After just four years after Viacom brought Harmonix for $175m, the company wants to sell the music game studio. Viacom is the parent company that owns MTV and Paramount amongst quite a few others. Harmonix made a loss of around $65 million for the past financial quarter and Viacom believes they will get a $299 million loss from discontinued operations. It’s not currently confirmed if the Rock Band franchise will   Read More ...

Harmonix has decided that enough is enough, stating that they will only produce DLC for Rock Band 3. New tracks won’t be available on older games in the series for the first time in the franchise. Harmonix claims that there are new authoring standards, new instruments and new in-game venues and lighting to program for. The community may still created songs for older Rock Band games with the Rock Band   Read More ...

Harmonix and MTV Games have announced that John Lennon’s 1971 album Imagine will be available to download in Rock Band 3. It will be one of the first albums that you can grab on the Rock Band Music Store. All parties involved have been a bit coy on a date and price for the album, but Lennon will join The Doors and Billy Joel just after the game’s October 26th’s   Read More ...

MTV Games has announced that anyone who buys Rock Band 3 and plays it online this week will be able to download three songs by The Doors for free. The dates for this promotion go from 26th October to 1st November. The songs you will be able to download are: “Light My Fire”, “Riders on the Storm” and “Touch Me”, alongside the Pro Guitar and Pro Bass add-ons for each   Read More ...

Mad Catz has priced the official Rock Band 3 instruments. All of them will be available when the game’s released on 29th October in the UK. Here’s the full list: * Rock Band Wireless Keyboard with Rock Band 3 software included – £109.99 (Xbox 360/PS3) and £99.99 (Wii) * Rock Band 3 Wireless Fender Mustang PRO-GUITAR Controller – £124.99 * Guitar, mic and keyboard stands – £24.99 each

Harmonix has confirmed that more than 2000 tracks will be available for Rock Band by next week when Jimi Hendrix’s “Are You Experienced?” album is released on 12th October. Rock Band 3 will follow up on 29th October, when it’s released in European stores. Harmonix also announced that more than 75 million tracks have now been downloaded from the Rock Band store. “The success of our song downloads has afforded   Read More ...

Harmonix has confirmed that gamers will be able to export their Rock Band 2 tracks to Rock Band 3. The exporting system will work across all three console versions of the game (including the Wii). Harmonix is working on getting the re-licensing rights for every song at the moment, but it looks like they’re confident on getting it done. Furthermore, Harmonix believes the price of downloadable tracks will remain the   Read More ...

Harmonix and MTV Games today announced next week’s Rock Band Music Store releases: Available on Xbox 360, Wii and PlayStation 3 system (July 27): * Avenged Sevenfold – “Nightmare” * Avenged Sevenfold – “Scream” * Avenged Sevenfold – “Seize the Day” * Juanes – “A Dios le Pido” * Juanes – “FíjateBien” * Juanes – “Gotas de Agua Dulce” * Juanes – “La Camisa Negra” * Juanes – “Mala Gente”   Read More ...

Harmonix and MTV Games has come together to announce that Rock Band 3 will be launching in North America on October 26th, 2010 for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS. No word yet on a European launch date, we’ll update you when its announced. The publisher also revealed some pre-order goodies at select retailers around the country including Amazon.com. GameStop Pre-order* Opportunity: GameStop shoppers who reserve   Read More ...

Harmonix and MTV Games today announced next week’s Rock Band Music Store releases: Available on Xbox 360, Wii and PlayStation 3 (July 6): - Creedence Clearwater Revival – “Bad Moon Rising” - Creedence Clearwater Revival – “Born on the Bayou” - Creedence Clearwater Revival – “Down on the Corner” - Creedence Clearwater Revival – “Fortunate Son (Original Version)” - Creedence Clearwater Revival – “Green River” - Creedence Clearwater Revival –   Read More ...

Harmonix and MTV Games today announced next week’s Rock Band Music Store releases: Available on Xbox 360, Wii and PlayStation 3 system (June 29): - Nickelback – “Burn It to the Ground” - Nickelback – “Figured You Out” - Nickelback – “Never Again” - Nickelback – “Photograph” - Nickelback – “Rockstar” - Nickelback – “This Afternoon” Remember folks its $1.99 USD/£.99 UK/€1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360/200 Wii   Read More ...

Harmonix and MTV Games today announced next week’s Rock Band Music Store releases: Available on Xbox 360, Wii and PlayStation 3 system (June 22): - Miley Cyrus – “7 Things” - Miley Cyrus – “Can’t Be Tamed” - Miley Cyrus – “Fly On the Wall” - Miley Cyrus – “See You Again” - Miley Cyrus – “Start All Over” Remember folks its $1.99 USD/£.99 UK/€1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points for   Read More ...

Harmonix has announced new info about Rock Band 3. The game will have a keyboard controller for the first time, and a Pro mode. The MIDI keyboard (not a keytar, as previously rumoured) has 25 keys with a two-octave range. Pro mode focuses on new guitars with real life six strings; the new official guitar is based on the Fender Squier Stratocaster, and the first third party offering is a   Read More ...

Harmonix and MTV Games today announced next week’s Rock Band Music Store releases: Available on Xbox 360, Wii and PlayStation 3 system (June 15): - Ozzy Osbourne – “Crazy Babies” - Ozzy Osbourne – “Diggin’ Me Down” - Ozzy Osbourne – “I Don’t Wanna Stop” - Ozzy Osbourne – “Let Me Hear You Scream” - Ozzy Osbourne – “No More Tears” - Ozzy Osbourne – “Soul Sucker” Remember folks its   Read More ...

Harmonix and MTV Games today announced this week’s Rock Band Music Store releases: Available on Xbox 360, Wii and PlayStation 3 system (June 8): - Deftones – “Cherry Waves” - Deftones – “Hole in the Earth” - Deftones – “Minerva” - Boys Like Girls – “The Great Escape” - Crown of Thorns – “Rock Ready” Remember folks its $1.99 USD/£.99 UK/€1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360/200 Wii Points)   Read More ...