Posts Tagged ‘Green Day’

Well over 100 entries in last week’s third of five Green Day: Rock Band giveaways. Using Twitrand.com, I would like to announce that @Humpedmetal was the randomly selected winner. Congratulations! So with that out of the way, on to this week’s contest…

Less than a week away, and there’s still two copies to give away.  Due to the nature of giveaways on Twitter, we’re back to giving away a copy here on the site. To be eligible for this week’s giveaway of a copy of Green Day: Rock Band for the console of your choice, answer the following question in the comments below:

As part of the Total Rock, Total Rewards competition, if you make it through the qualifying rounds and compete in Atlantic City, in addition to winning the grand prize and getting a chance to meet Ringo Starr, you can also win $10,000! What would you do if you won $10,000 in the Total Rock, Total Rewards competition?

Only one entry per person. Winner receives one copy of Green Day: Rock Band for the console of their choice shipped to them the week of the release, June 8th.

With events at five participating Harrah’s Total Rewards Casinos and 15 venues across the country hosted by Rock Band Bar Nights, there’s a bunch to choose from. Not close to one of the Total Rock, Total Rewards qualifying locations? You can enter the Total Rock, Total Rewards Sweepstakes online to win a “first round bye” and fly to the finals in Atlantic City on your own private jet! Up for grabs in this year’s Total Rock, Total Rewards Rock Band competition is a $10,000 grand prize and a chance to meet Ringo Starr!

Good luck!!!

Check out official press release promoting the Total Rock, Total Rewards competition with more details after the jump! Read the rest of this entry »

No, THIS is Mortal Kombat with guitars

Were less than a week away from the launch of Green Day: Rock Band, and it looks like the we’re going to be seeing a lot more press about the game probably up until E3.

In a story run by the AP today, Billie Joe Armstrong was talking about the game:

“It’s like a glorified karaoke machine, or ‘Mortal Kombat’ with guitars.”

Go check out the full piece by the AP here.

For those of you more visually and audibly inclined, such as I, here is a video of the trio answering some very cool questions such as “What other bands would have made a good addition to the game?” and “What songs do you wish could have been on here?” Definitely check it out!

Gamespot was able to catch up with Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt over the phone and ask him a few questions about playing and being in a video game. Head on over to Gamespot to check out the full interview, but here were some of the cooler takeaways.

• On Harmonix: “I think they’ve proven that this is a genre that’s here for a good amount of time.”
• On older material: “One of things that we’re really working on still and weren’t able to do is to get some of the earlier records in there only because those were recorded on old analog tape. And analog tape becomes real brittle after a while. And to really get the stems from that…from the individual tracks…in order to put them in the game, you have to record them from analog to digital. And you get one chance to do it once the tape is really old. It’s a really tedious process to not lose your entire history, so with that said, we are working on that diligently right now. But that’s something we’d like to see in there as well.”
• On his in-game character: “I showed my daughter one of the clips of the game, and she looked at it and goes, “You look cool,” which is the last thing you’d expect to hear out of your 13 year old. I don’t think I’ve heard her say that in the last year or two.”

[Gamespot]

If you’re signed up for the Rock Band newsletter, you’ve probably seen this as well (and if you’re not, go sign up at RockBand.com), but if you pre-order Green Day: Rock Band from the official Rock Band Store before June 8th, you’re entered to win a piece of Green Day artwork signed by the members of the band.

Already have it pre-ordered? You can also enter by sending a 3”x5” postcard with your complete name, address, city, state, ZIP/postal code, and daytime telephone number to: MTV Networks Attn: Green Day: Rock Band Autographed Artwork Sweepstakes, 1515 Broadway, 29th Floor, New York, NY 10036.

[Official Rules - PDF]

We had nearly 100 entries in last week’s second of five Green Day: Rock Band giveaways. Using Random.org, I would like to announce that Jimmyinnernets was the randomly selected winner. Congratulations, Jimmy! So with that out of the way, on to this week’s contest…

To be eligible for this week’s giveaway of a copy of Green Day: Rock Band for the console of your choice, I’m going to change it up a little bit. We’re going to take this contest to Twitter…

Of Rock Band’s vast DLC library, there are 35 songs you are eligible to choose from to compete in the Total Rock, Total Rewards competition during the qualifying round (HURRY… qualifying rounds end in early June). If you make it past the qualifying round to compete in the finals in Atlantic City, you can choose from the entire library, but until you get there, you have to choose from the list.

So to win a copy, you have to tweet out the following with the TITLE of your song choice replacing the blanks:

I want to play “___________” for @RockBandAide’s Green Day giveaway! #TRTR2010 http://bitly.com/RBAGD3

US only. Song title referenced in your tweet must be one from the list of songs for qualifying. Winner receives one copy of Green Day: Rock Band for the console of their choice shipped to them the week of the release, June 8th. Winner will be randomly selected via Twitrand.com based on included hashtag, link, and qualifying song title. One entry only, please.

With events at five participating Harrah’s Total Rewards Casinos and 15 venues across the country hosted by Rock Band Bar Nights, there’s a bunch to choose from. Not close to one of the Total Rock, Total Rewards qualifying locations? You can enter the Total Rock, Total Rewards Sweepstakes online to win a “first round bye” and fly to the finals in Atlantic City on your own private jet! Up for grabs in this year’s Total Rock, Total Rewards Rock Band competition is a $10,000 grand prize and a chance to meet Ringo Starr!

Good luck!!!

Check out official press release promoting the Total Rock, Total Rewards competition with more details after the jump! Read the rest of this entry »