Rock Band Blitz trades peripherals for pandemonium (preview)
Rock Band Blitz, releasing this summer for Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network, doesn't need plastic instruments for hours of musical and arcade entertainment.
Rock Band Blitz developer discusses dropping the plastic instruments
Returning to your roots is a common tactic in the music industry. You start out indie, get your first big hit, and before you...
Shoot Many Robots gives good carnage (review)
Sometimes you’ve got to give it up for truth in advertising. A Shooter for 2 Bucks. Snakes on a Plane. I MAED A GAME...
Viacom may owe $383 million to Harmonix shareholders
Viacom Inc. may owe $383 million to former shareholders of Cambridge-based developer Harmonix Music Systems, best-known for the Rock Band series. There are apparently...
Rock Band adds seven Jimi Hendrix greatest hits
Jimi Hendrix can be found at the top of Rolling Stone Magazine’s recent 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time feature, and now seven more...
Why music video games aren’t dead
Music video games such as Activision Blizzard’s Guitar Hero and Electronic Arts/MTV/Harmonix’s Rock Band were among gaming’s fastest-growing sectors a few years ago, soaring...
Hands-on: Ubisoft’s Rocksmith lets you use your own guitar in music video game
Not every game teaches you something. But after you play Ubisoft‘s Rocksmith, you’ll be on your way to learning how to play the electric...
Just Dance 2 breaks the music game curse with 5M units sold
Music games such as Guitar Hero and Rock Band once lit up the charts of video game sales. But then they plunged into an...
Viacom ditches Rock Band, Dance Central after selling off music game developer Harmonix
When Viacom decided to sell music game developer Harmonix, it was a pretty good indication that it didn’t think Harmonix was doing a good...
Viacom won’t get fooled again, drops Rock Band developer as music game sales falter
Music game developer Harmonix might have started the fire for the music game industry. But it’s stopped burning, leading Viacom to sell the critically...