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What’s up with Rock Band 2 PS3 guitars?
Nov. 24, 2008 2 Comments
I’ll tell you what’s up: the Guitar Hero guitars work with Rock Band 2 on PlayStation 3. This was a big conundrum last year when we realized Activision and Harmonix weren’t going to play nice and let us use their guitars on the competing games. We’re looking into what happened, but for sure we know [...]
Apple/MTV to bring The Beatles to video games
Oct. 30, 2008 5 Comments
Rumors have persisted for months that perhaps the biggest band in the history of music will be making their way to either the Rock Band or Guitar Hero franchise, finally — the wait is over and we have an answer. Kind of. In a teleconference‚ Apple Corps Ltd., Harmonix and MTV Games announced an exclusive partnership [...]
Rock Band 2 delayed?
Aug. 14, 2008 Leave a Comment
Tell your roadies to take their time with the sound check. According to CrunchGear, the Rock Band 2 bundle for the Xbox 360 has been delayed a month. Originally slated for September 14, it now looks like 360 users won’t be able to rock out even more extremely until October 19. October 19 is, coincidentally, [...]
Use your PS2 guitars on PS3, effectively
April 29, 2008 2 Comments
The Ant Commandos announced that they are releasing a PlayStation 2 to PlayStation 3 adapter that is 100 percent compatibly with all game controllers, claiming you can use your PS2 guitars with both Rock Band and Guitar Hero 3. At $19.99, it’s cheaper than buying a new guitar for either game, and it works! If [...]
Pre-launch: Rock Band Wii details
March 31, 2008 Leave a Comment
Here’s what I’ve been able to gather so far on the soon-to-be-released Rock Band for the Wii. As for Wii Connectivity, there will no online play on the Wii. With the current dearth of support for online play on the Wii, this isn’t surprising. Even though Nintendo tried to push Wii as an online system, [...]
Breaking News: No Guitar Hero 3 guitar support for Rock Band on Playstation 3
Dec. 13, 2007 2 Comments
This just in to the Blast Magazine Newsroom from our Senior Gaming Reporter, Bradley Ouellette: If you have Rock Band, you’d probably like to get a second Guitar. Well looks like, for the Playstation 3 at least, you won’t ever be able to use the Guitar Hero 3 Guitar. Harmonix made a patch for Rock [...]
First look: Rock Band reviewed
Nov. 19, 2007 Leave a Comment
Blast Magazine’s Bradley Ouellette spent a day with Harmonix near Boston, making him one of the first reporters to get to know this hot new game. Read his review and stay tuned for his full report from Harmonix HQ!
First Rock Band downloads announced
Nov. 15, 2007 Leave a Comment
Harmonix and MTV Games announced the release schedule for first wave of downloadable content for highly anticipated music video game rock band. Tracks Starting at $1.99 and include music from Metallica, The Police, Queens of the Stone Age, David Bowie, Ramones, The Clash and more available before the end of 2007.
Rock Band release date pushed up
Oct. 24, 2007 Leave a Comment
Originally announced as November 23, the well-anticipated Rock Band will hit stores November 20, before Thanksgiving and Black Friday, Harmonix announced. Rock Band picks up where the amazingly popular Guitar Hero games leave off and is expected to sell amazingly well despite the $200 price tag on the special edition. (The game itself is $59.99 [...]
Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s
Aug. 1, 2007 Leave a Comment
When someone talks about guitar heroes, certain names often come to mind. They talk about Jimmy Page or Carlos Santana’s soulful style. They talk about Kenny Wayne Shepard’s bluesy-rock and Paul Reynold’s catchy riffs. Wait — what? If you were able to recognize Paul Reynold’s as the original guitarist from 80′s phenomena and hairstyling rebels [...]
