Filed under: Contests and Giveaways

Hey kids, just a quick reminder that our monster Holiday Wish List Giveaway is still underway. We’re giving away not just one, but two piles of sweet Xbox 360 swag, including games, action figures, posters, clothes, an art book and even a couple of X3F stickers. The idea is that you’ll [...]

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Filed under: News, Peripherals

Some Guitar Hero: World Tour players are reporting sensitivity issues with the drums — basically, that they have to pound the hell out of them to register a hit. If you’re tired of having to go all Keith Moon all the time, Activision and Neversoft have a solution for you, and it’s [...]

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Filed under: News, Cheats

Have you been plugging away at Guitar Hero: World Tour, only to still be lacking those last few songs to complete your set list? Are you the type of person that enjoys cutting corners and finds diligence to be nothing more than a nine-lettered word? Well, we’ve got something for you: the [...]

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Filed under: Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Rhythm

If you’re interested to see how Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero: World Tour’s 16 shared songs match up to one another, look no further than YouTube. While there are certainly others (and undoubtedly more to follow suit), user Gurra100 has a playlist of [...]

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Filed under: Culture, Hacks, Rhythm

While filming a segment for NBC’s “Chime In” campaign (where various musicians and actors “re-envision” the three-note NBC tune), Flaming Lips vocalist-guitarist Wayne Coyne brought with him what he dubbed the “Guitar Hero guitar,” an Epiphone double-neck with the lower, six-string neck replaced by a five-button variant and wired to an [...]

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Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Rhythm

Despite promises to the contrary, the PlayStation 3 Guitar Hero: World Tour drum set doesn’t seem to be working with Rock Band 1 or 2. Many users on the RB forums have noticed that the game is recognizing the wireless set as a microphone, and unfortunately, the mic isn’t being [...]

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Filed under: Culture, Features, Microsoft Xbox 360, Rhythm

… or, more aptly titled, the Guitar Hero World Tour Launch Party sponsored by Best Buy, Jack Daniels and Coca-Cola. If that’s not the longest-titled event we’ve attended, then we’re not sure what is. (Although you’re in trouble, Guitar Hero, if the Japanese game Tohoku Daigaku Mirai-Kagaku-Gijutsu-Kyodo-Kenkyu-Center Kawashima [...]

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Filed under: Culture, Mac, PC, Online, RPGs, MMO, Rhythm

Blizzard has created a new weapon for World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King that temporarily transforms you into into Bergrisst, the rhythm guitarist of cross-medium metal group Level 80 Elite Chief Tauren, complete with a shred-tacular guitar solo. The axe, dubbed the Arcanite Ripper (based [...]

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Filed under: Nintendo Wii, Peripherals, Rhythm

There are a number of maladies one usually associates with long-term guitar playing — bloodied, mangled fingers (otherwise known as Townshend syndrome), horrible “strap burn” on one side of the player’s neck, and, of course, an insatiable addiction to heroin. While for the most part, faux-rocking Guitar Hero and Rock [...]

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Hope everyone’s had a good chance to fan themselves and hose off following Thursday’s introduction to Grace Kim, the former Activision PR rep turned Guitar Hero Rock Band vixen in this month’s Playboy. Remember a while back, the survey that asked if anybody’s played video games in the nude? Apparently Grace does.
So, my hair — [...]

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Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Business

If you’re looking to get an Xbox 360 this holiday and aren’t concerned about having the latest M-rated games, Sam’s Club (Wal-Mart’s warehouse retail chain) has a big ol’ bundle available soon. Members will be able to purchase a 60GB Xbox 360, Lego Indiana Jones, Kung Fu Panda and Guitar [...]

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Filed under: New Releases, PlayStation Store, PlayStation Network

A bumper update today. Just like the EU update, there’s a whole bunch of add-on content available for all sorts of games. Penny Arcade Adventures also makes its PSN debut alongside Prince of Persia Classic. There are also a couple of decent demos (unlike the EU update) and [...]

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Filed under: Deals and Bargains

Microsoft looks to be attacking the casual-core this holiday with its bundle strategy and Sam’s Club has found itself in the middle of the fight. Sam’s Club is offering an exclusive bundle that includes a 60GB Pro console, LEGO Indiana Jones, Kung Fu Panda and the full version of Guitar Hero [...]

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Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Rhythm, Business

Guitar Hero: Metallica may still not be “officially” announced by Activision, but a tipster sent us a YouTube clip revealing the teaser for the game in Guitar Hero World Tour’s “videos” section. Making this situation even more inane is that Metallica’s drummer, Lars Ulrich, [...]

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Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Rhythm, Business

Guitar Hero: Metallica may still not be “officially” announced by Activision, but a tipster sent us a YouTube clip revealing the teaser for the game in Guitar Hero World Tour’s “videos” section. Making this situation even more inane is that Metallica’s drummer, Lars Ulrich, [...]

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Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Rhythm, Business

Guitar Hero: Metallica may still not be “officially” announced by Activision, but a tipster sent us a YouTube clip revealing the teaser for the game in Guitar Hero World Tour’s “videos” section. Making this situation even more inane is that Metallica’s drummer, Lars Ulrich, [...]

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Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Business

If you’re looking to get an Xbox 360 this holiday and aren’t concerned about having the latest M-rated games, Sam’s Club (Wal-Mart’s warehouse retail chain) has a big ol’ bundle available soon. Members will be able to purchase a 60GB Xbox 360, Lego Indiana Jones, Kung Fu Panda and Guitar [...]

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Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Business

If you’re looking to get an Xbox 360 this holiday and aren’t concerned about having the latest M-rated games, Sam’s Club (Wal-Mart’s warehouse retail chain) has a big ol’ bundle available soon. Members will be able to purchase a 60GB Xbox 360, Lego Indiana Jones, Kung Fu Panda and Guitar [...]

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Microsoft and Bethesda Softworks made a big deal about the exclusive downloadable content coming to “Fallout 3″ on Xbox 360 and PC at E3 this year.
So far, though, we’ve seen that publishers have strayed away from promoting exclusive downloadable content on the packaging or marketing for the games themselves.
That does not appear to have changed [...]

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Microsoft and Bethesda Softworks made a big deal about the exclusive downloadable content coming to “Fallout 3″ on Xbox 360 and PC at E3 this year.
So far, though, we’ve seen that publishers have strayed away from promoting exclusive downloadable content on the packaging or marketing for the games themselves.
That does not appear to have changed [...]

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Even though I have yet to play “Spore” outside of the creature creator, I continue getting notifications my “Spore” creature is popular on YouTube.
My creature, whose name I don’t remember, is currently at 43,600 views.
Not only that, but 120 people have commented on the creature and two other YouTube users have posted video responses. What [...]

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Even though I have yet to play “Spore” outside of the creature creator, I continue getting notifications my “Spore” creature is popular on YouTube.
My creature, whose name I don’t remember, is currently at 43,600 views.
Not only that, but 120 people have commented on the creature and two other YouTube users have posted video responses. What [...]

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Hardcore gamers are split on “Wii Music.”
It’s not “Rock Band” or “Guitar Hero” — it’s something entirely different. Given the accessibility of “Wii Music,” however, it seems especially designed to engage the younger crowd.
A few weeks ago, I was speaking with Nintendo Treehouse employee JC Rodrigo, who was demoing “Wii Music” all day. He’d [...]

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Hardcore gamers are split on “Wii Music.”
It’s not “Rock Band” or “Guitar Hero” — it’s something entirely different. Given the accessibility of “Wii Music,” however, it seems especially designed to engage the younger crowd.
A few weeks ago, I was speaking with Nintendo Treehouse employee JC Rodrigo, who was demoing “Wii Music” all day. He’d [...]

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Filed under: Video
Guitar Hero trailers are usually about capturing the authentic feeling of rocking out — so much so, that, say, Slash erupts from your body. But for the trailer for Guitar Hero World Tour’s Wii version, Activision rented out that same fake apartment set that everyone seems to use and made an ad that [...]

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Filed under: Interviews

Shigeru Miyamoto recently hosted a Wii Music roundtable with a select number of websites and magazines (clearly, our invitation was lost in the mail), in which the great man appeared to insult other music games! Shock! Horror! Headlines!
Of course, we understand Miyamoto probably wasn’t trying to be mean when he compared playing franchises [...]

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Guitar Hero World Tour 'Risky Business' TV ad
Activision is pulling out all the stops for the October 26 release of Guitar Hero: World Tour with some Risky Business-inspired ads featuring well-known celebrities. Each ad will feature the rich and famous dancing about in their underpants and doing their best Tom Cruise impression to Bob Seger’s [...]

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Not to be outdone by Rock Band 2 and its 20 free songs, Neversoft has revealed that Guitar Hero World Tour will also be joining in on the downloadable freebie festivities when the game launches this Sunday. Both “Anything” by Endless Sporadic and Sworn’s “Electro Rock” should be up for grabs on day one, so [...]

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Don’t think Microsoft are letting up on the 360 bundles this Christmas. They’re just getting started. The latest official pack-in deal - exclusive to Sam’s Club - is not only the biggest bundle deal we’ve ever seen, but potentially also the best value. For $349 you get a 60GB Pro console, Lego Indiana Jones, Kung [...]

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To: Bashcraft From: Fahey Re: Totoro, Reproduced In Bread And Chocolate
Have you ever woken up just minutes before it was time to write the night note, having just spent the past hour half asleep and half awake in your computer chair, finger relexively clicking your right mouse button? No? Me either.
*stretches and yawns* So, [...]

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