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Rock Band: Japan News
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Harmonix Founders Split $300 Million Bonus
Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy, the founders of Harmonix, must be feeling super extra-awesome right about now because they've just received a $300 million bonus to split from MTV Games and Viacom. The duo, which founded Harmonix in 1995 while they were at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "received $150 million last quarter for...
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Retailers Out Of Space For Fake Instruments
Although retailers appreciate the amount of business music games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band bring in, they present logistical problems when dealing with hundreds of thousands of units. According to reports, retailers have been lashing out against instrument peripherals for consoles due to the amount of space they take up on their shelves....
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Free 'Rock Band 2' Tracks Revealed
You know those 20 tracks that you were promised when you got Rock Band 2? They've been announced today. As you probably saw coming, none of the tracks are from the most widely known bands on earth, but they're free, and perhaps they're awesome! Here's the list: The 88 - "Sons and Daughters" Authority Zero - "No...
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Nirvana Grunges Up 'Rock Band'
Next week, Mopey 90s post-punk band Nirvana are coming to the 360 and PS3 versions of Rock Band and Rock Band 2 in the form of seven downloadable tracks. Here's what's on tap: Breed Lounge Act On a Plain Polly Something in the Way Stay Away Territorial Pissings All tracks are masters. The full Pack will cost ya...
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The Cr?e Rocks 'Rock Band'
Next week's Rock Band downloadable content is monstrous rock and roll. Mötley Crüe's seminal glam-metal album Dr. Feelgood is coming! Here are the tracks: Dr. Feelgood Slice of Your Pie Rattlesnake Shake Kickstart My Heart Without You Same Ol' Situation (SOS) Sticky Sweet She Goes Down Don't Go Away...
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Queen Comes to 'SingStar'
Queen is coming to SingStar. SingStar? Why no Rock Band, Queen? If you are one of the people who own SingStar, like my cute little niece with all her pony posters, you're probably jumping out of your tutu knowing you'll be crooning along with the smooth vocals of Freddie Mercury. It's all part of the new SingStore brought to you by the folks...
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'Rock Band 1' Songs Will Not be Available as DLC
If you somehow managed to get into Rock Band 2 without getting the first game at all, well you'll be saddened to learn that the songs from the first game will not be available for download any time soon, which means those who missed the first Rock Boat will not be able to play songs from disc one. Harmonix has instead decided to keep 1 on the...
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Colbert Rocks 'Rock Band'
Ace comedian and raconteur Stephen Colbert is coming to Rock Band. Sadly, not as a playable character or a boss battle, but you can download and play Stephen and The Colbert's "Charlene (I'm Right Behind You)," an awesome tribute to 1980s pop and the joy of stalking, right now. Go, do! It's free to Xbox LIVE Gold members, but we would...
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'Rock Band: AC/DC' On The Way?
Rumor patrol: Kotaku reports that they've heard that developers are at work on Rock Band: AC/DC, which might be a game and might be a huge downloadable song pack. Also reportedly coming: T-shirts, branded guitar controllers and branded pickguards. We have no idea if this is true or not, but we know one thing: If it's true, it's AWESOME. Hell's...
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'Rock Band 2' PS3 Getting Exports
Similar to the song export feature in the Xbox 360 version of Rock Band 2, game developer Harmonix announced in title's official forum that the Playstation 3 version will also be utilzing the same capabilty. As we have detailed last week, exporting your Rock Band 1 songs to part two will cost $4.99, with the exception of "Paranoid" as...
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'All That Remains' Comes To 'Rock Band'
It's that time again: Time to reveal next week's Rock Band downloadable content. Ready? Melodic death metal band All that Remains will honor the game world with three downloadable tracks. They are as follows: This Calling Chiron Two Weeks There you have it. Melodic metal-heads, next week is your week. The pack will run you $2.99...
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ION Drum Rocker: In Our House
Perhaps you've heard of the ION Drum Rocker, the Lamborghini of fake plastic instruments? Although the multi-headed input device for music games like Rock Band, Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero World Tour isn't out yet, we got our hands on a review model, and we've got a whole mess of pictures to prove it. We'll be bringing you a review of the...
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Wooden 'Rock Band' Drum Mod
Check out this sweet drum mod for your Rock Band set. The guy repeatedly says it's DIY but we're thinking this might only refer to those DIY fans with PhDs in engineering and a garage full of power tools. Nonetheless, follow yonder link for many pages of tutorial regarding getting yourself some of these badass skins. Source
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Activision Fires Back At Music Industry
In response to Warner Music's unsatisfactory performance, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick said that the company is not "respectful of how much we've done to bring new audiences into the market." Warner Music chief exec Edgar Bronfman Jr. said that music titles such as Guitar Hero and Rock Band have a "very paltry licensing fee",...
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Many Bands Getting Music Games?
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith is already out and Guitar Hero: Metallica is coming but are these the only bands getting the full-game, plastic guitar treatment? Not according to Aerosmith Guitarist Brad Whitford. "We were all pretty aware of how popular the game was, and being the first band to have our own version of it seemed pretty exciting....
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