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Music games EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag The Beatles: Rock Band gets a new holiday commercial 2 Every time that launch commercial for The Beatles: Rock Band makes an appearance, I'm always blown away by how fantastic it really is. I'm still not certain how the advertisement was crafted, al... Vert shmup Symphony generates enemies from your music 51 Now this is awesome. Empty Clip Studios is hard at work on a new vertically scrolling shooter called Symphony, which creates enemy patterns based on waveforms generated by whatever music you hav... Here, have some random Spongebob Rock Band DLC 38 Last Friday, we passed along information about this week's Rock Band Music Store update, which included The White Stripes, Kasabian, and The Damned. Well, surprise -- there's more.  Today, t... The Videogame Show What I've Done: DJ Hero 96 Yeeeeeeah boy! This week's edition of TVSWID features a special guest star. His name is Grand Master FUC-KNUKKLE and he's Manchester's hottest mixy-scratchy-man on the club circuit. He'll be sho... Rock Band 3 will teach us to play for real, apparently 33 Speaking to the Chicago Tribune, Dhani Harrison has gone on the record to say that Rock Band 3 not only exists in some form, but that it's going to rock our worlds with hefty educational value. "... Brian May digs his LEGO RB character, had hair demands 6 Brian May's signature hair had to be nothing short of perfect for his appearance in LEGO Rock Band. Speaking to Yahoo! News UK, the Queen guitarist said "I think my LEGO character is wonderful. I... DJ Hero gets its first DLC: Gorillaz, Queen, and more 13 DJ Hero may have a high amount of mixes on the disc -- 93, to be exact -- but there's always room for more. Especially if you find yourself getting tired of the same songs appearing in multiple m... Could The Who: Rock Band be on the cards? 25 Most of The Who's greatest songs -- or, the band's greatest songs that work well in a rhythm videogame for four distinct players -- have already appeared as downloadable content for Rock Band. So... Analyst: DJ Hero demand is well below expectations 42 It's got the "Hero" name and is being backed by the Activision marketing machine, but analyst Doug Creutz of Cowan and Company believes DJ Hero is not setting the world afire as one mig... Rock Band still not profitable for Viacom 20 It's hard to argue that Rock Band isn't a really, really big success. Just recently it was revealed that the latest edition of the game, Beatles: Rock Band, sold pretty darn well in its first mon... KORG DS-10 Plus hitting US shores early next year 4 XSEED Games has announced that they'll be bringing over KORG DS-10 Plus over to America in early 2010. KORG DS-10, in case you're an idiot and haven't been following, is a music-creation program ... Like, OMG! Band Hero demo hits Xbox LIVE Marketplace 24 Without any irony I must say that I'm really excited to play Band Hero. Don't laugh. While I'm listening to Dillinger Escape Plan's Calculating Infinity right now, next up in the queue is Ke... U2 likes the idea of music games, would love to be in one 62 Musicians have been very quick to sh*t all over music games with their "play a real instrument" demands and whining that titles like Guitar Hero and Rock Band discourage kids from wanti... Modal Kombat delivers instrument controlled fighting 13 Have you been looking for a far less efficient, but suitably awesome way to control your games? Let's say a guitar so you could jam out while performing a fatality? Yale School of Music graduat... GH: Van Halen lands, yours should be there Monday 20 For a Guitar Hero game featuring a band as legendary as Van Halen Guitar Hero: Van Halen has had surprisingly little hype -- as in almost none. There's been a reveal trailer and some stuff with i... Act surprised: DJ Hero sequel already being discussed 31 You didn't honestly believe Activision was going to invest in a game featuring a large peripheral without intent to turn said game into a series, did you? According to GamesIndustry.biz, both DMC... DJ Hero a 'new outlet to experience music' 17 Hopefully by now you've had a chance to check out my preview of DJ Hero. Like I said there, it is certainly a unique experience, and it would certainly take a unique studio to make a game like th... DJ Hero controller not functional with other games 19 Whenever I play Rock Band, I always use my 360 Guitar Hero 2 controller. Reasons include a functional strum bar, a solid design, and consistent functionality. That's a nice thing about the Rock B... Mixing and mashing: Hands-on with DJ Hero 15 It's an odd thing. While I listen almost exclusively pretentious hipster music, I've been pretty lucky in checking out DJ music games this year. I've had hands-on (and off) time with Scratch: The... Rock Band DLC: Alice in Chains, Breaking Benjamin, more 27 Harmonix has sent over the list of what songs we can expect to hit the Rock Band Music Store next week. Breaking Benjamin will have a three-track pack to coincide with the release of their new al... Update to Rock Band 2 brings new features 14 If you've turned on your 360 to play some Rock Band 2 lately, you may have noticed a new update is available for download. The gang at Harmonix have cooked up some new features for the game and t... Flight of the Conchords coming to Rock Band 37 At the Emmy's this past week, the guys from the Flight of the Conchords let slip that they have a few songs coming to Rock Band. Today, Sub Pop Records, the label for Conchords, confirmed to Team... Murs, RJD2, Whodini, and more join Scratch soundtrack 13 While all eyes may be on another DJ game coming this holiday, Scratch DJ LLC are still plugging away at getting Scratch: The Ultimate DJ for a 2010 release. Today, eight new tracks have been reve... Activision denies that the music game genre is shrinking 38 The NPD group recently revealed figures that indicate a shrinking market for music games such as Rock Band and Guitar Hero. The genre's biggest saturater, (evil) Activision, has naturally come ou... Guitar Hero 5 comfortably ahead of The Beatles: Rock Band 83 Get ready to be aggravated with consumers around the world because Activision is claiming that Guitar Hero 5 is comfortably outselling The Beatles: Rock Band. If you take a look at our reviews of... AFI track pack now available for Guitar Hero 5 17 Three songs from AFI are now available for Guitar Hero 5 on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii. The three songs are:“Beautiful Thieves”“Girl’s Not Grey”“The M... Jon Bon Jovi supports Courtney Love's Guitar Hero 5 rage 22 Last week we learned how Courtney Love is planning to sue Activision for turning Kurt Cobain's corpse into a performing monkey in Guitar Hero 5. For some reason, she has a problem with Activision... Daft Punk contribute exclusive mixes to DJ Hero 36 We've been keeping close tabs on DJ Hero around these Destructoid parts since it was announced, but of all the news I've heard, this is by far the most relevant to my personal interests. Accordin... Nirvana is no fan of Guitar Hero 5's Kurt Cobain 104 It's not just Kurt Cobain's non-murdering wife who hates what Activision has done to Kurt Cobain in Guitar Hero 5. Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl, former members of Nirvana, have issued a stateme... Music game sales are down 46% 51 NPD Group’s Anita Frazier has cast a grim outlook on the formerly booming music game market, revealing that sales are down 46% from last year. Although things are bleak, it's not all bad, s... Bill Wyman thinks Rock Band stops people playing music 62 Another day, another out-of-touch old rocker who thinks that games like Rock Band are stopping people from playing real instruments. This time around, it's the turn of former Rolling Stone Bill W... Harmonix failed a lot before they started to win 18 There's an old adage out there that a penny saved is a penny earned. That adage has nothing to do with this story, but since we're all about to learn a life lesson from the founders of Harmonix I... Guitar Hero 5 DLC plans laid out for September 34 Activision has announced the next months worth of downloadable content for Guitar Hero 5, in addition to the previously announced Rolling Stones Live Track Pack. It is...September 10Street Sweepe... Musicians who attack Rock Band 'miss the point' 60 Musicians angry over the existence of Guitar Hero and Rock Band often feel better about themselves by claiming that fans of the games should "learn to play a real instrument." However, ... Preview: Rock Band Network 26 Last month, Harmonix unveiled Rock Band Network, an upcoming service that will allow musicians to get their songs into Rock Band and actually make cold, hard cash by doing so. It’s a ground... Game SERIES Debate to the Death: Guitar Hero VS Rock Band 166 Last week we all went down guns ablazin' as everyone duked it out over what the better FPS gun was. One side was armed with a gravity gun, and man did they do a lot of damage. Unfortunately, the ... Ubisoft's new dancing game does not have Lady Gaga in it yet 15 Ubisoft announced today that it will be releasing a new dance game for the Wii entitled, Just Dance. Interestingly, "Just Dance" is the first track from Lady Gaga's 2008 album, The Fame... GC 09: PlayStation Home gets a SingStar space and more 3 In Sony's press conference at Gamescom today, they announced that PlayStation Home will be updated with some new features. One of them will be a space that's dedicated solely to the popular SingS... Rumortoid: SingStar: Beatles coming to PS3? 11 Strange one, this. According to reports, Sony has inked a deal with Electronic Arts to provide a second Beatles game this Christmas, adding to The Beatles: Rock Band with a SingStar game revolvin... Lips: Number One Hits is obsessed with Xbox Avatars 9 We need to give credit where credit is due: the original Lips did a terrific job of providing post-launch content. A lot of time and effort went into establishing the brand name, and the sequel, ... Four new DJ Hero videos for your amusement and my confusion 18 Watching footage of DJ Hero reminds me in many ways of watching YouTube videos of Guitar Hero II in the days leading up to the game's launch. I had never touched a guitar peripheral in my life, a... Preview: The Beatles: Rock Band 40 The dog days of summer have arrived, which means that the September 9th release of The Beatles: Rock Band draws ever closer. Information about the game has been coming from a variety of sources; ... DJ Hero nabs The Scratch Perverts, DJ Yoda 13 Since I'm not about to pretend I know anything meaningful about DJs, heroes, or DJ heroes when in fact I honestly don't, this short blurb is going to be the cold hard facts, and you'll like it th... Preview: Guitar Hero 5: GHStudio 2.0 18 With Guitar Hero World Tour, Neversoft attempted to shut up all of the “go play a real guitar” folks by introducing “GHStudio,” a suite of tools that allowed Guitar Hero p... Play as the Man in Black ... in Guitar Hero 5 37 Yes, this is my fourth Guitar Hero 5-related post of the day. You know you love it.This morning, Activision released a new trailer for Guitar Hero 5 featuring the one and only Johnny Cash. He&rsq... Recap: Guitar Hero 5 blowout 5 If you missed some of our comprehensive coverage of Guitar Hero 5 today, you’ve come to the right place. This is where you can get caught up on the day’s GH 5-related posts and keep t... Preview: Guitar Hero 5 (Wii) (Update) 13 In almost every case, the Wii version of a multiplatform game is somehow “gimped.” In other words, it lacks some of the features and characteristics of the PlayStation 3/Xbox 360 vers... Preview: Guitar Hero 5 16 Since its inception in 2005, the Guitar Hero franchise has become one of the biggest names in videogames, in addition to cementing itself as a pop culture phenomenon. Guitar Hero and its main com... Guitar Hero's music compatibility explained 22 On Friday, Activision revealed that you’ll be able to play most Guitar Hero World Tour downloadable content, as well as some of the on-disc songs from World Tour and Guitar Hero Smash Hits,... What is Rock of the Dead? 11 Rock of the Dead. Admit it. The name of this game alone makes you excited. There's already a stirring in your pants and I haven't even told you anything about the game yet. This is partly because... Guitar Hero 5 allows for track imports 20 As gamers we all know that getting up off the couch to change a disc is one of the worst experiences in the world. Back before rhythm games this really only happened for massive RPGs, but now wit... Guitar Hero: Van Halen 'revealed' by this reveal trailer 23 Since today's Guitar Hero: Van Halen "Reveal" trailer from Neversoft doesn't show any actual gameplay footage, I am not entirely sure what's being revealed to us. Slightly creepy render... Scratch: The Ultimate DJ gets new developers 6 It looks like we're finally past all the drama that came about with Scratch: The Ultimate DJ, between Genius, Numark, and Activision. Today we can announce that Scratch has new developers: Commot... Band Hero pre-order bonus for Band Hero: 2 free songs 23 This isn't that big of a deal, but we thought we'd let you know as a bit of a public service. Well, I guess it would be a big deal if you were a Taylor Swift fan. If you were planning on getting ... SingStar Queen now available, as epic as you'd imagine 18 Having spent some time with SingStar Queen last week, both Topher and I can attest to the fact that it's about as epic as you'd expect. What the disc lacks in number of songs (there are only 25 o... Taylor Swift confirmed for Band Hero, watch mo-cap session 22 "She's 19."That was one of the replies to an email I sent about Taylor Swift yesterday from an unnamed co-worker. I won't go into details about the email in question. I'm not sure if th... DS title Easy Piano gets a one-octave keyboard controller 19 Learn piano on the smallest keyboard ever with the upcoming game Easy Piano, for the DS. Not for the DSi, you ask? The DSi lacks the GBA slot to attach this keyboard device -- sorry, DSi-only peo... Guitar Hero 5 does away with in-game Friend Codes 22 Now that the RRoD is pretty much taken care of let's take quick poll of everyone here and ask what the most annoying thing is in all of gaming. I'll give you a hint: it starts with Friend and end... Lips: Number One Hits will feature Lady Gaga and more 24 I really dig singing games, but I will admit that I never got around to picking up Lips for the 360. What can I say -- I know I don't listen to much of the norm when it comes to popular music, bu... DJ Hero Renegade Edition means business 23 Special Editions may not be so special these days, but the Renegade Edition of DJ Hero certainly does its job well, which is to say it makes the regular package look kind of crappy by comparison.... « NEXT « next - expanded blog view		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 24 hour contest time GO: For the Glory (PC) Dtoid Twitter    Got news?   tips@destructoid.com Reviews & Previews Left 4 Dead 2 review Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Reflex review Arkedo Series - 02 SWAP! review EyePet review New Super Mario Bros. 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