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MTV, EA Reunite on Rock Band 2

Publishers getting the band back together exclusively for the Xbox 360 in September; arrives on other platforms later in the year.
There’s nothing quite so rock and roll as a reunion tour, a fact underlined by today’s announcement of Rock Band 2, which will see MTV Games and Harmonix once again team up with Electronic Arts [...]

Play-along Video Game Genre Amps Up Music Industry

Tapping on fake instruments and screeching into microphones connected to video game consoles has become lucrative for both the music and gaming industries. Downloadable tunes for music-based games “Guitar Hero,” “Rock Band” and “SingStar” have become as vital as iTunes itself — and one of the last ways to expose youngsters to classic rock.

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Metallica Making the Virtual Band

And justice and video games for all…

Metallica has quietly teamed up with Activision to develop its own signature Guitar Hero, giving fans the opportunity to thrash along to many of the headbangers’ greatest hits.
The news first surfaced when an analyst at Wedbush Morgan Securities found a listing for Metallica’s version of the interactive title [...]

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