Battle of the Bands

See what to watch for in this week's new videogame releases for the Nintendo DS (The World Ends With You), PLAYSTATION 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii and Sony PSP.

THQ has today unveiled the key titles that will form the publisher's fiscal 2009 video game line-up. Scheduled for release in the 12-month period ending March 31, 2009 are a range of new editions to existing franchises, new original games and social and party titles. Gamers can look forward to new editions of multi-million unit franchises, including Saints Row 2, Red Faction: Geurrilla and WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009. All new video game titles on the way include Darksiders: Wrath of War, Deadly Creatures and de Blob. Additionally THQ plans to release new social and party games for the Wii, including Battle of the Bands and Big Beach Sports.

Not since William Shatner’s spectacular rendition of Elton John’s Rocketman, has popular music been so finely covered than in THQ’s Battle of the Bands. Taking the better parts of ill-fated waggle-fest Boogie and combining them with the scrolling-note stylings of Guitar Hero, Bands features 30 of yesterday’s hits and today’s favorites recorded in 5 different styles - latin, marching band, hip hop, country, and

What was once known as Band Mashups, the upcoming Wii rhythm game developed by Planet Moon and published by THQ, is now going by another name: Battle of the Bands. The name is the only thing that's changing about the game: Battle of the Bands is a one or two player music game where players wave the Wii remote to the beat of thirty licensed songs recorded five different ways: rock, hip-hop, country, mariachi, and marching band.