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Studio is now working on developing Rock Band 3, MTV Games confirms
Read More »MTV talks Rock Band 3
Harmonix is working on Rock Band 3, MTV Games boss Scott Guthrie has told MCV. The developer is also looking into creating more artist-specific Rock Bands after the release of Rock Band: The Beatles on September 9th, as well as possible tie-ins with Microsoft’s Project Natal. The Harmonix development team …
Read More »Harmonix enlists Hansoft management tools
Rock Band dev looks to Swedish tool company for project streamlining
Read More »Beatles game to feed off album re-release hype
With the entirety of The Beatles’ global fanbase already opening up before MTV’s eyes ahead of the release of the official video game in September, news of the joint release of the Fab Four’s remastered album collection on the same day is even better news for the publisher. Due for …
Read More »Rock Band developer apologies for Wii delay
Harmonix has announced the Wii version of Rock Band 2 will be released in the US on December 18th, and apologised to its community for the delay in the process. A member of the development team posted the news on the official forums, saying: We want to apologise for the …
Read More »Viacom gives Harmonix $300m Rock Band reward
It has emerged that Viacom-owned MTV, the parent company of Rock Band developer Harmonix, has paid studio founders over $300 million in bonuses as a reward for exceeding performance targets. To read more, head over to the internet’s number one games development website, Develop.
Read More »Harmonix owners net $300m bonus
Viacom-owned MTV rewards studio owners for storming global performance of rhytm-action title Rock Band
Read More »Warner Music to up licensing costs?
Warner Music has told Reuters that video game publishers should pay more royalties for tracks used in Rock Band, Singstar, Guitar Hero and other rhythm-based software. Chief executive of Warner Music Edgar Bronfman reportedly compared the current popularity of Guitar Hero to the launch of MTV and the Apple iPod. …
Read More »Video games killing the radio star
Forget the iPod, iTunes or even commercial radio, video gaming is increasingly becoming the platform of choice for the music industry. At least that’s according to Alex Rigopulos (pictured), CEO and co-founder of Rock Band creator Harmonix, who feels that consumers interacting with music is far more likely to stimulate …
Read More »MTV reponds to Konami lawsuit
Harmonix parent deems affair 'baseless litigation'
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