GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. 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 ...

“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.

Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift will appear in Activision's forthcoming Band Hero, a family-friendly, pop-oriented version of the company's biggest cash cow. This November, players of the Guitar Hero ...

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, ...

Journalist and editor. Science, technology and culture. Data-driven. Senior Editor @infobeautiful Such has been the success of Guitar Hero that publisher Activision has begun to roll out the series in ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you're still wondering what Band Hero actually is - and I certainly was until about two months ago, when Activision started giving demonstrations - it's a pop-centric, family-friendly reskin of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Music fans can now take their whole band and play their favorite music on the road anytime, anywhere with Band Hero™ for the Nintendo DS™ Lite. Band Hero takes the fun of social gaming beyond the ...