Rock Band 2
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Guitar Hero and Rock Band try to drum up new players...made big bets on the genre. Viacom Inc., whose MTV division owns the rights to the Rock Band franchise, said last month that sales of Rock Band 2 were lower than it had hoped and cut into the company's profit. Music games are "certainly... In this article: Rock Band, Guitar Hero, Viacom Inc, Activision, Hollywood, Recession, Rock Band 2, and Los Angeles Times |
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Boston Globe -- Business | July 17, 2008
Game for anything at industry summit
...with years past. Music games were big. Activision, makers of the Guitar Hero franchise, pulled out of E3 this year, but Cambridge-based Harmonix Music Systems Inc. rolled out Rock Band 2. And Nintendo announced a game called Wii Music.
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A.V. Club RSS Feeds | September 15, 2008
Games review: Rock Band 2
...eager to debut new songs. While the other guys got Metallica's new disc, Rock Band 2's set list includes "Shackler's Revenge," the first official release from Guns N' Roses' long-awaited (or dreaded) Chinese Democracy. Not included: a can of...
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San Francisco Chronicle | January 13, 2009
Video game trends, more or less
...arms race that's gotten out of hand. Guitar Hero World Tour just came out with its own drum kit, complete with cymbal pads, which means the new Rock Band 2 drum kit has an option to add cymbals as well. And the latest Guitar Hero guitars now...
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paidContent.org | January 12, 2009
Music Video Games Sales Missed The Beat In 2008
...slows. Variety.com reports that Viacom-Harmonix's Rock Band 2 sold 809,000 copies last year domestically, while Activision-Blizzard's Guitar Hero: World Tour sold 1.5 million units in the U.S.-both far below the franchises' 2007 figures.
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Rock Band 2 is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, as the sequel to Rock Band. It is the second title in the Rock Band series. The game software was released in North America for the Xbox 360 on September 14, 2008, along with individual instrument peripherals. The software/hardware bundle for the Xbox 360 was made available on October 19, 2008, the same date that the PlayStation 3 versions of the software, hardware, and bundle of the two were released. Versions of the game for the Wii and PlayStation 2 platforms were released on December 18, 2008.
Rock Band 2 allows up to four players to simulate the performance of popular rock music songs by playing with controllers modeled after musical instruments. Players can play the lead guitar, bass guitar, and drums parts to songs with "instrument controllers", as well as sing through a USB microphone. Players are scored on their ability to match scrolling musical "notes" while playing instruments, or by their ability to match the singer's pitch on vocals. Rock Band 2 features improved drum and guitar controllers, while supporting older controllers, as well. New features include a "Drum Trainer" mode, a "Battle of the Bands" mode, online capabilities for "World Tour" mode, and merchandising opportunities for the players' virtual bands. In addition to the 84 songs included on the game disc and 20 free downloadable songs, over 600 additional downloadable songs have been released for the Xbox 360, Wii, and PlayStation 3 versions, with more added each week. All of these songs, existing and future, are compatible with all Rock Band titles.
Rock Band 2 received very positive reviews from critics upon release and sold 1.7 million copies through the end of 2008.
- Name:
- Rock Band 2
- Genre:
- Music, Simulation
- Published By:
- MTV Games
- Distributed By:
- EA Distribution
- Modes:
- Single-player, multiplayer
- Designed By:
- Dan Teasdale
- Developed by:
- Pi Studios (PS2/Wii)
- Media Type:
- DVD (Xbox 360, PS2), Blu-Ray (PS3) Wii Optical Disc (Wii)
- Platforms:
- Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PlayStation 2
- Inputs:
- Guitar controller , drum controller, USB microphone, gamepad
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