gamasutra.com - 10/24/2009
—
The September 2009 showdown between The Beatles: Rock Band and Guitar Hero 5 is perhaps the most direct competition between the two franchises the industry has yet experienced. The Harmonix-developed Beatles game launched on September 9th while the fifth major installment of the Guitar Hero franchise hit stores eight days earlier on the first of the month. At the end of the NPD Group reporting period for September (which ended on Saturday, October 3rd) the ...
jobs.gamasutra.com - 10/23/2009
—
jobs.gamasutra.com —
Harmonix Music Systems is the creator of the
smash hits Rock Band and Rock Band 2--hailed as...
the ultimate fusion of video gaming and rock'n'roll--and the critically-acclaimed THE BEATLES: ROCK BAND. With roots in the MIT Media Lab, Harmonix today is a ...
(more)
JobSeeker message
procrastineering.blogspot.com - 10/27/2009
—
procrastineering.blogspot.com —
This year, I'm helping the User Interface Software
and Technology (UIST) conference put their proceedings videos online...
so that more people can access them. So far, I've gotten most of the videos from this year uploaded to the conference YouTube ...
(more)
Guitar Hero without a guitar
gamasutra.com - 10/20/2009
—
gamasutra.com —
With this month's NPD figures showing that Harmonix's
The Beatles: Rock Band outsold Neversoft's Guitar Hero V,...
Beatles publisher MTV Games wants to set the record straight on some misconceptions about music games and the Activision/MTV battle. "We ...
(more)
MTV Games: 'We Outsold [Guitar Hero] Two To One' In Sep.
Comments
Blog Reactions
Saturday Consolidation
Blue's News —
Saturday Consolidation [Oct 24, 2009, 12:56 pm ET] - Post a Comment Guitar Hero Vs. Rock Band - Behind The Numbers . Microsoft's reasoning for blocking non-MS memory units . Bayonetta Xbox 360 Screenshots . Final Fantasy XIII PlayStation 3 Screenshots . Share Story Enter the email address of the person you'd like the share this story with, or share it with other sites. From: ReplyTo: To * : Subject: Text: Notes: Email Password Remember Me If you don't already have a Blue's News user account, you can signup here . Forgotten your ...
Dave! Harmonix is making Rock Band 3 controllers for you
Sarcastic Gamer —
... yearn for tangible products that improve upon established ideas, and business tends to stagnate – or worse, decline – in the absence of innovation. The rhythm genre, for instance, seems to be a victim of its success, thanks primarily to Activision Blizzard and its shameless abuse of the Hero tag. Music game revenues are down compared to last year, but The Beatles: Rock Band and Guitar Hero 5 sold 595,000 499,000 units during the NPD’s September reporting period, respectively, proving that consumer demand is still ...
Related Content
Guitar Hero 5 vs. The Beatles: Rock Band
gamedaily.com 9/10/2009 — It's a knockdown, drag-out battle of the bands between Activision's rock machine and EA's collaboration with the Fab Four. Let's get it on!
What makes people want to play Rock Band and Guitar Hero?
psychologytoday.com 9/15/2009 — In some ways, Guitar Hero™ and Rock Band™ seem like the stupidest games on earth. Colored discs scroll down a TV screen, and eager participants mash colored buttons in time with what they see. You press a red button when you see a red disc, a ...
News - Analysis: Guitar Hero/Rock Band Retail Sales Down By Half
gamasutra.com 7/21/2009 — Looking at music games as part of our NPD analysis , Gamasutra has discovered that U.S. Guitar Hero/Rock Band revenues are down 49% year on year, as discounted hardware and over 20 SKUs flood the market. June 2009 was the second consecutive month ...
Review:
The Beatles: Rock Band
eurogamer.net 9/8/2009 —
Can buy me love.
"As made famous by." Guitar Hero veterans will remember that phrase all too well as the euphemism employed early in the series to convey the fact that you ...
Dave! Harmonix is making Rock Band 3 controllers for you
sarcasticgamer.com 27 days ago —
With The Beatles: Rock Band out in the retail wild, it seems that it’s full steam ahead on Rock Band 3 . During a chat with the Chicago Tribune , Dhani Harrison, son of legendary musician George Harrison, confirmed that the game is in development, telling music critic Greg Kot that ...
Why It's Taking Time To Get Beatles Rock Band DLC [Harmonix]
kotaku.com 10/9/2009 — Just because The Beatles are in Rock Band, that doesn't mean every single Beatles album will be in Rock Band as downloadable content. Why, you ask, well here is why. Harmonix's John Drake tells game site BBPS: "Every time we do one song, it's not ...
DJ Hero could debut with low sales —
play.tm 10/25/2009
Exec isn't sure about opening numbers Perhaps in an attempt to moderate expectations, RedOctane boss Kai Huang has said that sales of DJ Hero may begin slowly following the new music game's launch - this, despite Activision ...
1-on-1: Modern Warfare 2 vs Left 4 Dead 2 —
Video Games Daily 10/25/2009
The once populous combat arena of Winter 2009 is an echoing shell. A few notable action franchises still circle in the shadows, IPs like Assassin’s Creed 2 and Pandemic’s plucky original The Saboteur , but the vast majority have ...
Follow GamerBlips on Twitter
![MTV Games: 'We Outsold [Guitar Hero] Two To One' In Sep.](http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/gamer/story_preview/2009/10/19/mtv_games_we_outsold_guitar_hero_two_to_one_in_sep.gif)
Reactions
![An Early Look At The Warhammer 40K MMO [PC]](http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/gamer/story_preview/2009/12/01/an_early_look_at_the_warhammer_40k_mmo_pc_1.jpg){kind=small}
