The Beatles: Rock Band Review

The Beatles: Rock Band Review

Game: The Beatles: RockBand Publisher: EA/Harmonix Platform: PS3, XBox 360, Wii Price: $249 Special Edition, $59.99 Game only Pro: Remastered music, loving attention to detail, music and Beatles geek approved, 3-part harmonies Con: A bit spendy, no keyboards, not enough tracks to satisfy me fully If...

Music Legends “Irritated” by Music Games, “A Pity”

Music Legends “Irritated” by Music Games, “A Pity”

With the release of Rock Band: The Beatles only hours away, a couple of famous non-Beatles affiliated musicians saw it only fit to express their displeasure toward music video-games such as the Rock Band and Guitar Hero series. On the eve of the Beatles’ next milestone to further immortality, Pink...

Release of the Week: The Beatles: Rock Band (360, PS3, WII)

Release of the Week: The Beatles: Rock Band (360, PS3, WII)

What happens when you mix the biggest name in music video games with the greatest band of all time? A really easy pick for the Release of the Week. Harmonix and MTV Games are giving us a game this week that follows the Beatles from their first album to their last. This game marks the first time that Beatles...

The Beatles: Rock Band Abbey Road TV Spot

The Beatles: Rock Band Abbey Road TV Spot

When The Beatles: Rock Band was first announced, there was a lot of apprehension over the idea of the strictly The Beatles-based game. With Harmonix behind the scenes however, most of the concern was washed away during E3 2009. Seeing the game in motion with Harmonix developers and watching other fellow...

LEGOs Like To Rock Too

LEGOs Like To Rock Too

Warner Bros’ Interactive and TT Games are joining forces to bring fans of LEGO and Rock Band a match made in heaven. This “family-friendly” music experience is currently in development by TT Games in partnership with Harmonix, and is to be published by Warner Bros. Interactive...

PODCAST: EvilCast NewsBrief, Episode #17

PODCAST: EvilCast NewsBrief, Episode #17

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE IN iTUNES With all the Free content going around and now the announcement of a $50,000 donation from...

Review: Guitar Hero: World Tour Pt 1 (360/PS3)

Review: Guitar Hero: World Tour Pt 1 (360/PS3)

When Neversoft announced the addition of drums and vocals in the next Guitar Hero title, many cheered but others sighed. How would it function with 4 people? Would the difficulty level drop? What else would be changed? People pondered these question, but none perhaps greater than “Can it possibly...

Claim 20 additional Rock Band 2 tracks for free

Claim 20 additional Rock Band 2 tracks for free

Prior to the release of Rock Band 2 Harmonix and MTV Games promised that the 84 tracks that shipped with the game would be bolstered by an additional 20 downloadable songs soon after launch. Today Harmonix have unveiled a new website that allows those who have purchased Rock Band 2 to sign-up and claim...

AC/DC invading Rock Band this November

AC/DC invading Rock Band this November

Fresh off today’s Red Hot Chili Pepper’s Rock Band album release, Harmonix have announced that the AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack will be available for both Rock Band and Rock Band 2 this November. The track pack will include a selection of AC/DC’s live performances from throughout the...

Rock Band 2 Review, Part 2: The Instruments

Rock Band 2 Review, Part 2: The Instruments

Welcome back! Now that we’ve spoken a bit about The Music of Rock Band 2, we’ll focus next on the Instruments. We don’t literally mean the hardware, but rather the charts, modes, and features that have changed (or not) since the first game. Here’s the breakdown. Guitar: Admit it,...