It looks like Rock Band has reach the European shores and he doesn't mind indulging us with some of the European songs like Muse's Hystreria. I was really hoping that the guitar player was on expert but he played the song on hard, but the bass player is in fact playing on expert. That is some bass chart.
A survey from Harmonix has given us a little bit of info on what some of their future plans are for the franchise. Here are some the questions.
"How interested would you be in purchasing Rock Band 2?
How likely would you be to consider Rock Band Special Edition if it is priced at $199, but included an extra guitar (two wireless guitars, drums and microphone included)?
How likely would you be to consider Rock Band Special Edition if it is priced at $169 (one wireless guitar, drums and microphone included)?
How likely would you be to consider Rock Band Special Edition if it is priced at $149 (one wireless guitar, drums and microphone included)?
If Guitar Hero released a new game with full band play (guitar, bass, drums, singing) similar to Rock Band, which game would you be most likely to purchase?
Now, which game would you be most likely to choose if one were priced slightly lower than the other?"
I really like the possibilities of them adjusting the price of the game and offering different sku's for those who have not been able to purchase Rock Band. Lulz at the Guitar Hero full band question, it looks like Harmonix saw this coming.
I heard you guys were planning on having the next Guitar Hero game feature a drum part. Well, if you guys are planning to start charting drum parts, you may want to watch this first. This is the Drum chart for the song Kool Thing on Rock Band. It is a level 9/9 song, it is meant to be extremely difficult. I better not see this appear in a laid back Eagles song.
When a there is a leak, you know there is more information, to be had. As it was reported previously in the latest issue of Game Informer, Guitar Hero 4 will be adding a drum part for the first time in the series.
With this announcement there are many questions to be answered such as: How will it look? Will I be able to use my Rock Band drums in GH4? Why is the sky blue?...etc.
These latest scans from the June issues shows us how Red Octane plans to overtake the competition with the help of a former MTV games employee. The designer of these drums come from a man by the name of John Devecha, who had a part in creating the drums for MTV's Drumscape game.
The design of the drums themselves are pleasing to the eyes. The drums use three pads, two cymbals and foot petal. That means that there will be six parts that will be used in the drum part of this game. I personally think there is a lot of problems that could arise from this design.
There is a likely chance that cymbals could break. Also, without something to stabilize the foot pedal, there could be many problems with people pedal's slipping on them in key moments in the song. This leads me to my final question.
WHY IS ACTIVISION NOT LETTING ME USE THE ROCK BAND DRUMS IN GH4?
I am an admitted Rock Band and it was going to take a lot for me to even want another Guitar Hero after the garbage that Activision has been pulling but there are couple reasons why you should be interested in the latest version.
"- Create a song. Although these exclude vocals due to storage and possible copyright issues.
- You'll be able to name your song as well as creating album art. After you've done all that you can upload it to GH Tunes where anyone can download it.
- You'll be limited to 5 songs at first. But depending on the ratings you get you'll possibly be able to upload 10 or more.
- The song sharing mode will be in the Wii and PS2 versions also, but GI says it's unlikely that it'll be as robust as the PS3 and 360 versions.
- Drums, bass, vocals guitar
- Create a rocker
- Create a guitar and drums
- All songs will be master tracks
- They don't want to discuss specifics on track listing out of fear of being scooped by the competition.However they confirmed 4 bands: Van Halen, The Eagles, Linkin Park and Sublime."
Let's get one thing out of the way. There are ripping off Rock Band's four member setup, blatantly and some of their creator features
But, I have to admit that Create a song feature sounds cool. It could be a great tool for some small bands to get there songs out there for people to try. However, after seeing those Guitar Hero customs from the other games, consider me skeptical of how good any of those charts will be.
It's good to know that all of the songs will be masters and I can't help but laugh at this.
"They don't want to discuss specifics on track listing out of fear of being scooped by the competition."
You think that MTV does not already know what is available to get. Ha ha.
Also, more info on BK:N&B and VP:TIP
Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (360)
- RARE says they didn't want to make a hi res version of the old Banjo platformer.
- You create vehicles with parts you find around the levels.
- GI says their first vehicles was a 4 wheeled kart with a spring attached to the bottom that allowed them to jump things. They later found a helicopter blade that allowed their kart to fly. Later they added balloons to the vehicle and put the blade on the back and created a hovercraft.
- RARE showed them a vehicle that was a monster truck that was able to detach its chasis to become a mini bike. When the bike ramped off a cliff it revealed collapsible glider wings and started flying.- There will be 1,600 parts including weapons that you'll be able to attach to the vehicles.
- The town is called Showdown Town.
- GI says that despite the large focus on vehicles it still features platform elements from the previous games like traditional platforming, tight rope walking and jiggy piece collecting.
- Showdown Town is 16 times larger than anything RARE has created before.
- Every level has a different intro. Nutty Acres begins with a credits spoof of 80's soap opera's like Dallas.- Note collecting is back and will act has currency that'll allow you to bu vehicle blueprints.
- RARE says there are 15 different challenges spread across 6 different levels. There will also be side missions.
Viva Pinata 2: Trouble in Paradise
- Improved interactivity between the pinata's and the environments.
- Pinata's will mimic each others action and follow the leader around the garden.
- They'll be adding toys for the pinatas to play with like musical instruments, spaced themed toys, and trains that the pinata's will ride around the garden.
- 30 new pinatas.
- 2 new sub areas called Pinarctic and Dessert that'll allow you to travel to new locations and lay traps for the pinatas.
- A photo mode will allow you to upload pictures to the website.
- A drop in and drop out co op mode.
- Improved UI.
I'm done.
Tomorrow is the beginning of Nintendo's WiiWare initiative. For those that are unfamilar to this new service here are some of the basics.
Wiiware is the new downloadable games market that will release brand new games every week. Unlike Nintendo's other downloadable service, the Virtual Console, these games are brand new and have never appeared on a past console.
The price of these games are to be determined by the publishers themselves. Nintendo has given the individual publishers the freedom to sell their products for the amount that they [iwant.
Here are some of the games that will in fact be released tomorrow on the service, according to videogames24/7
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King (Square Enix, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone – Mild Fantasy Violence, Mild Suggestive Themes, 1,500 Wii Points)
LostWinds (Frontier Development, 1-2 players, Rated E for Everyone – Mild Fantasy Violence, 1,000 Wii Points)
Defend your Castle (XGen Studios, 1-4 players, Rated E for Everyone – Cartoon Violence, 500 Wii Points)
Pop (Nnooo, 1-4 players, Rated E for Everyone, 700 Wii Points)
V.I.P. Casino: Blackjack (High Voltage Software, Inc., 1-4 players, Rated T for Teen – Simulated Gambling, 700 Wii Points)
TV Show King (Gameloft, 1-4 players, Rated E for Everyone, 1,000 Wii Points)
There are plenty of titles that will be released in the future this includes:
Telltlale Games: Sam and Max series; Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People series
High Voltage Software: Gyrostarr
Nintendo: Dr. Mario Rx Online, Pokemon Farm
Ubisoft: Protothea
Hudson Soft: Star Solider R
Mastiff: Major League Eating: The Game
TBA: World Of Goo, Eternity's Child, Toki Tori
This is Nintendo's biggest online venture to date and a lot independent developers are hoping that this service takes off. This service could allow for smaller groups of developers an opportunity to sell their products to console users.
So, what games are you planning to get tommorrow and in the future?
These are the first two screenshots from the upcoming sequel to the Banjo-Kazooie, known as Banjo-Threeie. There was a lot of question into how this game will look and finally these questions are answered.
I'll just come out and say it this game looks AMAZING.
I, also, have some bad news, the recent news of the release of the South Park DVD coming with a special pack will not happen after all. A studio rep has informed TV Shows on DVD that the retailers were misinformed. :(
Also, this weekend is a 360 Play & Win Weekend for Rock Band. With a trip to the Bonaroo Festival up for grabs. For more info, go here
Hello, I am Andy from New York City.
I have been playing videogames for a long time now.
My first game experience was Magician's Lord in a Neo-Geo arcade machine at a local Pizza Hut.
and I've been playing them ever since.
I currently own a 360 and a Wii but I am still looking into getting a PS3.
I chose this name because of the nostalgia I have for crazy items and peripherals in gaming and fits well here due to the fact that it is one of the power-ups in our official game Bomberman Live.
I have been here for a short time but I know this is where I want to be.
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