“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.

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 ...

(AP) -- Musical video games are already family-friendly. There's no violence, and their developers have already weeded out most of the sex and drugs in rock 'n roll. And just about anyone can pick up ...

The Guitar Hero franchise has had its ups and downs in the past but recently it looked like it was on something of a hot streak. Despite some massive online grumbling about the use of Kurt Cobain's ...

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 ...

Activision has unveiled the final, complete track list for its upcoming family-focused rhythm game, Band Hero. Gone are the heavy metal, solo inducing tracks from traditional Guitar Hero games. This ...

So I'm late to the whole GH/RB thing, but picked up GH3 cheap with the guitar for the PS3. I've been enjoying it, and trying to get my gf into it but she's struggling to keep up with even the easiest ...

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 ...

Probably a good thing, too, since apart from the bundling cynicism, and the questionable style-change, it's the track list that really makes me wince at Band Hero. In teaming Guitar Hero gameplay with ...

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 ...

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 ...