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IGN reveals Guitar Hero: On Tour

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , on March 19, 2008 by MarkEightThree

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Activision admitted long ago that they were interested in branching out the Guitar Hero franchise, and after much speculation and swirling rumours, IGN has finally pulled back the curtain and revealed Guitar Hero: On Tour for the Nintendo DS.

Handheld veterans Vicarious Visions [who were also responsible for the Wii port of GH III: Legends of Rock] will be developing the title, bringing the same style of gameplay known on the console versions to the portable realm. Working together with peripheral makers Red Octane, the team have created a fret-button attachment titled the Guitar Grip that locks into the DS’s GBA slot.

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A possible peek at future Rock Band DLC?

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , , , , on February 14, 2008 by MarkEightThree

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ScoreHero user Laconic has cracked a .bin file from Rock Band’s “Punk 02″ song pack, and hidden inside was a possible preview of some juicy upcoming DLC content. Over 30 song titles were tucked away in the file and although the artist of each song wasn’t listed, it’s fairly easy to draw conclusions on who each song belongs to. None of the songs have been confirmed yet, but keep in mind Harmonix did promise the release of Nirvana’s Nevermind album as well as 18 Grateful Dead tracks at some point.

It’s amazing that Harmonix has been able to maintain such a steady flow of DLC for Rock Band, especially considering how miserably Guitar Hero III has failed in this department. I’d be concerned about what they’re going to do for an encore, but with word from Harmonix that gamers will be able to use their downloaded tracks in any future installments, Rock Band‘s future looks bright.

As for those aforementioned rumored tracks:

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