rhythm games
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Rock Band Live On ITunes
4:00AM Brian Crecente | All of those pretenders to the portable rhythm game throne better be ware, the official Rock Band game just hit iTunes. More »
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Ten Fingers On Five Frets In Guitar Hero: Van Halen
11:00AM Owen Good | Eddie Van Halen’s performance of “Eruption” is more impressive. That’s not the question being asked. But this comparison shows the similarity of the finger work in the tapping sections, which speaks well of the design of Guitar Hero: Van Halen. More »
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Eminem, Jay-Z Tracks Revealed For DJ Hero Renegade Edition
1:00PM Owen Good | Activision gave Rolling Stone first dibs on the Renegade Edition tracklist for DJ Hero, featuring 12 cuts each from Jay-Z and Eminem – who recently endorsed the game by saying “the s—t is dope.” More »
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Jam Sessions 2 Preview: I Fought The Law And Nobody Won
1:20PM AJ Glasser | I missed out on the first Jam Sessions game for the DS – but given the near over-saturation of the music sim market, can you blame me? Answer: Yes, go right ahead. More »
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Queen Plus Phoenix Wright Plus Elite Beat Agents
10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Dubbed “Osu! Phoenix Wright”, this home-made PC rhythm game takes its cues from the Elite Beat Agent rhythm games — with some added Phoenix Wright and awesome. More »
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Guitar Hero CEO: Rhythm Gaming Market Not Saturated
5:40AM Owen Good | CNBC gives a big free ad to Activision for about a minute, then Daniel Rosensweig, the Guitar Hero CEO, gets down to bidness. He doesn’t think rhythm gaming’s a saturated market. Less than 20% of console-owning households have one. More »
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10:00AM David Wildgoose | I’ve seen DJ Hero in action twice now, once at E3 and once at an Xbox event in Sydney, and both times I’ve been struck by how difficult it looks. Kevin McSherry, studio manager at DJ Hero developer Freestyle Games, agrees. More »
DJ Hero Developer Says: “DJ Hero Is Hard”
10:00AM David Wildgoose | I’ve seen DJ Hero in action twice now, once at E3 and once at an Xbox event in Sydney, and both times I’ve been struck by how difficult it looks. Kevin McSherry, studio manager at DJ Hero developer Freestyle Games, agrees. More »
Hands On
12:00PM Brian Crecente | More than 45 years ago, The Beatles changed the way the world listened to music. This week, MTV Games and Harmonix hope to change the way people listen to The Beatles. More »
The Beatles: Rock Band Review: Blisters On My Fingers
12:00PM Brian Crecente | More than 45 years ago, The Beatles changed the way the world listened to music. This week, MTV Games and Harmonix hope to change the way people listen to The Beatles. More »
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Scratch: The Ultimate DJ Has A New Developer, New Date
11:00PM Michael McWhertor | After months of legal wrangling—after the developer of Scratch: The Ultimate DJ was purchased by its biggest competitor—Genius Products and Numark Industries have found a new developer, Commotion Interactive, the music and party game division of Bedlam Games. More »
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