Just two months after the release of Guitar Hero 5, Activision has rolled out Band Hero. These two games are functionally the same, so Band Hero benefits from all the improvements that made Guitar ...

“Band Hero” is Activision’s attempt to bring the experience (and profitability!) of full-band plastic instrument games to the Nintendo DS. “Band Hero” is also a bad idea for a game to its very core.

No Doubt, Activision settle lawsuit over 'Band Hero' video game, use of musicians' likenesses FILE - In this file photo of a video game image released by Activision, a scene is shown from the game, ...

In September, Nirvana fans were shocked to learn that the Kurt Cobain avatar in Guitar Hero 5 could be used to sing any other song on the game’s track list, from Bon Jovi to Bush. Now No Doubt have ...

On the verge of a trial, the band ends a three-year-old dispute over the way band member characters were non-consensually manipulated. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large The lawsuit was ...

The Hero franchise has suffered quite a bashing of late. In many ways a victim of its own success, the market has been deluged with sequels and spin-offs designed to milk the last drops out of this ...

On the DS, Band Hero is compatible with existing Guitar Hero DS grips and also comes with a smart silicone sleeve that transforms the face buttons into four drum pads. Apart from the long-forgotten ...

Band Hero has long been lurking at the bottom of the Activision Blizzard release list in perplexing proximity to the more self-explanatory DJ Hero and Guitar Hero brands, but until last week I had ...

So, I've already reviewed Band Hero on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, and DS. When a game blasts across this many platforms, you usually see the quality expectedly drop as you go down the line from ...

At first glance, I might not be the guy you'd expect to find reviewing Band Hero. I'm not Craig Harris, which means I didn't review the last three DS Guitar Hero games, and I'm not Erik Brudvig or ...