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, [...]
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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 [...]
Aaron’s Top 5 Games to Get Your Non-Gamer into Gaming
October 29th, 2010
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It’s only natural to want to share your favorite activities with that special someone. However, when that favorite activity happens to be video games, it’s not always easy to get them on board, especially if they aren’t already gamers. There are intimidating controllers to get used to, rules to learn and button combinations to memorize. [...]
Aaron’s Top 5 Party Games
October 13th, 2010
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It doesn’t always take lots of money, law breaking and a houseful of strippers with liberal interpretations of their job descriptions to have a great party. Those things are nice, but no, not necessary. Sometimes all you need are some good friends, a few drinks and the right games. So, in honor of Alex’s upcoming [...]
Rock Band 3 Pro DLC Will Be More Expensive
September 7th, 2010
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The Rock Band fan-site Rock Band Aide(get it?) cornered John Drake from Harmonix at PAX this weekend and forced him to answer like a thousand questions about Rock Band 3. Seriously, if you like Rock Band you should go read the interview it’s ridiculous. The one thing you should know if you don’t read it, [...]