The sale of Rock Band developer Harmonix by Viacom has gone a bit dodgy thanks to Harmonix filing a lawsuit against their parent company. They allege that Viacom “diverted opportunities” from Harmonix for its own benefit so it wouldn’t have to pay out millions in performance-related bonuses. Reports suggest that Viacom manipulated costs to avoid a performance-related payout. All this is part of the fallout from Rock Band 3 performing Read More ...
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 ...
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 the PS3 Rock Band Keyboard bundle will not be released in the US. The bundle will also not be available in Canada and Mexico. The $130 bundle is still up for pre-order on the Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii in the affected territories. Both the keyboard and the game are still being sold separately for the PlayStation 3, just not the bundle. Harmonix commented on their 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 ...
Dan Teasdale, who used to be a senior designer over at Harmonix’s Rock Band outfit, has quit the company to go and work for Twisted Pixel. “I came to the realisation recently that my career has been driven by a secret achievement grind, hidden relatively successfully by the fun of making games,” Teasdale said on his blog. “I craved the hit of being hands on. It’s 100 per cent of 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 ...
