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Harmonix EPIC FAIL (video)
Watch Rock Band developers Harmonix - Ike Adams and Alex Navarro, rock out with ex-EDGE Editor Margaret Robertson to Dani California and fail. This was at t...
Rock Band Creators Score $300 Million-Plus Payday (VIA)
Rock Band Creators Score $300 Million-Plus Payday (VIA)
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 ... (more) Rock Band Creators Score $300 Million-Plus Payday (VIA)
20 Free DLC Xbox Announcement - Rock Band Forums
rockband.com — 2008 Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Harmonix, Rock Band, Rock Band 2 and all related... titles and logos are trademarks of Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., an MTV Networks company. Rock Band developed by Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. MTV: ... (more) 20 Free DLC Xbox Announcement - Rock Band Forums
Viacom to Pay $300 Million Bonus to `Rock Band' Maker (Update1)
bloomberg.com — Viacom to Pay $300 Million Bonus to `Rock Band' Maker (Update1) By Andy Fixmer Nov. 10 (Bloomberg)... -- Viacom Inc. , controlled by Sumner Redstone , will pay the creators of the ``Rock Band'' video-game bonuses exceeding $300 million as part of the ... (more) Viacom to Pay $300 Million Bonus to `Rock Band' ...
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Harmonix Totally Suck At Rock Band [Rock Band]
Kotaku — Harmonix are great at making Rock Band. But playing it? Notsomuch. OK, that's a little unfair. This video - shot at the conclusion of the Nottingham GameCity3 event last month - looks like it was taken at a party. So maybe there were beers involved. And a crowd can't help with the vocal recognition. And the fact that the lady there doesn't work for Harmonix at all (it's ex-Edge editor Margaret Robertson) also helps shift some of the blame. But those other two dudes? That's Ike Adams and Alex Navarro, employees of Harmonix, totally failing at Dani California. The world expects better from you, gentlemen. You're plastic instrument-playing ...

Watch Harmonix Suck At Rock Band [Rock Band]
Kotaku — Harmonix are great at making Rock Band. But playing it? Notsomuch. OK, that's a little unfair. This video - shot at the conclusion of the Nottingham GameCity3 event last month - looks like it was taken at a party. So maybe there were beers involved. And the drumming was mostly amazing. And a crowd can't help with the vocal recognition. And the fact that the lady there doesn't work for Harmonix at all (it's ex-Edge editor Margaret Robertson) also helps shift some of the blame. But those other two dudes? That's Ike Adams and Alex Navarro, employees of Harmonix, totally failing at Dani California. The world expects better from you, gentlemen! ...

Video: Rock Band developers aren’t very good at playing Rock Band
CrunchGear — This is a silly, nigh inaudible video of some Harmonix developers playing Rock Band. They mostly stink, I think—I’m not a Rock Band or Guitar Hero connoisseur—but as Kotaku points out, it’s hard to fault Harmonix completely. ...

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CES 2009: Harmonix "very interested" in partnership to sell music
arstechnica.com 1/9/2009 — Rock Band does a good business selling songs for use in the game, but at CES, Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos stated that there is the possibility for a partnership with a content provider to sell Rock Band tracks along with the song itself for a single ...
Next Week's Rock Band DLC: Still Dangerous [Harmonix]
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MTV And Apple Corps. Join Forces For Beatles Music Game [The Beatles]
kotaku.com 10/30/2008 — During a teleconference being held by Apple Corps, Ltd and MTV this morning, the two companies, along with Harmonix, announced an exclusive partnership to create a brand new video game featuring the...
Harmonix Lists Rejected Rock Band Names [Gdc09]
kotaku.com 3/28/2009 — Harmonix senior designer Dan Teasdale schooled GDC attendees today on the design philosophies that factored into the creation of Rock Band. That includes the critical "one question," a rule that even...
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THE BEATLES INSPIRE NEW MUSIC VIDEO GAME; APPLE CORPS LTD., MTV AND HARMONIX COME TOGETHER FOR UNPRECEDENTED DEAL
mtvpress.com 10/30/2008 — The Beatles’ extraordinary music and phenomenal legacy is set to rock across the universe in the form of a video game through an exclusive partnership between Apple Corps Ltd., Harmonix and MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, ...
Rock Band DLC eclipses 28 million downloads
xbox360fanboy.com 12/10/2008 — After starting off the year with 2.5 million song downloads, then inching up to 6 million by March, Harmonix has revealed that the total number of Rock Band (and Rock Band 2 ) songs downloaded has eclipsed the 28 million mark. That's like an ...
Mad Catz Announces License Agreement to Build Wii Rock Band GearI4U News 11/7/2008
Mad Catz has announced that it has signed a multi-year license agreement with Nintendo to build Rock Band accessories and peripherals for the Nintendo Wii. The agreement allows Mad Catz to produce and distribute a bass guitar and a portable drum ...