Harmonix Welcomes Former Guitar Hero Players With Open Arms

Harmonix Welcomes Former Guitar Hero Players With Open Arms

Tweet Following the news of Activision-Blizzard’s abandonment of the Guitar Hero and DJ Hero franchises (at least in 2011), Rockband developer Harmonix is ready to welcome the newly shunned Guitar Hero stalwarts. In a forum post on the Rockband website, community manager John Drake made it clear that...

Activision-Blizzard Quarterly Financial Report: The Aftermath

Activision-Blizzard Quarterly Financial Report: The Aftermath

Tweet Activision-Blizzard is not a company that ignores the bottom line. Their latest conference call to investors and quarterly financial report made this point abundantly clear with announcements leaving a wake of studio restructurings, layoffs, game cancellations and a whole lot more Call of Duty. So...

Harmonix Bought for a Grant

Harmonix Bought for a Grant

Tweet Developer Harmonix, creators of the Rock Band series of games, as well as the recently released Kinect launch title Dance Central has been sold for the paltry sum of 50 USD. While cheaper then the cost of a current generation game, the buyer, investment group Columbus Nova will also assume all of...

Review: Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock (PS3)

Review: Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock (PS3)

Tweet I’m going to assume that you’ve already read the reviews of Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, the latest installment in a long line of music rhythm games from the Activision franchise of the same name. I’m going to assume that you already know whether you want to buy this game or not,...

Guitar Hero: Warriors Come Out and Play

Guitar Hero: Warriors Come Out and Play

Tweet Activision is proud to reveal eleven artists to debut on the Guitar Hero brand on their next outing. Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock will be featuring the first time appearances of the following bands and their tracks: Anberlin – “The Feel Good Drag” John 5 – “Black Widow Of La Porte” Neil...

Rock Your Face Off: Guitar Hero Style

Rock Your Face Off: Guitar Hero Style

Tweet Getting the band back together happens from time to time, and this occasion has to do with none otherthan the reunion of Soundgarden. Chris Cornell and company have delighted their fans by getting back together for a new album, but they have also found a way to please their Guitar Hero fans two-fold....

Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock Announced

Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock Announced

Tweet For years I have thought that Guitar Hero would be a great series to create a quest game out of. The success of Puzzle Quest has already proven that this mashing of genres does work quite well. Today, Activision announced such a beast – Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. Although some details are...

The “Clone” Wars

The “Clone” Wars

Tweet Dante’s Inferno is here, and it is awesome. The problem is, a lot of people will never know how awesome it is, because all they can think is “it’s a God of War clone.” I’ve always wondered what that really means. Aren’t all games clones of something else? Isn’t...

Release of the Week: EverQuest Underfoot (PC)

Release of the Week: EverQuest Underfoot (PC)

Tweet Pixel Junk shooter hit the PSN store last week, so if you are looking for a good game, go look into that. For this week, my pick is the 16th expansion for the EverQuest franchise. This is only notable because it shows that EverQuest is still actually being played.  This proves that unlike the Final...

Guitar Hero Gets The Fall of Troy Track Pack

Guitar Hero Gets The Fall of Troy Track Pack

Tweet The Fall of Troy DLC just dropped for Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero (360, PS3, and Wii).  This track pack will include Panic Attack, A Classic Case of Transference, and Single.  Yup, three songs from the latest album! The Fall of Troy Track Pack runs $5.49 on the PSN, 440 MS Points, and 550 Wii...

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