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Harmonix has launched a new video which celebrates four years since the Rock Band franchise was released, talking about how hard it has been to launch the game and compete with another music based franchise that they had created.Ryan Lesser, who is the art director at Harmonix, says, “It was a rough, scary time... |
23 November 2011
13:41 GMT |
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Harmonix, the creator of both Rock Band and Guitar Hero, is no longer associated with MTV Games, having been bought by an investment firm earlier in the year, but the company says that this has not affected the quality of the music that is licensing for its upcoming games. Harmonix itself worked hard to create solid... |
25 August 2011
10:32 GMT |
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Once upon a time, only a couple of years ago, one of the big rivalries of the year was the battle between music simulation Rock Band and Guitar Hero, the dueling franchises from Electronic Arts and Harmonix and Activision Blizzard.
Nowadays the music game scene is much smaller, but the developers working at Harmon... |
24 August 2011
16:31 GMT |
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It seems that even with the franchise dead at the moment Guitar Hero is causing publisher Activision Blizzard problems with Adam Levine, the leader of the pop rock band Maroon 5, suing the company because of how he was portrayed in the 2009 release Band Hero.The singer says that he did agree to allow Activision to us... |
8 August 2011
16:21 GMT |
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The internal memo has been acquired by website Giant Bomb via unspecified means and it is titled “Isn’t Call of Duty today just like Guitar Hero was a few years back?” and was written by Eric Hirshberg, one of the executives at Activision.
The tone of the e-mail is upbeat, talking about how the v... |
21 April 2011
10:13 GMT |
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Pretty soon after suggesting that the Guitar Hero might no longer feature in the long-term plans of the company, video game publisher Activision Blizzard has offered a clarification on its position, saying that the franchise is taking a break at the moment and that it could return in full force in 2012 or later.
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13 April 2011
16:41 GMT |
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Video game publisher Ubisoft has announced that it is working on a whole new music game, called Rocksmith, which is set to allow gamers to use any real life standard guitar in order to learn to play a variety of songs and improve their overall technique.
The new game will be launched during the fall of this year a... |
16 March 2011
14:41 GMT |
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Developer Harmonix has announced that artists Gwen Stefani, Fatboy Slim, Keri Hilson and Paula Abdul have licensed songs that will be available for Dance Central on the Xbox 360, allowing fans of the game to experience more dance routines to popular tracks. Here are the tracks that players will be able to download o... |
15 March 2011
17:31 GMT |
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Call of Duty: Black Ops has been the best-selling video game of 2010, picking up the mantle from another game in the series, Modern Warfare 2, which had the same title in 2009, and one analyst says that this kind of brand loyalty could mean even higher revenue for publisher Activision in the near future.Arvind Bhatia... |
11 March 2011
16:01 GMT |
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Video game publisher Activision Blizzard has announced a new nine-song downloadable content package that is coming to Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, including some of the best rock songs launched in the past few years, with one Grammy winner included.
Here are the songs which will be delivered via the Modern Rock ... |
9 March 2011
13:41 GMT |
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Harmonix might have been sold by Viacom and the wider music simulation genre might have wider problems at the moment, but the developer is still interested in it while also being ready to deliver other products, possibly based on Kinect, the Microsoft-made motion-tracking system.
Speaking to gaming-oriented magazi... |
1 March 2011
16:41 GMT |
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Activision, in a rather surprising move, has announced that DLC support for its Guitar Hero and DJ Hero franchises will continue to appear in the next few months, despite the two series being axed by the company.
Activision made a lot of money with the Guitar Hero and DJ Hero franchises, but, in the last couple of... |
28 February 2011
14:21 GMT |
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Video-game publisher Activision has announced that those who have picked up DJ Hero 2, the music simulation title that was released last year, can now get a new downloadable content pack for it, built around songs offered by Pendulum, an Australian outfit which creates electronic music and is now on a tour supporting... |
16 February 2011
03:55 GMT |
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Activision announced that it was ending the Guitar Hero series for the moment, with no video game in the franchise planned for 2011 and with no more downloadable content delivered to those who own Warriors of Rock after February, but rival series Rock Band will continue to push for innovation in the music game space.... |
14 February 2011
08:37 GMT |
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Publisher Activision Blizzard has revealed that it will not be launching any Guitar Hero powered music simulation title during 2011 and that it was disbanding the business unit linked to the franchise, while at the same time ending development of the open-world game True Crime: Honk Kong, which was being handled by U... |
10 February 2011
08:39 GMT |
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Publisher Activision has announced that it has just delivered a new song pack for its musical simulation video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, including some of the biggest names in the world of rock, some of them returning to the series and others appearing for the first time. All the songs can be downloaded fr... |
9 February 2011
08:51 GMT |
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Activision Blizzard, the well-known publisher that is in charge of the Guitar Hero franchise, has announced that the month of January will be an important one for the music simulation series, with a number of new bands coming to the game, including such names as Nine Inch Nails, A Day To Remember, Hawthorne Heights a... |
14 January 2011
15:21 GMT |
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Activision's CEO of publishing affairs, Eric Hirshberg has recently talked about music games in general and the company's Guitar Hero franchise in particular, saying that it has lost some of the mass market appeal, which resulted in massive sales a few years ago, but also revealed that there was still hope ... |
10 December 2010
14:21 GMT |
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Activision might not be ready to go on record as being interested in acquiring Rock Band developer Harmonix out right, but it seems that the publisher is not afraid to express its admiration of the developer and the importance of its franchise for the Guitar Hero series.
Eric Hirshberg, who is the chief executive ... |
10 December 2010
02:54 GMT |
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Activision, as the publisher, and Coca Cola, as a promotional partner, have announced that they are joining forces to release additional tracks for two music based titles, DJ Hero 2 and Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, with the new offerings being free for one week.In order to get the codes for both DLC packs gamers wi... |
25 November 2010
04:09 GMT |
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The media conglomerate Viacom has announced that it plans to sell Harmonix, the company which has created the original Guitar Hero, all the main Rock Band installment and the recent Dance Central, classifying it as a “discontinued operation.”Viacom acquired Harmonix through its MTV subsidiary back in 2006... |
12 November 2010
15:01 GMT |
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Activision has just confirmed that new iterations in its Guitar Hero, Spider-man, X-Men and Transformers franchises will appear in 2011, in order to capitalize on the popularity of these series.Activision is currently the biggest game publisher in the world, owning a huge amount of popular franchises, headlined by Ca... |
8 November 2010
14:21 GMT |
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An analyst watching the video game industry has suggested that the two biggest music simulation franchises, Guitar Hero from Activision and Rock Band from MTV Games and Harmonix, should join forces in order to combat the clear decline in sales the genre has been recently experiencing.Doug Creutz, who is analyst with ... |
27 October 2010
18:01 GMT |
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Michael Pachter, who is analyst watching the video game industry for Wedbush Morgan Securities, has said that the video game industry will manage to see a growth of 2.4 percent for the month of September over the same period of 2009, with the NPD Group numbers set to be released later in the week set to confirm the e... |
13 October 2010
13:41 GMT |
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Responding to comments made by Bobby Kotick, the Chief Executive Officer of Activision Blizzard, regarding the quality of the working environment at the rival company a representative from Electronic Arts has shot back by saying that the success of the publisher has nothing to do with its leadership and with CEO spec... |
28 September 2010
09:06 GMT |
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Publisher Activision has announced that those players who own Guitar Hero Metallica will be able to take 30 of the songs included on the game disk and move them to the upcoming Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.Between September 28 and October 5 gamers will be able to move the tracks for free on the Xbox 360 and on the P... |
20 September 2010
03:41 GMT |
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Activision has announced the full track list for the upcoming DJ Hero 2, which is set to arrive on October 22, with a total of 105 songs that players will be able to mix and match however they like using their turntable peripherals. Here are all the songs in DJ Hero 2 listed in alphabetical order:2Pac feat. Dr. ... |
27 August 2010
15:01 GMT |
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Publisher Activision has announced that it plans to launch DJ Hero 2, the music simulation title that relies on turntables, on October 19 in North America and on October 22 in Europe, on the Xbox 360 from Microsoft, the PlayStation 3 from Sony and the Nintendo Wii.The game is set to arrive in a variety of bundles, de... |
24 August 2010
08:11 GMT |
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Activision has announced the bands that will make their debut in the upcoming Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, the new music simulation title that will arrive for the Xbox 360 from Microsoft, the PlayStation 3 from Sony and the Nintendo Wii.Here are the bands that will make their first appearance in a Guitar Hero franc... |
12 August 2010
05:12 GMT |
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Activision has announced that Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, the new music simulation game in the long running series, will be the venue where Soundgarden, one of the best known grunge rockers in the world, will be coming to make their first virtual appearance after their much anticipate reunion. Those who pick up Wa... |
4 August 2010
13:31 GMT |
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Activision, the publisher of the Guitar Hero franchise, has announced the songs that players will be able to download for the series during the month of August. Rockers will be able to enjoy the music of such bands as Sum 41, P.O.D., Megadeth, the Used and Weezer. The news about downloadable content comes just as Act... |
3 August 2010
18:21 GMT |
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Activision has announced that its Guitar Hero franchise will be getting downloadable content from some well-known bands during the summer, the highlights being rock legends Queen, followed by more metal offerings in Disturbed and Avenged Sevenfold and a debut to the series for Shinedown, a less known but still compel... |
8 July 2010
03:31 GMT |
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With Activision officially offering information on the upcoming Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, one of the most eagerly expected announcements is that of the tracks set to be included in the new music simulation game.The publisher would not reveal a complete list but it is saying it will be the biggest selection offer... |
8 June 2010
13:41 GMT |
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After a series of early news leaks, Activision has confirmed that the new Guitar Hero videogame bears the name Warriors of Rock and that it will be coming complete with a fresh, redesigned, guitar controller set to reflect the rock-oriented nature of the title. The publisher is not ready to talk about the launch date... |
7 June 2010
15:11 GMT |
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Activision, the videogame publisher best known for long running series like Guitar Hero and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, has announced that it will launch an Independent Games Competition, aimed at offering bedroom coders a chance to hit it big by having a project financed and maybe even picked up for publishing.The... |
4 June 2010
02:01 GMT |
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Activision, the publisher, and Neversoft and Vicarious Visisions, as the developers, have confirmed that they are working on a new Guitar Hero title, Warriors of Rock. The companies also delivered some more information on the new installment, saying that they are planning to shake up the traditional structure of the ... |
1 June 2010
05:08 GMT |
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A list by the Guinness World Records shows that Halo is the most loved videogame franchise of all time. The list was compiled by Guinness after more than 13,000 readers voted online for their favorite videogames. Voting took place between January and August 2009, so any big launch made after that point had little imp... |
12 May 2010
13:51 GMT |
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The launch schedule for downloadable songs for Rock Band is not showing any sing of slowing down and this week, fans of the music simulation title can look forward to getting no less than nine new tracks from No Doubt, together with a song from Orianthi and Picture Me Broken. The new songs will be arriving today on t... |
4 May 2010
04:49 GMT |
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No Doubt has won an initial court battle with publisher Activision Blizzard in a lawsuit alleging that the likenesses of the band were used in music simulation titles without the members receiving compensation from the videogame company. A judge has ruled that the use does not fall, as Activision has claimed, under t... |
19 April 2010
14:31 GMT |
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Hades is out of the way, with the questions his death generated still hanging over Kratos. Poseidon was also taken care of earlier, and Hermes, as quick as he might be, did not manage to escape the Ghost of Sparta and his nice boots decorated with feathers have a new owner. And now, Kratos is standing in the core of ... |
8 April 2010
17:41 GMT |
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News has broken that Thomas Tippl, who was holding the position of Chief Financial Officer at publisher Activision Blizzard, has also been appointed Chief Operations Officer. It now seems that the move is only a small part of a reorganization of the company, which is now split into four different divisions. The main ... |
31 March 2010
13:01 GMT |
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Harmonix, as the developer, and MTV Games, as the publisher, have announced that Rock Band 3 is officially in development at that the game will be launched in time for the 2010 holiday season.The two companies have not mentioned any platforms, but the title will likely arrive on the Xbox 360 from Microsoft, the PlayS... |
10 March 2010
16:41 GMT |
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Publisher Activision Blizzard has announced that it plans to continue to focus on Guitar Hero and DJ Hero to dominate the music simulation genre. The company is aiming for a broader audience and releasing a smaller number of versions of its titles in order to make a profit. Ten music game SKUs are set to arrive in 20... |
12 February 2010
16:51 GMT |
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Two days ago, Activision held a conference call, where its subsidiary Blizzard also announced that StarCraft II would roll out a closed beta for the strategy game sometime by the end of this month. But far less fortunate news regarding the big publisher was also made public. According to Kotaku, Activision has starte... |
12 February 2010
03:36 GMT |
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Activision has announced a pretty impressive lineup of bands set to contribute tracks to its Guitar Hero series during the month of February. The publisher is saying that for the first time in music game history, Black Sabbath, the grand daddies of metal, are bringing master tracks to a game while more recent bands l... |
1 February 2010
16:31 GMT |
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Harmonix and MTV Games have announced that The Beatles Rock Band managed to sell about 357,000 units during the month of December, reaching a grand total of 1.18 million copies sold in the United States and about 1.7 million worldwide since it was released in September 2009. Harmonix has already outed entire The Beat... |
20 January 2010
13:11 GMT |
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Rhythm games aren't what they once were, neither in popularity nor in sales. But that doesn't mean that the genre is dead, just that it needs to be resurrected. The Beatles Rock Band proved to be a huge hit for Harmonix, and Guitar Hero: Metallica was what could be considered the appropriate comeback from t... |
18 January 2010
06:36 GMT |
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While the music genre may claim it's just the industry taking its course, rhythm games have begun to decline in popularity a lot more than other titles have. As such, the likes of Guitar Hero and Rock Band have a difficult time trying to convince gamers that they're still popular, and that this is just the ... |
11 January 2010
14:01 GMT |
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Music is all the rage when it comes to gaming with titles like The Beatles Rock Band and Guitar Hero 5 performing well last year even if analysts are saying that the market is currently oversaturated. DJ Hero was not a hit on the same level but Activision is so keen on putting together new franchises that it appears ... |
4 January 2010
16:11 GMT |
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Activision decided it was in the right and began to fight back against No Doubt in their ongoing lawsuit related to how the image of the band and its members was portrayed in the music simulation series. On December 3, the videogame publisher filed a counterclaim in court in which it levels a host of accusations agai... |
10 December 2009
04:22 GMT |
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