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Rock Band 3: Rock Out with your Natural Talent Out

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Remember when Rock Band first arrived on the scene? It, along with the venerable classic Guitar Hero, proved that it is possible to get up off the couch and interact with a game in a way that no Wiimote could ever hope to deliver. And the world lost its friggin’ mind. Suddenly people who had no interest in gaming had a way to channel their inner rock star without feeling like some pimply-faced teen or the pressure to be Teh Pwnerer; it was just a fun piece of kit that…

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Rock Band 3 brings keytar, 80’s cheese to the mix

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Green Day fans who downloaded the 2 song demo of Green Day: Rock Band got the first nugget of a hint that keyboards keytars would be coming to Rock Band 3. At the end of the demo, the RB3 image splashed onscreen, that included the four classic instruments as well as an icon for keyboard. The microphone icon was also changed to show three mics, which suggests that Harmonix is going to be bringing, er, harmonics, to the third installment of the rhythm game, though that’s less of surprise since…

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Eric Cartman and Lady Gaga – together?

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As anyone who plays Rock Band knows, Harmonix has consistently put out new tracks every week for over two years, and have branched out into other musical genres.  This may be the first time in it’s history that both an original artist and cover have seen the same track released simultaneously though.  Lady Gaga makes her debut on Rock Band March 16th, with a track pack that includes “Poker Face”.  At the same time, for those who like a little irony in their Rock Band list, you’ll be able to…

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Rock Band Network Gets Sub Pop

Doug Groves , 2 Comments

Last week, MTV Harmonix unveiled its Rock Band Network, which allows artists to upload their music for playing on the popular music game.  Acts will have multiple options in porting their music over for the game.  They can choose to directly hire Harmonix-trained devs to come up with the note tracks, submit it to a community of freelancers, or actually take the work in-house. The Network is in a closed beta for now, but should become an open beta in August, starting first on the Xbox Live platform. In that…

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The Beatles: Rock Band opening cinematic is a trip, daddio.

Danny X 2 Comments

There’s no way around it; Rock Band’s cool. Getting together with some friends on a random evening and banging away on our toy plastic instruments is a pleasure that transcends guilty. But beyond an awesome gaming experience, one thing Rock Band has always done well is the opening cinematic, and it seems The Beatles: Rock Band is not only carrying on that tradition, but taking it to a whole new level. Check the video above to see what I mean, or see the original here. I have only 2 questions…

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Beatles Go Digital

Doug Groves , , 2 Comments

One of the great rock and roll hold outs in the digital age has been The Beatles.  Rumours of the Fab Four hitting the mp3 stores surface every year like clockwork.  Surprisingly, all the speculation has been wrong. Finally,  Harmonix looks to be on track to be the first to get the Fab Four online, as long as you want to play along, that is.  September 9th, 2009 is the scheduled release date of an unknown number of Beatles tracks (albums?) for the popular music game Rock Band.  Along with…

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Rock Band 2 On Display

Doug Groves 1 Comment

Engadget has a first look at the new Rock Band 2 gear, with plenty of pics. The guitars have a new optical sensor to make syncing with your TV much easier, and it also includes a look at the awesome Ion drum kit. Rock Band 2 is going to be fully compatible with downloaded content from the original game, and is more of an evolution than a revolution, but I have to say it appears to be evolving in the right direction. The new game come with 200 tracks, including…

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