A lot of people were excited when Band Hero was released earlier this month but I’m guessing No Doubt isn’t among them.  According to reports, the band is suing Activision Blizzard over the use of their likeness in the game.

Apparently, they feel that they’ve been turned into a virtual karaoke act.  Their argument is that, while they allowed Activision to use their likeness, they felt that the company “went beyond the agreement by allowing gamers to use avatars of the band performing songs from other rock groups.”
I do, however, understand some aspects of their complaint.  Gwen Stefani can be used …read more

Band Hero will be released today and is Activision’s more complete answer to Rock Band (although I happen to prefer Guitar Hero, personally, but what do I know?).  If you are familiar with Guitar Hero, you might be happy to hear that this game supports all of GH’s “instrument controllers within the same gaming platform, as well as other music/rhythm game controllers.”

Band Hero features popular acts like Taylor Swift, No Doubt, Jackson 5, The All-American Rejects and Lily Allen and includes a pretty smoking playlist.
From what I’ve read, I like the flexibility of being able to play with any combination …read more

I know that it’s been talked about for a little while but, for whatever reason, a video describing how Taylor Swift got digitized for the upcoming Band Hero game was all over the internet yesterday so I thought I’d share that with you in case you haven’t seen it.

I will do a more in-depth post closer to the game’s November 3, 2009 release date but, as the name suggests, it’s similar to Guitar Hero and features Top 40 hits while players basically play Rock Band under a different name.  I liked the fact that Guitar Hero was separate in some …read more

Activision Blizzard has announced that they will be releasing some new music-based games later this year and, among them, is Guitar Hero: Van Halen.  I love the GH games but they’re kinda milking the popularity, aren’t they?

There’s been speculation about this game for months so I’m very happy that they’ve finally put the rumors to rest.  It’s supposed to be released sometime during the second half of the year and, while there were no specific tracks mentioned as being confirmed for the game, Activision did say that songs from Queen, Weezer, blink-182, The Offspring, Queens of the Stone Age (and …read more