Category Archives: Rhythm action

Rock Band 3 players are sure to be scratching their heads at a couple of the offerings on slate in the Gold Star My Heart Pack next week, starting with one of the “most requested” songs for the series: Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up.”

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According to Siliconera, Square Enix’s celebratory rhythm action RPG Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy will have co-operative multiplayer. You can invite up to three friends to the Chaos Temple to take on legendary bosses from the series, including Ultima Weapon, Omega Weapon and Shinryu. You’ll gain experience for your party and snaffle rare items while tapping along to Song of Darkness. The 3DS exclusive pulls together characters, enemies and settings from acorss the Final Fantasy franchise’s catalogue, and hits Japan on February 16. No western release has been confirmed. It will be one of the first to utilise the Nintendo Network with premium DLC offerings.

Harmonix has announced Bush tracks will be made available for Rock Band 3 on February 7 for PS3, Wii, and Xbox 360. The tracks are from the band’s 1994 debut, Sixteen Stone, and the DLC consists of the following tracks: Everything Zen, Comedown, and Machinehead. The tracks will be made available for PS3 the following day in Europe, as part of the weekly PSN update. Each will run you the normal rate, and for an extra $0.99 you can upgrade the song Machinehead to Pro bass and guitar. A track pack will be made available for $5.49.

Q Entertainment has unveiled the soundtrack to Vita launch title Lumines Electronic Symphony, with Air, Amon Tobin, The Chemical Brothers, Faithless and Goldfrapp in the mix.

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Microsoft has added Double Fine Happy Action Theater and Rhythm Party to the Xbox Live Marketplace, along with a few other goodies as well.

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Harmonix has announced the latest list of upcoming DLC for Dance Central 2, featuring CeeLo Green and LMFAO to name a few. Today, players can get the Gnarls Barkley frontman’s solo effort Forget You, while on Michael Franti and Spearhead’s Say Hey (I Love You) arrives for Valentines Day. Milkshake by Kelis arrives the following week on February 21, while LMFAO’s Party Rock Anthem comes in on February 28, although will be available for early access if you bought the game from Best Buy after last Sunday.

All songs will be 240 MS points. Thanks, Destructoid.

“Initially, the level of success took us by surprise, yes. We didn’t expect it to become the phenomenon it did. However, we did anticipate that Just Dance 3 would be bigger than Just Dance 2, because we saw how the brand was growing and we didn’t see any slowdown. The game continues to attract more and more people, no matter what kind of games they say they typically like to play. That growing audience helped us sell more than 25 million copies of the Just Dance franchise and has helped keep Just Dance 3 in the Top Five in sales since its launch.” – Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot, speaking to MCV on the continued success of the dance genre, as well as worries of it fizzling out.

Start-up Big Robot’s released its first game, musical puzzler AVSEQ for PC and Mac. There’s a demo, too.

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Eufloria, the PS3 title that launched last month, will come to iPad in February, developer Omni Systems has said. The iOS version will be “the most comprehensive and enjoyable release of Eufloria to date,” with an optimised interface for the touch screen, new music tracks and “a whole raft of additional tweaks and features.”

Get a video of Eufloria iPad below. Thanks, IndieGames.

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Some leaked boxart for Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy shows that the game will contain paid download content, as well as support something called “Nintendo Network”. The dummy art, which first popped up on NeoGAF, shows that the game, as promised, will have DLC released for it but it looks like it will cost you according to the fine print. The game launches on 3DS in Japan on February 16, which would make it the first game to have paid DLC on the system. Likely, Nintendo will announce something pertaining to “Nintendo Network” sometime between now and then, still, we’ll send a mail. Thanks, Andriasang.

Harmonix has announced two tracks from The Edgar Winter Group’s album, They Only Come Out at Night, and two from Korn will be released for Rock Band 3 next week. The tracks are: Free Ride, Frankenstein, Freak on a Leash, and Falling Away from Me. The former tracks from Winter contain keyboard support, with the later containing Pro Guitar/Pro Bass as well. Each track will run you the usual price on PS3, Wii, and Xbox 360 come January 17.

Ubisoft has announced the Just Dance series has sold 25 million units worldwide. Just Dance 3 helped the franchise reach the mark by selling 7 million units since it’s October release. Titles in the series include: Just Dance, Just Dance 2, Just Dance 3, Just Dance Kids, Just Dance Kids 2 and Just Dance Summer Party. Thanks, Gamasutra.

Nintendo has updated its eShop, DSiWare and WiiWare offerings with Zen Pinball 3D, a title which allows you to create music, and a math programs with Carmen Sandiego as your instructor.

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The deals have been dropping left and right today, but we’re especially excited to pick up some of the latest Square Enix iOS games in their half off sale starting today and running until January 4.

Unfortunately, there’s a giant, glaring omission right now since Chrono Trigger is not on the list. However, all of the Chaos Rings games, Groove Coaster, and the Final Fantasy games are there so it’s still a great showing. Proceed beyond the break for the full list. More »

Just Dance 3 isn’t all that popular in hardcore gaming circles so you’ll be excused for not noticing it before, but you should know that the game is incredibly popular. Two days ago it was announced that even though it launched over two months ago, Just Dance 3 for Wii was still the best selling single-platform game in the UK. Which beat out all the individual platforms of Skyrim, though not all of Skyrim’s sales together.

Just how popular is it? Ubisoft announced today that Just Dance 3 has 8.4 million players. Which, they’d like us to know, is equivalent to 84 bonaroo festivals. They added that on a given day about 17 years of Just Dance 3 is played.

Via Destructoid.

Dance Central fans will be getting some new content today as Harmonix is rolling out a new pack of Rihanna songs for Dance Central 2. The pack will be available on December 20 (today) for 640 MSP.

What’s My Name, S&M, and Only Girl in the World will join Rude Boy already on Dance Central 2 and will be available individually for 240 MSP each.

Via Joystiq.

While Square Enix fans are still marveling over the fact that Squeenix was able to come up with a more bizarre title than Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, the company is forging ahead with Theatrhythm Final Fantasy. Bizarre even by Final Fantasy standards, this Theatrhythm trailer shows off more of those sweet chibi versions of all your favorite FF characters battling with the power of music. More »

Deadmau5 is making “a variety of exclusive new tracks” for Sound Shapes, a unique Vita title which unfortunately looks likely to miss the console’s launch. Navigating a 2D world with vague shades of Loco Roco, the player creates a unique soundscape on each playthrough. In addition to the campaign, you can make and share your own levels – mixing your own interactive music, in other words. Deadmau5′s offerings will apparently be playable in both modes. Sony sent a press release so this one actually looks to be true, unlike other headlines we won’t discuss.

Sony has released ten new videos from its PS Vita showcase event, held at Vita Hill Social Club in San Francisco recently. Below the break you will find 11 videos for: Uncharted – Golden Abyss, Gravity Rush, Escape Plan, Hot Shots Golf, Hustle Kings, LittleBigPlanet, Reality Fighters, Little Deviants, Super Stardust Delta, Unit 13, and WipeOut 2048 for good measure. Apparently, one isn’t new, but we can’t really tell anymore we’ve watched so many. So, just know 10 of them are. Hit the break to watch for yourself.

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Harmonix has announced that a three-pack of Canadian prog-rockers RUSH will be made available on PS3, Wii, and Xbox 360 December 13. Track include: Fly by Night, Caravan, and The Spirit of Radio (Live). Also to be made available are the singles Rebel Love Song from Black Veil Brides and A Warrior’s Call from Volbeat. Each track will run you $1.99, with an additional $0.99 for Pro tracks. More information is available on the Rock Band Blog.