The “Break it Down” Blog

Harmonix Interested In Selling Music Too

Harmonix has been selling a lot of music tracks for Rock Band and Rock Band 2 for a couple years now.  This week they mentioned they would also be interested in selling the corresponding music tracks with the Downloadable Content Songs. Ars technica got the scoop at CES this week. If you had the option [...]

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Wii Rock Band 2 Store Coming Soon

Given the number of comments on the other post about the Wii version of Rock Band 2 I suspect that many of you reading this are like most Wii owners that were hoping that that when Rock Band 2 finally released for the Wii it would have the same features as the Xbox 360 and [...]

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Beatles Video Game Announced

The President of MTV Networks, Van Toffler, made the official announcement yesterday that Harmonix/MTV Games and Apple Corp will be making a video game featuring the music of the The Beatles. Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos also said that it’s not just a “Rock Band” song expansion pack; it will be “a new, full-grown, custom game built [...]

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Konami (Dance Dance Revolution) Sues Viacom/Harmonix (Rock Band)

Konami, creators of Dance Dance Revolution, Karaoke Revolution and Drum Mania rhythm games (and the Metal Gear Solid series), sued Viacom/Harmonix, creators of Rock Band, for patent infringement (this patent). Viacom/Harmonix claim they are doing nothing wrong and have their own patent to prove it. Any guesses as to what this means for Rock Band 2? [...]

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