Gamertell

The moppy pop icons’ company, Apple Corps Ltd., finally OKed the rights to the band’s name and songs being included in a game, The Beatles: Rock Band. According to the press release sent today (April 16, 2009), those who preorder will be able to join the “The Beatles: Rock Band… Continue Reading »

A new PlayStation Home world called Backstage with Guitar Hero just opened on March 27, 2009, and already fans of the Guitar Hero franchise have poured into the new game space to rock out with friends. According to Carlson Choi, director of Interactive Marketing at Activision/Blizzard, the idea for the… Continue Reading »

The Playstation Store offerings for the first week of March 2009 should prove extremely bountiful for fans of both the latest Prince of Persia title and the Watchmen movie, as content familiar to both of these items are now available for purchase. Prince of Persia fans who were pleased with… Continue Reading »

This week’s Playstation Store update distinguishes itself from the others thanks to one key property: Killzone 2. The demo to one of the most hotly-anticipated and highly-reviewed games on Sony’s system is now available, just waiting for eager players to snatch it up and test their skills against the encroaching… Continue Reading »

It is time for the annual, er, weekly Playstation Store update, this one comes with some sport-related goodness in addition to some unexpected Valentine’s presents for the love struck gamers out there. The highlights of this update include 3 on 3 NHL Arcade for $10, along with the full version… Continue Reading »

McFarlane Toys is releasing a series of figures and replicas based on the wildly popular music game Guitar Hero.  Now in stores is a group of “mini-guitars” that allow you to mix and match heads, necks and bodies to create your own custom guitar. They’re sold as singles and duets… Continue Reading »

Soon, you’ll be able to call yourself a “Hero” on the plastic turntables as well as the plastic guitar. Activision CEO Bobby Kotick recently confirmed that the title is set to ship this year, according to a recent item at Gamasutra. Continue Reading »

Sure, Harmonix is on to bigger and badder things these days, what with the massive success of Rock Band (and the first two Guitar Hero titles that almost single-handedly birthed the rhythm-music genre), but CEO Alex Rigopulos is still interested in making a sequel to the developer’s awesome Amplitude. MTV… Continue Reading »

It’s time for another update to Sony’s burgeoning Playstation Store. Based on what is presented here, it already symbolizes an improvement over last week’s offerings, chiefly due to the expansion of content. Along with the usual episode of Qore and Pulse, this update marks the debut of downloadable games Magic… Continue Reading »

Hats off to Guitar Hero III, the first ever game to reach one billion dollars in sales. It only took 26 months to do it too. Activision, the publisher of this phenomenal game, announced that the Guitar Hero franchise reached over a billion dollars in revenues (according to data from… Continue Reading »