A recent SEC filing suggests media-giant Viacom is looking to reacquire the money they initially loaned to Harmonix some years back. This comes on the heels of one of the worst years for music games, as sales have plunged, due in large part to market saturation and the high cost of peripherals.
Posts Tagged ‘Rock Band’
Viacom Wants Their Money Back
Monday, February 15th, 2010Viacom Looks Back on Rough Rock Band Year
Saturday, February 13th, 2010Media giant Viacom, parent company of MTV Games, and owner of the profitable Rock Band series, recently released their calendar year 2009 figures. Viacom’s “Media Networks” division (MTV Games and subsequently, Rock Band) saw 2009 revenue drop 5%, to 8.29 billion, and fourth quarter revenue drop 6%, to $2.3 billion. In a conference call, Viacom’s [...]
Beatles: Rock Band to Share the Love
Friday, February 12th, 2010Beatles: Rock Band was announced and debuted last E3 during Microsoft’s press conference, and even showcased former members Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr to promote it’s development. During the event, Microsoft announced exclusive content was to be released solely for the Xbox 360. Now, just over 5 months after its release, “exclusive” needs a new [...]
Rockin’ Update Hits Rock Band 2
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010The lead designer for Rock Band 2, Dan Teasdale, recently posted on the PlayStation Blog, and eluded to an upcoming software update coming to Rock Band 2, for the PlayStation 3. This update contains loads of new features and updates that the community has wanted for some time now.
Paul McCartney Rocks Out with Rock Band
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that a three pack of songs from Paul McCartney’s latest live album will soon be added to the Rock Band Music Store and LEGO® Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Wii™.
Newest Rock Band Country DLC Outlined
Friday, December 25th, 2009ROCK BAND IS GOING (EVEN MORE) COUNTRY!
Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that a seven pack of songs from some of country’s biggest stars will be added to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Wii™.
Rock Band Signs Green Day for a New Game [Update]
Saturday, December 12th, 2009PlayStation LifeStyle is expecting a load of new titles to be announced tonight at Spike’s Video Game Awards. Though there will be twelve new announcements, we can already guess three. One is the new Star Wars game, rumored to be Star Wars: Legends. The second is UFC 2010 Undisputed, which we revealed would have a [...]
Harmonix Pulls Plug On PSP Rock Band DLC
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009Rock Band: Unplugged for the PlayStation Portable was no-doubt a successful title. From over a hundred tracks (downloadable and preloaded) to the fact that it was a bundled title with the portable platform, the portable version of Rock Band has been and will probably still be traveling along a successful ride. Unfortunately, like most great [...]
PSP Review – Rock Band Unplugged
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009Rhythm games have become a huge sales force over the past couple of years. It all began with Guitar Hero, but Rock Band revolutionized the genre by incorporating the entire band into the mix. Harmonix and Backbone Entertainment decided to make the next iteration of the series a handheld experience. It’s hard to imagine playing the game without the [...]
PS3 Review – DJ Hero
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009DJ Hero is Activision’s latest entry into their long-running “Hero” line of rhythm video games. Similar to Guitar Hero, DJ Hero has players tap buttons in time with music notes. But DJ Hero takes things to a different place–that of club/dance music. Does the popular franchise make a strong case for the DJ scene? Find out in this review.
PlayStation Store Top Downloads 10/30/09
Friday, October 30th, 2009Below is a list of the top downloaded items from the PlayStation Store for the week ending October 29th. This week again sees Call of Duty: World at War and Fallout 3 dominate the charts. The number one spot is occupied by the latest COD: WAW Map Pack for the third straight week. Fallout 3’s [...]
Harmonix Unveils Halloween Rock Band DLC
Monday, October 26th, 2009Harmonix and MTV Games today announced the spookiest DLC packs yet, with three tracks from Rob Zombie and five from Wolfmother, as well as tracks from Liz Phair and Morningwood, that will be added next week to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from [...]
PlayStation Store Top Downloads 10/23/09
Friday, October 23rd, 2009Below is a list of the top downloaded items from the PlayStation Store for the week ending October 22nd. This week Call of Duty: World at War and Fallout 3 both dominate the chart. The number one spot is occupied by the latest COD: WAW Map Pack for the second straight week. Fallout 3’s add [...]
Debut Beatles: Rock Band DLC Leads to Abbey Road
Monday, October 19th, 2009MTV Games and Harmonix Launch Abbey Road as the First Full Playable Album Available For Download For The Beatles: Rock Band
Apple Corps, Ltd., MTV Games and Harmonix, the world’s leading developer of music-based games and a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks, today announced the launch of Abbey Road (1969) as the first Beatles album to [...]
Blur Ready to Rock Out With their Blocks Out
Monday, October 19th, 2009BLUR TO FEATURE IN LEGO ROCK BAND
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and MTV Games today announce that LEGO® Rock Band™ will feature the likeness of chart-topping UK band, Blur. Singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree will be shown in the game as LEGO mini figures as players perform the [...]
