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According to a survey by The Nielsen Company, the addition of The Beatles’ albums to iTunes as digital downloads spurred an increase in music sales by 1.6 percent.
Music sales have seen a constant decline over the past decade but, starting with the digital distribution of The Beatles last year, they started ... |
12 May 2011
12:01 GMT |
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Krantz Media Group has confirmed plans to release the 'John Lennon: The Final Interview' radio special exclusively on iTunes, Apple’s proprietary digital media player application, used for playing and organizing digital content, as well as to browse and purchase music and movies from the iTunes Store.... |
7 February 2011
09:44 GMT |
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The Beatles have sold more than 450,000 albums and 2 million individual songs worldwide, since the band’s catalog was made available via Apple’s iTunes music store on November 16, Billboard reports.Citing figures provided by the Cupertino giant itself, the paper reveals that the best-selling album was �... |
24 November 2010
04:58 GMT |
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The wait is over. Those who were anxious to know what Apple had in store for them today can direct their web browsers to Apple.com and see a huge banner saying “The Beatles. Now on iTunes” complete with a black-and-white picture of the band. Update: to celebrate the Beatles' arrival on iTunes, Apple... |
16 November 2010
10:22 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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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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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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Rock Band might be ready to make an announcement linked to the future of the well-known Rock Band franchise, putting up a poll on the official forums and inviting fans to make a choice related to the band they would like to see appear in simulated form in a future game. The possible choices are: The Eagles, Pink Floy... |
18 May 2010
13:11 GMT |
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Those who are excited about picking up Green Day: Rock Band when it comes out on June 8 need to take a hard look at the 47 tracks, which Harmonix and MTV Games have confirmed as appearing in the game and decide whether those are interesting for them or not. This is because the developer is saying it is not planning t... |
14 April 2010
03:42 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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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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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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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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Harmonix has unveiled that, at the moment, it is not yet working on Rock Band 3 but that further announcements related to the music franchise might be delivered in the next weeks. This comes after Dhani Harrison, the son of the Beatles musician, stated that he was working on musical instruments, which would appear in... |
9 December 2009
03:08 GMT |
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It seems that retail giant Wal Mart is pushing hard for a solid foothold in the videogaming space by cutting prices on a selection of big titles and by offering a special deal on the Nintendo Wii. The deals are part of its regular Christmas promotions, which also target products like holiday food, electronics and toy... |
3 December 2009
13:01 GMT |
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In 2008, as the worldwide economic crisis was hitting the global industry, many were talking about how videogaming was pretty much “recession-proof” mainly because of the fact that people would be reducing budgets for going out but that would mean they have the money to pick up videogames to enjoy at home... |
2 December 2009
03:42 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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The Beatles Rock Band has been a true success for Harmonix and MTV Games, managing to sell better than the rival Guitar Hero 5 from Neversoft and Activision during the month of September and generating about double the revenue. And it seems that the company might actually be interested in creating other full-length v... |
28 October 2009
15:21 GMT |
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The overall NPD Group figures for September were sort of positive, with video-game revenue growing robustly and with sales of the major gaming consoles rebounding after several months of slumps and a dismal August. But it seems that the video-game industry is not out of the woods yet, with October set to be another r... |
22 October 2009
16:41 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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Even before The Beatles Rock Band was put out by Harmonix and MTV Games, with publishing support from Electronic Arts, the two companies talked about their desire to introduce a big part of the band's albums not included in the game on release as downloadable content that could stretch well into 2010.The first o... |
20 October 2009
13:15 GMT |
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The two rival music simulators, Guitar Hero and Rock Band, appear to have taken divergent paths when it comes to content. The Activision franchise now seems devoted to putting out new games every year, with as many new songs as possible, with those titles dedicated to bands seen as secondary concerns. Rock Band, havi... |
14 October 2009
05:02 GMT |
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All analysts are in agreement when it comes to September being a month of growth for the videogame industry over the same period in 2008, after no less than six months of decline. The NPD Group numbers are set to arrive this week but some are already looking to October and warning that this recovery might not last lo... |
14 October 2009
02:40 GMT |
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The rhythm game market has been shrinking this year and game developers find themselves forced to come out with something new to keep the industry alive. Both Activision and MTV Games hope to use the holyday spirit to rake in some profit and big titles have already been released. In direct competition with one anothe... |
9 October 2009
04:55 GMT |
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Rock Band has sought collaboration from several musicians and bands, but in the end the only group that got their own titled game was the Beatles. Irish rock band U2 was approached by Harmonix last year regarding a possible collaboration but the two parties didn't manage to reach a compromise. However, a lot of ... |
8 October 2009
04:31 GMT |
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The Beatles Rock Band has been out since September 9 and Harmonix, MTV Games and Viacom must by now have a certain knowledge of how the music-simulation title is performing, especially against its biggest rival, Guitar Hero 5 from Activision. The first glimpses of the situation were offered by the Chief Executive Off... |
18 September 2009
04:06 GMT |
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The Beatles Rock Band launches in less than a day and initial looks at the game, coming from critics, mention the attention to detail from MTV Games and Harmonix for introducing the players into the atmosphere of the band, going as far as getting old studio tapes of the four talking before and after shows, reconditio... |
8 September 2009
17:41 GMT |
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There are a lot of videogame industry insiders who are thinking that the age of music games is past, with Guitar Hero and Rock Band titles not popping up in the NPD numbers or in the United Kingdom charts for some time and with players less inclined to pick up new releases like DJ Hero, The Beatles Rock Band and Guit... |
4 September 2009
12:56 GMT |
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Guitar Hero 5 is now out and gamers who are not interested in picking up the new annual iteration of the Activision published music simulation are now no doubt looking forward to September 9, when Harmonix and MTV Games are set to put out The Beatles Rock Band, a game, which aims to replicate both the felling of play... |
3 September 2009
16:41 GMT |
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With most of the analysts focused on predicting the performance of The Beatles Rock Band from Harmonix and MTV Games, which is set to arrive on September 9, and of Guitar Hero 5 from Activision, which is out today, a lot of people seem to have forgotten about the long rumored LEGO Rock Band videogame that should arri... |
1 September 2009
05:14 GMT |
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September 1 is just around the corner and will bring with it the release of Guitar Hero 5, the Activision-made music title set to revolutionize the genre again. Only days latter, on September 9, Harmonix and MTV Games should offer gamers a chance to pick up The Beatles Rock Band. The battle between the two videogames... |
28 August 2009
18:01 GMT |
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For some time, Harmonix and MTV Games have affirmed that The Beatles Rock Band will be offered in a bundle with instruments that will cost 250 dollars when it is launched on September 9.The companies probably took a look around, saw the economic problems, which have eaten into the available income that players can sp... |
26 August 2009
08:00 GMT |
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The Beatles Rock Band, the videogame that Harmonix and MTV Games are set to release on September 9, will be getting at least three complete Beatles albums as downloadable content after it comes out.Gamers already knew about Abbey Road but the New York Times has revealed that players will also be able to play the enti... |
13 August 2009
17:21 GMT |
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Harmonix and MTV Games are announcing that Gorillaz, the band put together by Damon Albarn from Blur, is set to contribute its first tracks to the Rock Band Music Store during this week, on dates depending on the system on which you plan to get them. Alongside three songs from the virtual band, players will also be a... |
11 August 2009
14:31 GMT |
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Harmonix is not only trotting out Ringo Star and Paul McCartney on public occasions so that they can, rather awkwardly, shower praise on The Beatles Rock Band. The developers are claiming that there are four persons, the two surviving members of the band and the two widows, who have had a special say in the creative ... |
25 June 2009
18:21 GMT |
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Harmonix is still hoping to build up more hype around The Beatles: Rock Band by not revealing the complete tracklist for the game until very close to the actual release date, which is set for September 9.Some hoped that a complete reveal might come as close as the E3 trade show, which takes place next month, but thos... |
13 May 2009
07:33 GMT |
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Music games are huge. A genre that begun by offering gamers a chance to play old hits on fake plastic instruments has evolved, in quite a short time, to the point where we are getting a music game tracking the career of The Beatles and bands like Metallica and AC DC have their music featured in exclusive music titles... |
23 April 2009
18:01 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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Harmonix, MTV Games and distributor Electronic Arts have released some of the data and figures related to the performance that the Rock Band franchise has had in 2008. Some of the data quoted is pretty impressive indeed and it certainly points to a close struggle with Guitar Hero, the music simulator that is being pu... |
30 March 2009
03:12 GMT |
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Music games are becoming very important these days and although the two companies that currently hold the genre in their clutches, Activision and Harmonix, are both very popular, they will soon release customized versions of their Guitar Hero and Rock Band titles. While Guitar Hero: Metallica promises to deliver the... |
6 March 2009
03:31 GMT |
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It's now official. MTV Games is set to publish a game that will feature the songs of the Beatles, but which will not be entitled Rock Band. The game is expected to be released sometime in the last quarter of 2010 and will be developed by Harmonix, which have until now worked, at one time, for both Guitar Hero an... |
31 October 2008
07:41 GMT |
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Harmonix and MTV Games might be on the verge of a big coup as far as fans of music games are concerned. The biggest band in the world, The Beatles, are set to release their songs for gamers to enjoy on Rock Band and Rock Band 2.The Wall Street Journal is quoting sources inside Apple Corps, the company which handles t... |
30 October 2008
05:40 GMT |
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Activision is probably entering the best period of its existence. Call of Duty 4 is one of the most important first person shooters on the market, still selling strong more than six months after launch. Guitar Hero is poised to evolve to the next level with the eminent release of World Tour, which brings the experien... |
11 July 2008
09:36 GMT |
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The radio transmission will be aimed towards the Polaris star, commonly known as the North Star, which is located 431 light years away from Earth, and will have the role to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the day when The Beatles recorded the song and, at the same time, five decades since NASA launched its first ... |
2 February 2008
04:58 GMT |
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