Get your boogie on with a full tracklisting for Harmonix’s “Dance Central”

Harmonix’s Dance Central has wooed quite a few of our Gaming Angels into its embraces, and we’ve got a full tracklisting for the dance game below. It hits on quite a few genres, and starting on Kinect’s release day (November 4 for North America, November 10 in Europe), downloadable songs will be added to the mix. Here’s the full list of what’s on the disc: Audio Push – “Teach Me How To Jerk” Basement Jaxx – “Rendez-vu” Beastie Boys – “Body Movin’ (Fatboy Slim Remix)” Beenie Man – “King Of The Dancehall” Bell Biv DeVoe – “Poison” Benny Benassi – “Satisfaction” Cascada – “Evacuate the Dancefloor” Christina Milian – “Dip It Low” The Commodores – “Brick House” Craig Mack – “Flava In Ya Ear (Remix)” Dirty Vegas – “Days Go By” Eric B. & Rakim – “Don’t Sweat the Technique” Fannypack – “Hey Mami” Jay Sean ft. Lil Wayne –

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Remix OK Go, end up on Rock Band Network

Harmonix Music Systems and MTV Games, makers of the Rock Band series, today announced a contest that invites fans of OK Go to remix their latest single, “White Knuckles,” for use on the Rock Band Network. Luckily, the hard work of getting it on the Network isn’t part of the contest – the winning entry will be authored for play by Harmonix professionals. Your only job is making the music for it. Having the remix available for download isn’t the only prize – the winner will also receive a complete Rock Band 3 set (including drums, guitar, keyboard and microphone), an Xbox 360 to play the game on, and a copy of the latest OK Go album, Of the Blue Colour of the Sky (Deluxe Edition). Each week, OK Go producer Dave Fridmann will choose his favorite remixes and feature them on the band’s website. Hopefully one of our readers

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Ümloud! 2010 is coming, register to rock ASAP

Ümloud 2010 is a Rock Band night designed to benefit Child’s Play, a charity started by Penny Arcade’s founders that provides games and other fun items to children’s hospitals across the United States. This year’s event, led by Chris Kohler (Wired.com), Joe Markert (Gamehelper) and John “Seg” Seggerson (Telltale Games), will take place at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco on December 9, 2010. The venue will be outfitted with a full Rock Band stage with all the latest Rock Band 3 gear, not to mention a giant set list to choose from, all thanks to Harmonix. A $10 fee is charged for entry to the 18+ venue. A silent auction and raffle will also take place at the event, and the full list of prizes will be available on the official site, www.umloud.org, soon. The website also gives a few more details – including the fact that if you

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MTV Games Event: Dance Central and Rock Band 3

Recently, I had the chance to attend a night of game previews from MTV Games, where I saw two highly anticipated games: Rock Band 3 and Dance Central.

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Harmonix announces more tracks for Dance Central

Harmonix is busy at GamesCom making announcements of track lists. Today, they announced 10 new artists and songs that will be featured on Dance Central. Dance Central is Harmonix’s Dance game for the Kinect/Xbox 360. The newly announced tracks are: Basement Jaxx – “Rendez-Vu” Nelly Furtado – “Maneater” Benny Benassi – “Satisfaction” Nina Sky – “Move Ya Body” Cascada – “Evacuate the Dancefloor” Pitbull – “I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) Fannypack – “Hey Mami” Rihanna – “Pon de Replay” Kool & The Gang – “Jungle Boogie” Technotronic – “Pump Up the Jam” Kylie Minogue – “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” Previously announced Dance Central tracks are listed below: Beastie Boys – “Body Movin’ (Fatboy Slim Remix)” No Doubt – “Hella Good” Bell Biv DeVoe – “Poison” Salt-N-Pepa – “Push It” Lady Gaga – “Poker Face” Snoop Dogg/Pharrell – “Drop It Like It’s Hot” Lipps Inc –

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New tracks for Rock Band 3 and Dance Central confirmed

Today MTV Games confirmed new tracks for both Rock Band 3 and Dance Central, and it looks like there’s a little bit for everyone! Rock Band 3 tracks: ·       Marilyn Manson – “The Beautiful People” ·       Filter – “Hey Man, Nice Shot” ·       Foreigner – “Cold As Ice” ·       Def Leppard – “Foolin’” ·       The B-52s – “Rock Lobster” ·       Tears For Fears – “Everybody Wants To Rule The World” Dance Central tracks: ·       Snoop Dogg – “Drop It Like Its Hot” ·       Salt-N-Pepa – “Push It” ·       Young MC – “Bust A Move” All of the tracks will be the master recordings. I have to admit I’m personally pretty excited for Marilyn Manson and B-52s for Rock Band!

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Harmonix’s “Rock Band 3″ pre-order bonuses announced

Harmonix announced their Rock Band 3 bonuses today for everyone who chooses to pre-order the game, which impressed quite a few people at E3 last month (our staff included). This installment will include 83 songs and be compatible with all previous Rock Band peripherals, as well as some third-party instruments. (Mad Catz is the official peripheral manufacturer for RB3.) Unlike a lot of games, Rock Band 3 has pre-order bonuses for multiple stores – not just GameStop. Here’s what you can get if you order the game in time for its October 26, 2010 (shipping simultaneously worldwide) debut: GameStop: If you reserve Rock Band 3 for PS3 or 360 at your local GameStop, you get three songs (sorry, nothing for Wii and Nintendo DS): “Burning Down the House” by Talking Heads “My Own Summer” by Deftones “Blue Monday” by New Order Amazon: If you prefer to do your pre-ordering through

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Review: Green Day Rock Band

I was a huge fan of The Beatles Rock Band, so I was stoked when Green Day Rock Band was announced. Sadly this band specific version of Rock Band was a bit of a letdown. Rating: T for Teen Genre: Rhythm Game Number of Players: Multiplayer Publisher: MTV Games/Harmonix Release Date: June 8, 2010 RENT I’ve been a Green Day fan since the ’90s. They were a staple of what I liked to listen to back then, and even now. “Dookie” and “Nimrod” are still two of my favorite albums, so for half the game I was stoked. If you’ve played Rock Band, there isn’t much different to learn with regards to the controls and how the play style goes. The graphics are done nice, and the opening video was well done. The overall game style is on the cartoonish side and Harmonix did a great job rendering the band

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E3 2010: Rock Band 3

Bridging the Gap between Rocker and Gamer... Really!

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7 Players, including Keyboardist in “Rock Band 3″

Harmonix has announced the next installment of their Rock Band series, which will feature over 1,500 songs at release. There will also be support for other Rock Band titles (Rock Band, Rock Band 2, downloaded tracks, track packs, LEGO Rock Band, and Green Day Rock Band to name a few). Here’s a preview of the tracklisting: 2000s: Metric, “Combat Baby” Rilo Kiley, “Portions for Foxes” Them Crooked Vultures, “Dead End Friends” The Vines, “Get Free” The White Stripes, “The Hardest Button to Button” Phoenix, “Lasso” Ida Maria, “Oh My God” Juanes, “Me Enamora” 1990s: Jane’s Addiction, “Been Caught Stealing” Smash Mouth, “Walkin’ on the Sun” Spacehog, “In the Meantime” Stone Temple Pilots, “Plush” 1980s: Dio, “Rainbow in the Dark” Huey Lewis and the News, “The Power of Love” Joan Jett, “I Love Rock and Roll” Night Ranger, “Sister Christian” Whitesnake, “Here I Go Again” The Cure, “Just Like Heaven” Ozzy

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