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  • Rock Band franchise unprofitable in Q3

    Despite "strong" start of Beatles, Viacom CEO says MTV Games and Harmonix's rhythm game series negatively impacted margins during July-Sept. period.

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    • Posted Nov 4, 2009 10:44 am PT
  • The Who: Rock Band set for 2010?

    Lead singer of classic rock quartet says band-specific installment in rhythm game franchise is planned for next year.

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    • Posted Oct 27, 2009 11:17 am PT
  • Gaming set to grow through August 2010 - Analyst

    Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter predicts that after potentially disappointing October results, "double-digit gains will be the norm" until the back half of next year.

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    • Posted Oct 20, 2009 3:37 pm PT
  • Critter Crunch hits PS3 as NBA games tip off on PSP

    After last week's massive PlayStation Store update and its assortment of more than 100 PSP games, Sony gave itself a tough act to follow. This week's update may not have triple-digit additions to the catalog, but there are still new titles for the PlayStation 3 and PSP, another addition to the...

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    • Posted Oct 8, 2009 5:25 pm PT
  • U2 reconsidering Rock Band project

    After passing on Harmonix collaboration last year, Irish quartet is now open to band-centric rhythm game a la The Beatles: Rock Band.

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    • Posted Oct 7, 2009 10:58 am PT
  • Harmonix's LoPiccolo talks Rock Band Network

    Rock Band studio's VP explains how garage bands meet garage-game development in the user-made song-upload service; beta set for September start.

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    • Posted Aug 27, 2009 9:58 am PT
  • Spot On: The blind gaming the blind

    Largely invisible to the mainstream, sightless gamers help each other tackle titles like Rock Band and Left 4 Dead, while others focus on games made for--and by--the blind.

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    • Posted Aug 24, 2009 2:37 pm PT
  • Rock Band 3 in the works

    MTV Games head confirms Harmonix is already working on third major entry in rhythm franchise, exploring possibility of another game devoted to one major band.

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    • Posted Aug 21, 2009 12:48 pm PT
  • Gorillaz, Joplin lead Rock Band store update

    Harmonix has a full slate of new downloadable content for its Rock Band platform on tap for next week, spanning modern infusion rock from the Gorillaz to classic riffs from Janis Joplin, The Who, and Jefferson Airplane. New playable songs will be available on the Xbox 360 and Wii on August 11,...

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    • Posted Aug 7, 2009 12:32 pm PT
  • Pearl Jam's Backspacer tuning into Rock Band - Report

    Pearl Jam has approached the rhythm game craze with gusto. In March, the Seattle grunge rockers teamed with MTV Games and Harmonix to release a playable edition of its reissued seminal album Ten, which was available for download in Rock Band the same day it hit store shelves. Two months later,...

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    • Posted Jul 31, 2009 4:51 pm PT
  • Rock Band Spinal Tap-ped

    Rerecorded versions of 11 songs from This Is Spinal Tap arrive next week for Wii, PS3, 360; new Black Sabbath and Foo Fighters DLC also available.

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    • Posted Jul 31, 2009 10:22 am PT
  • Blink 182, Weezer headline Rock Band store update

    Yesterday, Blink 182 kicked off its summer tour in Las Vegas and will team up with Weezer starting next month in Toronto for 15 performances. Today, Harmonix and MTV Games announced that both bands--along with KISS--will each get a pack of three songs at the Rock Band Music Store later this month,...

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    • Posted Jul 24, 2009 5:00 pm PT
  • Rock Band getting user-made tracks

    Harmonix and XNA Creators Club allowing anyone to upload their own music to sell as DLC; open beta starts in late August, initially 360-exclusive.

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    • Posted Jul 17, 2009 10:18 am PT
  • THQ, Sony alumni join MTV Games

    Scott Guthrie takes executive vice president spot, while David Cox joins as senior VP of sales.

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    • Posted Jun 29, 2009 8:38 am PT
  • Rock Band gets Warped, Maroon-ed

    Toss another few songs onto the Rock Band heap. Today, Harmonix and MTV Games announced two new track packs containing 8 songs are coming to the PlayStation Store and Xbox Live Marketplace. The first features the Warped Tour Pack, which includes five songs from bands playing this year's Warped...

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    • Posted Jun 19, 2009 4:38 pm PT
  • Green Day dawns on Rock Band July 7

    Punk trio's exclusive partnership with MTV Games' franchise kicks off with three-song DLC pack next month, more songs and projects to follow.

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    • Posted Jun 11, 2009 1:10 pm PT
  • Green Day Rock Band coming by year's end?

    Source: A five-part radio station interview available on the front page of KROQ-FM's Web site.What we heard: Quite literally, this is what we heard:Billie Joe Armstrong: "Yeah we're doing a whole Green Day Rock Band." (emphasis added)As for when that will happen, Armstrong said, "I'm not sure...

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    • Posted Jun 10, 2009 11:59 am PT
  • Pepsi pops for free Rock Band songs

    Pepsi has always been keenly interested in youth culture, adopting slogans like "The choice of a new generation," "Generation Next," and, most recently, "Every generation refreshes the world." So it's not especially surprising that the soda maker would align itself with a product enjoying...

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    • Posted May 21, 2009 3:46 pm PT
  • Rad Doll Kung Fu fights for free on PSN

    Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic received a critical drubbing when it first debuted for $9.99 on the PlayStation Network in April. Happening upon perhaps the best way for gamers to forgive the game its faults, Sony said as part of its PlayStation Network update that it would be partnering with...

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    • Posted May 15, 2009 4:49 pm PT
  • Alice Cooper fronting Rock Band DLC

    While Rock Band features a veritable pantheon of rock gods in its catalog of downloadable songs, there are some glaring omissions when it comes to rock devils. One of those oversights will be rectified next week as shock rocker Alice Cooper cracks open a six-pack of downloadable songs on the Rock...

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    • Posted May 15, 2009 3:00 pm PT
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