Tag Archives: rock band

Fri, Nov 04, 2011 | 18:00 GMT

Friday Shorts: Anno 2070, Tropico 4, Michael Bay, Uncharted music

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It’s Friday. Good for you, getting ready for the weekend and all that. Have some shorts before you head off.

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Fri, Oct 28, 2011 | 21:31 BST

Friday Shorts: Halloween sales, Apples, No Room in Hell, Hydrophobia Prophecy

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It’s Halloween weekend, and some spooky and not so spooky shorts are posted below.

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Tue, Oct 25, 2011 | 20:23 BST

Harmonix: Future Rock Band titles to be “a pretty dramatic departure,” from previous releases

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Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos has said the company is in the process of considering “a pretty dramatic departure,” for future iterations of its Rock Band label.

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Sun, Oct 09, 2011 | 20:49 BST

Saturday Shorts: Serious Sam, Diablo 2, Dilithium, SFxT, Breaking Bad, Arkham City

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The shorts post is rather long today, so we’re going to go ahead and race to the finish with it.

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Thu, Oct 06, 2011 | 07:35 BST

Coldplay, Stevie Wonder coming to Rock Band as DLC

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Harmonix has announced that Coldplay will make its bow on Rock Band as DLC in the coming months. Stevie Wonder will also make his debut with the game as DLC, with Breaking Benjamin and Dream Theater making returns. All of the DLC for the aforementioned bands currently remain dateless, with no songs unconfirmed neither.

More details here.

Sat, Oct 01, 2011 | 00:38 BST

Friday Shorts II: ABBA, Ultima, SWTOR email goof, Gotham City, UC3 Subway

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You didn’t think we’d let you get out of here for the weekend without another shorts post did you? What do you take us for? Some sort of benign entity with your best interest at heart? We scoff at you.

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Fri, Sep 23, 2011 | 21:27 BST

Friday Shorts II: Forza 4, Dark Souls, RE: Retribution, $800 3D headset

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It’s Friday. Likely, you are screaming whoo-hoo as you run out the door of your office, Costanza-style, to your cars and flying home down the freeway. Celebrate with some shorts before you go.

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Wed, Sep 21, 2011 | 06:55 BST

Viacom sues former Harmonix shareholders

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Viacom is asking for a refund. That is, the company has found that it over-paid Harmonix stockholders in anticipation of certain Rock Band-related earn-outs that never happened, and it would like its money back, please. How much? US$131 million.

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Tue, Sep 20, 2011 | 05:33 BST

Harmonix spills the beans on what happened to Rock Band Japan

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Harmonix once promised that it would bring the Rock Band franchise to the squealing fans of Japan. That was in 2008, and since then, both Harmonix and co-developer Q Entertainment haven’t really done much else about it. Now, Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos has spoken about what happened, explaining – among other things – that “there were a couple of significant challenges”.

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Tue, Sep 20, 2011 | 03:49 BST

Harmonix considering developing non-music motion control games in future

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Harmonix isn’t shy of stepping outside of its comfort zone to develop a game which isn’t music-centric in future.

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Sat, Aug 27, 2011 | 20:56 BST

Saturday Shorts: Castle Crashers, Warlock, Bit.Trip Saga, Homefront, StarCraft 2

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There’s a large batch of shorts for you below the break. Some of it PAX Prime related, some of it not. Read it anyway. Don’t make me have to punish you.

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Wed, Aug 24, 2011 | 12:51 BST

Harmonix “doing pretty good” with music licensing despite MTV break-up

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With Harmonix breaking off from MTV Games, did you think there’d be any issues with music licensing for Rock Band or Dance Central from here on out? Doesn’t sound like there will be.

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Tue, Aug 23, 2011 | 12:48 BST

“Rock Band’s not dead,” says Harmonix’s Drake – details

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It really doesn’t get any clearer than that.

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Sat, Aug 20, 2011 | 21:14 BST

Saturday Shorts: Trophies, BF3 iPhone, Deus Ex pre-load, NBA 2K12

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It’s time for your last batch of shorts for the weekend, which we are officially dubbing the malaise edition. Read onward.

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Wed, Jul 27, 2011 | 05:49 BST

Harmonix celebrates 3,000-strong Rock Band library

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To celebrate hitting a weighty 3,000 track milestone in the Rock Band library, Harmonix is giving away 3,000 free tracks to lucky US fans.

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Tue, Jul 05, 2011 | 22:15 BST

Tuesday Shorts: CoD4StarWars, The End, NiGHTS into Dreams

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The holiday is over, the fireworks were cool; let’s have some shorts, there’s no Dana only Zuul.

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Fri, Jun 24, 2011 | 22:07 BST

Friday Shorts II: SOCOM, Bodycount, Gearbox, Pandora’s Tower, 80s Teen Queens

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It’s Friday. Let’s get you caught up on shorts so you can get the hell out of the house for a change.

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Sat, May 21, 2011 | 13:08 BST

Friday Shorts II: Ico Novel, Cthulhu, Dinosaur King, Breath of Death, Twitter quotes, sales

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It’s finally Friday for you folks. To celebrate, have some more shorts.

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Fri, May 13, 2011 | 23:37 BST

Friday Shorts Evening Edition: Binary Domain, Wii crime, Pantera, Cthulhu Saves the World

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It’s Friday. Thank whatever deity or non-deity you worship for that. To get your weekend started, read up on some small and possibly weird little tidbits of game-related news below.

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Thu, May 05, 2011 | 00:09 BST

Rock Band tots up 100 million downloads

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Harmonix has achieved a staggering number of DLC purchases across the Rock Band series’ lifetime – and shows no signs of slowing up.

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