Musician and ex-pro Guitar Hero player (no, really) Freddie Wong has given us a glimpse of what he believes will be the future for Rock Band and such games. And why not?

Combining augmented reality (graphical overlay) onto real instruments...

While last year's The Beatles: Rock Band wasn't the runaway success its developer, Harmonix, might have hoped for, it did succeed in setting a new benchmark for single-band editions of a music game. Rock Band: AC/DC and Guitar Hero: Aerosmith didn't...

If you've been following Pocket-lint over the last few weeks then you'll know that we're a tad excited about the forthcoming Rock Band 3 title. We almost squealed with delight when we received confirmation that there would be a keyboard option in the...

Mad Catz has unleashed the official accessories range for the much anticipated Rock Band 3 game, which will be hitting consoles later this year.

And, to tie in with rumours of a keyboard option that have been floating around, there is a wireless...

It's amazing the hype that one little screen grab can generate. Following the release of a Green Day Rock Band demo to Xbox Live gold subscribers, a wave of keyboard-related rumours have sprung up in the webiverse.

And it's all because the...

If you're a fan of guitar gaming, but you want to turn it up to 11, then the You Rock Guitar could be just the thing. It's a digital guitar, complete with 22 fret full scale neck, optimised fret spacing and six steel strings.

The You Rock Guitar...

Harmonix may have just announced Rock Band 3, but before that arrives there's the small matter of Green Day Rock Band for the company to contend with. The title, which we first heard word of back in December, will be arriving on shelves on 8 June.

That...

Harmonix looks set to keep on expanding its Rock Band franchise, officially announcing Rock Band 3, which will be coming out in time for Christmas 2010. It'll be created by Harmonix, published by MTV Games and distributed by Electronic Arts.

The...

Despite what you might have heard, Harmonix is not working on a Jimi Hendrix Rock Band title. Rumours have been creeping around for a few days, with a wide range of websites citing an interview in the LA Times with Hendrix's sister Janie.

Janie...

You're hardcore, aren't you? You cracked guitar and bass within months of picking up Guitar Hero. You saved up for the full band kit, and now you're blasting through "Won't Get Fooled Again" on drums on Expert. But something doesn't feel right. Your...

Harmonix has confirmed that the Rock Band Network will be opening up for beta access imminently. As previously reported on Pocket-lint, the service offers anyone the chance to upload music that they've created and make it purchasable in the Xbox 360...

Beatles drummer and kids TV voice-over artist Ringo Starr has admitted that he's "crap" at Beatles: Rock Band. The legendary skinsman made the admission to Jimmy Fallon on his "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" show on US TV.

"I'm absolutely crap...

Gambridge is a US company trying to turn the legions of Guitar Hero and Rock Band fans around the world into real guitarists. The company has created a guitar controller that you can use to play Rock Band with, but which actually has real strings.

Once...

MTV has confirmed that the followup to Beatles: Rock Band will be Green Day: Rock Band. The move follows hints that they'd get a full Rock Band game from singer Billie Joe Armstrong earlier in the year.

A teaser trailer has been released by...

We've already put together a perfect Christmas gift guide for console gamers but, while that was in the planning, we realised that we could have made an entire list of its own of awesome accessories for rhythm game rockers. So here it is.

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