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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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Harmonix and MTV Games, the two video game oriented companies that guide the destiny of the hugely popular Rock Band franchise, have announced that 2011 will begin for the music simulation game with a touch of greatness, as a pack of Johnny Cash songs is being delivered to Rock Band 3.
The songs can be downloaded ... |
4 January 2011
10:25 GMT |
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MTV Games and Harmonix, the two companies that guide the destiny of the Rock Band brand, have announced that this week those who are looking for some songs to download and then play alongside their friends over the holidays have a chance to download seven new tracks. The indisputable star of the downloadable content... |
21 December 2010
04:59 GMT |
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MTV Games and Harmonix, the two companies that are in charge of the fate of the long-running Rock Band franchise, have announced that fans of the music simulation game can now download and enjoy a series of 12 songs from singer and songwriter Billy Joel.
The new content is available on the PlayStation 3 from Sony,... |
14 December 2010
13:51 GMT |
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Harmonix and MTV Games, the two entities that are in charge of guiding the destiny of the Rock Band franchise, have announced that today gamers who are interested in getting more tracks for their music simulation game will be able to pick up a host of new songs from rock legends Queen, all of them designed to take ad... |
7 December 2010
13:31 GMT |
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This week fans of the Rock Band franchise who can't wait to get new tracks to play around with will be pleased to know that this week the popular music simulation title will be getting a full album from rock legend Jimi Hendrix, the much appreciated “Are You Experienced?”, in order to celebrate the 2... |
12 October 2010
04:44 GMT |
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The developers of the Rock Band franchise at the Harmonix studio have said that, even after the launch of the upcoming Rock Band 3, the series still has plenty of innovation options and that the team will be working hard to make the music simulation title as close to real life as possible while also keeping the fun q... |
11 October 2010
04:58 GMT |
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An executive at MTV Games has declared that the Pro Mode for guitar in the upcoming Rock Band 3 will cost an additional one dollar per song when getting downloadable content, meaning that one track will now set music fans back 2.99 dollars.The added charge probably comes because it is more time consuming and complica... |
30 September 2010
05:17 GMT |
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Harmonix and MTV Games have announced that this week their Rock Band Music Store will get a host of tracks from one of the biggest musical legends of the XX century, Bob Marley, available today for those who are gaming on the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3 or the Nintendo Wii.The songs are being offered to music loving ... |
21 September 2010
08:17 GMT |
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Harmonix and MTV Games, the two companies in charge of the Rock Band music simulation franchise, have announced that today players will be able to get new downloadable content for the series that features one of the biggest hip hop stars in the world, Snoop Dogg.Players who game on the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3 and... |
7 September 2010
14:01 GMT |
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Harmonix and MTV Games have unveiled the full track list for the Nintendo DS version of their upcoming Rock Band 3, which is set to arrive on October 26 in North America.Players will also be able to enjoy the new music simulation game on the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3 and the Nintendo Wii, where the biggest new addi... |
27 August 2010
03:14 GMT |
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Harmonix and MTV Games have offered a full list of the songs that players will be able to rock to in the upcoming Rock Band 3, which is set to be launched on October 26 for the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3 and the Nintendo Wii.Here's the full track list for Rock Band 3, separated by eras:1960Beach Boys - “G... |
26 August 2010
17:51 GMT |
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Harmonix and MTV Games, the two companies that are behind the success of the Rock Band franchise, have announced that Ministry will be the band which features in the downloadable content launched this week. Players who are enjoying their music simulation on the Xbox 360 from Microsoft, the PlayStation 3 from Sony and... |
10 August 2010
15:01 GMT |
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Harmonix and MTV Games have announced new songs that players will be able to enjoy when Rock Band 3 comes out. The new tracks are unveiled after the two companies tested fans of the series over the course of the Comic Con get together, putting out clues that allowed them to guess which artists will be bringing their ... |
27 July 2010
15:11 GMT |
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Harmonix and MTV Games have announced that fans of Rock Band will be able to pick up tracks from Juanes, the well known Latin music star, from the online store. This is the first time that Spanish language songs have been offered in the music simulation series, with the tracks available on the Xbox 360, the PlayStati... |
27 July 2010
04:15 GMT |
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Harmonix and MTV Games have announced that this week two new acts will make their debut in the music simulation title Rock Band. The Vines, an alternative rock band from Australia, will join Sweet Billy Pilgrim, rockers from England in a new downloadable content pack that will be available for the Xbox 360 from Micro... |
13 July 2010
16:31 GMT |
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Harmonix and MTV Games have announced that this week, legendary American rockers Creedence Clearwater Revival will be bringing some of their best known songs to Rock Band in the form of a downloadable content pack. The tracks will be delivered on the Xbox 360 from Microsoft, the PlayStation 3 from Sony and the Ninten... |
6 July 2010
02:01 GMT |
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Harmonix and MTV Games have announced that Rock Band 3, the new music simulation title coming in the fall, will feature no less than 83 tracks on the disk and will allow for more simulation options that any other competing title.In addition to keeping the three part vocal harmonies, which were initially seen in last ... |
14 June 2010
16:31 GMT |
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MTV Games and Harmonix, the two companies behind the success of the Rock Band franchise, have announced that they are partnering up with a variety of online music services in an effort to increase the visibility of the Rock Band Network initiative and attract more budding bands to it.The newly announced partners are ... |
3 June 2010
13:41 GMT |
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Harmonix and MTV Games have announced that they will be putting out a new track pack for Rock Band, marking the debut of both heavy rock veterans Spoon and metal band P.O.D. on the music game platform. The fresh DLC pack is made up of 5 tracks and will be available for those gaming on the Xbox 360 from Microsoft, the... |
1 June 2010
03:55 GMT |
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Harmonix, MTV Games, Warner Bros. Records and Green Day have announced the full track and venues list for the upcoming Rock Band title set to show off the career of the iconic punk rock band. There will be 47 songs included in the game that should arrive on June 8. Players will be able to pick it up on the Xbox 360, ... |
13 April 2010
16:21 GMT |
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MTV Games and Harmonix are announcing that, this week, gamers can pick up songs from bands like Skillet, Switchfoot and Thousand Foot Krutch, whose roots go to the Christian rock scene but that also gained mainstream appeal. The new songs for Rock Band can be downloaded on the PlayStation 3 from Sony, the Xbox 360 fr... |
6 April 2010
09:00 GMT |
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Hot on the heels of the official announcement related to the development of Rock Band 3, Harmonix, the developer, together with MTV Games, Reprise / Warner Bros. Records and the band itself have revealed that Green Day: Rock Band is set to be released to gamers on June 8. The game should come to the PlayStation 3 fro... |
12 March 2010
14:41 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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Harmonix and MTV Games have already said that they are working on a Green Day Rock Band music simulation title set to arrive in 2010, probably at some point in September or October, and there have been suggestions that the two companies are also working on the initial stages of development for Rock Band 3, a game tha... |
22 February 2010
16:41 GMT |
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Overall, sales of music titles in the United States were down by an astounding 46% and this could spell trouble for Activision, which puts out the Guitar Hero franchise and its spinoffs, and for MTV Games and Harmonix, which are creating the Rock Band series. We already know that Green Day Rock Band is slated to be r... |
27 January 2010
03:42 GMT |
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Harmonix and MTV Games, the two entities behind the highly successful Rock Band music simulation franchise, have announced that the downloadable songs, which will be made available this week for their videogames include releases from Blue Oyster Cult, Hawkwind, I Mother Earth, Motorhead, Nazareth, and Rage Against th... |
26 January 2010
13:11 GMT |
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The Beatles Rock Band has been a success for Harmonix and MTV Games, with more than 1.7 million units sold worldwide since its September 2009 release and the two companies are set to capitalize on the success of the band-oriented music game concept by putting out Green Day Rock Band, the title announced at the VGA aw... |
25 January 2010
16:11 GMT |
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After spending quite a considerable time in a closed beta stage, as we should have expected, considering the concept, Rock Band Network is finally being released to the masses. While the Rock Band 2 store for the Rock Band Network hasn't opened up shop just yet, the developing software is ready to be put to use ... |
21 January 2010
04:05 GMT |
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Harmonix, MTV Games and Apple Corps have announced that they are today releasing the Rubber Soul album for their The Beatles-themed Rock Band title. Players interested in picking up the full album can log into the Xbox Live Marketplace today to get it or use the Nintendo Wii but those who want to play on the PlayStat... |
15 December 2009
02:57 GMT |
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Following the success of The Beatles Rock Band, which managed to sell better than expected and get better reviews that Guitar Hero 5, a lot of people have begun to speculate on what Harmonix and MTV Games will be creating next for the long running franchise, especially considering that analysts are expecting the musi... |
14 December 2009
08:17 GMT |
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As the gaming industry starts feeling the bitter taste of recession more and more, another studio has to cut back on its workforce. We already saw Electronic Arts fire over 1,500 people and shut down game developer Pandemic Studio, and now it seems like one of its smaller business partners needs to make a few cutback... |
11 December 2009
05:51 GMT |
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Harmonix and MTV Games have another song pack ready for their Rock Band, and, while the three bands that have lent their tracks to the game are well known, they couldn't be any more different in style. The first band will rev up Rock Band instruments like never before, as Slipknot fans are sure to heat things up... |
7 December 2009
06:40 GMT |
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Rock Band Network Network is one of the most ambitions projects that MTV Games and Harmonix have been working on. As far as the concept goes, it's not that completely new, since it basically relies on user-generated content, but to let anyone create selling songs might make people look at Rock Band in a complete... |
26 November 2009
03:38 GMT |
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The initial narrative that accompanied the launch of The Beatles: Rock Band, the newest collaboration between Harmonix and MTV Games, has been of a revolutionary videogame that will attract non-gamers to the music genre titles and which will set the trend for future releases that are focused more on specifi... |
9 November 2009
12:51 GMT |
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It seems that in spite of the rivalry between Guitar Hero and Rock Band, most of the players who are interested in music simulators try both of them although they might not spend money on both series.A study was conducted by GamerDNA and DFC Intelligence on a sample of 10,000 players of the Xbox 360 home gaming conso... |
4 November 2009
04:30 GMT |
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It has been announced that cable-television network Nickelodeon is now the owner of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. This basically means that it holds the rights to creating television content, full-length movies and video games based on the characters. The official statement made by the network has not m... |
23 October 2009
03:02 GMT |
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One of the interesting battles to watch in the just released NPD Group sales figures for videogames for the month of September was that between musical rivals Rock Band and Guitar Hero. The Beatles title from Harmonix and MTV Games came out on top, selling more than Guitar Hero 5 by about 20%.Scott Guthrie, who is th... |
21 October 2009
03:24 GMT |
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Harmonix and MTV Games have announced that Queen, one of the biggest rock bands in the world, is set to arrive in Rock Band 2 via downloadable content, with ten of their most important songs being offered this week for the PlayStation 3, the Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii version of the music simulation videogames.Rec... |
19 October 2009
15:51 GMT |
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MTV Games and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment have revealed that the latest high profile star to be featured in the upcoming LEGO Rock Band is David Bowie, to be present in the videogame as a brick figurine.He will initially appear playing his “Let's Dance” hit, which is part of the playlist o... |
8 October 2009
12:51 GMT |
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Music games are extremely popular these days as they deliver a great dose of entertainment to the end user but also bring many profit opportunities for the companies involved in making them and for the bands and artists that contribute their tracks. That is why franchises like Guitar Hero or Rock Band are making a h... |
19 August 2009
15:01 GMT |
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Viacom is reporting that the first quarter of the financial year and the overall revenue for the Media Networks division, the parent of MTV Games and Harmonix, has fallen to 1.97 billion, which represents an 8% reduction over the same period of last year.The company clearly pointed the finger to limited sales of Rock... |
30 July 2009
12:51 GMT |
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Music games are quite popular because they combine two very entertaining things for a lot of people. As such, many music lovers have become interested in franchises such as Rock Band or Guitar Hero, which let them experience playing in concerts and singing their favorite tracks.Now, Iron Maiden fans will have yet ano... |
1 June 2009
15:01 GMT |
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Music games are extremely popular these days, thanks to the fact that they appeal to a big number of gamers, making the developers and publishers of such titles very rich. As such, a lot of other companies have begun to wonder how they can associate with franchises like Rock Band or Guitar Hero and have a share of th... |
25 May 2009
11:01 GMT |
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Guitar Hero: Metallica is out, so the biggest music game that is set to come in 2009 is The Beatles Rock Band title that Harmonix and MTV Games are working on. When it was initially announced, people thought the undertaking was much too big and that a game focused on the most successful band of the XX century was jus... |
16 April 2009
16:41 GMT |
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Music games have become one of the guaranteed moneymakers for almost any developer, as the latter can generate income not only from selling copies of the games, but also from the sales of the peripherals that are needed to play these and, most important for long-term profitability, from the DLC tracks that the titles... |
30 March 2009
11:11 GMT |
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Harmonix and MTV Games are announcing that they plan to launch a new add-on featuring 20 songs that will be compatible with both the original Rock Band and Rock Band 2.The name of the fresh release will be Rock Band Track Pack: Classic Rock (quite a mouthful) and it will be offered for the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3... |
25 March 2009
03:46 GMT |
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Rock Band creators Harmonix and MTV Games have partnered up with Microsoft in order to offer gamers a chance to join into playing the title with the drummer of celebrated grunge rock band Pearl Jam, which is also getting one of its most important albums introduced to the Rock Band Music Store. It's a cool chance... |
19 March 2009
06:07 GMT |
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The music game genre has seen a boom in popularity and profit in the last couple of years as more and more companies have begun to exploit this previously forgotten market. With franchises such as Guitar Hero or Rock Band achieving record sales, it's only natural that other companies would want to get onto this ... |
3 March 2009
13:11 GMT |
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Music is slowly but surely making its way into the gaming industry, especially if you take a look at the last few years. While the more predominant genres were rock and metal, thanks to titles such as Guitar Hero or Rock Band it seems that things will change soon and owners of the Harmonix-developed Rock Band titles ... |
12 February 2009
02:41 GMT |
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