The Game Rock Band Gets Smoke, Lights, and More

Posted on January 26th, 2008 by Anthony Clendenen.
Categories: et. all.

When I was up at Microsoft a couple weeks ago and colleague was talking about his trip back home over the Christmas break and how the family spent hours playing Rock Band, a game that was news to me. We have a Wii and PS2 but no XBox 360 because my kids are still pre-teen and I don’t really play video games, I did complete a half marathon a couple weeks ago (photo here) so I am not a total geek.

If you do have Rock Band the company Mad Catz has just signed a deal that will allow them to make peripherals for the game. Currently you can preorder the stage kit which will get you the lights and smoke, a definite need if you are serious about entertaining while you play, and they have plans to sell wired and wireless bass guitars, drum percussion sets, and wired mics with plans to have some hardware out in the early part of the summer this year, the stage kit will ship June 26th and will set you back $99.