If you’ve yet to play one of those rhythm games that exclusively features the work of a single band, but you’re dying to temper your expectations for Green Day: Rock Band , you should probably consider picking up the similarly-titled Harmonix opus that focuses on the career of the Beatles . In fact, you should do it right now — Amazon’s offering Beatles: Rock Band for $28.49 on all three major platforms as its Deal of the Day. As an added bonus, the retailer is also selling the Premium Edition bundle, which includes all those sexy instruments, for just $139 (down from MSRP $200).
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Amazon Deal of the Day: Beatles: Rock Band for under $30
Corporate synergy keeps the late “King of Pop” alive, as various divisions of Sony conspire for a special This Is It PS3 bundle. The ¥33,500 ($365) Japan-only set releases January 27 and comes with a Blu-ray movie of Michael Jackson ’s behind-the-scenes concert film, along with a 120GB black PS3 Slim.
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Is this it? Michael Jackson ‘This is It’ PS3 Japan bundle
[ OCRemix ] One of the longest running rumors of the video game community is the claim that Michael Jackson contributed to the soundtrack for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 to some degree — a claim bolstered by a number of similarities between the game’s tunes and Jackson’s own body of work. Now, more than 15 years after the game’s release, we might have confirmation that the late King of Pop was responsible for the threequel’s incredibly catchy ditties
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French magazine reportedly confirms MJ’s involvement with Sonic 3 soundtrack
A little night music — Japanese chiptune pioneer Saitone has put out an 8-bit version of Thriller. You can hear the full live version here . Video: 8-bit ‘Thriller’ [Pink Tentacle]
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Michael Jackson’s Thriller In 8-Bit [Clips]
The King of Pop’s legendary Sega Genesis adventure is coming to Wii, says the European game ratings board. The Pan European Game Information website has listed Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker as an upcoming game for the Wii’s Virtual Console download service. Moonwalker was one of the better licensed games of the 16-bit era, featuring chiptune versions of many of Jackson’s songs and hot “Smooth Criminal” pixelized dance moves, as illustrated
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Sega’s Moonwalker Coming to Wii, Says Euro Rating Board
When Robot Symphony alerted us to its upcoming iPhone debut, MeowWalker , we were prepared to dismiss it out of hand based only on the premise of combining Michael Jackson with the staple of lazy internet humor, cats. But instead of a tasteless cash-in, the trailer for the dance game (after the break) reveals what could turn out to be our, well, third favorite Michael Jackson-based game, right after the Genesis Moonwalker and the arcade Moonwalker . Sha-meow! The gameplay is simple: tilt and swipe the phone to make a lanky, Thriller- jacketed feline perform MJ’s signature dance moves to the tune of the Michael Jackson songs already on your phone
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This is it: a dancing Michael Jackson cat game for iPhone
I received a very cryptic email from Raskulls developer Halfbrick Studios recently. It consisted of nothing but the above image and a message asking me if I believe in the teapot
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Behold the Rock Power Challenge in LEGO Rock Band , a game mode in which you use the power of rock to demolish a building. Maybe this isn’t exciting for you, but damn if it doesn’t do just the trick for me.
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LEGO Rock Band Rains Destruction [Clips]
Future! Christian Whitehead remembers when Sonic was good. I’m guessing that he’s with me on the feeling that Sonic CD was the game series’ highpoint.
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Impressive Sonic CD port for iPhone being pitched to Sega
