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In Real Life

Why Japan Never Got Rock Band

A few years back, Rock Band exploded in North America. In Europe. In Australia. It didn’t in Japan. There must be a reason for that.

December 25, 2010
PlayStation

The Year He Kept His Faith In Music Games — And Kinect

Greg LoPiccolo didn’t have to leave his office in a brick building near Boston this year to see how two of the biggest trends in the last half-decade of video games were playing out. There were doubters outside. Inside?

December 24, 2010
Nintendo

Rock Band Creators Gone From MTV, Taking Hits With Them

The people who make Rock Band and the breakout Kinect dancing game Dance Central have been sold by MTV’s parent company Viacom. But they can keep making sequels to those series, if they want to.

December 1, 2010
News

Music Games Will Make A Comeback, But How Is A Mystery

Rock Band and Guitar Hero aren’t the sensations they used to be. That doesn’t mean they’re bad. Not Rock Band 3. But they’re not the cultural phenomenons they once were. That’s temporary, according to a man who should know.

October 26, 2010
News

John Lennon’s Imagine Album Coming To Rock Band

John Lennon’s most popular solo album, Imagine, will be “among the first albums” available for download following this week’s launch of Rock Band 3, according to the game’s developers.

October 15, 2010
News

Rock Band 3′s Pro Guitar Mode Is Lefty-Compatible

Ever since we previewed Rock Band 3′s Pro Guitar mode, readers have been asking if lefties can play this mode. They can.

September 20, 2010
News

Konami And Harmonix End Legal Spat

In 2008, Konami filed a patent lawsuit against Harmonix (and MTV and Viacom).

September 15, 2010

Pro Guitar Mode Makes Rock Band 3 Harder, Socially Redeeming

At last, your shame will end. At last, you will be able to tell your guitar-playing friends that you too can play guitar, well sorta, thanks to Rock Band 3′s pro guitar mode. Plus, you will have learnt guitar better.

August 18, 2010
News

Dance Central To Get Jungle Boogie

Dance Central, the upcoming dancing game from Rock Band developer Harmonix, is supporting more than rump shaking. Ten more tunes from the game have been confirmed today.

July 6, 2010
News

Where Do You Go After Rock Band 3?

Somewhere else, that’s where. Rock Band 3 lead designer Dan Teasdale is leaving Rock Band developer Harmonix. In his blog, he states why.

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