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, [...]

Rock Band Wii announced for June 22

March 24, 2008   Leave a Comment  

MTV Games, Harmonix and EA finally announce a Wii release date for Rock Band, number one selling video game in February. [...]

Activision statement regarding guitar compatability

Dec. 20, 2007   Leave a Comment  

Here is the compete text of the Activision statement received by Blast December 14. To Music Gaming Fans: The recent announcement by MTV Games/Viacom’s Harmonix division that Activision is blocking Sony from releasing a patch and their plea to enable Rock Band software to work with Guitar Hero hardware paints a very misleading picture. In [...]

Details sparse on Rock Band vs. Guitar Hero III guitar issue

Dec. 20, 2007   1 Comment  

Many people bought Guitar Hero III. Some of them bought it with Rock Band to be able to add the second guitar to Rock Band, to, you know, make a band. Much to the surprise of many, the guitar for the Playstation 3′s Guitar Hero III will not work with Rock Band. Adding to the [...]

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  

Rock Band Microphone

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 tracks announced

Oct. 29, 2007   Leave a Comment  

MTV Games and Harmonix announced the set list for the highly anticipated Rock Band, which will feature 58 Tracks including songs from Rolling Stones, Metallica, The Police, The Clash, Foo Fighters and Radiohead.

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 [...]