Harmonix wins additional $383 million from Viacom

Harmonix is one of the few developers out there that actually manages to consistently reinvent the genre they work in with every new release. They deserve all the money they can get from this case.

@smoke_dog_4ever You obviously don't know anything about Harmonix as a company. Guitar Hero was at its finest when made by Harmonix, before Activision screwed it up.

take that viascum!

HAHA! Take that, underdog one. *Reads* *Realizes worl will be doomed with shovelware rythm games* /watch?v=YKss2uYpih8

Good lesson about selling out to the corporation for money.

@InnerSenses and Viacom has had absolutely nothing to do with Guitar Hero EVER.

@smoke_dog_4ever Check your facts Jack, as you are more wrong than you can imagine. Harmonix developed the original Guitar Hero for Red Octane. The also developed Guitar Hero 2 and Rock the '80s. After that they split off from Activision to make Rock Band.

I wish everyday citizens could get these kind of tax write-offs. The write-offs do nothing but put free money into the pockets of CEOs, not the individuals further down the chain of command.

@InnerSenses Harmonix has had nothing to do with Guitar Hero ever. Harmonix has never worked on the Guitar Hero franchise.

Grats to Harmonix, I've always supported you from the very start. (Frequency)

@heroesfan261 Viacom and Harmonix have had nothing to do with Guitar Hero since 2007.

Viacom is evil

'win' or 'earn' I think it's earn.

THAT'S WHAT YOU GET VIACOM FOR PULLING DOWN OUR YOUTUBE VIDEOS!

and the people have spoken, viacom got caught doing some dirty dirt. who the hell lets a company go for 50 bucks??? thats obviously to avoid other major costs and make more feasible the 50 million in tax write offs. DIRTY!!!

Viacom was sneaky. Glad they got caught.

Pay them Viacom. Not sure what Harmonix will do next. They just finished Dance Central 2. The music game genre is just about dead thanks to EA and Activision. The dance genre is still pretty hot though. We'll see how much longer that lasts.

I wonder how much of that money is going to the shareholders and not the hardworking developers and ground level people.

You had it coming, Viacom.

@Frequenxy it will never happen, and that is very sad. Surprising to see. When HMX became independent again, people were worried that without big brother Viacom they would have a hard time putting songs into the game at the pace they have now. Turns out it may be the other way around.

Please use this extra money to create a sequel to AMPLITUDE!!!!!

Just another example of how the videogame industry is just as slimy as other big business industries. Banks? Walmart? EA? Viacom? Activision? All the same. Money grabbing scum.

as much as I hate viacom for being sleazy. This probably means more guitar hero games.

Good. I hope Harmonix gets every single cent it deserves. F@#%ing pricks at viacom and EA...

I hope Viacom learned a lesson from this.

Good for Harmonix. Sucks that Viacom thought they could make easy money and then dump em when the market slows down. I hope that Harmonix comes back big and rubs it all over Viacom's greedy face.

Making the world a sleazier place.......This is the Viacom way.

And Viacom thought they were slick with their $50 sale......

down with Viacom!

Viacom must pay.

Hooray for money!