"With the recent announcement of Guitar Hero World Tour, not to mention hints towards a Rock Band sequel, music-based games are undoubtedly more popular than they were a few years ago. One need only look at the recent slate of rereleases like the XBLA port of Rez or Samba de Amigo for the Wii - hardcore faves that weren’t commercial successes - to understand the value of music games on the market today.

We've charted their popularity and placement in today’s gaming world, and now we present..."

"Considering the praise we gave the PS2 version in our review last fall, Guitar Hero II for the 360 figured to be in good shape to pretty easily waltz in and wow the crowd. To their credit, the developers decided that as long as they were doing the work to port over to the 360 that they might as well make use of the time to tweak some things. Nothing major mind you -- the basic game mechanics all remain the same. But the reworked set list, including exclusive new songs, and the new and hip whi..."