Epic Games Shutting Down Online Servers For Rock Band, Unreal Tournament, And More
Sorry to those who still play the original Rock Band.
Sorry to those who still play the original Rock Band.
The Rock Band developer is the latest company to publicly oppose the executive order.
Harmonix is re-releasing the franchise's most popular tracks, starting with "Carry On Wayward Son" and more.
But right now, the option is only available to PlayStation 4 owners who live in North America.
Six new songs from the legendary rock group are now available as paid DLC.
The Rock Band creator certainly had humble origins, according to this pitch video.
Rock Band developer Harmonix sent out a survey today asking fans what platform they'd like to see a new game in the series on.
CCO Alex Rigopulos states that Harmonix is waiting for the right time to bring back the iconic music game.
"We sincerely appreciate the work of each and every one of these employees," Harmonix says; no in-development projects are affected.
Developer Harmonix will pull several songs from Rock Band DLC store due to re-licensing issues.
Delaware Supreme Court upholds previous decisions, forcing Viacom to pay $299 million to Harmonix shareholders.
Customers who have already purchased songs will be unaffected, with Harmonix saying that future updates on DLC will likely arrive quarterly.
Don McLean's classic track to see out Rock Band's long-running DLC.
Harmonix ends weekly DLC updates for plastic band simulator; has released over 4000 tracks across 275 consecutive weeks.
Media company disputes performance-based bonuses stipulated in original purchase of Guitar Hero developer, may challenge ruling further.
[UPDATE] In-app message that declared portable music game would go offline at end of the month sent in error, publisher Electronic Arts says.
Arbitration court concludes Rock Band creator owed massive bonus on top of $150 million already paid; media company appeals.
EA discounts 17 titles by up to 80 percent on the Aussie App store.
Rather than being subjected to questions, the Harmonix team turns the tables and asks the questions instead.
Rock out with your hand out on August 19 in Singapore.
We count down to the 2011 Electronic Entertainment Expo with a series of features about the issues affecting the future of the games industry.
Annual day of tomfoolery brings gags from BioWare, Blizzard, Harmonix, Sega, Sony, and more.
Rhythm game minted $830.9 million--but Call of Duty: Black Ops is closing fast with $787.4 million; Wii Fit, Modern Warfare 2, and Rock Band also make top 10.
Developer calls Guitar Hero discontinuation "discouraging," touts continuing investment in its own rhythm franchise.
Label behind Rock Band officially out of the publishing game, but "has not been completely dissolved," according to reps.
Rock Band publisher apparently closed down following sale of Harmonix to private equity group.
Harmonix bought up by private holding company; says "unannounced projects" are on the way.
Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy among Harmonix ex-shareholders who claim multimedia giant manipulated costs to prevent bonus payouts.
Harmonix's rhythm game platform hits millennial milestone on October 12 with new tracks from Jimi Hendrix Experience's debut album Are You Experienced?
VH1 ads reportedly promoting release of most of greatest hits compilation Legend for Harmonix's rhythm game.
Harmonix adding a dozen hits from classic rock group to rhythm game's downloadable song catalog next week.
Media multinational reports worldwide ancillary revenues declined 7 percent due to slowing sales of rhythm game series; Tragic Kingdom to be available next week as DLC.
Guitar virtuoso's second album, including "Little Wing," "If 6 Was 9," plus newly released "Valley of Neptunes" heads to 360, PS3, Wii games next week.
GDC 2010: Developers deliver a postmortem on their indie-friendly user-created song service, just weeks after taking the long-awaited project live in North America.
MTV Games and Harmonix launch open-ended music store for rhythm franchise; The Shins, Of Montreal, KMFDM among initial artists; Flight of the Conchords, Smashing Pumpkins on the way.
MTV Games refutes stand-alone game devoted to famed guitarist's music is en route, but discussions to bring more of his catalog to platform underway.
Media conglomerate wants back a "substantial portion" of $150 million in performance-related payouts to former Rock Band developer shareholders.
MTV Games and Harmonix follow up Beatles: Rock Band with a full Wii, PS3, and Xbox 360 game dedicated to the San Francisco Bay Area pop-punk group.
MTV Games confirms elimination of 39 positions as Rock Band development studio restructures QA department; no games canceled or delayed as a result.
Harmonix and MTV Games reach milestone between on-disc, downloadable tracks for rhythm franchise.
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