Viacom just can’t catch a break legally. Not only are they embroiled in an ongoing legal battle over whether YouTube is infringing on their copyright, but now they’re being sued themselves by the former owners of Rock Band over hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of royalties – twice. Even as a lawsuit over money [...]
How do you take a highly successful multiplayer video game and turn it into a mobile game? The folks at Harmonix figured it out. Rock Band, which has sold over 4 million copies and made upwards of $600 million in revenue, has turned it into one of the top rated and downloaded games in the App Store. [...]
Most of us have had delusions of grandeur where we were in a world-famous rock band, jamming on stage with our closest friends. The truth is, most of us lack the talent to pick up the guitar or drums, or even open our mouths and exercise our vocal chords. The Rock Band video game series has [...]
After all the uproar over the leaks and speculation, fans finally get an official RB3 song listing straight from the makers of the Rock Band games. Out on October 26 in North America and on October 29 everywhere else, Rock Band 3 will feature multi-part harmonies, pro guitar training sequences and an all-new keyboard peripheral. [...]
It seems that a Harmonix employee unwittingly revealed the entire tracklist for Rock Band 3 during a demo at Gamescom yesterday. The whole thing was caught on video and posted online but has since been taken down. But not before rabid fans were able to parse through the footage for what could be the entire [...]
Recording artists longing to see their songs performed on plastic instruments are one step closer to seeing their music dreams come true now that Harmonix’s Rock Band Network entered its open beta today.
When The Beatles: Rock Band came out in September, our dream of playing through the legendary rock group’s career with plastic instruments was fulfilled. And MTV Games, Harmonix and Apple Corps. are continuing to make sure that we’ll get to play through their career… and the entire Beatles catalog.
