Review: Music Unlimited (PS3, Vita)

Review: Music Unlimited (PS3, Vita)

This is a decent music streaming service with some glaring holes in the artist and album library. Those users with more modern musical tastes will find this to be a great experience, especially for those that own a PS3, Vita, and computer. App: Sony Music Unlimited Publisher: Sony Computer...

Amazing Moments of Licensed Music in Video Games

Amazing Moments of Licensed Music in Video Games

Music and sounds have always been an integral part of video games.  Whether it was the 8-bit bleeps and bloops of the NES, all the way to the crisp, HD orchestrated music featured in modern games, I have always taken an interest to the sounds and scores of my favorite games.  Halo, for instance, while not...

GDC 2012: Austin Wintory, Journey Composer

GDC 2012: Austin Wintory, Journey Composer

Have you ever played a game and found yourself humming the music hours after you shut off the tv? Maybe you kept playing Bastion because the music is great and reminds you of Firefly. Perhaps you customized the ring tone on your phone to play the main theme song for Portal (yes, I personally know the people...

Team Teamwork Releases the Next Great Video Game Mashup

Team Teamwork Releases the Next Great Video Game Mashup

Team Teamwork, the mind behind the fantastic hip-hop/video game mashup albums The Ocarina of Rhyme and Vinyl Fantasy 7, has delivered an incredibly polished and tight look at the 16 bit era with his latest release, Super Nintendo Sega Genesis. As the title would suggest, TT forgoes the singular-game focus...

Rock Band Network on the Nintendo Wii is No More

Rock Band Network on the Nintendo Wii is No More

In a move that might prove to be connected to the recent sale of the series developer, Harmonix’s Aaron Trites announced that the forthcoming Rock Band Network pack would be the last released on the Wii. Originally conceived as a work around for user and artist created content, The Rock Band...

Full DJ Hero 2 Set List Revealed

Full DJ Hero 2 Set List Revealed

Coming off of the release of last years freshman entry to the rhythm game genre, FreeStyleGames has been hard at work tweaking the mechanics and performance of it’s turn table based title. Without a solid track list - or library as is with the case of DJ Hero and it’s use of the same song in...

God Of War III Soundtrack Is Free To A Good Home

God Of War III Soundtrack Is Free To A Good Home

God of War fans it is time to get your soundtrack.  You can now get all the rocking tunes you enjoyed while ripping heads off free.  That’s right!  Don’t wait to long though.  It is unclear if this is a limited time offer or an unending offer.  Either way now is the time to go pull some tunes to...

Duck Down Music and 2K Sports Announce NBA 2K11 Soundtrack Contest

Duck Down Music and 2K Sports Announce NBA 2K11 Soundtrack Contest

Duck Down Music and 2K Sports have partnered to present an exciting contest for all aspiring producers and MCs to create unique and original music, along with the special opportunity to have their song included in the upcoming soundtrack for NBA 2K11, the next iteration of the hugely popular NBA 2K...

Games Are Charitable – XBLA Roundup: Chime

Games Are Charitable – XBLA Roundup: Chime

Chime is the first offering from charitable organization OneBigGame. Unlike most puzzlers, the object of the game is to fill up the board rather than clear it. You do this by connecting the pieces together to form solid blocks. A rhythm wave sweeps across the board in time with the music, and as that beam...

DJ Hero releases Music Setlist

DJ Hero releases Music Setlist

The complete DJ Hero 93 mix, on-disc set list will include: • 2Pac – “All Eyez On Me” vs. The Aranbee Pop Orchestra – “Bittersweet Symphony (Instrumental)” • 50 Cent – “Disco Inferno” vs. David Bowie – “Let’s Dance” • 50 Cent – “Disco Inferno” vs....