Rock Band Preview / Interview, Guitar Hero News
In case you missed this little nugget of goodness, here's an interview with Alex Rigopulos, CEO of Harmonix, the guys who developed Guitar Hero. They are moving on, and they are definitely thinking BIG with their upcoming game, "Rock Band." I'm also thinking "expensive," but he claims the new controllers will be very reasonably priced.

Rock Band XBox 360 Preview

The cool thing here is that they seem to be planning on it (at this point, at least) being more of a platform than a stand-alone game. With the potential for hundreds (or thousands?) of songs being made available over time. Hmmm... yeah. Sounds like an expensive hobby indeed, depending upon the price of the song downloads...

Moving on, in case you missed the announcement on the final track list for Guitar Hero Encore: Rock the 80's (still not a huge fan of the name, BTW), here it is. The bad news is that Bow Wow Wow's "I Want Candy" is out. But the rest of the list is pretty sweet. I haven't heard the song "Balls to the Wall" in over two decades, so it'll be fun. Yes, it may induce flashbacks. Anyway, it'll be hitting the stores on July 24th... a state holiday here in Utah, but not celebrated by my company. So I'll have to pick it up on my lunch hour.

Also, the first tracks for Guitar Hero 3 (now titled, "Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock") have been announced. Wikipedia has the full list (so far) compiled, which includes Barracuda by Heart (AWESOMENESS!), Rock and Roll All Nite by KISS, Paint It Black by the Rolling Stones, Rock You Like a Hurricane by the Scorpions (more 80's goodness!), Welcome to the Jungle by Guns 'N Roses, School's Out by Alice Cooper (an anthem that truly deserves to be in a Guitar Hero game...), and Slow Ride by Foghat.

It's all good stuff. I guess I'm gonna have to finally get a current-gen console. I've avoided getting one so far... I work with 'em during the day job, but still play PC games (or PS2 games) at night. But I think I'm gonna have to buckle for Christmas. I don't think I can go without Guitar Hero 3 or Rock Band... :) (And my wife & kids demand Viva Pinata...)

Labels: Guitar Hero

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