Tag: Rock Band
News Get Your Hands On PDP's Pricey $130 Riffmaster Wireless Guitar Controller
Pre-orders live now, shipping in April
Peripheral manufacturer PDP revealed its upcoming Riffmaster Wireless Guitar Controller in February, and it's a pretty slick piece of kit. Perhaps we shouldn't be surprised to see it comes with a fairly hefty price tag: £100, $130, or your local equivalent. Pre-orders for the undeniably appealing plastic...
News New Guitar Controller for Fortnite Festival, Rock Band 4 Revealed for PS5, PS4
Available this spring
PDP will be releasing a new wireless guitar controller later this spring for PS5, PS4 that's solely compatible with Fortnite Festival and Rock Band 4. The device is said to sport up to 36 hours of battery on just a single charge, and will feature a thumbstick behind the guitar, supports both right and left-handed players, and...
News Rock Band 4 to Get Final DLC Pack Almost a Decade After Launch
Time to get the old band back together
Iconic multiplayer rhythm game Rock Band 4 is getting one final DLC offering, despite first launching on PS4 back in 2015. No specifics on what exactly the pack would entail were shared, but its out next week, on 25th January. Harmonix shared the happy news in a press release, which reflects on the journey...
News PS5's Controller Can Be Used as a Microphone for Rock Band 4
All your existing gear should be good
Rock Band 4, and all of its accessories and DLC, is playable on the PlayStation 5 through backwards compatibility, and here’s an interesting quirk: you can use the DualSense controller as a microphone. Obviously it’s not the recommended way to play, and you’ll be able to connect any USB microphone to the...
News Archer Is Entering the Danger Zone in Rock Band 4
No, really
Yeah, we're just as bemused as you are. Sterling Archer, the egotistical agent from animated TV comedy Archer, will soon be a playable character in Rock Band 4. The cocky spy will naturally arrive alongside Kenny Loggins' Danger Zone as part of the game's March content update. So... That's that, we suppose. Feel free to shout out your...
News Harmonix Shares Its Plans for the Future of Rock Band 4 at PAX East
Groove to the music
Rhythm game mainstays Harmonix had a panel on the final day of PAX East. During this panel, the dev outlined its plans for the future of Rock Band 4. There were several smaller announcements, as well as one bombshell reveal: online multiplayer will at last be arriving for the full-band rhythm game. While no firm release date was...
News Uh Oh, Both Rock Band and Guitar Hero Haven't Sold Well
We aren't the champions
Last year was the return of the rhythm games, with both Rock Band 4 and Guitar Hero Live releasing at the tail end of 2015. While yours truly gave both games a 7/10, it appears that the outings didn't sell as well as their respective companies had hoped. First came the news that Rock Band 4 publisher and plastic guitar...
News Most of Rock Band 4's Legacy DLC Delayed in Europe
Bum note
European PlayStation players haven't had the best relationship with Sony in recent times, mainly due to late Store Updates and PlayStation Plus releases. Now, they have another reason to be mad, as EU Rock Band 4 owners can't seem to access over half of the Legacy DLC that launched last week – despite all of the DLC being available on the...
News Isn't There a Better Way to Present the Hundreds of Rock Band 4 Songs on the PS Store?
Get your act together
We've put up and shut up for long enough, but now the PlayStation Store's really taking the pee. So, anyone that's popped into the latest downloadable content section of the PlayStation 4's online plaza will know that it's been overrun with Rocksmith 2014 Edition songs and Dead or Alive 5 costumes in the past – but the...
Round Up Rock Band 4 PS4 Reviews Play a Blinder
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Plastic instruments are back, and Rock Band 4 is the first to blink. The first entry in the series since 2010, Harmonix is bringing the band together for one last gig. Boasting backward compatibility with most old kit and downloadable content, this title promises a potential setlist of over 1,500 songs out of the box. But the big question is:...
News Rock Band 4 Legacy Controllers Won't Require Extra Hardware on PS4
Unlike elsewhere
Here's a nice little bonus: you'll be able to save a bit of cash by buying Rock Band 4 on the PlayStation 4. While developer Harmonix is working with Mad Catz to produce a brand new batch of instruments for the forthcoming musical foray, it's also been busy beavering away on compatibility with most PlayStation 3 peripherals, too...
News PlayStation Plus Members Can Score Free Rock Band 4 Songs
But only if you pre-order from the PlayStation Store
Despite its reliance on physical peripherals, Rock Band 4 is probably the kind of game that you'll want stored on your PlayStation 4 hard drive at all times. There's good news for PlayStation Plus members, then, as pre-ordering the release digitally in North America will grant you access to ten...
E3 2015 Harmonix Shows Off Rock Band 4's Box Art, Says to Stay Tuned to E3
Rock on
We're running out of time, folks. In mere hours Push Square's offices will have been thrown into pure madness. This year's E3 is looking to be especially busy, with developers increasingly keen on releasing snippets of news earlier than they're supposed to. Thanks a lot, guys. Seriously, though, E3 is keeping us pretty busy right now. We're...
News Rock Band 4 Aims to Make Plastic Instruments on PS4 Fun Again
The Killers! Avenged Sevenfold! Fleetwood Mac!
You may have heard the Rumours regarding Rock Band 4's track list, but Harmonix has confirmed the first six songs that will launch alongside the PlayStation 4 title this fall. There's a bit of something for everyone here, from the clavinet-led 'You Make Loving Fun' by Fleetwood Mac to The Killers'...
News Rock Band 4 Brings the Band Back Together on PS4 This Year
Amped up
Where there's smoke, there's fire – and there's been a Victorian-style smog wafting out of Massachusetts-based developer Harmonix of late. It's no surprise, then, that it's announced that Rock Band 4 is in production for the PlayStation 4, and is set to release later this year. It'll feature all of the tracks from previous versions, and,...
Rumour Rock Band's Shredding a Path to PS4
Plug in, baby
The rumour that refuses to die has been amplified overnight, as Bloomberg reports that a new Rock Band is in production for the PlayStation 4. An anonymous person "familiar with the plan" told the reputable source that Harmonix is planning to re-launch its party property on Sony's next-gen system, which follows the arrival of new Rock...
News Rock Band Reboots with Foo Fighters, Arctic Monkeys DLC This Week
R U Sure?
Dust off those putrid plastic instruments: Rock Band is back. We're not referring to a sequel, of course – not yet, anyway – but brand new DLC for the series, which brings an end to an incredible 21 month hiatus. Harmonix famously stopped supporting Rock Band 3 and Rock Band Blitz almost two years ago, but, like a rockstar that's run...
News Rock Band Could Yet Make a Racket on Your PS4
Who loves rock-'n'-roll?
Much like Aztec Bars and Panda Pops, Harmonix’s once popular Rock Band franchise appealed to a particular period. With plastic peripherals filling out store shelves like other products didn’t exist, the music game bubble was loud like a Rancid record. However, as with any boy band, the craze quickly came to an end, with...
News Assassin's Creed & Rock Band Unplugged PSP-Bound
Ubisoft have confirmed they will bring their hit franchise Assassin's Creed to the PSP this year
The game will also receive a "piano black" themed PSP bundle when it releases. Among the other big franchises to get a PSP announcement is Rock Band. According to developers Primotech the game will play much like Harmonix's classic, Frequency.
