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Dance Central had 'own hardware solution' before Kinect

By Andrew Yoon, Aug 15, 2011 5:45pm PDT

Dance Central was, and remains, one of the best implementations of Kinect technology on Xbox 360. Dean Tate, lead designer of Dance Central, explained that the company was, in fact, developing its own hardware before the introduction of Kinect.

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Rock Band 3 DLC: Tommy Tutone, Ohio Players, and Relient K

By Steve Watts, Apr 15, 2011 10:30am PDT

Rock Band 3 rolls along with more DLC, including new content from Anberlin, Mastodon, Ohio Players, Relient K, and Tommy Tutone.

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"Summary: Rock Band 3 rolls along with more DLC, including new content from Anberlin, Mastodon, ..."

- SporkyReeve see all 2 comments

Rock Band 3 drops to $20

By Xav de Matos, Apr 06, 2011 9:45am PDT

Rockers on a budget will be happy to learn that the price of Rock Band 3 has been reduced to $20...

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"haha, yeah right! they still have them posting summaries manually"

- dantastic see all 63 comments

Harmonix Confirms Layoffs Due to 'Current Product Development Plans'

By Steve Watts, Feb 07, 2011 2:15pm PST

An undisclosed number of full-time Harmonix employees were laid off today, Joystiq reports. The downsizing was to bring the company "into alignment...

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"what are the odds of them fixing the dropped player message that conveniently covers your entire ..."

- panbient see all 7 comments

Rock Band Dev Harmonix Sold, Goes Solo

By Alice O'Connor, Dec 23, 2010 2:00pm PST

Rock Band and Dance Central developer Harmonix has successfully been sold, former owner Viacom announced today, to itself--going privately-owned...

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"I have about 200 DLC songs. Plus all the imports. I'm probably around 400 to 500 tracks in ..."

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Viacom Sued Over Rock Band Payouts by Former Harmonix Shareholders, Founders

By Alice O'Connor, Dec 21, 2010 6:20am PST

A group of ex-shareholders in Rock Band developer Harmonix, including several studio founders, are suing its parent company Viacom, Gamasutra...

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"This sounds a lot like the, "They'll NEVER sue us because they KNOW if they do, we'll sell their ..."

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Viacom Reveals Plans to Sell Rock Band Developer Harmonix

By Xav de Matos, Nov 11, 2010 8:20am PST

Within its third-quarter financial report, media conglomerate Viacom revealed plans to sell Harmonix, the developer behind Dance Central and the...

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"i havent played it in 4 months. had no interest in the latest game. im done with it."

- rtrson see all 19 comments

Harmonix and Konami Settle Lawsuits Over Music Game Patents

By Brian Leahy, Sep 20, 2010 2:20pm PDT

Bloomberg reports that Harmonix and Konami have dropped lawsuits aimed at one another over patents relating to music video games. The original suit...

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"Seriously... it seemed odd for Konami to challenge Rock Band with something so clearly inferior."

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Rock Band 3 Leaked Setlist... Confirmed?

By Brian Leahy, Aug 20, 2010 12:30pm PDT

Following the reported leak of 31 additional tracks from Rock Band 3 as the songlist was being scrolled in the back of a video interview, Harmonix...

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"Just FYI readers, when it comes to forthcoming product launches from these companies, nothing is ..."

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Rock Band 3 Uses Licensed Pitch-Tuning for Better Accuracy, Performances

By Brian Leahy, Jun 29, 2010 4:20pm PDT

Just as Harmonix is making the instrument play in Rock Band 3 more realistic with Pro mode, the vocals are going to be more realistic as well. How?...

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"good for Izotope. such amazing software (their VSTs), they deserve the exposure"

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Gibson, Viacom Settle Rock Band Suit

By Jeff Mattas, Jun 09, 2010 2:40pm PDT

According to a report by Bloomberg Businessweek, the patent-infringement suit Gibson Guitar Corp. filed back in 2008 against Viacom--owner of Rock...

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"Gibson should focus their efforts on getting their QA department to stop sucking monster butt ..."

- panbient see all 2 comments

Mad Catz is Your Official Rock Band Peripheral Maker

By Brian Leahy, Apr 27, 2010 8:00pm PDT

Mad Catz has announced that it has partnered with Harmonix to "produce and distribute Rock Band music videogame controllers for future iterations...

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"Well they can't be much worse than my experience with the regular RB instruments. Just bought ..."

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Rock Band 3 Coming This Holiday

By Chris Faylor, Mar 09, 2010 11:49am PST

The third numbered entry in Harmonix's Rock Band line of peripheral-based music games is due out this holiday season, the developer has just...

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"I don't care who does it, rock band or guitar hero, BUT GIVE ME A FULL MICHAEL JACKSON GUITAR ..."

- ISmellBlood see all 32 comments

Rock Band Getting Jimi Hendrix in 'New Edition'

By Chris Faylor, Feb 17, 2010 7:54am PST

[UPDATE] Speaking to Shacknews, a Harmonix spokesperson referred to reports of a standalone Hendrix-themed Rock Band game as incorrect and...

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"YES!!!! Finally an artist worthy of a title like this! It's not that The Beatles were ..."

- panbient see all 16 comments

Green Day: Rock Band Developers Clarified

By Jeff Mattas, Jan 27, 2010 7:00pm PST

Following a recent discovery from info-sleuthing site superannuation, in which Demiurge Studios' Adam Rosenfield revealed that Rock Band...

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"Hey. I didn't like the Beatles, but I can respect that they are a beloved band and made great ..."

- GigiLeCheshire see all 5 comments