You may remember a news piece some months back that revealed a few of the details concerning the innovative Rock Band Network project. An open beta of the feature has now been released, giving any tech savvy musicians in our midst a chance to explore what the Rock Band Network has to offer.
Continue reading...Friday, November 27, 2009
The Rock Band Network is a set of tools that will allow will allow budding musicians to convert their songs into playable Rock Band track. These tracks will then be available for purchase allowing musicians to earn themselves a profit from their hard work.
Continue reading...Thursday, November 26, 2009
Harmonix and MTV Networks celebrate today as the the Rock Band franchise reaches over 1000 songs available in-game or as downloadable tracks, with over 390 bands providing music for players to strum, drum and sing away to.
Continue reading...Monday, October 26, 2009
Harmonix and MTV Games have announced a bunch of new song downloads for their music based game Rock Band. The DLC will include 3 tracks from Rob Zombie, 5 from Wolfmother and a handful of others from musicians such as Liz Phair and Morningwood. These tracks will hit PlayStation Network, Xbox Live and Wii next week, [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, October 4, 2009
One of the requested features for Rock Band 2 users has been implemented with a title update on the Xbox 360, allowing support for wireless microphones such as those included with Lips. The Rock Band forums divulge all of the details, including background downloading of all songs purchased from the music store, and the ability to [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 21, 2009
Nick Mason deserves some credit. He is sticking to his beliefs and not looking for a quick cash-in. He claims he would “consider it,” referring to a Pink Floyd edition of Rock Band or Guitar Hero, depending on who had the better deal most likely. Mason does note: “It irritates me having watched my kids do [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, September 19, 2009
So, say you need smoke and light effects while you play you music games. You know, if you want that extra geeky look while you jam on plastic instruments to songs you could probably never play with real instruments. Well, as long as those songs are not by the Beatles, you’re fine. Harmonix has no plans [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 19, 2009
Wii owners who eagerly ripped open the box for Rock Band 2 were probably disappointed that the only tracks they had to play were the ones on the disc. Harmonix has eased the fears of the masses however, stating that they’ll have some new songs coming “as early in 2009 as possible.” The first set will [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Hey Australians! Are you excited for Rock Band? Sure you are! The rest of the world has been playing it for the better part of a year, so the anticipation must be killing you. Well, considered that anticipation officially dead. The game ain’t comin’ down under. Sorry. Due to retailer apprehension about the game’s age, the [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, August 30, 2008
The confusion over instruments from the ever increasing slate of music games (all with their own set of instruments) is one step closer to being fixed. Sony has stepped up, reaching agreements with Konami, Harmonix, and Activision. Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero World Tour, and Rock Revolution will all share instruments. Users will no [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Only one shopping week until Christmas! And oh, what a forgettable week it is. Pick of the Week: Rock Band Fear not, last gen supporters, the PS2 continues to soldier on with a downsized port of Harmonix’s excellent music game. While the PS2 version doesn’t support downloadable content (obviously) or online multiplayer (unfortunately), up to four [...]
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
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