iPhone Gets Free Call of Duty, Rock Band Demos

January 26, 2010 8:20 AM

Curious as to how some of gaming's biggest franchises translated to the iPhone and iPod touch, but unwilling to pay before you actually have a chance to play? Yeah, I hear that. Fortunately, so have publishers Electronic Arts and Activision.

Thus, iTunes now offers free demos of two recent releases from the gaming giants: EA Mobile's rhythmic tapper Rock Band Free and Activision's undead shooter Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies Lite, empowering you to make an informed decision before (possibly) plopping down $6.99 (Rock Band) or $9.99 (Call of Duty).

Rock Band packs one (Foo Fighters' "Learn to Fly") of the twenty-six tracks included with the full game while Call of Duty offers three rounds of single-player and two rounds of multiplayer on its sole map "Nacht der Untoten." The paid versions of both also support downloadable content, with additional RB songs and CoD maps on the way.

Chris Faylor

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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January 26, 2010 8:57 AM

The Rock Band port is pretty good. The songs sound a little...weird, but as far as drumming goes, it syncs pretty well.

The Call of Duty port is pretty much shit control wise :(
- shurcool
  
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  January 26, 2010 10:31 AM
  
  Grr, is it just me, or does iTunes always freeze on Windows when you download an app, and while it's downloading, you go to your iPhone's Application tab.
  
  As soon as the download finishes, it says "processing file" and gets frozen there. -.-
- Johnnsen
  
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  January 26, 2010 12:05 PM
  
  Yeah the controls are horrible. Deleted it after 5 minutes.
  - shurcool
    
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    January 26, 2010 7:03 PM
    
    Do you mean they're horrible as in they're hard to use?
    
    Or that they're horrible, but could've been done better on the iPhone?
    
    I do think they're pretty awkward to use (especially at first), but I'm pretty sure you can't do better on an iPhone.