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Rock Band 3 Will Aim To Teach People How To Play Music

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:50:59 +0000

One of the chief complaints about Guitar Hero and Rock Band is that people ought to just learn how to play the real thing. Well, that may actually happen with Rock Band 3. Having previously helped get The Beatles Rock Band off the ground, Dhani Harrison has reportedly stayed on to consult on Rock Band 3. The son of Beatle George Harrison told the Chicago Tribune that he wants to make the controllers "more real" for ...

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No Doubt About It: Band Sues Activision

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 07:00:00 +0000

Hot on the heals of the release of Activision's Band Hero , the group No Doubt has filed suit against the game publisher for turning them into a "virtual karaoke circus act." According to the Los Angeles Times , the suit alleges No Doubt's contract with Activision only allowed the ...

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Even God Is On The Music Game Bandwagon [Screengrab]

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:29:51 +0000

As seen by reader Jon at a Christian goods store.

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2010 Will Bring Us More Call Of Duty, More Guitar Hero [Business]

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 22:10:05 +0000

During an earnings Q&A; earlier today , Activision spoke a little of their 2010 product line-up. A line-up that you may be stunned to hear includes new Call of Duty , Guitar Hero and Spider Man games. You can no doubt imagine the kind of shambling corpse that'll be trotted out as Guitar Hero 6 ...

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New Call of Duty and Guitar Hero Installments for 2010

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 12:42:24 +0000

Though it may come as a surprise to no one, Activision has announced that they will be releasing another Guitar Hero and Call of Duty title by the end of 2010. Here's what chief financial officer Thomas Tipple had to say: "In 2010, Activision publishing is expected to release a strong product ...

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Pictures Of Old People Playing Guitar Hero As Funny As It Sounds

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:25:00 +0000

Hey, I don't have anything against old people. Decades from now, when we're all playing video games through virtual tubes, I'm sure youngsters will be laughing at me, too. But for the time being, it's the other wary around. The Faster Times recently ran a series of photos collected from ...

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Activision Confirms Sequels in 2010

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 01:28:21 +0000

Activision has confirmed via conference call that the company will be bringing new entries in the Call of Duty , Tony Hawk , Spider-Man and Guitar Hero franchises throughout 2010. …okay.

PacoDG posted 42 hours ago from bingegamer.net

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No Doubt sues Activision over Band Hero [Updated]

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:20:00 +0000

Rock band No Doubt has filed a real-world lawsuit over its virtual role in the just-released Band Hero edition of the Guitar Hero video game series, claiming that the game has “transformed No Doubt band members into a virtual karaoke...

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No Doubt Sues -- Gwen Is Not a Man!

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 21:40:00 +0000

Celebrity Justice No Doubt Sues -- Gwen Is Not a Man! Posted Nov 4th 2009 2:00PM by TMZ Staff Gwen Stefani is not a man and wants nothing to do with hookers -- but according to a new lawsuit, Gwen claims she's being manipulated into all sorts of manly, unGwen-like behavior for a new "Guitar Hero ...

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PS3 Review – DJ Hero

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:16:23 +0000

DJ Hero is Activision’s latest entry into their long-running “Hero” line of rhythm video games. Similar to Guitar Hero, DJ Hero has players tap buttons in time with music notes. But DJ Hero takes things to a different place–that of club/dance music. Does the popular ...

RichAllen posted 4 days ago from playstationlifestyle.net

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Wonder At The Guitar Hero Muscle Controller [Clips]

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:08:53 +0000

Welcome to Bobby Kotick's nightmare, a world in which Guitar Hero controllers could be rendered useless , a world in which video games can be played by monitoring muscle actions. A brave new air guitar future! In reality, this technical demonstration of muscle-computer interfaces, as shown ...

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Band Hero For DS: This Is Just Silly Now

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 18:54:43 +0000

In its race to continue churning out Guitar Hero games at as high a rate as possible, nothing that Activision has done has been sillier than Band Hero for Nintendo DS. After three Guitar Hero On Tour games for the DS in one year, the fourth arrives today, bearing the branding of ...

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Activision: Initial DJ Hero Sales Might Be Slow

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:54:00 +0000

October 23, 2009 - Activision's newest upcoming music title, DJ Hero , has a lot to live up to. After releasing several successful iterations of the Guitar Hero franchise, the publisher decided to try something new by releasing a DJ-based game using a turntable controller, and exposing its ...

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Review: DJ Hero

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:53:11 +0000

Floor filler? The turnaround has been astonishing. Guitar Hero launched in 2005, its first set-list composed extensively of cover versions, with the music industry's nostrils too busy sweeping lustily over cisterns to pay it much heed. Developer Harmonix was virtually required to shuffle up to record label doors, cap in hand, begging for whatever scraps of licensed music were lying around. $2 billion and 25 million sales later, someone else is now wearing the trousers in this ...

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Samsung offering cash for game ideas

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:30:05 +0000

Electronics group Samsung is willing to pay as much as $250,000 to each developer that pitches any ideas that become games on the Samsung Application Store. The company, which has in recent times seen its mobile phone market share slip, has enlisted mobile game developer Handmark to provide ...

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Podcast: Kombo Breaker - Episode 49: David Ellis of 1UP and Video Games (Go figure...)

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:47:23 +0000

This is the one before we go crazy with #50. Episode #49 is a fantastic conversation with David Ellis of 1UP. For those that don't know, David recently took the reigns of 1UP's new podcast, 4 Guys 1UP, in the wake of Garnett Lee moving on to an opportunity with GameFly Media. Make sure you ...

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Guitar Hero played on a massive scale using soccer balls [I Heart Video Games]

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:00:00 +0000

Guitar Hero recreated on a three-story high display, with gifted young freestyle soccer players hitting the buttons with soccer balls. I have no idea what a freestyle soccer player-- er footballer-- is, but they're pretty good. The track is "Underdog" by Kasabian. Thanks to Delsyd for the link. ...

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Expect DJ Hero to have “slower” initial sales, says Huang

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:54:00 +0000

Guitar Hero co-founder Kai Huang, speaking recently on a panel at the PLAY Digital Media Conference in Berkeley, has said that Activision is not expecting DJ Hero to show blockbuster sales straight off the bat. “We’re not expecting a typical videogame curve where you sell the ...

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DJ Hero “may come out of the gate a little bit slower”

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:30:45 +0000

Considering that Activision has succeeded in filling the market with a continuous string of Guitar Hero titles, one might wonder how their latest Hero -based effort, DJ Hero , will be received by the masses. Personally, I am burned out on Guitar Hero and would greatly appreciate the series ...

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Analyst: DJ Hero Pre-Order Activity Weak

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:39:00 +0000

Cowen and Company analyst Doug Creutz has lowered his US sales estimates for DJ Hero by over 50 per cent after retail channel checks indicated “weak pre-order activity” for the game. Officially announced in May and due for release alongside a turntable controller at the end of ...

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