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Microsoft Says “Rock Band,” “Guitar Hero” Average 3.8 Million Downloads Per Month

RadioGlue — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:55:26 +0000

While the music industry struggles to sell CDs, Microsoft revealed yesterday that gamers purchase around 3.8 million Guitar Hero and Rock Band downloads per month via their XBox Live network. [MORE]

Source: Rolling Stone

NIN Edition of Tap Tap Revenge Brings Licensed Content To Apple’s App Store

RadioGlue — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:26:46 +0000

In what may well stand as a defining moment in the maturation of Apple’s App Store, Tapulous has announced that it has partnered with the band Nine Inch Nails to release a premium version of its popular game Tap Tap Revenge some time in October. [MORE]

Source: TechCrunch

Is ‘Guitar Hero’ saving rock ‘n’ roll?

RadioGlue — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:48:01 +0000

Metallica’s Lars Ulrich loves Black Sabbath and Deep Purple — and so does his 10-year-old son. [MORE]

Source: CNN

Teen Drops Out of High School To Become Professional “Guitar Hero”

RadioGlue — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:27:37 +0000

Call it The Decline of Western Civilization IV: Blake Peebles, a teenager in North Carolina, recently dropped out of high school to pursue his dream of playing music. While this sounds like an everyday occurrence, there is a catch: Peebles dropped out so he could concentrate on playing Guitar Hero with hopes of becoming good enough at hitting colored plastic buttons to play in the surprisingly-lucrative world of competitive gaming. [MORE]