Author: Oscar Bernard
Guitar Hero had some success with their portable spin-offs On Tour and On Tour: Decades, so it’s only natural that Rock Band would want to get in on the fun. Rather than go on the Nintendo DS and have similar gameplay with something like the Guitar Grip, Rock Band Unplugged was released on the PSP with full band gameplay similar to previous Harmonix titles Frequency and Amplitude.…
Up until now, Activision’s Guitar Hero series and ex-Guitar Hero dev Harmonix’s Rock Band series largely dominated the rhythm game scene in North America. What many people weren’t too aware of, however, was that the whole guitar based rhythm game genre was practically created by Konami’s GuitarFreaks series.…
Hello Rocksmith fans!
This week we have three brand new songs from beloved alternative metal band Chevelle! This marks the group’s third appearance in a rhythm game, following their three pack which was the penultimate release for Rock Band before it was brought back in 2015, and then more recently their song The Clincher being launch content on GHTV.…
The Guitar Hero franchise had already been spun-off a couple times by this point with Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s and Guitar Hero: On Tour, but neither game managed to really capture the masses. That changed with Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, which has generated more money for Aerosmith than any one of their albums.…
Following the release of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, the Guitar Hero franchise was massive. Quick to capitalize, Activision developed a portable version of the game for the Nintendo DS. Guitar Hero: On Tour was released in May of 2008 and worked through an attachment known as the guitar grip that would plug in to the Game Boy Advance slot on the Nintendo DS.…
Shortly after Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, a brand new rhythm game franchise would come on the horizon. Once RedOctane was acquired by Activision Harmonix fulfilled their contract with Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks The 80’s and then proceeded to create a new franchise (with MTV Games) that expanded on the original Guitar Hero concept by adding the vocals mechanic from their previous Karaoke Revolution games, and a drum kit.…
