360 instruments also cross-compatible

By Robert Purchese Published 20 August, 2008

Guitar Hero and Rock Band learn to share.

Microsoft has said Xbox 360 instrument peripherals for Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero World Tour and Rock Revolution will all be compatible across all three games.

Word follows a similar announcement made by Sony yesterday, which added that SingStar microphones could be used with Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero World Tour.

Microsoft karaoke game Lips, according to GameSpot, was absent from the compatibility list. Perhaps the tiny flashing lights are too off-putting.

Guitar Hero World Tour is due out for PS3, Xbox 360, Wii and DS later this year.

Rock Band 2 will be a timed exclusive for Xbox 360 in the US this September. European plans are unconfirmed - we're still to receive PS3, PS2 and Wii versions of Rock Band 1.

Rock Revolution for Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and DS is yet to be given a date.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (8) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • urban #1 4 years ago

    yeah but what about backwards too?

    silly moguls.

  • SeesThroughAll #2 4 years ago

    @ urban: But it's a good start anyway...

  • Der_tolle_Emil #3 4 years ago

    Hasn't it always been MS' policy that older peripherals have to be compatible with newer games? I thought that's why the GH guitars were working with Rock Band right from the start.

  • actionfitz #4 4 years ago

    so RB 2 doesnt launch globally at the same time?
    pants.
    on some level I really want to play this game, but then I remember that Harmonix/EA are a bunch of C**ts...

  • Arwin #5 4 years ago

    "Microsoft karaoke game Lips, according to GameSpot, was absent from the compatibility list. Perhaps the tiny flashing lights are too off-putting."

    Boo, hiss. Ah well, I'll probably stick to the SingStar family of peripherals anyway, seeing as I already have the Guitar Hero 3 controller.

    Always good news though!

  • darc #6 4 years ago

    Get back to me when GHIII will recognize RB controllers. I'm all done buying plastic guitars for a while.

  • Kylun #7 4 years ago

    "Get back to me when GHIII will recognize RB controllers. I'm all done buying plastic guitars for a while. "

    Yes - they should be much better at predicting the future...

  • gblegend #8 4 years ago

    I thoughy GH WT drums used orange as a cymbal so how would that be compatible with RB drums where orange is the kick pedal?