical hook. You can’t tell from …
eBay continues to profit off illegal merchandise, and clearly doesn’t care
In my years of buying and selling on eBay, I’ve become increasingly shocked at how little eBay seems to care about the sheer volume of illegal merchandise that is being sold through their massive auction …
Guitar Hero: Van Halen sends me to a very bad place
This summer, I went to a Journey concert. I didn’t really know what to expect, since I’d never seen the band live before, and I knew they were on something like their fourth singer since …
Review: The Beatles: Rock Band (PS3)
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The Long and Winding Road
If you’re not familiar with Harmonix’s work on the Guitar Hero franchise and its various …
Loosely Halloween-related Rock Band DLC
Today Harmonix/MTV Games announced their Halloween-themed DLC pack. And by Halloween-themed, I really mean in a very-very-loosely-connected-by-means-of-slightly-spooky-artist-names kind of way.
Up for offer are three tracks from Rob ZOMBIE (omg! Zombies!), five from WOLFmother (WOLVES! aaaargh!) …
New TMBG album includes game-inspired video
As They Might Be Giants clear their second decade of producing nerd-friendly music, they have created a delightful side-gig of albums targeted to children. “Here Comes Science” is their fourth kids’ album, and the video …
Design By Bake’s Under The Cosh PacMan Album Cover
Tom Grant and Chris Jennings of the design firm Design By Bake created this cool PacMan-style 7″ die cut vinyl sleeve for a band that doesn’t even exist! The album called “Under the Cosh – …
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