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Rock Band gives back by donating to Starlight Children’s Charity

Harmonix and MTV Games are donating a minimum of $50,000 to the Starlight Children’s Foundation. The two companies plan on bringing the “the power of music” to children with life-threatening health...

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Rock Band gets Lucinda Williams and Jimmy Eat World next week

Rock Band’s getting five new country alternative acts, along with Jimmy Eat World, on Xbox 360 and PS3 February 24 and 26 respectively. Individual tracks will run you 160 MS Points ($2.00), the...

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UK Rock Band 2 dated for PS3, PS2 and Wii

Rock Band 2 will ship for PS3 and PS2 on March 27 in the UK. The Wii version’s releasing on April 24. The game will retail for £49.99 for PS3, £29.99 for PlayStation 2 and £39.99 for Wii. In addition,...

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Lips microphones to support Guitar Hero: Metallica and Rock Band 2

Microsoft has announced that Guitar Hero: Metallica and Rock Band 2 will be the first music titles to support the Lips wireless microphones. No exact date for the updated functionality was mentioned...

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Next Rock Band update includes The Shins, Black Tide and BFMV

Bullet For My Valentine and The Shins will make their Rock Band debut next week, along with another track from Black Tide. Tracks: Black Tide – Warriors of Time Bullet For My Valentine – Waking the...

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Guns n’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy to hit Rock Band 2 next week

Guns n’ Roses’ latest album, Chinese Democracy, will be released to Rock Band 2 players next week, on April 14. If you’re buying on 360 or PS3, you have to get the whole album. Only Wii owners can buy...

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Allman Bros, Franz Ferdinand, Luscious Jackson heading to Rock Band

Ten songs total from Franz Ferdinand, Allman Brothers Band, Prong, The Distillers, Alien Ant Farm and Luscious Jackson arrive on the Rock Band music store May 5 and 7 for PS3 and Xbox 360...

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Rock Band reaches “metal milestone” with 666 tracks

Harmonix, MTV Games, and Lucifer – Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Hell – announced today that Rock Band has hit a “metal milestone” in the way of 666 songs. Says it was completely...

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Major Nelson to play Rock Band in Iraq

Seriously. While he may not be a real Major, Nelson’s off to Iraq for the stunningly-titled I-ROQ Baghdad event, the second RockBand 2 tournament being held at Victory Base in Baghdad, Iraq. The...

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Green Day, Marilyn Manson, Slayer land on Rock Band next week

Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that three exclusive tracks from Green Day, as well as eight songs from artists performing at the RockStar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, will be added to the...

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KISS, Weezer, Blink 182 landing on Rock Band next week

Harmonix and MTV games has detailed next week’s Rock Band DLC, and if you like KISS, Weezer or Blink 182, you are in luck. Too bad all the KISS stuff is live and Black Diamond and God of Thunder still...

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Viacom revenues down due to decline in Rock Band sales

MTV and Harmonix’s parent company, Viacom, has reported that sales of the Rock Band franchise are down this quarter “due to the soft retail environment”, which has directly impacted revenues for the...

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ESRB lists Metal Track Pack for Rock Band

The ESRB has revealed an upcoming Rock Band metal track pack for PS2, PS3, Wii and 360. Tracks listed include D.O.A. by Haunted, Transmaniacon MC by Blue Oyster Cult, Killed by Death by Motorhead,...

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Beatles: Rock band getting three more albums in 2009, Rock Band adding Queen,...

Harmonix gave the business to GamesCom this year in the form of a colossal cacophony of Rock Band news. First up, the world’s rockin’-est game developer announced that The Beatles: Rock Band has three...

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Rock Band Network store coming to PS3

The Rock Band Network Store is to be ported over to the PS3 version of Rock Band 2, according to this Joystiq report, although Wii owners won’t get a look in at all. The facility allows users to buy...

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Rock Band 2 patched on 360, PS3 update coming soon

Rock Band 2 received a title update earlier today on Xbox 360, which added support to wireless mics, especially the LIPS mics from Microsoft. Hammer-ons and pull-offs were fixed, background...

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EA to release Rock Band 2 Wii in October

EA has announced that a software version of Rock Band 2 will be released on Wii from October. It’ll retail for £29.99 in the UK. Only the original, a couple of standalone track packs and Beatles: Rock...

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Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Joan Jett tracks land on Rock Band next week

Harmonix has announced via press release that next week’s bit DLC for the Rock Band franchise will include Foo Fighters, Joan Jett, and Nirvana. Here’s the details: Foo Fighters Track Pack: Best of...

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Rock Band sales slow, but “improving” say Viacom

Viacom has said that its Harmonix and MTV game franchise, Rock Band, has been a a bit of a slow rummer, but that the series is finally picking up the pace. It may possibly break even or become...

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Rock Band 2 update contains US SingStar mic support

Dan Teasdale, lead designer on Rock Band 2, has posted some updates for the title over on the US PS Blog. Due to loads of consumer feedback, a few tweaks have been made to the hammer-ons and...

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