You know what Rock Band needs? Boston. Not the city, you dumb asses, the band. Turns out, Harmonix thinks to too. On Tuesday on the Xbox Live Marketplace and Thursday on the PlayStation Store, you’ll have six classic Boston tracks to choose from. Each song will run you $1.99 (160 MS Points) or you can pick up the six pack for $9.99 (800 MS Points). Here’s the tracks, all master:
- “More Than a Feeling”
- “Peace of Mind”
- “Smokin’”
- “Rock & Roll Band”
- “Something About You”
- “Hitch a Ride”
I’m pretty sure I’ll be buying this whole pack next week. Great tunes. Now where is that Shooting Star by Bad Company we all know is coming…
[via Rock Band Forums]
February 17, 2008 – 10:15 am
Since Monday is Presidents Day in the US and most people are off work, Harmonix announced this week’s DLC for Rock Band a bit early. Here’s the new tunes for the week:
- Sex Type Thing - Stone Temple Pilots
- El Scorcho - Weezer
- Why Do You Love Me - Garbage
Songs are priced at the normal 160 MS Points ($1.99). I think this will be two weeks in a row I don’t pick up any Rock Band tracks.
January 27, 2008 – 10:02 am
If you’ve been clamoring to get your hands on some extra Rock Band instruments, your wait is nearly over. Harmonix announced that standalone rocking tools will be available starting in February.
The drum kit will be available for all systems on February 12th for $79.99. Guitar players will have to wait a bit longer until April 1st, when you’ll be able to spend $59.99 for a wireless Fender Strat. No official word on when the mic will be available on it’s own.
I still with Harmonix and Activision would get their crap together over letting instruments from their games intermingle. It would really help PlayStation owners who have both games.
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January 11, 2008 – 7:28 pm
Do you love Rock Band? Do you suck at drumming? If you answered yes, it behooves to keep reading. Thats right, behooves. Harmonix has released a very complete drummer’s guide for all of you that are trying to master gaming’s latest craze. Wired magazine obtained a very complete FAQ of sorts that will allow you to become the best you can. Check this out. Remember, the noblest spirit embiggins the smallest man.
January 9, 2008 – 2:00 pm
Are you a PS3 user who wants to complete your Rock Band but can’t because there’s no guitars on the market? Nyko is looking to help you out by releasing a dual game wireless guitar, the “Front Man”, in March. The guitar will have a switch on the dongle to select Guitar Hero mode or Rock Band mode, so you can use whichever is best for you.
I hope Activision and Harmonix come to a happy medium before then with this whole guitar fiasco. And looking at the picture of the dongle for the Front Man makes me cringe… that thing is huge.
[via 1up]
January 4, 2008 – 3:17 pm
Anyone who is unhappy with the musical instruments that comes with the beloved Rock Band game can rejoice. Sometime in the first half of this year, Mad Catz will release every peripheral for every console that Rock Band can be played on. This includes wired and wireless guitars, professional quality drum set, and top notch microphone. Here is a direct quote from Darren Richardson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Mad Catz, courtesy of Gameargus.
This agreement with MTV Games represents a natural opportunity for Mad Catz to combine our core competencies of producing and distributing high-quality accessories with the entertaining experience of Rock Band’s interactive controllers,”
You have to love third parties throwing their hat in the mix. It always benefits the gamer because we are given a choice as opposed to settling for what is already there.
December 28, 2007 – 10:23 am
Well with the excitement of RockBand upon us all, many of those good boys and girls that waited so eagerly to open their bundles of RockBand made a rather rude discovery. Their peripherals were broken, this could range from a nonfunctional guitar, broken whammy bar, a strum bar that had a mind of it’s own or a wonky microphone that doesn’t register correctly. All in all it is a pretty upsetting discovery once you get everything unpacked and decide to sit down and get some gaming in, especially for a game that costs $170.
Well the good news is that EA/Harmonix is aware of the problems and actually has a website dedicated to rectifying the issues. Pretty much you log in and set up an EA account and then let them know, which peripheral is FUBAR. After that it will ask for your shipping info and give you an option of them sending a new peripheral out via two day air delivery and charging you $125 fee, to make sure that you send your broken one back, or you can go the none charging route and just request a prepaid box and wait for that to arrive. Being impatient and pretty cheesed about my wireless guitar playing like an old shoe, I chose the 2 day option.
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December 13, 2007 – 1:38 pm
And it begins. It was a matter of time until the two competing music games butt heads. It seems that Activision has drawn first blood. There was a patch in the works that would allow the PS3 guitars to be used in the Rock Band game even though they were developed for GH3. The patch was created and is pending release, but Activision has objected to its release. This is a direct quote from the Harmonix Team’s letter to the public:
“As is the case with the Microsoft Xbox360, we believe that Sony PLAYSTATION 3 users should be able to use the peripheral of their choice with Rock Band. We sincerely hope that Activision will reverse its decision and allow release of the compatibility patch and further, that Activision will allow Guitar Hero III to support Rock Band guitar controllers as well. We welcome all third party developers who wish to support our controllers and will provide any required support in order for them to do so.”
Third party controllers and compatible peripherals are nothing new and only help the consumer not hurt it. Granted, this is only one side of the story, but it seems that Activision will be the bad guy on this one.
October 25, 2007 – 11:04 am
Rock Band is gearing up to launch it’s own community website on November 20, same day as the launch for the PS3 and Xbox 360, to allow gamers to view leaderboards, read blogs and even look for band members via the classified section. They are trying to make this like a real band where you look for different components in the band based on istrument and even create photos of oyur virtual band with profiles. I like the concept and I think it adds to the depth of the game, similar to how Bungie tracks your stats.
From the press release:
Cambridge, Massachusetts – October 25, 2007 – Harmonix, the leading developer of music-based games, and MTV Games, a division of MTV Networks which is a division of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), along with distribution partner Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS), revealed today details for the ROCKBAND.com social community website. The site will launch on November 20, alongside the North American release of Rock Band for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360 ™ video game entertainment system from Microsoft®. A PlayStation 2 version of the game will also ship on December 18.
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October 4, 2007 – 11:44 am
Microsoft today released word that the Halo 3 franchise has topped off $300 million in sales since launch. MS have dubbed it the “fastest-selling video game ever and already one of the most successful entertainment properties in history.” This is hard to argue with as the boys at Bungie and MS really marketed it well and made sure everyone got a taste of the hype train. Kudos boys.
There is one part of the press release I don’t agree with, where MS states “Xbox 360 has the greatest lineup in the history of video games and is the only console where consumers can play all the year’s biggest blockbusters.” I think this is far too over zealous to state, the lineup is looking good, but the best in history, wow that is a tough call.
There have been some great lineups in the days of the NES, Xbox, PS1 and 2, which paved the way for what we have today in video games. MS has definitely the bankroll to show for their current success, which is also attributed to the fact that video gaming in the years of old was more of a underground cult, where gamers were a minority. Today video games have become a huge industry and I doubt we will diminish in size as all those kids that played the old consoles are now grown up and spending their hard earned money on games. I think their best in “history” is a bit over the top and minimalizes what the other older consoles have done to get games to this point.
It is impressive that about one third of all Xbox 360 owners have gotten a copy of Halo 3, I actually figured this statistic to be higher and will probably reach a lot more people during the holidays.
From the press releasse:
REDMOND, Wash. — Oct. 4, 2007 — Interactive entertainment will never be the same, with the launch of one title that has changed the way the world thinks about video games. “Halo® 3” has captured the attention of consumers worldwide and has made history as one of the biggest entertainment launches of all time.
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