Stories about: Harmonix

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    GamePro vs. Kinect 22/11/2010 15:56:00

    By the time you read this, Kinect for Xbox 360 will finally be hitting stores nationwide; some two weeks after its launch in America and Europe.
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    Harmonix for sale 12/11/2010 05:45:00

    Media giant Viacom announced plans to sell Rock Band developer Harmonix during its third quarter financial results report this morning. Support for the franchise and Dance Central will continue.
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    Less Rokk, More Talk: an interview with Freezepop 10/11/2010 11:50:00

    Even if you've never heard of the band Freezepop, there's a good chance you've jammed along to some of their tunes before — the Boston-based synthpop quartet has pumped out tracks for nearly every music/rhythm game going.
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    The rise and fall of rhythm games 08/11/2010 12:04:00

    The rhythm genre exploded onto the scene in a big way with the release of RedOctane's Guitar Hero and Harmonix's Rock Band,
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    Dance Central 05/11/2010 14:50:00

    Here's what I liked about Dance Central: It lied to me. For the most part, the only feedback I had from the game came in the form of a glowing circle that widens or shrinks to tell me how much I'm scoring on a move, an occasional red glow on a character's body part to tell me my corresponding body part wasn't matching up, or an aggressively positive street-talking boom box making excuses for my failures in tutorial mode ("Aw, this gaming is lying!" etc.).
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    Nintendo releases list of additional 3DS games 16/06/2010 05:20:00

    After the system's reveal at the Nintendo press conference, Nintendo has unveiled a larger list of titles in development for the 3DS, including additional franchises like Animal Crossing, Mario Kart, Star Fox, and Paper Mario.
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    Microsoft Kinect motion sensor launches november 4 15/06/2010 08:16:00

    Microsoft took the wraps off Kinect (nee Project Natal) at E3 2010, promising an experience that will "bring living rooms to life in a social and accessible way."
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    Green Day: Rock Band 02/06/2010 13:50:00

    Even as a lifelong fan of the band, the existence of Green Day: Rock Band initially confused me. Punk rock is notoriously repetitive and Billie Joe Armstrong, while a popular front man, doesn't possess the same star power as John, Paul, George, and Ringo. The Beatles deserved their own Rock Band title because everyone is familiar with their music, which goes a long way towards making the game accessible; I played The Beatles: Rock Band with my mom, which says a lot.
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    Rumor: Rock Band 3 to ship with a keytar? 28/05/2010 08:30:00

    What do Thomas Dolby, Chick Corea, Ben Folds, Howard Jones, Herbie Hancock, Lady Gaga, Todd Rundgren, and you have in common? They all play (or will, if this rumorturns out to be true) a funky shoulder-strapped plastic black-and-white keyed hybrid keyboard/guitar, commonly called a 'keytar'.
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    Jimi Hendrix could get his own Rock Band edition 18/02/2010 05:17:00

    In an interview with the LA Times posted Valentine's Day, Jimi Hendrix's stepsister detailed a new deal with Sony Music to distribute the rocker's music "through every type of media," including a new edition of Rock Band that Janie Hendrix says should appear this year.
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    Harmonix patches PS3 version of Rock Band 2 07/01/2010 08:51:00

    Rock Band 2 Lead Designer Dan Teasdale announced via the PlayStation blog today that a patch for Rock Band 2 on the PlayStation 3 is scheduled for today.
 
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