blog.wired.com - 11/15/2008
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Humankillers Both Guitar Hero World Tour and Rock Band will add downloadable tracks from The Killers later this month, say Activision and Harmonix. Each game will get three of the Las Vegas band's tracks on November 25, the day that its new album Day and Age hits stores. You'll be able to ...
alleyinsider.com - 11/11/2008
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alleyinsider.com —
When Harmonix founders Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy
-- the guys behind mega-hit games Guitar Hero and...
later, Rock Band -- sold their company to Viacom's (VIA) MTV for a reported $175 million in 2006, the deal didn't end there. Turns out there was ...
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Rock Band Creators Score $300 Million-Plus Payday (VIA)
joystiq.com - 11/10/2008
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joystiq.com —
Hoping to enlist new members into his Army
, KISS bassist Gene Simmons is looking to jump...
on the guitar peripheral bandwagon. The wireless Gene Simmons AXE Guitar is coming November 15 for $80 and will be compatible with PlayStation 3 and PS2 ...
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Gene Simmons brings branded 'AXE Guitar' to Guitar Hero ...
amazon.com - 11/13/2008
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amazon.com —
Experience 4 music games in 1--master lead guitar,
bass guitar, drums, and vocals. Music spans all genres...
of rock and includes many master recordings from legendary artists. Form your own band, create and customize your own rocker, and travel on a ...
(more)
Xbox 360 Rock Band Special Edition: Video Games
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The Killers DLC also coming to Rock Band Music Store
Joystiq —
... The spirit of competition between Activision and Harmonix's respective rhythm franchises is still very much alive and well -- shortly after Activision announced that a trio of tunes from post-punk darlings The Killers would be making their way onto Guitar ...
The Killers DLC also coming to Rock Band
Joystiq [Xbox] —
... , Harmonix and MTV Games just informed Wired that they'll be releasing their own The Killers DLC to the Rock Band music store. The songs will make their way to the Marketplace on Tuesday, November 25th, the same day the World Tour DLC is released. Zing! ...
The Killers Also Coming to Rock Band [Rock Band 2]
Kotaku —
... tracks from The Killers would be available Nov. 25 for Guitar Hero: World Tour. They're also putting three cuts on Rock Band 2, available on the same day. (Nov. 25 is the day the Las Vegas band's next album, "Day and Age" is released in stores.) Rock Band 2 will feature the band's signature hit "Mr. Brightside," alongside "Smile Like You Mean It" and "Spaceman." (GHWT had "Human" and "Losing Touch" instead.) That information comes from MTV and was reported by Wired.com yesterday. Guitar Hero, Rock Band Add Killers Tracks [Wired.com, thanks Stephen Z.]
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The Killers DLC also coming to Rock Band Music Store
joystiq.com 11/15/2008 —
The spirit of competition between Activision and Harmonix's respective rhythm franchises is still very much alive and well -- shortly after Activision announced that a trio of tunes from post-punk darlings The Killers would be making their way ...
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But military fights back in vid game debut bloodbath The streets of San Francisco were yesterday awash with blood as geeks battled real-life Marines at the debut of Activision's Call Of Duty: World at War - an apparently unequal struggle which in ...