No Barriers to Fun!

We met our friend Giddeon at the AbleGamers Accessibility Arcade in Atlantic City, New Jersey. When he first sat down with the AbleGamers crew, Giddeon didn't want to play any games. He told us that with his disability gaming was difficult. Giddeon has a rare disease that caused the growth of his arms .. Read More
A Window to the World

Shepherd University invited the AbleGamers Foundation to come on campus and do one of our Accessibility Arcades for the students and local disabled community. The event was a roaring success with hundreds of children and adults coming out to see the technology and in some cases experience gaming the first time. Read More

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Since 2004, the AbleGamers Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity, has served more than 56 million members of the disabled community by advocating greater access in video games. Today, AbleGamers is a leader in the development of equipment, programs and services to those living with disabilities, hardships, and quality-of-life issues that are a result of chronic illness or trauma. It is our goal to ensure that all people, regardless of their disability, can use gaming as a tool to have enriched social experiences with friends, family, and the world at large.

Rock Band and Green Day Collide in Summer of 2010

Written by Rebecca Fortelka

Published on 16 March 2010

green-day {sidebar id=1}While at GDC amongst the chaos of the crowds and noise I heard one of my favorite songs Working Class Hero by one of my favorite bands Green Day. So, I am attempting to follow the song and the song changes to another one of my favorite songs and that is American Idiot. After another five minutes of searching, I found the booth for Harmonix and saw the most amazing visuals for Green Day: Rock Band!

Even though I am not the best Rock Band player; I love to watch people play the game and listen to the amazing music. When I heard that "Multi-platinum selling and Grammy® Award winning group Green Day, along with Harmonix, the leading developer of music-based games, MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), and Reprise / Warner Bros. Records today announced that Green Day: Rock Band™ would debut on June 8^th 2010" I was so excited because this would be a perfect gift for my 21^st birthday and it would be an amazing game to play with friends during the summer!

Anyway, I digress Green Day: Rock Band allows players to step onto the stage and into the shoes of Green Day and perform as the members of Green Day. If this was not cool enough, as you progress through the game you get a first hand look at history of Green Day including some exclusive content of over 100 collectable images, and more than 40 minutes of unreleased content like interviews, concert footage and much more.

This game gives player’s access to an incredible setlist of 47 tracks that span the band’s career including Brain Stew, Jaded, Hitchin’ a Ride, American Idiot, Wake Me Up When September Ends and Boulevard of Broken Dreams.

All 47 tracks are fully exportable, providing players with the opportunity to play the songs in Rock Band™, Rock Band 2™ and the recently announced Rock Band™3. In addition, the six Green Day tracks already available in the Rock Band Music Store as downloadable content can be played in Green Day: Rock Band with added vocal harmonies, unique performance visuals, and exclusive archival material. This content will be available on all gaming platforms.

So, if you want a game that will features one of the best and most popular bands from the San Francisco Bay Area check out Green Day: Rock Band. You will not be disappointed because this band has sold more than 50 million records worldwide and been hailed as one of the best live acts touring today.

Green Day has won critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including Grammy Awards for Best Alternative Music Performance for Dookie, Best Rock Album for American Idiot and Record of the Year for their smash hit "Boulevard of Broken Dreams.” Earlier this year, Green Day released their eighth studio album, 21st Century Breakdown, on Reprise Records. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, as well as on the Rock, Active Rock and Alternative charts, fueled by the alternative radio No. 1 single “Know Your Enemy,” and won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album.

MTV Games and Harmonix are financial sponsors of the AbleGamers Foundation, the parent company of AbleGamers.com