Guildford, UK. – 28th Sept, 2009 – Harmonix, the world’s premier music video game development company and MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), along with marketing and distribution partner Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced that the critically acclaimed music videogame Rock Band™2 will ship in Europe for the Wii™. Starting this October, Rock Band 2 software for the Nintendo Wii will retail in continental Europe for RRP £29.99 in the UK.
Regarded as the ultimate music gaming experience by critics and consumers alike, Rock Band 2 has revolutionized the music gaming category with inventive gameplay modes such as Online World Tour, Battle-Of-The Band Tournaments, No Fail Mode, and a real Drum Trainer. Rock Band 2 also allows players to export their in-game band avatar to the internet and order custom Rock Band merchandise upgrades including apparel and figures.
Cambridge, Mass. – April 20, 2009 – Harmonix and MTV Games announced today 12 new tracks coming this week to the Rock Band® Music Store catalogue of downloadable content for Wii™ home videogame console from Nintendo, including six tracks from superstar Toby Keith. This week’s new music lineup also includes songs from indie stars The Shins, American hard rockers Black Tide, Welsh metalcore outfit Bullet for My Valentine and Sweedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen.
Since his debut on the country music scene in 1993, Toby Keith has continued to be one of the most successful stars within his genre, and six of his most popular singles will be released for download in the Wii Rock Band® Music Store. The six tracks are “Should’ve Been A Cowboy” from Keith’s 1993 self-titled album, the title track “How Do You Like Me Now” from Keith’s 1999 album, “Beer For My Horses” and “Who’s Your Daddy” featured on Unleashed (2002), “I Love This Bar” from Shock n’ Y’all (2003) and the title track “She’s a Hottie” from HIS 2008 platinum album 35 Biggest Hits.
This week’s content update to the Wii Rock Band Music Store also includes three tracks from Sweedish guitar virtuoso Yngwie Malmsteen – “Red Devil,” “Damnation Game” and “Caprici di Diablo,” all from his 2008 album Perpetual Flame.
Average White Band- “Pick Up the Pieces” Earth Wind & Fire- “Shining Star” James Brown- “Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine – Pt 1” Against Me!- “Thrash …
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Rock Band Instrument Edition Bundles Now Available at new Price Points
GUILDFORD, UK – February 27, 2009 – Harmonix, the world’s premier music video game development company, and MTV Games, …
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Seven new songs will be released February 10, 2009 from the progressive rock band Rush. The songs are taken from their most popular album: Moving Pictures.
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Blondie – Hanging on the Telephone All American Rejects – Dirty Little Secret Boston – Hitch A Ride Boston – Peace Of Mind Boston – Smokin’ Boston – Something About …
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Warning there are some reports that the system went back down but Harmonix says it is live. Below is a post made by an employee of Harmonix on the forums. Below that is a list of games that are ready for download.
We are pleased to inform you that the Wii DLC store is now up and running. We are launching with 50 songs which includes the 20 free songs. In the coming weeks and months we will be adding more songs from the back catalog to catch Wii users up with other systems. All tracks (that aren’t the bolded free ones below) are 200 points.
Awesome.
30 Seconds to Mars
The Kill
All-American Rejects
Move Along
Avenged Sevenfold
Afterlife
Black Tide
Shockwave
Blink-182
All the Small Things
This is our first head-to-head review here at pure nintendo. Basically, I’m going to break down the features of each game and compare each aspect head-to-head at the end of the review.
Guitar Hero World Tour
World Tour is the 4th major version in the Guitar Hero franchise and the first to offer a complete band mode to keep up with Rock Band. One of the first things you’ll notice about World Tour is the all new interface and added tweaks for multiple instrument ‘lanes’ on screen at the same time. If you’ve played any of the previous GH games, you’ll feel right at home in World Tour.
CES 2009, South Hall, Booth # 30659, LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7, 2009 – SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) today announced a 2-gigabyte (GB)2 Rock Band 2 SD™ gaming card, significantly increasing the storage capacity available to gamers using the Nintendo® Wii™ console. This memory boost enables users to conveniently store additional content without worrying about running out of space.
“We are launching the SanDisk Rock Band 2 SD card to enhance the playing experience on the Wii,” said Christopher Moore, director of product marketing, consumer products division, SanDisk. “Video games like Rock Band 2 frequently offer downloadable extras, and gamers need to have an affordable and convenient means of storing this bonus content. The SanDisk 2GB Rock Band 2 SD gaming card meets that demand.”
The downloadable content is in the final testing stages and Harmonix is working as fast as possible to deliver the 20 free bonus songs for Rock Band 2, plus an …
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We just announced on Friday that we’ll officially be shipping out the Wii version of Rock Band 2 on December 18th. This is just 2 months after our September 14th launch on Xbox 360, and we’re really pleased with the game we were able to put together.
As most of you know, we’re avid readers of our forums, and we place a lot of stock into what our fans think. We’ve seen that many users in the Wii community have been unhappy with the period of time between Rock Band’s release on other platforms and on Wii. We want to apologize for the delay in getting RB2 onto the Wii and to reaffirm that we believe that Wii is an amazing and unique fit for Rock Band 2, and one that we care deeply about getting right.
CAMBRIDGE, MA – December 12, 2008 – Harmonix, the world’s premier music video game development company, and MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), along with distribution partner Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), today announced that Rock Band® 2 for the Wii™ home videogame console from Nintendo and PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system will ship to stores nationwide December 18, 2008.
Rock Band 2 Shipping and Pricing Information:
December 18, 2008 (Available in stores 5-7 days after the ship date)* Rock Band 2 Standalone Software (Wii) $49.99 MSRP
* Rock Band 2 Standalone Software (PlayStation 2 System) $49.99 MSRP
* Rock Band 2 Standalone Drums (Wii) $89.99 MSRP
* Rock Band 2 Standalone Guitar (Wii) $69.99 MSRP
* Rock Band 2 Special Edition Bundle (Wii) $189.99 MSRP
Another change in the rumor of when Rock Band 2 will be coming to the Wii. Last month we reported that a retailer had the Wii listed …
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According to the official Rock Band Store, the rumors seem to be true. Rock Band for the Wii has been pushed back to 2009. The good thing …
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