Rock-band Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Tune Runner rises to the top on a wave of free

by Mike Schramm (Feb 24th, 2010)

There's been some interesting discussion in our comments section lately about Ngmoco's freemium model -- first they made headlines by endorsing it even to the detriment of one of their most popular games, and then they bought Freeverse and the conversation started up again. But while customers don't ...

Gameloft says they've got iPhone locked down

by Mike Schramm (Feb 20th, 2010)

Gameloft is one of the bigger iPhone-specific (or at least mobile-specific) game developers out there, and in fact they're so big, they tell Mobile Entertainment that they're not scared of their development partner Ubisoft and other big game developers headed to the iPhone. Ubisoft developed the ...

Rock Band on iPhone is a hit

by Mike Schramm (Oct 21st, 2009)

Disgruntled TUAW commenters, I'll save you some time: "OMG Mike of course a game powered by EA and one of the most popular franchises of all time is a hit. Try reporting some real news!" But not so fast -- Rock Band, which hit the App Store top 10 and conquered the Top Grossing list just days after ...

Rock Band out for $9.99 on the iPhone... but fails to thrill

by Mike Schramm (Oct 19th, 2009)

The good news is that EA has released Rock Band for the iPhone and iPod touch, and you can pick it up from the App Store right now. The bad news is that it seems like a pretty tough sell -- despite the relatively high price tag (Tap Tap Revenge 3, a similar music game, is currently 99 cents and ...

Rock Band coming to the iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Oct 9th, 2009)

It's true -- as leaked earlier this week and confirmed yesterday, EA is bringing Harmonix's Rock Band to the iPhone, and it's about what you'd expect: notes come down the screen set to popular music, you tap in certain places in time to the beat, and get a score based on how well you do. ...

McCartney on iTunes: "We want it to happen"

by Mike Schramm (Feb 10th, 2009)

The cutest Beatle, Sir Paul McCartney, did an interview with Entertainment Weekly recently for his new album, and the long-running subject of the Beatles on iTunes came up right at the last question. At this point, this is probably our favorite Apple failure -- they've reinvented the way we listen ...

iTunes compiles Rock Band tracks

by Mike Schramm (Feb 15th, 2008)

I've been rocking on Rock Band almost since it came out (almost done with expert on guitar and hard on drums -- stupid bass pedal is driving me nuts -- and the band my friends and I formed, Fel and the Boatmen, just got ourselves a jet). And now, iTunes has made it easy to rock even away from the ...