Category Archives: Music
Rock Band’s Rubber Soul, Network Stoke Beatle Fire
In the past, if a video game wasn’t selling well, there wasn’t much a publisher could do about it except slash the price. But in the age of web-connected game consoles, companies can try to juice sales by launching new … Continue reading
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Activision Ghetto-izes Guitar Hero Van Halen
In what appears to be a badly hidden secret, rather than a big six-pack celebration like it should be, Activision is given Guitar Hero: Van Halen the super ghetto treatment. Starting with its nearly hidden appearance at E3 2009, stashed … Continue reading
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Gamescom 09: Rock Band Unveils Sgt. Pepper’s and Rubber Soul DLC (All Tracks Revealed)
From Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, Harmonix CEO and co-founder Alex Rigopulos today confirmed that The Beatles: Rock Band will not only see the full Abbey Road album become available via DLC on October 10, 2009, but following it will be … Continue reading
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Brutal Legend Demo Slated for September
Electronic Arts today announced it will offer a free demo download of Brutal Legend on PSN and XBLA this September. Tim Schafer’s outrageous game is slated for October 13 in North America and October 16 in Europe. If you value … Continue reading
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Brutal Legend Multiplayer Hands-on
You’ve heard the rants from what you think are extreme fanboys. Seen the accolades laid upon a studio that seems to take forever–four years–just to make a single game. And witnessed the drama from Microsoft’s punt of Psychonauts to Activision’s … Continue reading
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Brutal Legend Soundtrack Solved!
Now that Activision’s legal insanity has ended, Electronic Arts today revealed the complete list of songs available for the October release of Brutal Legend, the next big thing from Tim Schafer’s Double Fine studio. The soundtrack consists of 107 songs … Continue reading
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MTV Uncovers 15 “New” Songs from The Beatles: Rock Band
MTV and Harmonix today unveiled 15 songs from the 45 song fall release, The Beatles: Rock Band, exhibiting a broad assortment of titles from different time periods in the band’s career including Twist and Shout, Eight Days a Week, Sgt. … Continue reading
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Transformers: Revenge of Linkin Park
Mike Shinoda, Linkin Park front man, hopes his game-playing skills are as good as his musicianship, as he gears up to play Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, this Friday, June 26. Now is your chance to tell him how you … Continue reading
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E3 3009: Rock Band The Beatles Storms Microsoft Briefing
Harmonix Studios today kicked off the Microsoft Media Briefing today with a full, live presentation of Rock Band: The Beatles, including guest appearances of Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, the last remaining Beatles band members, as well as Yoko … Continue reading
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