Full-On Rock Band Makes Jamming Follow-Up to Guitar Hero
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Harmonix's new game, the aptly named Rock Band, will be released for Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3 by year's end. The company had a surprise success with its previous franchise, Guitar Hero, but Rock Band -- along with its four peripherals -- will retail for $200, four times as much as a typical game.
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If you saw the Red Hot Chili Peppers whispering to Al Gore when they accepted their Grammy Award for best rock album in February, that's the moment they committed to playing Live Earth.
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Like Led Zeppelin&#39;s &#39;&#39;Stairway to Heaven&#39;&#39; and Lynyrd Skynyrd&#39;s &#39;&#39;Freebird,&#39;&#39; classic video games like Frogger and Pong can bring back an entire era.
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Masaya Matsuura and Tetsuya Mizuguchi, the pioneers of music gaming, speak with Wired.com about innovating in a post-Guitar Hero world.
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Kid Rock took fans on a wild ride  through the history of rock 'n' roll by jamming with guitarists  from Lynyrd Skynyrd, ZZ Top and the Allman Brothers Band during  a Hollywood club show on Thursday designed to raise money for  music education in schools.
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In the studio, M83 relies largely on keyboards. But when M83 came to the Bowery Ballroom on Tuesday it looked more like a rock band.
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Game makers need to spend time to make sure that music adds to the playing experience.
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A British band has funded its first  album entirely via a new Web site which allows up-and-coming  acts to bypass record labels and gives fans the chance to buy  into their success.
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Spank a really virtual plank CES on Video Who needs a fancy electronic axe to slam out power chords? Guitar Hero the way it's really meant to be played...â¦
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THQ has announced a new game for the Wii which turns the Mashup musical genre into armed combat.
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Young bands look like they work at KinkoÂs. But one rock god dresses the part.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - The hottest rock acts and  videogame technology are coming together for the second  Nintendo Fusion tour.
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Harmonix designers and expert skin-pounders rock the learning curve with hints for rhythm-deficient videogamers.
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How many more gadgets do we need to help us pretend to play guitar? At least one, apparently.
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The music scene in the northern UK  city of Manchester -- famous for producing bands like Joy  Division/New Order, the Smiths and Oasis -- is thriving again,  with a new generation of bands tipped for breakout success in  2008.
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Hands-On Mobile cranks up buzz for Guitar Hero Mobile, coming first to Verizon phones in December 2007.
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Put a rock band in your mouth, along with a dab of toothpaste, with Tooth Tunes.