| | EA Dissolving Distribution Partnerships? | 
Geoffrey Tim - February 10th, 2010 | Last week EA released their 2010 line-up, letting us know that things like Dead Space 2 and Dragon Age 2 were on their way. Conspicuously absent? Anything Rock Band and Left 4 Dead related. We now know why. According to GameInformer the publisher – which has been struggling financially – will be moving away from ... [»] | 
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| Point and Laugh : Mad Catz Paid Money Not To make Guitar Hero | 
Geoffrey Tim - January 11th, 2010 | When Guitar Hero launched, it did so exclusively on the PS2. This wasn’t because of any exclusivity agreements because Sony saw the franchise as a portent of the onset of the rhythm gaming craze. No. Apparently Mad Catz had been commissioned to make the Xbox version, but as a result of the pending law suit between Harmonix and Konami (who made the earlier GuitarFreaks) they tried to back ... [»] | 
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| Harmonix and MTV tout Rock Band Network | 
Geoffrey Tim - July 21st, 2009 | Harmonix, further differentiating themselves from Activision’s Guitar Hero franchise, have announced what may be the most revolutionary service to impact the music rhythm game genre – the Rock Band Network. Set to launch sometime this year, Rock Band Network will allow large-label music artists, indie musicians and end-users alike to submit their own master songs to "Harmonix-trained freelance game developers" who will prepare the songs for use in the ... [»] |
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| The Beatles : Rock Band Dated | 
Geoffrey Tim - March 6th, 2009 | Harmonix, developers of Rock Band have dated and priced their Beatles-themed iteration. The game is set to release exactly ten years after Sega’s beloved Dreamcast – 09/09/09. While it’s a visually appealing date, I’d have favoured one after 9/09. The bundle – set to appear on all two three current-gen systems will be priced at $249.99, $50 more than Rock Band 2. The instruments are said to be modelled after the Beatle’s own , although the bundle will likely not include George Harrison’s ... [»] |
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| You Got Your Snoop Dogg in my Rock Band | 
Geoffrey Tim - February 11th, 2009 | If you’ve been including Harmonix and MTV in your bed time prayers, complaining that there’s ultimately too much rock in Rock Band, then your prayers have been answered.The band simulating rhythm game is set to receive a healthy dose of Hip-Hop courtesy of pot-smokin’, umbrella-totin’, lazy voiced Hip-Hop legend Snoop Dogg.Why has Snoop got that umbrella?Fo’ drizzle, nizzle.According to a new agreement with ... [»] |
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| Neversoft bailing on next Tony Hawk Game. | 
Geoffrey Tim - January 12th, 2009 | In an interview with Great Fall Tribune, Neversoft Entertainment co-founder and president Joel Jewett has confirmed long-standing rumours that they will not be developing the next Tony Hawk game, stating that "it's time for someone else to add fresh ideas." Development reins have apparently been handed to Robomondo, a new start-up ... [»] |
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| Harmonix: No Rock Band 3 in 2009 | 
Karl Thomson - January 9th, 2009 | At CES, Harmonix said there will be no Rock Band 3 this year as they want to spend more time with Rock Band: Beatles.Thank the Lord that Harmonix wont be pulling an Activision and running the series into the ground (ala Guitar Hero). This pleases me immensely and I hope Harmonix continues to make sure quality always outweighs quantity. While Rock Band: Beatles is no better, in theory, than Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, at least they can put some polish on and make it a good expansion pack without having to quickly kick it out the door so work on a numbered instalment can continue.Activision could really learn from this. They recently released a AC/DC disc ... [»] |
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| MTV and Apple Corps Announce a Beatles Music Game | 
Gareth Seiler - October 31st, 2008 | Harmonix and MTV have forged an exclusive partnership with Apple Corps to create a standalone music game featuring the music of The Beatles. Surprisingly, this will not be a game carrying the Rock Band name. While the game will play in a similar fashion to what we've become accustomed to in Rock Band, they didn't actually go into any sort of detail on what the game will be like. The reasoning for not calling this Rock Band: Beatles was because this game is fully focused on The Beatles and its intention of taking you on a journey from ... [»] |
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| AC/DC DLC comes to Rockband. | 
Gareth Seiler - October 1st, 2008 | Another shot to the groin for Guitar Hero fans in the ongoing DLC battle has just been announced. MTV and Harmonix have signed an exclusive collection of live AC/DC tracks for Rock Band. There's 18 tracks to be exact, due for early December ... [»] | 
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| Rockband 2 Video Review | 
Gavin Mannion - September 19th, 2008 | I am a fan of the Gametrailers video reviews and do hope that one day we will be able to put something together just like them, but until I win the lottery this is not likely to happen... But anyway where was I going with this... Oh yeah, Gametrailers has put up a review of Rockband 2 and since we are yet to receive our review copy of Rockband (1) I thought it would be find to publish this one.Before you ask, yes I have emailed EA to ... [»] |
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| Official Guitar Hero: World Tour Tracklist Unveiled | 
Nick de Bruyne - September 16th, 2008 | This weekend Redoctane posted up the official Guitar Hero: World Tour tracklist on their store blog.
The track list is looking might fine if you ask me, with a whole assortment of great tunes old and new. The tracks from Tool are sure to be a hit and with classics like "Hotel California" in there as well, there should be something for everyone.Here is the full tracklist:
* 311 - “Beautiful Disasterâ€
* 30 Seconds To Mars - “The Killâ€
* Airbourne - “Too Much Too Youngâ€
* The Allman Brothers Band - “Ramblin' Manâ€
* Anouk - “Good Godâ€
* The Answer - “Never Too Lateâ€
* At The Drive-In - “One Armed Scissorâ€
* Beastie Boys - “No Sleep Till Brooklynâ€
* Beatsteaks - “Hail ... [»] |
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| Rock Band 2 Doesn’t Frown Upon Broken Street Dates | 
Brett - September 10th, 2008 | Lately, reading about broken street dates is normal. It doesn't even constitute as news anymore because it is always bound to happen somewhere. Most developers hate it when the game is released early but not Harmonix. Harmonix smiles when you manage to get a a copy of their newest instalment before release date. They even congratulate you. If you turn your ... [»] |
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