By rss@youtube.com (krantzenzero) COMING SOON SEPTEMBER 2008. DEVELOPER: HARMONIX PUBLISHER: ELECTRONIC ARTS Rock Band 2 is the next evolution of the franchise that redefined the standard for music games. Rock Band is the groundbreaking platform that allows music fans and gamers to interact with music like never before...

By rss@youtube.com (ApFaqTech) Here is the unboxing for the much anticipated music game, Rock Band 2 for the Xbox 360. It has been released early for the Xbox 360 due to a deal Microsoft made with Harmonix, the developers of Rock Band and the early Guitar Hero versions. Here, the instruments were purchased separately along...

By Jesse Henning Xbox 360 is the preferred stage for the best music games, including “Lips,” “Rock Band 2,” and “Guitar Hero® World Tour” and “DanceDanceRevolution® UNIVERSE3.” • Family. Xbox 360 gets the whole family playing with titles such as “Banjo ...

 India - Xbox 360 is the preferred stage for the best music games, including "Lips," "Rock Band 2," "Guitar Hero(R) World Tour" and "DanceDanceRevolution(R) ...

 UK - by Sarah in Video Games | 09.10.2008 Guitar Hero and Rock Band have started a new trend – music games are now more popular than ever. ...

By V The guitar controllers can be used with the Wii and PS2 and are compatible with Rock Band and Guitar Hero. Since being introduced into the gaming market, music games have grown in popularity with females who now make up nearly half of ...

 - The controller is compatible with both Rock Band and Guitar Hero games. If you are tired of playing your favorite music games with junky plastic controllers ... Which 'Guitar Hero World' to Buy? (There's Six) PC Magazine all 5 news articles

By geeksugar The music is a bit more midi-sounding than Rock Band or Guitar Hero, the avatars just Miis, and all the songs super family-friendly, which makes Wii Music a really great option if you want to expose kids to a music game, but aren't that ...

 NC - Griffin believes that difference will help PopStar take some market share away from Guitar Hero and Rock Band this holiday season. ... With Pop Star Guitar, Griffin takes stab at music-game glory Bizjournals.com all 435 news articles

By Jack You can become the biggest drummer, guitarist or singer of all time; you can become a soloist or be part of a band. Rock Band delivers four music games in one challenging rockers to master lead guitar, bass guitar, drums and vocals. ...

If you've not yet jumped into music games, Rock Band 2 is the best reason yet to join the party.

By editors@gamesetwatch.com (Douglas Wilson) In this op-ed, game designer and researcher Douglas Wilson offers a different way to think about the relationship between music, games, and meaning.] The best music game of all time is neither a rhythm game nor a synaesthesic puzzle game. It’s not Dance Dance Revolution, or Lumines, or eve...

 CA - I'm delighted to see that lately music games have seen a great surge of interest in the West, thanks to titles like Guitar Hero, Rock Band and SingStar. ...

By Patrick Klepek All day long we’re presenting Patrick Klepek’s favorite games of last week’s Nintendo of America media summit. I’m sorry, “Wii Music.” As an avid “Guitar Hero” and “Rock Band” fan, ever since Nintendo announced their take on the growing music games genre, I’ve been a skeptic. There’s no gam...

 NC - Music titles like Guitar Hero and Rock Band are among the hottest products on the videogame market, and a local company believes it has the next big hit. ...

But Guitar Hero is no longer all about power chords – my time with its new drums suggests it is a clear winner over Rock Band’s kit. ... Rock Band 2 retains title as the Golden God of music games Isthmus Rock Band: the wait is nearly over Gameplanet Rock Band 2 Review Tom's Games

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While the PlayStation 3 and Wii editions of the multi-instrument music game sequel have yet to be released--PS3 in October, Wii in November--those that own the Xbox 360 version can now enter the redemption code found on the back of the game manual.

By 8bitjoystick Rating : 99% These go up to eleven! Rock Band 2 is brain child of music game developer Harmonix, published by MTV Games and distributed by EA. This game builds upon the concepts established with the original Rock Band. It is not a totally new game but rather Rock Band "two point zero". It really i...

By AJ Glasser Saying “peripheral-free” is like saying “castrated” when it comes to music games. Isn’t half the fun of playing Rock Band the plastic instruments? But there must be market for people (parents) who don’t want to deal with a plastic drum set and two guitars cluttering up the living room – and...

By Jake Harmonix really delivered on their vision of Rock Band as an expandable platform and set the bar pretty high for music games. EA has built an empire on updating sports games each year and building on the previous game. Rock Band 2 is an essential upgrade for those about to rock.

By nitromic gloveofpower: I agree completely and this is the reason I hate these music games. People start to think they are real musicians because they play guitar hero. nitromic.

Perhaps you've heard of the ION Drum Rocker, the Lamborghini of fake plastic instruments? Although the multi-headed input device for music games like Rock Band, Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero World Tour isn't out yet, we got our hands on a review model, and we've got a whole mess of pictures to...

By Jonathan Related Articles at Gaming Today:Konami Thinks Devs Should Make Music Game Peripherals Cross-CompatibleDisney Set to Take Center Stage With Ultimate BandDownloadable Music for EA's Non-Music Games Coming in '09E3 2008: Guitar Hero: World Tour Compatible with Rock Band Instrumen...

By Will Snizek Right now, it’s simply the best music game on the Wii and certainly plays better than Guitar Hero on the system. The only aspect that’s better on the Wii version is the fact that the drums look cooler.

By Chris Kohler And it's not just Harmonix and Activision. Many different publishers showed music games at E3. Konami, which pioneered guitar-and-drum games in its native Japan, had a cheap-looking game called Rock Revolution. Disney Interactive showed Ultimate Band, which lets gamers play music usi...

By RawmeatCowboy Who is up for some more musical leaks? Whether you want to know more about Rock Band 2 or Guitar Hero: World Tour…we have info on both. Of course, this information comes from surveys pertaining to each game. So much for keeping information confidential! Rock Band 2 “120 of the biggest rock ant...

By Stephany Keith Matejka, the associate producer for Konami’s upcoming Rock Revolution, believes that the developers of Guitar Hero and Rock Band should make their peripherals cross-compatible. Keith Matejka, the associate producer for Konami’s upcoming Rock Revolution, believes that the d...

By Leigh Alexander More new versions have been announced for release soon (Guitar Hero on Tour on 6/22, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith on 6/29, Rock Band for Wii on 6/29, and Guitar Hero 4 in Fall 2008, with Guitar Hero: Metallica and Rock Band 2 reported to be in the works), and Chris Martin of rock band Coldplay recen...

By Jen As many of you know, I started playing music games less than 6 months ago. I was introduced to Rock Band and Guitar Hero III on the same day, and went out and bought both of them plus Guitar Hero II all in one fell swoop because I couldn’t decide on a favorite at the time.  Since November, it’s been...

By Chris Kohler How will the next Guitar Hero compete with Rock Band? By adding more instruments, of course. In an exclusive interview with Conde Nast Portfolio, Activision chairman and CEO Bobby Kotick says that future iterations of the popular music game will...

By Kotaku Gamers have purchased more than six million songs for Rock Band since its November launch, Harmonix reports in a release that also details an upcoming patch for the music game that will include an in-game music store. ...