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News Rock Band 3 Coming This Year, Will "Revolutionize" The Music Genre
Harmonix's confirmed that they'll release the anticipated sequel to Rock Band 3 this year
Speaking on their Facebook page, the company wrote:Harmonix is developing Rock Band 3 for worldwide release this holiday season! The game, which will be published by MTV Games and distributed by Electronic Arts, will innovate and revolutionize the music...
News "All You Need Is Love" Coming To The Playstation 3, At Last
At last year's E3, Microsoft announced they would release "All You Need Is Love" for The Beatles: Rock Band exclusively on the XBOX platform
Well, lo-and-behold, that exclusivity is totally over, and the song is due to be released on the PSN from March 4th for £0.99.
News No More Weekly Rock Band Unplugged DLC Planned
With over 100 tracks already available for Rock Band Unplugged, Harmonix have decided to call an end to any new DLC for the title
For the time-being anyway. The company told Joystiq that Rock Band Unplugged has "run through planned slate" and that they were "very pleased with the performance of the Rock Band Unplugged game on PSP,...
News Rock Band Network Rolls Out For Reals In Early 2010
Harmonix's revolutionary Rock Band Network is due for release in "early 2010
" The system will allow unsigned and small label bands to get their music programmed and for sale within the Rock Band platform - a move which will not only provide limitless amounts of content for players, but also a revenue platform for smaller bands. Harmonix...
News Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band DLC Debuts November 19th
Itching for more The Beatles: Rock Band? Then know that MTV and Harmonix have announced the next set of The Beatles: Rock Band DLC due for release on the Playstation Store this coming November 19th
The full album will set you back $13.49 but includes classics such as "When I'm Sixty-Four" and "Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite"...
News Bang! Bang! Maxwell's Silver Hammer, "Abbey Road" DLC Trailered
Check out the scope of The Beatles: Rock Band's first DLC album, with this trailer highlighting the tracks of Abbey Road
The DLC will not only include the new tracks, but also new "dreamscapes" and backdrops devoted to the songs of Abbey Road. Maxwell's Silver Hammer looks particularly fancy. The DLC launches on the Playstation Network...
News Good Grief: Queen Pop Up In Lego Rock Band
We're just going to put it out there: we hate Queen
Honestly, they're absolutely rubbish aren't they? We applaud those who agree. Still, that's not stopping them from popping up in Lego Rock Band. Hit the above trailer to watch a Lego based Freddie Mercury hit those highs. Then let us know just how much you hate Queen in the comments.
News Abbey-Abbey Road Rocking On Down To Playstation Network This Thursday
Ready for more The Beatles: Rock Band? Of course you are, right? Well, be told that the first DLC album - Abbey Road - will hit the Playstation Store this Thursday, with Sgt
Pepper set to follow in November and Rubber Soul in December. Too much Beatles you say? Never.
News Lego Rock Band Gets A Bit Brit-Pop With Blur
Girls who want boys who like boys who do boys like they're girls who
.. Somthing, something, something lovvvvvvvve. We like Blur. Everyone likes Blur right? Hence they're joining the growing cast of cameo appearances in Lego Rock Band. Sadly, the worst Blur song will be making an appearance in Lego Rock Band. Here's a hint: "woo-hoo". Got...
News Harmonix Taking "Wait And See" Approach To The Beatles: Rock Band DLC
Worry not, The Beatles: Rock Band DLC is coming
There are three records already announced. However, beyond that, support for the game is looking a little shakey. Namely because working with The Beatles' back catalogue is an expensive business. Harmonix's John Drake told BBPS, "It costs thousands to produce DLC." "It's not like Rock...
News Activision: Guitar Hero 5 Beat The Beatles: Rock Band Because It's Fun As Hell
We still can't believe Guitar Hero 5 sold better than the fantastic The Beatles: Rock Band
It literally blows our mind. But thankfully Activision's Guitar Hero business CEO Dan Rosensweig is on hand to explain exactly what happened:"The number one thing about Guitar Hero is that it's fun as hell — it's focused on the guitar, and the variety...
News It's Totally David Bowie In Lego Rock Band
We're surprised by all these rock and roll legends that are being cut and pasted into the upcoming Lego Rock Band
First there was Iggy Pop. Now totally David Bowie. Look, that's Ziggy alright. Well not quite, it's the "Let's Dance" David Bowie. And that's the song he'll be performing in the game. But still, it's the same person right? Or...
So apparently those rumours of a The Beatles: Rock Band: Singstar edition weren't all that false
Look at the picture! It's The Beatles: Rock Band - with Singstar mics. A good idea really. The odd coupling is available later this month.
News Worry Not! The Beatles: Rock Band Is Selling Pretty Bloody Well After All
Despite a middling entry on the British sales charts, Viacom ensure that The Beatles: Rock Band is selling pretty bloody well after all
In fact, Viacom's Philippe Dauman reckons the game is "exceeding expectations". Now of course, it's totally possible that the company set really low numbers to ensure their expectations are exceeded...
News Don't Let It Happen: Pink Floyd Fancy Themselves In Rock Band Or Guitar Hero
We'll admit that "Money" has an excellent opening and bassline
We'll even go as far as saying that the cover for Dark Side Of The Moon is pretty iconic. What you'll never hear us say is that we like Pink Floyd. Because we don't. We've heard your stories about listening to the record on an old record machine while stoned up to the eye-balls and,...
News Look! It's A Shirtless Iggy Pop In Lego Rock Band! SURPRISE!
Who hates Iggy Pop? Good, we do too
But hey, if you're interested in Lego Rock Band, you're going to have to endure him. Why? Because he's in the game silly! Jeux Video discovered the images of the wizened frontman disguising his age via the wonders of Lego bricks. Our interest for Lego Rock Band has sunk to all new lows.
News Twist & Shout: The Beatles: Rock Band Is Totally In Stores Worldwide Now
We've been counting down with some of our favourite The Beatles songs for 10 days now, but the time has finally come for The Beatles: Rock Band to hit Playstation 3s worldwide
If your local video game retailer is open yet, we're assuming you've formed an orderly queue outside the store waiting patiently to pick up your copy of the game. Twist and...
Feature Let's Dance In Anticipation For The Beatles: Rock Band - #1 Here Comes The Sun
Here Comes The Sun
As the launch of the hotly anticipated The Beatles: Rock Band draws ever closer, we count down some of our favourite The Beatles tracks. Hopefully these tunes will get you in the mood for dancing ahead of the game's launch this September 9th today.
Feature Let's Dance In Anticipation For The Beatles: Rock Band - #2 Let It Be
Let It Be
As the launch of the hotly anticipated The Beatles: Rock Band draws ever closer, we count down some of our favourite The Beatles tracks. Hopefully these tunes will get you in the mood for dancing ahead of the game's launch this September 9th.
Feature Let's Dance In Anticipation For The Beatles: Rock Band - #3 Taxman
Taxman
As the launch of the hotly anticipated The Beatles: Rock Band draws ever closer, we count down some of our favourite The Beatles tracks. Hopefully these tunes will get you in the mood for dancing ahead of the game's launch this September 9th.
Feature Let's Dance In Anticipation For The Beatles: Rock Band - #4 Help!
Help
As the launch of the hotly anticipated The Beatles: Rock Band draws ever closer, we count down some of our favourite The Beatles tracks. Hopefully these tunes will get you in the mood for dancing ahead of the game's launch this September 9th.
Feature Let's Dance In Anticipation For The Beatles: Rock Band - #6 Hey Jude
Hey Jude
As the launch of the hotly anticipated The Beatles: Rock Band draws ever closer, we count down some of our favourite The Beatles tracks. Hopefully these tunes will get you in the mood for dancing ahead of the game's launch this September 9th.
Feature Let's Dance In Anticipation For The Beatles: Rock Band - #7 Strawberry Fields Forever
Strawberry Fields Forever
As the launch of the hotly anticipated The Beatles: Rock Band draws ever closer, we count down some of our favourite The Beatles tracks. Hopefully these tunes will get you in the mood for dancing ahead of the game's launch this September 9th.
Feature Let's Dance In Anticipation For The Beatles: Rock Band - #8 Can't Buy Me Love
Can't Buy Me Love
As the launch of the hotly anticipated The Beatles: Rock Band draws ever closer, we count down some of our favourite The Beatles tracks. Hopefully these tunes will get you in the mood for dancing ahead of the game's launch this September 9th.
Feature Let's Dance In Anticipation For The Beatles: Rock Band - #9 A Hard Days Night
A Hard Days Night
As the launch of the hotly anticipated The Beatles: Rock Band draws ever closer, we count down some of our favourite The Beatles tracks. Hopefully these tunes will get you in the mood for dancing ahead of the game's launch this September 9th.
Feature Let's Dance In Anticipation For The Beatles: Rock Band - #10 Drive My Car
Drive My Car
As the launch of the hotly anticipated The Beatles: Rock Band draws ever closer, we count down some of our favourite The Beatles tracks. Hopefully these tunes will get you in the mood for dancing ahead of the game's launch this September 9th.
News Free Lite Copy Of Rock Band Unplugged Included With The PSP Go In The US
So Europe might be getting a shiny free copy of Gran Turismo PSP with their early-adopter purchase of Sony's latest PSP Go, but what of the US? Well, you guys are getting a copy of Rock Band Unplugged Lite
The Lite version of the game gains you access to five tracks and allows you to download songs from the PSN to bolster your collection. We loved...
News The Beatles: Rock Band Album DLC Dated, Detailed
For those of you who are hardcore The Beatles fans, you're probably going to what some of the more obscure album tracks in your The Beatles: Rock Band game
Harmonix have you covered, they will eventually release the entire Beatles back catalogue as DLC. First up is Abbey Road on October 20th. It will cost you $16.98 to download the entire thing,...
News Singstar: The Beatles Is Totally Not Singstar: The Beatles
We told you it was a rumour
And we also totally concluded it was a rumour as baffling as they come. Thus, we're not surprised the Singstar: The Beatles rumours have been quashed by Harmonix's Sean Baptiste. He stated that while the rumour was not true there was an "element of truth" to the
News GamesCom 09: New The Beatles: Rock Band Trailer Says It All
What more is there to say about the latest The Beatles: Rock Band trailer? It looks like it's going to be the biggest and best games of the year
And we're totally chuffed for the guys at Harmonix because it looks like they've gone the extra mile here.
News The Beatles: Rock Band DLC To Include Sgt. Pepper's, Rubber Soul & Other Albums
If you're releasing DLC for The Beatles: Rock Band, you're restricted to songs by The Beatles
Right? Makes sense. Thus you'll be happy to know that DLC for the mainstream darlings favourite upcoming music game will take the form of full albums. So you'll be able to play the songs that you liked, but never hit the mainstream. Like Maxwell's Silver...
Feature Let's Dance In Anticipation For The Beatles: Rock Band - #5 Helter Skelter
Helter Skelter
As the launch of the hotly anticipated The Beatles: Rock Band draws ever closer, we count down some of our favourite The Beatles tracks. Hopefully these tunes will get you in the mood for dancing ahead of the game's launch this September 9th.
Before E3 we were a little worried about The Beatles: Rock Band
We weren't expecting the amount of attention to detail to be honest. We just assumed it would be a typical Rock Band game with The Beatles songs in it. We were so wrong. The following videos (above and after the jump) prove what a brilliantly well thought out package The Beatles: Rock...
News Fifteen New The Beatles: Rock Band Songs Announced
More tracks have been announced for Harmonix's upcoming The Beatles: Rock Band
We were going to do the thing where we try to fit as many Beatles song titles into the article as we possibly could, but we think that's getting a bit old. Instead, here are the tracks. "Twist And Shout" "Do You Want To Know A Secret" "Can't Buy...
News Rock Band Network Opens The Gates For Unsigned Musicians
Activision must be shaking in their boots right now
The recently announced Rock Band Network from Harmonix will open up an entirely new stream of revenue for unsigned bands (or smaller labels) by putting created tracks in the Rock Band experience. This is massive folks. Rock Band Network will give musicians and labels the tools to upload their...
News The Beatles: Rock Band Unaffected By The Death Of Michael Jackson
The death of Michael Jackson has come as a shock to us all
But now the dust is settling we can start to look towards a future without the King Of Pop and how his death will affect the release of the upcoming Playstation title, The Beatles: Rock Band. See, one of Michael Jackson's more profitable assets is the ownership of over 200 songs from The...
News Terrible Bands That Weird People Like Heading To Rock Band Unplugged
Everybody cheer with me now - Avenged Sevenfold are coming to the PSP's awesome Rock Band Unplugged
No cheers? Oh, that's because nobody likes Avenged Sevenfold. Actually, that's not strictly true. People do like Avenged Sevenfold. They're just a bit weird. A bit like the people who like Dream Theater, Motley Crue and Stone Temple Pilots. Meh, it's...
News The Beatles Are Heavily Involved With The Beatles: Rock Band
Despite a disjointed appearance at Microsoft's press briefing, apparently The Beatles are having some hands-on input with the upcoming The Beatles: Rock Band video game
Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and windows Yoko-Ono and Olivia Harrison are said to be "the shareholders" of the development team and have helped construct the characters,...
News Nielsen's Survey Suggests God Of War III One Of The Most Desired Games Post-E3
There were a lot of games at E3
So in order to seperate them, people do surveys and stuff. Like this one conducted by Nielsen which determines the games at E3 with the highest purchase intent. XBOX 360's Halo 3: ODST tops out the chart with 53% of respondants taking interest. God Of War III sits in second place with 49% and Wii Sports Resort in...
E3 2009 First The Beatles: Rock Band Gameplay Trailer
Following up the introduction trailer, the first The Beatles: Rock Band trailer shows off the game's harmony system, graphic style and range of career spanning tunes
Awww man. This is actually the first time we've been sold by a rhythm game. This is going to be big.
E3 2009 The Beatles: Rock Band Intro Trailer
One of the most impressive things at Microsoft's E3 conference last night was the focus on The Beatles: Rock Band
In fact, they kicked the whole thing off with the intro (above) which really shows off the lengths Harmonix have gone to in nailing the look and feel of The Beatles throughout the years. By the time the trailer gets to the Sgt. Pepper...
E3 2009 The Beatles: Rock Band Drums Revealed
For your viewing pleasure, The Beatles: Rock Band's packaged Ludwig drum kit which kinda doesn't look anything like the real kit but is designed around being used in a video game so we'll let them off
E3 2009 The Beatles: Rock Band Songs Revealed
During Microsoft's Press Briefing today Harmonix showed the first real footage and details of The Beatles: Rock Band
The game has a really exciting look to it that perfectly suits the Beatles. The songs announced for the game are as follows: I Saw Her Standing There I Wanna Hold Your Hand I Feel Fine Day Tripper Tax Man I am the Walrus Back in the...
First Impressions Rock Band Unplugged on Playstation Portable
Rock Band Unplugged is essentially a compilation of the following parts: the concept of the Playstation 2's Amplitude, a rock-and-roll background and the system-selling name of Rock Band
Oh, and there's not really any electronic music either. Hell no, commercial rock all the way. Ahem. Kicking it with Jimmy Eat World's "The Middle" (we can...
News Rock Band Unplugged DLC Includes Mute Math
A leaked version of Rock Band Unplugged blew the door on the official track listing this weekend
But what of DLC? The first batch, due for release on June 9th, will include popular tracks from the franchise's bigger brother's library. They are: 30 Seconds to Mars - "The Kill"Belly - "Feed the Tree"Disturbed - "Inside the...
News Here Are Your The Beatles: Rock Band Instruments
Here are some instruments set to release alongside The Beatles: Rock Band game
They'll cost a meagre $100 each (no they're not included, they're just a bit extra Harmonix want you to pay). We're not fans of Guitar Hero or Rock Band. We are fans of The Beatles. We'd rather not pay $100 a pop for plastic replicas of their gear. Sadly, we assume...
News LEGO: Rock Band Announced For Playstation 3 This Holiday
Shoot us for having an opinion but we think the music-game genre is the most over-saturated on the market
And furthering that we didn't even like Guitar Hero/Rock Band to begin with. We've absolutely no idea why Harmonix think it's a good idea to put out another music game on top The Beatles: Rock Band, last years Rock Band 2 and all the other...
News The Beatles: Rock Band Bundle Information & Boxart
We're actually rather fond of the boxart for The Beatles: Rock Band, although we kind of wished that the "fab four" were flying on a gigantic corn flake as opposed to walking on dull concrete
Still, you can't have it all eh? The big boxset includes some juicy objects which are going to prove difficult to resist splashing out on. Aswell as a copy of...
News Rock Band Unplugged Detailed, Priced, Bundled, Trailered & Dated
Rock Band Unplugged is coming to the PSP
As you can see from the above trailer, it certainly looks like Rock Band. It plays a bit more like Amplitude, mind. The game will be released in Europe and America on June 9th. No word on a European price yet, but it will cost $39.99 in the USA. Alongside the games launch will be a limited edition PSP...
News Lego Rock Band Is Unwittingly Confirmed
Not done with plastic instruments yet? We are
It's just been announced via Harmonix's Dan Teasdale's blog that there is a, erm, Lego iteration of the popular rock band sim in the works. The release has been heavily speculated over the last year. In Teasdale's blog, he provides the slides to Harmonix's GDC presentation. Including a slide that was cut...
