Does your mom like playing Rock Band? Do you like playing Rock Band with your mom? I would have to answer yes to both of those questions because I have a pretty cool mother, but there’s a line between being a cool Mom and well, this. More »

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USA Today gives us a rundown of all the new features coming to Rock Band 3. Keep reading to learn about Rock Band Pro, watch the newly introduced keyboard in action, and get a sneak peak of the first 22 tracks. More »

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Haven’t played the recently released Rock Band: Green Day demo yet? Well then you missed out on what may be the biggest video game feature to be announced through a demo in video game history! More »

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Harmonix is taking it to the streets and asking its users which band you would like to see grace the cover of the next dedicated Rock Band game. There is no guarantee that any of our suggestions will ever get the plastic guitar treatment, but the more requests they receive, the more likely it will happen. Can’t think of any bands deserving the honor? We have a few suggestions below. More »

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With the release of No Doubt’s Tragic Kingdom on Rock Band’s store, I can’t help but feel the nostalgia of elementary school come flooding back. That album was on consistent spin for me when I was 11, and I distinctly remember that being the first time I started to think girls weren’t so bad. Ah, look at me. Now I have another tab open in Google Chrome and I am downloading Tragic Kingdom for the long drive ahead of me tonight. See what you do to me Rock Band? More »

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Coheed and Cambria are one of my favorite bands ever. Unfortunately their new cd doesn’t live up to anything they put out previously, but that doesn’t mean it wouldn’t be fun to rock out to it. They are releasing three new tracks in the Rock Band store this coming week off their new album “Year of the Black Rainbow.” If anything, you should at least check out The Broken, because that song does indeed rule. More »

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As a fan of mostly Asian music, I never really got into the whole Guitar Hero and Rock Band craze. Well, this new Rock Band game featuring Green Day might change my mind a little. Judging from this track list that was just released, I might really enjoy rocking out to my favorite Green Day tunes. More »

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Harmonix has posted the top 20 most downloaded user submitted tracks on Rock Band Network. The list includes Rock Band fan favorite Bang Camaro, folk-punk heroes Flogging Molly, and geek God Jonathan Coulton. In just under a month RBN has given artists over $160,000 in revenue. For the full break down and directions on how to get your bands music on RBN make the jump. More »

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Harmonix has officially announced that Green Day will be the next artist to receive the Rock Band treatment. Green Day: Rock Band will hit all platforms on June 8th. The full details can be found after the jump. More »

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Just as a friendly reminder, Lady Gaga has crashed landed on Rock Band 2 with a 4 song track pack this week. You don’t have to fake cringe gamers, no one is looking, you’re safe to show how excited you are over this truly monumental moment in Rock Band DLC. Find out which Gaga tracks you’ll be singing along to below. More »

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Harmonix has announced via their Facebook page that Rock Band 3 is ready to crowd your living room with even more plastic instruments this holiday season. To top off this exciting news Harmonix has promised to revolutionize the music game genre yet again with the newest effort. How they will do this is yet unknown, but they haven’t broken their promises in the past. More »

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Valentine’s Day is all about amore, right? It sure is and there’s no getting around it. Luckily for you it doesn’t have to mean that you must suffer a day without gaming! Below are 5 easy ways to weasel some game time in between chocolates and big wet kisses. More »

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We’ve all heard people complain about review scores, claiming that they are just one persons opinion and that the author is bias against the platform and so the fanboy story goes. But the reality is that review scores are a big deal. The higher a game rates on a score aggregator like Metacritic, the more likely we’ll see more from that game in the future. My question for you is, at what score do you NOT purchase the game? More »

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Harmonix enters the new year with a Rock Band 2 update full of features users have been yearning for. Sort by stars, wireless mic support, and Rock Band Network inclusion are all part of the promised improvements. The software updates go live on both PS3 and Xbox 360 on their next regularly scheduled store update. For the complete list of tweaks follow the link. More »

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In all honesty, 2009 was not the music game genre’s best year. With a market completely overflowing with options, nobody knew what to buy and sales dropped almost 50% from 2008. According to my calculations, there were eight games released just by the two major parties (Activision’s Guitar Hero series and Harmonix’s Rock Band series), and this is not even including karaoke games and any third party developed games that didn’t make a mark on the sales charts. Last year in 2008, music game’s exploded over anybodies expectations and sales soared above what many stock groups anticipated, so it’s completely understandable this year gave a drop. A Wedbush Morgan analyst expects the category will level off at about $500-$600 million dollars per year, which he called a “nice, healthy genre on par with the “Call of Duty” action-game franchise.” More »

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RJ Cooper & Associates, Inc. specializes in software and hardware for persons with special needs. One of their newest inventions is a modified Guitar Hero guitar, adjusted to suit players who are unable to use their arms to manipulate the frets. The guitar is fitted with an attached Gumball Switch, a button that can be placed near the players head and pressed. When the device is engaged the guitar simulates a strum, allowing the physically challenged player to compete against their friends and family without actually having to hold the guitar and strum. More »

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The video-gaming industry has been booming. Sales are higher than they’ve ever been and everyone wants in. Major corporations have bought in: IGN.com is owned by the Fox corportation, Gamespot.com is owned by the CBS corporation and G4TV is a major subsidiary of Comcast. Now a truly gigantic media force, videogames are drawing in more players. Celebrities and musicians are getting into the mix, licensing their likenesses as characters in popular titles. Also joining the fray is the newly-revived comic industry, forming partnerships with many major developer’s flagship titles to provide companion literature or further insight to the game’s story. More »

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Alright, I made excuses for the developer when they announced “The Beatles: Rock Band“. I’ve got lots of respect for one of the most celebrated bands of all time.

But “Rock Band: Green Day”?.

That’s one title that I will gladly pass up.

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DLC, or downloadable content, is a growing and major part of many games today.Some popular games include Borderlands(the recent release of Zombie Island), Halo, and Rock Band. This time, however, instead of announcing to you more DLC for a game, I have to sadly tell you about the discontinuation of DLC for a specific Rock Band franchise title. Rock Band Unplugged for the PSP will no longer have DLC available for it online.

The reason? MTV Games and Harmonix state that they More »

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Rock Band has not officially announced any tracks that will be available on their Rock Band Network, a subset of DLC that will feature any artist that authors their own tracks. The program was announced back in July, with the public beta open soon after, in August. Since then we have only heard bits and pieces from a few specific indie labels working on tracking songs for the Network, Sub Pop Records being the most known label to publicize their affiliation. Luckily enough their forum members have been busy little bees contacting musicians and labels asking about their plans to work with RBN. Their efforts have payed off and the list of “confirmed” artists has been steadily growing. Harmonix developer HMXEnosity generously put together a thread on the official RB forums detailing every “confirmed” artist and their songs they plan on contributing. More »

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