April 1, 2008 6:00 AMRed Marble Games has announced the release of Kudos Rock Legend for the Macintosh. Described as part role-playing game, part life-sim game, and part Tycoon game, Kudos Rock Legend places players in the leadership role of their own struggling rock band. In Kudos Rock Legend, players find themselves the leader of their own struggling rock band trying to break into the big leagues of rock super-stardom, fame, and fortune. In addition to being the band's lead singer, players must attend to the personnel and business management issues of the band. Players select musicians for their band, select a band name, write the band's songs, coordinate auditions, attend rehearsals, record albums, play gigs, and more. As the band leader, the decisions players make determine how motivated his or her band members are. Work the band too hard, schedule poorly attended gigs, fail to provide the band with the rock star lifestyles to which they've become accustomed, and band members will resign. It's a delicate balancing act that demands keen people management, business, and financial skills … as well as an abundance of creativity to crank out the hit songs that carry the band on to fame and fortune. "Kudos Rock Legend is a fantastically entertaining game," said Mark Batten, founder and CEO of Red Marble Games. "It really challenges players on multiple levels and requires a keen sense of how those levels intertwine and interact with each other. As such, Kudos Rock Legend is immensely engaging and entertaining." Priced at $22.95 (USD), Kudos Rock Legend for the Mac is a Universal Binary OS X application that requires Mac OS X 10.3.9 or better. The game is available for download directly from Red Marble Games' website.Kudos Rock LegendRed Marble Games
