So we’ve all been waiting around to hear the announcement of when the album “Who’s Next” will be showing up on Rock Band. I know that I was pretty surprised when the first full album ended up being from the Cars. Well, while Harmonix has made no official announcements on the matter, we may have found a cause for the delay, straight from the mouth of Pete Townshend himself. Hit the jump for a quote.
I’m not sure if any of you are blues fans out there, but last week one of the greatest legends of our time passed away recently. Bo Diddley was 79 when he left us, and it seems that Harmonix will be paying tribute to him in the second installment of Rock Band.
If your plain boring wood Rock Band drumsticks just aren’t cool enough for you, you might check out these shiny little LED drumsticks. Although glowing drumsticks aren’t for everyone, I am definitely comfortable enough with my geeky tendencies that I’d be happy to play with a set of these.
It’s been almost a week since you’ve had any new tracks for Rock Band, so I’m sure you’re just itching for more. This week’s DLC features three winning bands from MTV2’s “Circuit Breakout” contest, in addition to an extra track from Maximo Park. Hit the jump for the full list.
It seems that Rock Band has done moderately well (see: awesome) here in the US, so it’s only natural that they’re going to want to release the game in other parts of the world. We’ve known for some time that they were going to have a European release (even if it did take a really long time to get there), but this is the first we’ve heard about it turning Japanese.
Tomorrow is Tuesday, and you’re in luck. You aren’t just going to have one track pack available to download, but Harmonix is feeling particularly saucy and tossing up tracks from both Jimmy Buffett and Disturbed for your rocking pleasure. Hit the jump for the track listing.
Rock Band has easily become one of my favorite games, which I tend to play a lot. I’ll switch out between rocking the guitar, drums and vocals, however, I feel bad that those without full use of their legs can’t use the drums. Thankfully someone has created an awesome mod that will allow anyone to play the drums, so long as they have full use of their hands and arms.
We all know that when it comes to video games, our friends in the UK almost always get shafted. Whether it’s from a delayed release or a jacked-up price (usually both), it seems that they just can’t catch a break. Well they’ve waited long enough to get their hands on Rock Band, and now a few retailers are throwing them a bone by cutting the price right off the bat.
Many have heard the horror stories of video games ruining marriages and several gamers have had at least slight conflicts over their gaming habits. Well now there is an actual success story about a video game saving a marriage instead of destroying it.
Remember back when I told you that Motley Crue was releasing their latest single in Rock Band? Well, I’ve been wondering just how well it has sold, especially in comparison to iTunes sales. To say it sold well would be an understatement.
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