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December Guitar Hero DLC Revealed

While Rock Band is the undisputed king of DLC (Over 1,000 tracks available!), Guitar Hero will soon have something that Rock Band can only dream about. I'm talking about early 90s art-rock outfit Pavement's single near-hit "Cut Your Hair." Pavement's work will be joined by other rockers and almost-rockers (Spoon, Nada Surf,...

Posted December 1, 2009
Music DLC Round-Up -- Week Of Nov. 16

It's time once again for our weekly round-up of downloadable content for all of your favorite music games. This week was a big one for Fab Four fans as the "Complete the Album Pack" for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band hit The Beatles: Rock Band. KISS lovers also felt the downloadable track love this week, thanks to a three-track...

Posted November 20, 2009
Fewer Guitar Hero Games In 2010, Activision Promises Another DJ Hero

In 2010, Activision has launched Guitar Hero 5, Band Hero and DJ Hero, the last of which marks the company's first attempt to create an original music property since launching Guitar Hero. A still-down economy combined with annually slumping music game sales, however, means even Activision will be reducing the numbers of games it releases next...

Posted November 13, 2009
Music DLC Round-Up -- Week of Nov. 9

It's time once again for our weekly round-up of downloadable content for all of your favorite music games. Guitar Hero 5 owners can virtually rock out to some tracks from Lenny Kravitz. The White Stripes land on Rock Band in the form of a three-track pack, while No Doubt and The Dropkick Murphys appear on Rock Band Unplugged. For Lips players...

Posted November 13, 2009
Pictures Of Old People Playing Guitar Hero As Funny As It Sounds

Hey, I don't have anything against old people. Decades from now, when every game is motion controlled, youngsters will be laughing at me, too. But for the time being, it's the other way around. The Faster Times recently ran a series of photos collected from Flickr chronicling a series of older men and women trying their hand at ye ol' Guitar...

Posted November 5, 2009
Music DLC Round-Up -- Week Of Oct. 26

It's time once again for our weekly round-up of downloadable content for all of your favorite music games. Considering there will be at least a dozen or so people hosting Halloween parties this weekend, it’s no surprise that this week sees the release of a few dark metal tracks for Guitar Hero and Rock Band. Gwar, Marilyn Manson and The...

Posted October 29, 2009
Music DLC Round-Up - Week Of Oct. 19

It's time once again for our weekly round-up of downloadable content for all of your favorite music games. This week was a big one for Rock Band fans as both a 10-track Queen pack was released as was the "Abbey Road: Complete the Album Pack" for The Beatles: Rock Band. It's hard to compete with those two juggernauts, but Guitar Hero 5...

Posted October 23, 2009
It's Official: The Beatles: Rock Band Outsold Guitar Hero 5

The coordinated marketing blitz behind The Beatles: Rock Band was unprecedented, but with interest in music games on the decline and Guitar Hero remaining a continuing top performer, were the fab four enough to topple Guitar Hero 5? As it turns out, yes. The NPD Group has informed me The Beatles: Rock Band, across all platforms, outsold Guitar...

Posted October 19, 2009
Analysis: September 2009 Software Sales -- Halo 3: ODST Sells 1.52 Million

Microsoft and Bungie Studios didn't give the release of Halo 3: ODST the same blockbuster treatment as Halo 3, but that didn't stop the Halo faithful from coming out in big numbers for the latest fight against the Covenant. September 2009 sales numbers from the NPD Group report Halo 3: ODST sold 1.52 million copies, with its closest competitor,...

Posted October 19, 2009
Music DLC Round-Up -- Week Of October 12

It's time once again for our weekly round-up of music game downloadable content. This has been a big week for metal heads, thanks to the release of Double Fine's Brutal Legend, and to keep that rock-mentum going, Rock Band players can now get their hands on a number of tracks from Kansas, Joe Satriani and Blink-182. There's also the Brutal...

Posted October 16, 2009
Activision Pulls YouTube Video Of Kurt Cobain Singing Non-Nirvana Songs

Activision has taken down a compilation video posted on YouTube depicting Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain performing tracks from the likes of Bon Jovi and Public Enemy in the publisher’s Guitar Hero 5, Kotaku reports. The YouTube user, corporalgregg3, briefly described the situation on his page, saying, “Yeah, my last account was...

Posted October 14, 2009
Music DLC Round-Up -- Week Of October 5

It's time once again for our weekly round-up of all things music game downloadable content. Guitar Hero 5 players looking for a little 80s arena rocking should check out the Billy Squier track pack. Green Day and Rush hit Rock Band Unplugged, while Rock Band fans get their hands on tracks from Alanis Morissette, Electric Six and, for the first...

Posted October 9, 2009
Music DLC Round-Up -- Week Of September 28

It's Thursday, and that means it's time for the weekly round-up of music DLC. Guitar Hero 5 fans can now get their hands on a new three-track pack from Queens of the Stone Age. The Foo Fighters land on Rock Band Unplugged for the PlayStation Portable. Rock Band players get a special treat in the form of an Alice in Chains track pack, which...

Posted October 1, 2009
G4tv.com's Feedback -- Week of September 14th, 2009

I was a school boy when I heard my first Beatles song. "Love Me Do" I think it was, and from there it didn't take me long. Got myself a guitar, used to play every night. Now I'm in a rock & roll outfit, and everything's all right. Wait, no...I'm thinking of a Bad Company song. The Beatles: Rock Band is what I was trying to...

Posted September 17, 2009
Music DLC Round-Up -- Week Of September 14

It's Thursday, and that means it's time for this week's music DLC round-up. Guitar Hero 5 players looking to take a break from defiling Kurt Cobain's image can now pick up a trio of tracks from AFI, either individually or as a pack. If the Brutal Legend demo isn't enough metal goodness for you Rock Band fans (not sure how that could be the...

Posted September 17, 2009