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Sir Paul McCartney, who is a former Beatles member and one of the most lauded musicians of the last 30 years, has announced that he is creating original music that will be featured in an upcoming unnamed video game.
Speaking to a German newspaper called Die Zeit Paul McCartney said, “I was asked whether I coul... |
1 February 2012
16:31 GMT |
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Harmonix has confirmed that Rock Band owners will be treated with a very special downloadable add-on this week, if they play the game on the Xbox 360, or next week, if they have it on the Nintendo Wii or PlayStation 3, in the form of Rush’ famous 2112 song. Rock Band, despite dwindling in popularity and sales,... |
29 December 2011
04:36 GMT |
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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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Video game developer Harmonix, best known for its Rock Band music simulation franchise, might have been sold off by parent company Viacom earlier in the year for a very small sum but the newly independent studio says that it might get revenue of more than 100 million dollars (72 million Euro) for 2011 and record prof... |
8 November 2011
07:37 GMT |
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Bastion, the recent indie hit from Supergiant Games, was one of the most innovative titles to be released this year and much of its charm was linked to the understated and varied narration that accompanied all the actions of the player.Now the narrator has taken on the task of providing similar commentary for other w... |
3 November 2011
10:30 GMT |
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Harmonix has been very successful lately with its Dance Central series, which has just received its second Kinect motion tracking powered installment, but the developer says that it plans to return to Rock Band, it's main franchise, with renewed vigor.Speaking to Giant Bomb Alex Rigopulos, who is the Chief Execu... |
26 October 2011
18:01 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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Rock Band and Dance Central developer Harmonix has announced that it plans to make an important announcement at the E3 trade conference, which will take place in the early days of June, presumably announcing a new project linked to its two main series.
Speaking with Industry Gamers, Greg LoPiccolo, who is a vice p... |
20 April 2011
16:21 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.
D... |
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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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 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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The Rock Band Network, Harmonix' one stop destination for those that want new tracks for their Rock Band music games, will see its Wii channel be shut down this week.The Rock Band music games have been quite a hit, largely due to the great support development studio Harmonix has offered, including the Rock Band ... |
17 January 2011
15:51 GMT |
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Verizon Wireless has recently announced that the Rock Band mobile game will be available on select 4G smartphones later this year. The game was officially introduced by EA Mobile, Harmonix Music Systems and MTV Games last week at CES 2011, in Las Vegas.
The Rock Band franchise targets music lovers looking for game... |
11 January 2011
12:31 GMT |
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Earlier we found out that Viacom, the parent company of MTV Games, has decided to sell video games developer Harmonix, who is in charge of both Rock Band and Dance Central development, to an investment firm called Columbus Nova, and now the price for the transaction has been revealed to just be 49.99 dollars.A report... |
7 January 2011
04:15 GMT |
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MTV Games and Harmonix, the two companies that are in charge of the development for the Rock Band franchise, have announced that on December 28 gamers who are interested in playing some new songs in time for New Year's celebrations will be able to download contributions from the former Beatles man Paul McCartney... |
28 December 2010
13:31 GMT |
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Media firm Viacom has confirmed that it has sold Harmonix, the developer behind the very successful Rock Band franchise and the Kinect-powered Dance Central, to Columbus Nova, a strategic investment firm, with neither part saying how much was paid for the music simulation developer.
Viacom bought Harmonix back in ... |
27 December 2010
04:34 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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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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Harmonix and MTV Games, the two companies which are in charge of the fortunes of the Rock Band franchise, have announced that this week three artists are set to be contributing songs to the Rock Band 3 Music Store, which can be accessed from the PlayStation 3, the Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii.The main attraction of ... |
30 November 2010
15:01 GMT |
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Harmonix and MTV Games, the two companies behind the success of the Rock Band series who have ventured into Kinect gaming recently, have announced that their Dance Central game now has three new tracks available as downloadable content, allowing gamers to enjoy new songs and new dance routines based upon them.As of N... |
24 November 2010
04:37 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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MTV Games and Harmonix, the two companies working on the Rock Band franchise, have announced that their online music store will be getting new songs from two of the bands that define the alternative rock genre, Stone Temple Pilots and Jimmy Eat World.The new content will be delivered for the Xbox 360 from Microsoft, ... |
19 October 2010
05:18 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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Harmonix and MTV Games, the two companies in charge of the future of the Rock Band franchise, have announced that fans of the series will be able to pick up eight new songs from R.E.M. and three new tracks from T. Rex on the Rock Band Music Store, if they game on the PlayStation 3 from Sony, the Xbox 360 from Microso... |
5 October 2010
13:31 GMT |
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Harmonix and MTV Games, the two companies in charge of the Rock Band franchise, have announced that bands that Anthrax, The Doobie Brothers, My Chemical Romance, 30 Seconds to Mars, Atreyu and Buckcherry are the bands that are set to add their songs to the Rock Band Music Store, allowing gamers on the Xbox 360, the P... |
28 September 2010
13:51 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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Rock Revolution and Karaoke Revolution publisher Konami has just decided to end its ongoing legal dispute with Harmonix, the creator of music game franchise Rock Band.Back in 2008, Konami, Japanese publisher of popular music and rhythm games like Rock Revolution, Karaoke Revolution and Dance, Dance Revolution, decide... |
21 September 2010
02:53 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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MTV Games and Harmonix have announced that the new downloadable content for their Rock Band series will include tracks from Dio and The Smiths, two of the bands that will headline the launch of the upcoming Rock Band 3, which is set to arrive on October 26 in North America and three days later in Europe.Dio will offe... |
14 September 2010
08:27 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, the two companies in charge of the Rock Band franchise, have announced that the ever growing number of songs available for the games will be expanded even more with additions coming from Eric Church, Jamey Johnson and Lady Antebellum, giving this weeks downloadable content a country influence.... |
31 August 2010
13:31 GMT |
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Harmonix and MTV Games, the two companies that are in charge of the Rock Band franchise, have announced that fans of the series will be able to download tracks for the music simulation titles from two up and coming American rock band, The Black Keys and Neon Trees.The new downloadable content will be delivered tomorr... |
16 August 2010
16:41 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 the songs that will be launched as downloadable content this week for their Rock Band series of music simulation game. The two companies are not offering gamers the chance to enjoy one new band but are putting out a package of single from a variety of interesting artists, some of... |
3 August 2010
08:11 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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We're relaxing a little after the week of the E3 trade show but that does not mean there is no videogaming-related news to report. We managed to think up an EndWeekGame piece, featuring an iPhone, Singularity and Hearts of Iron 3, and a Weekend Reading piece, focused on how three-dimensional gaming is not actual... |
27 June 2010
03:31 GMT |
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Rock Band is quite a phenomenon, a videogame that managed to cross over into the mainstream, attracting music from a variety of well-known artists and appearing in many real-life events. The game seems to even be used as a warm-up tool by none other than teen pop sensation Miley Cyrus.Talking to MTV News, Miley Cyrus... |
25 June 2010
02:01 GMT |
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Legendary guitarist and recent astrophysics professor Brian May, the man who played lead guitar for Queen, has pretty much confirmed that Harmonix and MTV Games are working on a Rock Band videogame centered on the career of his band, which was headed by Freddy Mercury. It seems that the game is being developed alongs... |
24 June 2010
08:18 GMT |
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Harmonix and MTV Games have announced that on June 15, one of the best known rock vocalists in the industry, Ozzy Osbourne, will be bringing six of his songs to the Rock Band Music Store, allowing those who enjoy Rock Band on the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3 and the Nintendo Wii to download and sing them.Ozzy Osbource... |
10 June 2010
13:21 GMT |
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MTV Games and Harmonix are not slowing down when it comes to delivering downloadable content for their Rock Band platform even if this means creating competition for their own launch this week, the standalone Green Day: Rock Band. The two companies are delivering songs from alternative rockers Deftones and from less ... |
8 June 2010
02:00 GMT |
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The latest Rock Band title, based around the career of the punk rock band Green Day, is set to be launched next week for the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360, and we already know that a new full installment in the music simulation series is in the works at developer Harmonix and partner MTV Games.But with the overall m... |
4 June 2010
03:53 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 and MTV Games are announcing that metal band Pantera will be coming to Rock Band with their best known album, “The Great Southern Trendkill.” Fans of the band will be able to get the songs on the Xbox 360 from Microsoft, the PlayStation 3 from Sony and on the Nintendo Wii starting today.The Pante... |
25 May 2010
13:31 GMT |
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The Beatles: Rock Band secured quite a bit of media hype around videogames and their ability to bring entertainment experiences that can revive long lost content, like the songs of the quintessential rocn'n'roll bands that are no longer playing together.But in the long running battle with the Guitar Hero fr... |
24 May 2010
05:33 GMT |
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