New York, NY - February 10, 2009 - MTV and rapper, icon, record producer, entrepreneur and actor, Snoop Dogg today announced a first-of-its kind global deal that will bring the entertainers’ personality to television in a new variety talk show, “Dogg After Dark,” and his music to fans with a new album release and into the best-selling music video game Rock Band.
Premiering on Tuesday, February 17th at 9pm ET/PT on MTV, Snoop Dogg will host “Dogg After Dark,” a new jam packed weekly variety talk show from Los Angeles hotspot Kress on Hollywood Boulevard. “Dogg After Dark” will bring his Doggystyle swagger to the airwaves with raw interviews with [...]

Guitar Center, the world’s largest retailer of musical instruments, today announced the findings of a national survey linking the popular video games Guitar Hero and Rock Band to dramatic increases in the gamers’ interest to own and play real instruments. Not only did the survey confirm that the majority of those who play the games are more interested in picking up real instruments, it also revealed that most musicians who play the games use their real instruments more frequently as a result.
Among the survey’s specific findings:
* Of the Guitar Hero and Rock Band players that do not currently play a musical instrument, two-thirds (67%) indicated that they are likely [...]

Here’s some really cool cheat codes for “Rock Band” on the Nintendo Wii which is also available on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 2.
Game Description: Rock Band 2 builds upon its foundation as the first music game to introduce co-operative band gameplay, multiple instruments, a robust online multiplayer experience, an unrivaled offering of downloadable content and raises the bar by delivering an entirely new level of depth, connectivity, authenticity and features.
All songs:
At the “Press Start” screen, quickly press Red, Yellow, Blue, Red(2), Blue(2), Red, Yellow, Blue to unlock all songs. Note: This code disables saving.
Bonus instruments:
Successfully complete the indicated task to unlock the corresponding instrument:
- Gold drum kit: [...]

The Associated Press reports that the sequel to Rock Band will be released in September for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 by publisher MTV Games and the game developer Harmonix. Here’s the official press release:
LOS ANGELES (AP) - “Rock Band” is ready for an encore.
A sequel to the play-along music game that redefined the genre last year will be released first for the Xbox 360 in September, according to publisher MTV Games and developer Harmonix. “Rock Band 2″ will feature a new variety of instruments, online modes and songs, and will allow players to import their previously purchased “Rock Band” tunes.
“With the original ‘Rock Band,’ the focus was [...]

Watch some recent gameplay footage from the video game “Rock Revolution” available soon from Konami.

Check out the latest debut trailer for the upcoming Nintendo Wii release “Rock Band” from MTV Games.
Description: Rock Band allows gamers to perform music from the world’s biggest rock artists with their friends as a virtual band using drum, bass/lead guitar and microphone peripherals (sold separately). Built on deals with the world’s biggest record labels and music publishers, the music featured in Rock Band spans all genres of rock and include many of the master recordings from the biggest songs and artists of all time.
This version of Rock Band includes just the game itself for buyers who already have the instrument equipment needed to play the game.

CAMBRIDGE, MA – December 17, 2007 – Harmonix, the leading worldwide developer of music-based games, and MTV Games, part of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), along with distribution partner Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS), announced today that the Rock Band(TM) Special Edition Bundle for the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system will ship to U.S. retail stores on Tuesday, December 18, 2007.
Developed in collaboration with Pi Studios, Rock Band for the PlayStation 2 system showcases many of the same challenging modes and rock music featured in the PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360 video game entertainment system from Microsoft versions, including Band World Tour and Score Duel, which allows drum vs. [...]