Music-game franchise Rock Band has just returned with Rock Band 4, which has been winning warm reviews from critics.
And, as it turns out, rave reviews from some staff at developer Harmonix. It’s emerged that several employees have posted five-star reviews of the new game on Amazon – some of them without disclosing that they worked on the game.
We wrote recently about the return of console franchise Rock Band courtesy of its developer Harmonix. But it turns out Harmonix is working on something else too: virtual reality for […]
2015 is the year when plastic-instrument console music games come back, seemingly. We’ve heard about the imminent return of Guitar Hero, and now it’ll be joined by Rock Band. The […]
Music games developer Harmonix released the last song downloads for its Rock Band games in April 2013, before halting development in a move that seemed to consign the games to […]
Action Man? Pfft. Rock band Linkin Park have turned themselves into 3D-printed figurines, working with a company in Germany called Staramba. The mini-models are being released alongside the band’s current […]
Well, it’s not a “new” music game – rather Amplitude is an early game from Harmonix (the people behind Guitar Hero and Rock Band) that had a weak debut and […]
Harmonix made its name in the heyday of music console games, initially with Guitar Hero, then Rock Band and Dance Central
Music games never died, as such, but their prominence has certainly waned since the heyday of Guitar Hero and Rock Band.
It’s had a long run, but Harmonix’s Rock Band game won’t be getting any more new downloadable content (DLC) after 2 April this year.
The new breed of music games are happening on social media sites and are mostly offered for free. Can they plug the console-shaped hole financially?
Viacom has been hit with a further $300m bill on its 2006 acquisition of Rock Band producer Harmonix.
Games publisher Electronic Arts has been fielding outraged tweets by the dozen after an in-app message informed players of its Rock Band for iPhone game that it was shutting down.
