Today
Guitar Hero 5 o I Was Made For Loving You by KISS (£1.59/€1.99) o Lick by KISS (£1.59/€1.99) o Modern Day Delilah by KISS (£1.59/€1.99) o KISS Track Pack (£4.39/€5.49) Add-On Game Content Rock Band Unplugged o You're No Rock and Roll Fun by Sleater-Kinney (£0.99/€1.49)
Plenty to get excited about this week on the North American PlayStation Store, including the release of adhocParty, Peggle (with Peggle Nights!) and Assassin's Creed for the PSP. Games & Demos for PlayStation 3 Peggle ($9.99) PSone Classics - Resident Evil 2 ($5.99)
Yesterday
South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play! (Microsoft / DoubleSix) Guitar Hero 5 (Activision Publishing / Neversoft Entertainment) LEGO Rock Band (MTV Games – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment / Traveler's Tales Games - Harmonix) The Beatles: Rock Band (MTV Games / Harmonix)
Monday, Nov 16
After opening his article for The New Republic with a reference to how he and his fellow "smug old children of the 70s" lament the passing influence of the music of their youth, critic David Hajdu discovers a cruel twist. The music games that are so popular on consoles today bring older music...
Even if Nirvana and Johnny Cash fans—or those in control of their estates—do find this sort of virtual karaoke circus act in bad taste, just remember that to prevent this kind of stuff would be nigh impossible. Limiting the ability to use certain Guitar Hero 5 characters in other performer...
Saturday, Nov 14
• The official Guitar Hero Store is offering a $40 coupon on a two-guitar bundle for only $10 more than the regular one-guitar bundle. In other words, you pay $79.99 for the game and two axes. Regular is $119.99. [Dealzon] • Walmart has reintroduced its 2-for-$30 offer on select titles for Wii (3...
Friday, Nov 13
PS3 STORE Burnout Paradise - Big Surf Bundle Buzz! – Euro Sports Quiz Pain o Fat Princess Pack o Speed Oocher Pack Guitar Hero 5 o Fly Away by Lenny Kravitz o Lady by Lenny Kravitz o Let Love Rule by Lenny Kravitz o Lenny Kravitz Track Pack PSP STORE via PlayStation Blog]
Thursday, Nov 12
PlayStation 3 owners who haven't enjoyed Number None's time twisting platformer should really drop the $14.99 USD and do so. Other highlights include the release of a quartet of Pinball Heroes games for the PSP, the digital release of Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble and... a Dita Von Teese theme f...
03. Borderlands (Xbox 360) - 418,000 04. Wii Sports Resort (Wii) - 314,000 05. NBA 2K10 (Xbox 360) - 311,000 06. Halo 3 ODST (Xbox 360) - 271,000 07. NBA 2K10 (PS3) - 213,000 08. Forza Motorsport 3 (Xbox 360) - 175,000 09. Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (DS) - 169,000 10. FIFA Soccer 10 (Xbox 360) - 156,000
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Tuesday, Nov 10
Appearing on the Fox Business network on Friday, the same day U.S. unemployment passed 10%, the head of Activision acknowledged that high jobless numbers will challenge the gaming business, but vouched for the value of playing games in tough times.
Saturday, Nov 7
• The "Value Edition" of The Beatles: Rock Band - this includes guitar and drums peripherals but not the Beatles' signature instruments - is down to $99.99 through Amazon. Normally the kit is $140. [TDD] Here are some games on sale; all self explanatory.
The old dog-ate-my-controller excuse got a guy out of a 5,000 Microsoft Point purchase, plus Gamertag immortality for the scape-pooch, in the No. 1 story of a news-packed week delivered by your humble editors. Top Stories Microsoft Refunds Dog Shopping Spree, Grants K9 Gamertag
Thursday, Nov 5
I think it does hurt them," said Stephen Smith, a partner specializing in entertainment and video game litigation with Greenberg Glusker, tells Variety. As Smith points out, Activision should strive to keep big names like No Doubt happy.
During an earnings Q&A earlier today, Activision spoke a little of their 2010 product line-up. A line-up that you may be stunned to hear includes new Call of Duty, Guitar Hero and Spider Man games. Good ol' Activision. They're nothing if not dependable.
PS3 Netflix Streaming Discs Are In The Mail Giant Wine, Autographed Items, Vinyl, At Upcoming Charity Announcing The Return Of Kotaku's Game Club, For Modern Warfare 2 Guitar Hero, WoW & World At War Give Activision Better Than Expected Q3
Activision Blizzard had kind words for the Guitar Hero and Call of Duty franchises, which apparently many of you bought over the last three months, helping Acti-Blizz zoom past its projected $700 million quarter. CEO Robert "Bobby" Kotick pointed to "positive audience response to Acti...
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Joystiq, Kotaku Australia
Wednesday, Nov 4
Activision is catching legal heat from band No Doubt over the group's appearance in the recently released Band Hero. No Doubt is suing Activision, seeking damages for turning the act into "virtual karaoke players." Sound familiar?
Tuesday, Nov 3
The meal comes in four configurations, offers four "collector's cups" featuring NFLers rendered, interestingly, in their cartoony Madden-for-the-Wii forms. McWhertor, still nauseous from last year's unboxing of the Guitar Hero meal, assigned this to me on the pretense that as the s...
Guitar Hero III has been flat for a while, which either means no one new has bought it and those who have it have stopped playing it (doubtful) or that new users' lack of time with the game is balancing out veteran users' continued use. Whatever the case may be, the game dipped slightly this mon...
We're asking for a minimum donation of $10 to get in and get a door prize ticket. We will be giving away a huge amount of swag including more than 70 T-Shirts, a custom straight jacket, a Guitar Hero drum seat, a popcorn machine and Divinity Dragon knives.
Friday, Oct 30
Bliss Handheld Game of the Year: Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars The Rampage Soundtrack of the Year: Guitar Hero World Tour Xbox Game of the Year: Gears of War 2 PlayStation Game of the Year: Killzone 2 Publisher of the Year: Activision Blizzard
Thursday, Oct 29
DJ Hero is barely out the door and already there are new downloadable tracks, with 50 Cent, Queen, Gorillaz, and Public Enemy hitting Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network today - for $3.00 apiece. Lee explains why DJ Hero tracks cost a dollar more than Rock Band or Guitar Hero tracks:
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Wednesday, Oct 28
To promote the track "Underdog" from British rockers Kasabian, a group of footballers play "Football Hero". Seventeen games to get 76 percent — you try to do better! Dazzling stuff. Great tune, too. Guitar Hero played on a massive scale using soccer balls [I Heart Chaos]
Tuesday, Oct 27
I've been growing increasingly disillusioned with rhythm games over the past year. It seems like the two major players - Rock Band and Guitar Hero - are doing the exact same thing, only with different music, and let's be completely honest here - the music isn't all that different. New titles...
Welcome to Bobby Kotick's nightmare, a world in which Guitar Hero controllers could be rendered useless, a world in which video games can be played by monitoring muscle actions. A brave new air guitar future! Guitar Hero without a guitar [Procrastineering]
Monday, Oct 26
Insomniac Games boss Ted Price recently confessed he'd been ignoring the world of Internet "community" that he'd been proselytizing as the future of gaming. Apology necessary? In Price's case, the question is whether the head of a development studio has anything to be sorry for if he's n...
I just went through my current stash of goodies sent me from publishers and there are a ton of neat things we're giving away including more than 70 T-Shirts, a custom straight jacket, a limited edition Brutal Legend statue, a Guitar Hero drum seat, a popcorn machine and a Divinity Dragon kn...
These numbers make sense to me. While Guitar Hero and Rock Band have the benefit of recognizable instruments and music, DJ Hero consists of mashups of popular songs performed using a device that not a lot of consumers are familiar with. Just tally up how many times you've seen someone play im...
If you had any doubts about the ever-growing importance of Facebook to the game industry, look no further than today's Activision announcement, heralding the impressive number of fans the Guitar Hero Facebook page has gathered. It's not about sales. It's not about review scores. It's abo...
Saturday, Oct 24
Guitar Hero, Madden, Eliminate Play The Monetization Game Xbox 360 Update Hands-On: Facebook And Twitter Xbox 360 Update Hands-on: Last.FM In Action Japan Gets New "Value" Elite Xbox 360 Bundle Microsoft Explores Xbox Live Rewards Program 3GS iPhone Games Get Special Code
Thursday, Oct 22
Check out the full list of new non-microwaveable treats in the PlayStation Store, right after this. Add-ons & Expansions FIFA Soccer 10 Live Season 2.0 All Leagues ($9.99) Lumines Supernova Add-on Bundle ($4.99) Lumines Supernova Holiday pack ($2.49)
Monday, Oct 19
The Beatles: Rock Band folks further rub their victory in Activision's corporate face by pointing out that Guitar Hero 5 shipped on an additional platform (the PlayStation 2) and even included a copy of Guitar Hero: Van Halen thrown in for free.
Music Game Platform Choices Juggle: A lot of people are rightly focusing on the September victory of The Beatles: Rock Band over Guitar Hero 5. That's interesting. But here's another twist. Last year, Guitar Hero: World Tour launched in November 2008 with the Wii version as the top-seller (...
01. Halo 3: ODST (Xbox 360) - 1,520,000 03. Madden NFL 10 (Xbox 360) - 298,600 05. The Beatles: Rock Band (Xbox 360) - 254,000 06. Madden NFL 10 (PS3) - 246,500 07. Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 (Xbox 360) - 236,000 09. Guitar Hero 5 (Xbox 360) - 210,800 10. The Beatles: Rock Band (Wii) - 208,600
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Then he took a dig at Wii Fit's "bathroom scales" as compared to EA Sports Active's awesomeness that doesn't require an expensive peripheral. Later he went after Activision head Bobby Kotick about how if people stop buying Guitar Hero, he'll be sitting on half the world's plastic.
Sunday, Oct 18
Despite Moore and Huang's faith in the future of digital distribution, however, both developers are releasing three to four disc-based games on console a year. Complete with plastic peripherals which cost even more money to manufacture than video game software, mind you.
Reader GHETTO CHiLD spotted "Mario Land" at the N.C. State Fair (largest midway of any state fair in the U.S., you can look that up.) It's not the only video game brand with a presence there. There's a Guitar Hero tournament - likely being held on a much more official basis - over in Dorton Arena this...
Saturday, Oct 17
Activision joined an all-star list of brands such as Bud Light, Captain Morgan's and Crunch Gym in paying for product placement, but no one got the treatment like Activision, in which a Guitar Hero showdown acts as a key plot device moving the story forward. Variety talked to Will Kassoy, t...
The next Xbox Live update will deliver Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm, but, Ron Popeil style, wait, there's more! According to an email from Microsoft, anyway. Get ready for news headlines and dedicated music stores in the Xbox Live dashboard.
Friday, Oct 16
Failure is not possible in Activision's turntable riff on Guitar Hero, but I saw last night how tough — and strategic — playing the game can be. DJ Hero was available to play in a SoHo Manhattan gallery as part of an Activision and Microsoft-backed evening event for this multi-platform game.
Thursday, Oct 15
Along with wrapping his car in video game advertisements, Truex Jr. will also be appearing at The Fan Midway between 3:30 and 4:00pm to try his hand at the DJ rhythm game, no doubt some sort of contractual obligation of sorts that should result in an awkward 30 minutes of entertainment, at th...
Tuesday, Oct 13
Yeah, my last account was permanently disabled due to (I think) Activision. Right before my account was shut down, the Kurt Cobain vid was removed due to copyright claim by Activision Games Inc. I will be continuing with this account so whatever f—k it all.
Sunday, Oct 11
It takes a performer like Danny "GuitarHeroPhenom" Johnson, holder of eight marks in the Guinness Book of World Records, to bring it out (and he 100 percents this song just an hour after getting Guitar Hero: Van Halen in the mail.) Video: Van Halen Eruption solo, Guitar Hero Phenom vs. Eddie...
Thursday, Oct 8
It comes down to what music games are supposed to be for. If Delallana is right and there's no one way to learn music, then maybe it doesn't matter whether or not DJ Hero has a better track list than Scratch: The Ultimate DJ. But on the other hand, if the game isn't supposed to teach me music – if it'...
You see, Jam Sessions wasn't like other music games in that it wasn't really a "game." It was a tool to let people make music even if they hadn't the foggiest idea how a real guitar works. Just so, its sequel isn't out to compete with Guitar Hero or that Hannah Montana spin-off game I remember pla...
The rest? Well, there's "Gay Bar." It's now available to owners of the PlayStation 3 version of Rock Band. That's pretty exciting. The full list of goods for this week's PlayStation Store update, including a few new PSP games for your PSPgo, is after this. Guitar Hero tracks
Wednesday, Oct 7
San Francisco-based developer Shaba Games is no more, according to a pair of Kotaku tipsters who wished to remain anonymous. The developer of Spider-man: Web of Shadows is said to have been shuttered by parent company Activision today.
Monday, Oct 5
And it may be reflective of a larger trend at Activision, who also recently filed similar trademarks for Guitar Hero and Singularity. The latter we can understand, as it's story driven sci-fi fodder. But Guitar Hero? Certainly no one would think that was an idea worth doing.
Sunday, Oct 4
Those who ordered Guitar Hero 5 in September and took advantage of the free Guitar Hero: Van Halen offer are starting to get their game in the mail, offering a peek at something that's flown under the radar until now. Guitar Hero Van Halen Hits Mailboxes, First Setlist Photos [5frets]
Sports Ads: Everything You Want in a Video Game - and LessMadden Launch Returns to Its Roots - for One Weekend Only?In a League of Your Own, Where Your Word is LawThe Art of Calling an Unseen Game/a>In the Preseason, 2K Sports Reports FirstSo I Went to a Fight, and a Video Game Broke Out ...Whe...
Just noticed this - the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero 5, game only, is down to $29.97 on Amazon.com. Update: Looks like the deal is now dead. Sorry. Again, this is for Guitar Hero 5 on Xbox 360 only and, just because someone will ask, it's the game only. That means no instruments.
Friday, Oct 2
Because consumers are cemented on the $60 price point," says Divnich, "The only way publishers can deviate from the standard pricing is by offering peripheral-based products and over-the-top special editions (e.g., Call of Duty, Guitar Hero, Rock Band). Which, I may add, have been treme...
All of that, plus new songs from Rush and Green Day for Rock Band Unplugged for the PSP, next week in the Rock Band Music Store. Available on Xbox 360 and Wii (Oct. 6) and PlayStation 3 system (Oct. 8): Tracks available for Rock Band Unplugged (Oct. 8):
Wednesday, Sep 30
While Guitar Hero is a license to print money, DJ Hero is less of a sure bet. For all we know, it may stink up the joint! That's not bothering Activision, though, as they're already looking for more developers. Activision recruiting talent for DJ Hero sequels [GI.biz]
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Joystiq, Kotaku Australia
Tuesday, Sep 29
The odd compatibility hiccup aside, when you buy a Rock Band guitar or a Guitar Hero drum kit, you expect it'll work on multiple games. Not so for the upcoming DJ Hero's peripheral. DJ Hero controller not functional with other games [Dtoid]
Monday, Sep 7
Guitar Hero 5 was developed by Neversoft and published by Activision for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation and Wii on September 1. Retails for $59.99 USD ($39.99 USD on PS2). Played all soundtrack selections, tested all modes online and offline with a maximum of three guitars, one dru...
Tuesday, Aug 11
I finished my demo with another Neversoft-created song that turned out to be a Back medley. I don't think I'm enough of a musician (or any kind of musician, really) to ever make something so wonderful myself. But if I buy Guitar Hero 5, I'll be a getting a ticket to enjoy the brilliance of other b...
Monday, Aug 10
He also frowns on people who plan to write Guitar Hero 5 off as "not that different" from Guitar Hero: World Tour. "You have to play the game, you have to experience it. You will never want to go back to playing the old standard game. We take the stance at Neversoft that we're making video games. We'...
The last time I previewed a Guitar Hero game, I was drawn to the Wii version because it attracted a less-competitive crowd of music fan. Now I'm drawn to it to kick some ass. How Far Along Is It? Fairly final. Guitar Hero 5 is out September 1.
Tuesday, May 26
Like Amplitude, But Better: Rock Band Unplugged's gameplay is straight up Amplitude and Frequency, two PlayStation 2 rhythm games that went under-appreciated in their time. Only Unplugged is way better. Harmonix and Backbone Entertainment expand on the gameplay established by those...
Saturday, May 9
Capcom Capcom Offices Preparing For Viral Outbreaks These Are The Biggest-Selling Capcom Franchises Of All Time If Michael Bay Did Bionic Commando, It Would Look Like This Capcom Take Money Money, Make Money Money Money Capcom Shipped Lots of Games Building the Capcom Army
Saturday, Apr 18
Microsoft Explains the E74 Code, Sorta Microsoft Extends Warranty For "E74" Failures Rhythm and Beatles Guitar Hero: Van Halen Confirmed By Ratings Board? Is The Beatles Bundle Worth $250? Here's Your Beatles: Rock Band Box Art Beatles Rock Band Bundle Detailed
Monday, Mar 16
The benefits are not directly connected to making music, an experience both games only replicate at best (although Guitar Hero: World Tour's music studio mode goes a little further with musical experimentation.) But in nuturing an appreciation for music, or breaking down performance...
Thursday, Nov 6
While playing Guitar Hero World Tour for my review of the game I started thinking that maybe the plastic and rubber drum kit was a bit louder that Rock Band 2's. So Adam and I made this short little video showing me playing a chunk of the same song. This isn't scientific at all (You'd need a way to m...
Tuesday, Nov 4
Guitar Hero: World Tour was developed by Neversoft for the Xbox 360 and PS3, published by Activision and released on Oct. 26 for Playstation 2, Playstation 3, Wii and Xbox 360. The Band Kit retails for $189.99 USD. Completed single-player tour using guitar, played many songs using bass, drum...
Wednesday, Oct 29
However, integrating the Guitar Hero World Tour drum controller into the Rock Band games requires an update to the Rock Band game software. Until that update is made to the Rock Band software, the Guitar Hero World Tour drum controller will not function in the PlayStation 3 version of that...
Tuesday, Oct 28
When word broke that the KFC-Activision partnership had resulted in more than just Guitar Hero World Tour in-game advertising, with a Guitar Hero branded "Fully Loaded Box Meal" hitting the fast food chain, we decided to strap on the feedbag and test it out for ourselves. The meal consist...
Has Activision managed to beat Harmonix at their own game, or is Guitar Hero World Tour but a pale imitation? Let's see what the all-star game critics super group has to say. From nowhere near even Rock Band 1 to look out, Harmonix, in five easy steps.
Friday, Oct 17
Look. Before we go any further. I know. There's zero gameplay footage, there's zero announcements (because we knew the product itself was coming in 2009), and with no gameplay and a s-s-s-haky cam, there's always the chance it's a fake. But you know what? As a community service to anyone who is...
Tuesday, Oct 14
Over at MTV's Multiplayer blog, they've gone a little Nintendo number crunching crazy. Based on data pulled from the Wii's Nintendo Channel, there's Wii software usages (as of October 5, 2008) for Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Wii Sports, Mario Kart Wii, Rock B...
Sunday, Sep 21
Well, guess what, just like its Satan-worshippin' brothers at Activision and Harmonix, Guitar Praise has DLC. And MTV Multiplayer (and sometime Kotaku guest editor) Stephen Totillo reports that all you rapture-ready rockers can get your Stryper on in a spring '09 expansion pack. Yup. MT...
Wednesday, Sep 17
MTV Multiplayer has taken delivery of Guitar Praise: Solid Rock — the Christian Rock-themed Guitar Hero knock-off — and performed a solemn unboxing ceremony. Hallelujah: ‘Guitar Praise’ Unboxed, With Screenshots[MTV Multiplayer]
Tuesday, Sep 16
This was the most shocking thing I retained from my interview with David. The rest is to be expected – of course Vicarious is pleased to have climbed from Jet Set Radio on the GameBoy Advance to such lofty heights as developing Guitar Hero: World Tour for the Wii.
So, yeah. After all that, Guitar Hero: World Tour fucking owed me a good time. It’s like having a favorite candy and then they come out with a sour version that fizzes in your mouth and has Tool songs. That’s what Guitar Hero: World Tour is – the Warheads to Rock Band’s Airheads.
Monday, Sep 8
The last time we saw Miley Cyrus, she was smashing a Guitar Hero guitar. Now, she's back! And this time, not smashing, but singing. At the MTV Video Music Awards, she was shilling the MTV Games published Rock Band 2 with her rendition of 'Livin' on a Prayer'.
Sunday, Aug 17
I realize this pours gas on the bad parenting flames of yesterday, but holy crow, I can't not show you this story. Yesterday reader tooji tipped me off to the story of Blake Peebles, a 16-year-old in Raleigh, N.C., whose parents have let him drop out of school so that he can focus on a professiona...
Friday, Jun 20
We were shown a quick demonstration that just about ten minutes, whipping up a serviceable song in virtually no time at all. Using the strum bar to hit notes, the fret buttons to choose notes and chords and the angle of the guitar to change the octave, it was apparent that the guitar controlle...
Monday, Apr 14
Can't let the competition get one up on you! After Def Leppard announced last week that one of their new songs will be debuting in Guitar Hero III, Mötley Crüe have today been wheeled out by the Rock Band camp, with news that their latest single, "Saints of Los Angeles", will be premiering no...
Wednesday, Dec 12
The silver lining to this horribly depressing decision is that I certainly know now that I'll have no desire to pick up any future Guitar Hero games. Thanks, Activision and RedOctane! You just saved me hundreds. ...
Friday, Dec 7
We'd seen YouTube user egyokeo's videos of his custom MIDI drum pad-Guitar Hero III interface, but had yet to see him drum his way through Dragonforce's "Through The Fire And The Flames" on expert. It's a fairly impressive effort, even for a 20-year veteran of the drums, when someone can re...
Wednesday, Nov 28
Activision honcho Robert Kotick is not a nerd. He has a totally cool nickname, "Bobby." And cool guys have a nickname like that. His company puts out cool games like Call of Duty 4 and Guitar Hero. Bobby recently told a room full of press:
Monday, Oct 8
Activision just sent over a whole slew of Guitar Hero 3 box art, screens and controller images. Hit the gallery to check out the images, including nice ones of all four GH controllers.
Wednesday, Sep 19
Three more songs are being added to the Xbox 360 Guitar Hero II lineup tomorrow morning at 2AM Pacific, once again for the bargain basement or entirely too expensive price of 500 Microsoft points, depending on where you stand on that issue. The three new tracks consist of:
Wednesday, Aug 22
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock lets gamers fire up the fretboard, crank up the amp and get ready to rock like never before. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock drops players into the spotlight of the largest and most legendary rock concert ever. The star-studded soundtrack includes master tr...
Thursday, Jul 26
The covers of the songs don't feel as tuned or as polished as they did in the superior Guitar Hero II. Beyond that, you never feel like you're actually "playing" these songs as much as you're merely trying to hit a bunch of random fret buttons as quickly as possible.
With Rock Band's arrival shaking the very ground upon which my consciousness dwells, I can't say I'm all that excited about Guitar Hero III. Then again, I can always muster a little excitement for Number of the Beast. Scorehero Invades Neversoft (Exclusive GHIII Info!) [ScoreHero Boards...
Friday, May 25
Anyways, as Guitar Hero's become more popular, so has ScoreHero, to the point where they needed all-new servers and gear to cope with the demand. $10,000 worth, to be exact. Which is a lot of cash, and while fan donations made a big dent in it, a $2000 donation from Harmonix didn't hurt either. H...
Sunday, Apr 15
So, it seems that all is not well with the recently released GH II patch for the 360. While many people have reported that the update fixed all their whammy bar issues, I have gotten quite a few emails claiming that the new fix has caused the game to freeze up and in some cases even given them the d...
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No official word from Red Octane yet on the situation, but I'm sure by the time Monday rolls around we'll hear all about it. Of course, there is no solid proof that this particular patch is the cause of these issues, but it seems pretty ...
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Saturday, Apr 14
Good news for xbox 360 Guitar Hero II owners. The folks at Red Octane have posted a thread on their forums addressing the whammy bar response issue that cropped up soon after the game's launch. A title update for Guitar Hero II for the Xbox 360 will be available on Xbox Live at 4:00 am PDT on Satur...
Monday, Apr 9
Got Guitar Hero II on the 360? Got one of the busted guitars? HairyArse over at All About The Games has a DIY fix that lets you patch up your existing guitar instead of having to go and swap it over. This means there's no stoppin to ...
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Thursday, Apr 5
Until the Gods bestowed upon Man the grace of the Guitar Hero games, we were condemned to a legacy of producing faux music with air alone. (Or, alternatively, not producing any music at all with a real guitar sitting in our corner/closet/attic). Life was meaningless and dark.
Monday, Apr 2
Rock Band CAMBRIDGE, MA - April 2, 2007 - Harmonix, developer of the blockbuster Guitar Hero franchise, MTV: Music Television, a division of MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), and Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced Rock Band, an all-new platform for music fan...
Thursday, Jan 18
Tired of the stock jams available to you in Guitar Hero II? If you aren't yet aware, making your own Guitar Hero tracks, from any song, is not far out of reach. Those looking for a bloodied finger, near impossible challenge like the one below (Dragonforce's "Fury of the Storm") should read on.
Friday, Nov 10
I let him slap on his own stickers, and then set him up on Guitar Hero 2 playing Bass for Shout at the Devil. It was his first experience playing Guitar Hero. He didn't do so well, so we went back to Guitar Hero and I set him up on I Love Rock and Roll on easy. I'm going upstairs to play guitar."
Friday, Oct 27
Finally! Tripping over the wire when you're rocking out to Godzilla in Guitar Hero and shattering your front teeth across the upper edge of your television screen will be a thing of the past: RedOctane has announced that the Guitar Hero controllers are going wireless next month. They will...
Thursday, Oct 19
One of the developers of RedOctane/Roxor's Into The Groove dance "simulator" also started the free open-source ripoff of Konami's own DDR. As if Guitar Hero isn't a ripoff of Guitar Revolution. mykie
Friday, Sep 22
To highlight the absurdity, The Ant Commandos gave Robert this timeline of how the Guitar Hero controller was ripped-off... sorry. Born. • 1999: Topway Electrical Appliance (part owner of TAC) patents the Magical Guitar controller for Konami's Guitar Freaks. The design had five fret button...
Thursday, Jul 20
Yesterday, we asked for our readers — whom we see as a vast armada of guinea pigs with money far less valuable than our own — to tell us what they thought of the DDRgame third-party Guitar Hero controller. No one did. But! Someone mentioned that there actually is a wireless Guitar Hero controll...
So caveat emptor when we point out this other Guitar Hero third-party controller made by DDRgame and sold by Amazon. It's a little more traditional looking, in line with the original Guitar Hero controller, with a slightly cooler beck and a flaming red color. Unlike the Shredder, the Amazo...
Monday, Jun 19
A week back or so, we enthusiastically burbled on about the Shredder, a third-party Guitar Hero controller that made the liquid in our crotches glow through the skin like a lava lamp. We said we'd go buy one. This was a lie. It was part of a devious plot to get you to spend your hard-earned money fo...
Friday, Apr 28
Like the Sgt. Pepper's album, Guitar Hero has a hidden track. The tune's name is Trippolette, and was perhaps cut because it sounds like prog-rock. The song was still left on the disc. To unearth this treasure, players need a cheat device like Codebreaker or Gameshark. Rock on!
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