The Rock Band Network is Coming Something that was talked about way back when the Original Rock Band came to market has just been previewed online. What is this I speak of? Well the ability for users to make their own songs and get them into Rock Band to help promote underground bands using the game. Also to make a little scratch for the struggling artists as well. Only a few years later than teased, but this could change the future of the game and tracks for the game. Read More...

Rock Band Unplugged gets 5 new songs added alongside the 14 DLC songs already available via PSN.Dixie Chicks - Sin WagonJonathan Coulton - Still Alive (The Portal Song)The Pixies - Here Comes Your ManREM - Losing My ReligionStevie Ray Vaughan - Pride and JoyAs usual, the songs are all masters and are $1. Read More...

Harmonix: Music Games Could Abandon Consoles If you had to only buy a fake instrument to plug into your TV to play Rock Band or Guitar Hero, would you? Just to be able to plug and play with out the worry have having to get a specific console or said console purchasing early rights to said game. Would that sale better than what the current generation is now? Josh Randall from Harmonix thinks that may be the way the music genre may head in the not to far off future. In an interview with Videogamer. Read More...

Rock Band DLC for 7/7/09 So with great tracks from Sponge Bob, iCarly, and The Naked Brothers rocking out the DLC for Rock Band, it makes me wonder how Harmonix is going to out rock that. Maybe some Hanna Montana. Maybe a little more Earth Wind and Fire. Somehow work in Flo Rida. But then then go and out and make it so my bank account will get sapped again with some awesomeness. They are slapping all those down with the addition of Green Day to the selection of music to download for the game. Not only Green Day, but Manson, Canibal Corpse, and Slayer to punt kick all those earlier mentioned artists in the Game Box. Read More...

Rock Band Unplugged for the PSP got 4 new additions to the Music Store today.Avenged Sevenfold - AfterlifeDream Theater - Constant MotionMotley Crue - Dr. FeelgoodStone Temple Pilots - Sex Type ThingThe price is the standard $1.99 per song, and join the existing 10 songs that have been in the store since the games launch on June 9th.All the tracks (as usual by now) are the master recordings.While sales of Rock Band Unplugged haven't necessarily haven't really gone Triple Platinum, but it's nice to see Harmonix and MTV games support it. Read More...

Rock Band Presents The Warped Tour Pack With the Warped Tour about to get fully underway for this summer, it would make sense for the good people at Harmonix to do something for this tour. By either having an event at some of the locations or at least give some good tracks to be added to the ever growing collection of songs in their database. At least it makes sense to me. Well looks like that was part of their plan, the DLC at least. Read More...

Wow, the dark brooding hero has put on a few pounds since last we saw him! Max Payne, who is now bald and sporting a pretty fierce beard, is back and in full force and gracing the cover of Game Informer.  Not only that, the guy is addicted to pain killers. Who didn't see that one coming? Max Payne 3 takes place in Sao Paolo, Brazil, with "fully destructible environments". Which means more stuff to shoot at and blow up.  Players will also experience "day and night cycles". Read More...

Standing outside of the famous Abbey Road, I thought about all the artists that have passed through into stardom. The doors opened to a vintage theater seating, a stage and curtain and giant LCD monitors. The curtains drew revealing Studio 2 made famous by the Beatles. The instruments were cardboard cutouts and we were still in the Los Angeles Convention Center, but as Harmonix began to demonstrate their newest Rock Band offering, it was difficult to not be swept up in the melodies and harmonies of a band as influential as The Beatles. Releasing on September 9th, the disc will have 45 tracks with plenty of DLC to follow, beginning with "All You Need is Love" (time-released exclusive) on Xbox 360 and the entire album, Abbey Road. All proceeds from purchases of All You Need is Love will benefit Doctors without Borders. Read More...

12 More Iron Maiden Songs for Rock Band Just announced via their online 'zine, Harmonix just released their next wave of downloadable for Rock Band/Rock Band 2. Something which generally isn't that big of news. Generally. Except this time it is a full set of 12 Iron Maiden songs. Including one of my favorites, which was covered by Cradle of Filth, Hallowed Be Thy Name. Below is the full list as well as part of the 'zine just sent out. The only thing that kind of upsets me about this whole thing is there is no word on how it will be handled for the two tracks that have already been released. Read More...

4MM games is a new gaming company founded by the original co-founders of Rockstar Games Jamie King and Gary Foreman.  Best known for their creation of Grand Theft Auto, Midnight club racing, Bully and Max Payne. “I was hugely honored to be approached by talent of Jamie and Gary’s caliber to co-found 4mm Games,” said Nicholas Perrett, Chief Executive Officer of 4mm Games. Looks like this time around 4MM games will be concentrating on the "online" aspect of video games.  4MM games is looking to create new properties for mobile platforms like the iPhone before expanding to consoles. Read More...

Track listing for Rock Band: Unplugged Well for those of you who are looking forward for a way to bring your Rock Band with you when you go out traveling and don't have an easy way to carry all of you equipment, it looks like Unplugged will help you out greatly with that. Not the tacking the game, but pretty much being able to enjoy all the tracks you do on the big console version with the game. With a few exclusives, for a short time at least. Below is the full track list for the Rock Band: Unplugged. Read More...

If you haven’t heard by now there is another video game movie in the works. And this time it’s for Gears of War (chainsaw FTW). Chris Morgan, who has written such movies as Fast and Furious and Wanted, just wrapped up the script for the upcoming movie and now they are looking for a cast. He is looking for his main actor to play Marcus Fenix, and while others are thinking of actors like Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, or maybe Chuck Norris. That is not the case for Chris, as he is actually thinking about Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson to play Marcus Fenix. Chris Morgan told MTV, “The Rock is awesome. Read More...

New Beatles Rock Band Controllers With pre-orders starting to fly in for this new Rock Band game, The Beatles, the people over at Harmonix and MTV have decided to hook those pre-order people with a few little extras for shelling out a few bucks before the game comes out. Well hook them up somewhat. By giving them a site they can go to where they can place in a code given when pre-order. This will apparently give access to a few things that will hit the internet hours after it is placed in there. Read More...

The long awaited Max Payne 3 has been confirmed and is already in development for the PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. The story takes place sometime after the second one where Max Payne is now a retired police detective left in a world of corruption and violence.Founder of Rockstar Games, Sam Houser states that this will be a new chapter in Max's life and that this is Max as we've never seen him before. The game is also said to be more "darker" than the first two."Since leaving the NYPD and New York itself behind, Max has drifted from bad to worse. Read More...

WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT, TT GAMES, THE LEGO GROUP, HARMONIX AND MTV GAMES ANNOUNCE LEGO® ROCK BAND® Almost a month ago, it was let slip at GDC that Lego Rock Band was in the works. As well as a few other titles that were most likely going to be glanced over in a keynote speech, but that is a different topic. Today, it was officially announced that all of the people behind the Lego franchise and the Rock Band franchise are totally bringing you the Lego Rock Band. Slated to be out by the end of this year on the PS3, Wii, XBox, and DS. Read More...