Harmonix took the stage at Microsoft’s E3 press event to show off Dance Central 2. The game will have a new campaign mode, and allow for 2 simultaneous dancers. Harmonix has also re tooled the Break It Down mode and the game will also support voice recognition, but those features were not shown on stage. [...]
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[RUMOR] Domain Names Hint At New Xbox 360 Titles
June 4th, 2011
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If you don’t want a big chunk of Microsoft’s E3 press event spoiled then you may want to skip this story because Superannutation has uncovered domain names for Dance Central 2, Kinect Fun Labs, Fable: The Journey, and Kinect Sports Season 2. Obviously Kinect Sports and Dance Central are sequels to their previous games [...]
Harmonix Confirms Layoffs
February 7th, 2011
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Lately, things have not looked good for Harmonix. After being bought for just $50, the once wildly successful music game developer is now experiencing a number of layoffs. While the exact number is unknown, a reported 12 to 15 percent of the total 240-person workforce is being affected by the restructuring. Harmonix gave this statement: [...]
Harmonix and Their Liabilities Bought for $50
January 4th, 2011
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Did you ever want to own your own video game company? Well, Viacom was selling Harmonix, the maker of the Rock Band series, and you could have picked it up for just $50. The catch is that you’d assume the company’s liabilities, and you know what they say about assuming. Columbus Nova, an investment firm, [...]
Viacom Sells Harmonix to Harmonix
December 23rd, 2010
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Viacom has been looking to unload Harmonix, the maker of Rock Band and Dance Central, since early November. The big V finally sold Harmonix to, well, Harmonix. According to Viacom’s press release, they “sold Harmonix Music Systems to Harmonix-SBE Holdings LLC, an affiliate of Columbus Nova, LLC.” This basically means that Harmonix will go back [...]
Next Week on Rock Band: Enter Piano Man
December 10th, 2010
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Ever since Harmonix announced the keyboard controller for Rock Band 3, it was only a matter of time before Billy Joel made it to the long-running music title. And now, thanks to a joke on the The Office, twelve classic Billy Joel songs will be offered as DLC for Rock Band 3 on December 14th. [...]
Rock Band: Reloaded For iOS Adds Missing Instrument, Your Voice
December 2nd, 2010
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A brand new version of Rock Band entitled Rock Band: Reloaded is now available on the app store. Reloaded supports the iPhone 4′s retina display and an HD version is available for the iPad. What incredible special thing would make you want to shell out for this new version of Rock Band on iOS? How [...]
Viacom Selling Harmonix
November 11th, 2010
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Viacom owns Harmonix the makers of Rock Band 3 and Dance Central, well now they are trying to sell them. Citing a $299 million dollar loss(this somehow includes the $175 million they paid for Harmonix)Viacom has labeled them a “discontinued operation” and they are now for sale. Anyone want to buy a rhythm game developer? [...]
All New Rock Band DLC Will Not Work With Rock Band 1 or 2
November 9th, 2010
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Some may say that rock is dead. Well, the DLC for Rock Band 1 & 2 is gasping its last breaths. All of the series’ DLC that is released after October 26th, 2010 will only be playable for Rock Band 3. Don’t worry. You can still purchase old tracks for the games. Any of the [...]
Dance Central DLC Available Now
November 4th, 2010
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Dance Central is available today, along with Kinect. It’s first round of DLC is also available today. Each track will run you 240MS points or $3. The songs available are Ne-Yo’s “Because of You,” Lady Sovereign’s “I Got You Dancing” and Sean Paul’s “Temperature.” If you bundle those three tracks together you get the “Songs [...]