With all the craze about Rock Band and Guitar Hero, Metallica unveils its own iPhone app version with the “Tap Tap Revenge: Metallica iPhone app. The Metallica app features the same tapping that you would do with other game consoles but on a miniature note. There are 10 songs included in the app like Enter the Sandman and is actually the top paid app to date at the App Store. So if you feel the urge to strum some strings, tap away with the Tap Tap Revenge: Metallica iPhone app. The app is now available for download at the iTunes app store for $4.99.

(Source) Winnipeg Free Press

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If there is one thing that many iPhone and iPod Touch users are certainly anxious to get, that would be new tunes and games to install on their gadgets. And thanks to the Universal Music Group and Tapulous Inc., new music games are on the horizon. The first game, a special edition of Tap Tap Revenge with pop sensation Lady Gaga, kicks off the fruits of this partnership. The said app is available today for $4.99 at the Apple App Store.

“With the new Tap Tap Revenge, you can listen to me, Lady Gaga, play the latest in iPhone games, and watch a series of graphics that represent my journey through ‘The Fame.’ It’s perfect for my super, super fans, or for growing ‘The Fame’ lovers, who can listen to my album while tapping along with Love, Art and Technology,” said Lady Gaga.

Highlights of this partnership include:

• A variety of music-oriented games featuring UMG artists in 2009.
• The ability for users to purchase top hits from UMG artists to play in the upcoming Tap Tap Revenge 3.0 game. Tracks will be available for purchase for $.50 per track, marking one of the first examples of in-app commerce in an iPhone game.
• And at least one brand new rhythm game with a top performing artist from UMG in the Fall of 2009, with the two companies working together on additional games.

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