Mon, Feb 08, 2010 | 23:37 GMT

EA publishing deal with Rock Band lasting through March

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EA’s confirmed its present deal with Viacom on all things Rock Band from MTV Games and Harmonix is only good for another month.

Speaking in the company’s Q3 FY10 financial call, firm execs said the deal only lasts until the end of March, when the deal expires.

This might be the reason you haven’t formally heard Rock Band 3 yet. At least not until a new deal is in place.

Thanks, Joystiq.

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9 comments

#1

cookiejar
08/02/10, 11:51 pm

EA would be crazy to let this bugger slip.

#2

onlineatron
08/02/10, 11:57 pm

‘Activision buys Rock Band’

I can see it now…

#3

SplatteredHouse
09/02/10, 12:08 am

I think they’d probably be better off elsewhere, now. EA would probably end up better off investing in other things, too.

#4

Michael O’Connor
09/02/10, 12:17 am

Doesn’t EA own Harmonix and the franchise name..?

#5

cookiejar
09/02/10, 12:23 am

@4 MTV own em both. EA just package that shiz up, basically.

On a different note (pardon the pun), I would actually love Rockstar to make a music game. They could just call it “Rockstar” :D

#6

onlineatron
09/02/10, 12:56 am

@5

Don’t get it…

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…………….. Wait, Genius!

#7

psxman
09/02/10, 1:02 am

@5 and when it comes to sequel time, they could be all pretentious and call it *Rockstar logo* “The band simulation formaly known as Rockstar”.

#8

Mad-elph
09/02/10, 2:38 am

Votes Comment 7 for comment of the evening award

#9

AHA-Lambda
09/02/10, 5:45 pm

Hmmm…if they were going to do this I would have thought they would have done it before now TBH.

As far as I am aware Rock band hasn’t been that profitable for EA/MTV

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