Get your trigger fingers ready, because Call of Duty: Black Ops is poised to drop in your hot little hands on November 9, 2010. To promote this upcoming event, Activision is holding a massive launch party on Thursday, November 2nd in Santa Monica, CA. I would think it’d make more sense to hold it on a Friday since you won’t have to stumble into work the next day with a massive hangover, but oh well.

Due at least in part to developing a Beatles-themed music game (and building a Fort Knox-style complex to house money raked in from said game), Harmonix will not release a Rock Band game in 2009. That word came from Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopolous during an interview at Billboard’s “Digital Music Live” conference session at the International Consumer Electronics Show 2009 in Las Vegas, CA (USA).

The Harmonix co-founder said being married to an annual release cycle limits a developer’s choices. He also said EA totally understands and isn’t pushing Harmonix to crank out a sequel. This decision also makes sure EA won’t release two music games that could…

Ever since the dawning of the Guitar Hero pandemonium, we knew it was coming. Further credence was unleashed when Guitar Hero: Aerosmith was revealed and the war for songs between Guitar Hero and Rock Band had begun. Now, we have finally have some concrete details about the game 28 years in the making: Guitar Hero: Metallica (21 years because the band formed in 1981).

Game Informer unleashed the new details in this month’s issue in which they received an exclusive look at the music-rhythm game. Faux rockers will be able to take up the drums, mic, bass and guitar in their attempt to reach headbanging high scores on over 45 tracks that include a mix of Metallica songs and the songs that influenced them.

Confirmed tracks include…

(Psst! Click through and you’ll find out more than just the track list).

Harmonix and MTV Games added Megadeth’s influential breakout album Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying to the Rock Band catalog of downloadable content on September 16, 2008, for the Xbox 360 and September 18, 2008, for Playstation 3.

The title track to the album is included on the Rock Band 2 disc but the other seven songs were unavailable (until last week, that is). The price for the full album is $10.99 (880 Microsoft Points) or you can get individual tracks for $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points) each.

With the addition of Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying, there are more than…

We already know that the late great Jimi Hendrix will not only have his music in the new installation of Guitar Hero: World Tour, but also his likeness. Yet, it seems that Activision isn’t stopping at having just a few songs of the legend in their upcoming title.

Velvet Revolver’s guitarist, Slash, revealed to Rolling Stone that Activision is at work on a Hendrix special edition game similar to what it did with Aerosmith…

Where TV killed the radio star, video games are helping to revive them. With the success of Rock Band and Guitar Hero, it is fairly interesting to look at the effect these games are having on the credibility of the gaming industry as an intrinsic part of the entertainment industry. An example of this the planned September 2008 re-emergence of the band Guns N’ Roses through releasing a new song in Rock Band 2, one prospectively from fabled and constantly delayed album Chinese Democracy that fans have been anticipating for more than a decade.

It has taken a while for the game industry to be…

In 1981, Metallica was formed. In 1983, they came out with their first album, Kill ‘Em All. The album also featured the first of what would be multiple lineup changes in their evolution. More than 20 years later, Metallica is still going strong and, much like Aerosmith, are coming out with their first game.

The game is being worked on with the makers of Guitar Hero. A Digital Trends article reported that in a proxy statement submitted to the Security and Exchange Commission, Activision revealed plans for…

Harmonix and MTV Games have announced the first batch of downloadable content for their highly anticipated upcoming game Rock Band. Beginning on November 20, 2007 fans will be able to download song packs by Metallica, The Police and Queens of the Stone Age, each pack containing three songs. Each pack has a suggested retail value more »