John Drake
Harmonix working on “three or more” original triple-A IPs
Harmonix said during its podcast this week that it’s working on “three and/or more” original IPs. Some are music games,some are not “full-on rhythm-action games,” according to brand management boss and comm director John Drake. “Some of them are brand new things that we created from our guts and brains here at Harmonix. Some of […]
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Harmonix "doing pretty good" with music licensing despite MTV break-up
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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"Rock Band's not dead," says Harmonix's Drake - details
It really doesn’t get any clearer than that.
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Drake: Harmonix sale won't affect games, "several buyers" being courted
Harmonix PR John Drake has assured that Viacom’s just-announced sale of the firm won’t impact support of its current properties.
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Beatles side projects will not be included with Rock Band game
Harmonix’s John Drake has told Joystiq that side projects done by members of The Beatles will not be included in the Rock Band game for the band. However, that doesn’t mean songs created during the solo careers won’t be featured as DLC for the original game. “The design team really focused on The Beatles: Rock […]
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Beatles game has already been 17 months in the making
Speaking to Gamespot, Rock Band lead designer Dan Teasdale given some hints at just how much work’s been involved in getting Apple Corp to an announcement stage of the newly confirmed Beatles game. Sounds as though it hasn’t been easy. “We started the process about 17 months ago, so it’s great to finally talk about […]