Rock Band

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...

By Patrick Klepek Jamming with a Nintendo Treehouse employee to The Police’s “Every Breath You Take” while our characters floated through space. I was on galactic guitar. He was on galactic drums. About halfway through our session, “Wii Music” clicked for me. It’s not “Rock Band” or “Guitar Hero” — but it does...

By Patrick Klepek Nintendo dated a host of upcoming Wii and DS games Electronic Arts has become a fan of game boxes with severed hands I examined whether “Mega Man 9″’s downloadable content strategy is a good one Harmonix confirmed “Rock Band 2″ on Wii will have an online store and multiplayer

By Patrick Klepek The biggest difference between this and the standard “Rock Band” controller is in the strum bar. Bass players don’t strum the same way guitar players do, yet “Rock Band” and “Guitar Hero” have traditionally ignored that in their peripherals. The gameplay mechanics are the same, but the ph...

By Tracey John Stephen got the scoop on some overlooked “Rock Band 2″ details and what Harmonix is planning for in-game music creation. We also found out how “Rock Band 1″ songs will be exported to “Rock Band 2″ and “SingStar” offers song-swapping (and not exporting).

By Stephen Totilo The kick-pedal doesn’t fall off – Not only are the new “Rock Band 2″ drums wireless, but when you lift them off the floor, the kick-pedal doesn’t fall off. As “RB2″ public relations man John Drake noted, this is an advance that will be appreciated by people who don’t have a permanent spot for t...

By Stephen Totilo Best Original Game Mirror’s Edge DICE/Electronic Arts for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 36) Best Hardware/Peripheral Rock Band 2 Ion “Drum Rocker” Set ION Audio/MTV Games for Xbox 360) Best Action/Adventure Game Dead Space EA Redwood Shores/EA for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)

By Tracey John “Rock Band” on Wii is slated for release on June 22, and the first volume of the track pack hits stores July 15. Yesterday afternoon, I played “Rock Band” for the Wii in a demo room used by MTV Games (it’s not as easy for us as you’d think — I had to walk five blocks to another building). Harmonix Com...