A couple of weeks back my wife went out and bought a copy of Just Dance for the Wii which I have to say is a bucket load of fun. Granted flailing around like an epileptic monkey in the lounge isn’t everyone’s idea of a good time but after a couple of beers… and then a few more we really …

Project Natal is always an interesting topic of conversation on gaming sites. There is so much speculation surrounding its ability to deliver the goods, largely due to the amount of time it will take for the camera to detect your movement and translate it into the game. MTV have taken the stopwatch to footage of Natal being played in both …

Harmonix, further differentiating themselves from Activision’s Guitar Hero franchise, have announced what may be the most revolutionary service to impact the music rhythm game genre – the Rock Band Network. Set to launch sometime this year, Rock Band Network will allow large-label music artists, indie musicians and end-users alike to submit their own master songs to "Harmonix-trained freelance game developers" …

I have seen a lot said about Kodu over the past few months and I have to admit to say that I have had little faith in it would be a severe understatement. I have attempted to use many graphically powered programming languages in my life so far and without fail every single one of them has been a complete …

I was embarrassing myself in Guitar Hero again this weekend and as always was trying to convince myself that if it was just some other musical instrument then I would be better at this. That is unless we the other instrument is a piano, trumpet, violin, cello… okay most other instruments actually. However how hard can it be to spin …

If you’ve been including Harmonix and MTV in your bed time prayers, complaining that there’s ultimately too much rock in Rock Band, then your prayers have been answered. The band simulating rhythm game is set to receive a healthy dose of Hip-Hop courtesy of pot-smokin’, umbrella-totin’, lazy voiced Hip-Hop legend Snoop Dogg. Why has Snoop got that umbrella? Last Updated: …

Music companies Apple Corps, Sony/ATV, and EMI — the Beatles music catalog owners — may have chosen MTV over Activision to publish its recently announced Beatles game due to the latter’s inflexibility on song royalties. Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has argued in the past that record labels who are asking for increased song royalties from rhythm titles, like Activision’s …

Another shot to the groin for Guitar Hero fans in the ongoing DLC battle has just been announced. MTV and Harmonix have signed an exclusive collection of live AC/DC tracks for Rock Band. There’s 18 tracks to be exact, due for early December and totaling around 99 minutes of gameplay for each instrument. The only problem is the hefty asking …