Archive for the tag "mtv"
Thursday, November 6th, 2008 Posted in EA, Hot, Rhythm action, Trade | No Comments »
According to a quarterly filing dug up by Edge, MTV is to hand over a further $150 million to Harmonix thanks to high performance from the developer.
From the report:
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Monday, November 3rd, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, Hot, PS3, Rhythm action, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
The Beatles game eventually went to MTV because, from the sound of it, Sony Music wasn't going to get what it wanted. And what it wanted, probably, was money.
"It was ...
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Friday, October 31st, 2008 Posted in EA, Hot, PS3, Rhythm action, Xbox 360 | 2 Comments »
According to this Variety piece, only 45 Beatles tracks are to be included in the newly announced Harmonix game.
From the piece:
Game developers will be able to select 45 songs from ...
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Friday, October 31st, 2008 Posted in EA, Hot, PS3, Rhythm action, Xbox 360 | 3 Comments »
Speaking to Gamespot, Rock Band lead designer Dan Teasdale given some hints at just how much work's been involved in getting Apple Corp to an announcement stage of the newly ...
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Friday, October 31st, 2008 Posted in EA, Hot, PS3, Rhythm action, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
How much does it cost to make a Beatles game? A lot. We don't know how much MTV had to pay to be able to work on an exclusive game ...
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Thursday, October 30th, 2008 Posted in EA, Hot, PS3, Rhythm action, Xbox 360 | 16 Comments »
MTV, Apple Corps and Harmonix have just confirmed that they're working on a brand new game involving The Beatles' music.
Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos said the game was a "dream project".
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Thursday, October 30th, 2008 Posted in EA, Hot, PS3, Rhythm action, Xbox 360 | 2 Comments »
The Beatles-MTV conference is starting now. We haven't been invited to listen to it, because we're scum, clearly, but keep your eyes open for news over the next half an ...
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Thursday, October 30th, 2008 Posted in EA, Hot, PS3, Rhythm action, Wii, Xbox 360 | 2 Comments »
Citing "several people familiar with the matter," the Wall Street Journal's claimed The Beatles have signed a deal with Viacom and MTV to have the band's legendary music included in ...
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 Posted in EA, Hot, PS3, Rhythm action, Xbox 360 | 4 Comments »
This Kotaku story reports that MTV and Apple Corps are to make an announcement tomorrow about an "unprecedented global music project".
Apparently one of the guys listed on the email is ...
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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008 Posted in EA, Europe, Hot, PS3, Rhythm action, Wii, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment »
According to Eurogamer, a UK-based EA's external PR outfit has said that Rock Band 2 will be released "this side of Christmas".
"MTV, Harmonix and EA have not formally confirmed a ...
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008 Posted in EA, Konami, Legalities, Rhythm action | No Comments »
MTV's responded to Konami's legal action towards Rock Band, saying it finds the move "extremely surprising".
"Konami's actions are extremely surprising," an MTV spokesperson said of the suit. "Unfortunately, successful products ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008 Posted in EA, Konami, Legalities, Rhythm action | No Comments »
According to this Bloomberg report, Konami has sued EA over patent violation related to Rock Band, claiming the game violate patents filed by the firm in 2002 and 2003.
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008 Posted in America, E3 2008 | 3 Comments »
Watch Kotaku’s Brian Crecente, MTV’s Stephen Totilo and Newsweek’s N’Gai Croal talk for another week about what to expect from E3 after the link. There’s still nothing in there you ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008 Posted in America, E3 2008 | 3 Comments »
Watch Kotaku's Brian Crecente, MTV's Stephen Totilo and Newsweek's N'Gai Croal talk about what to expect from E3 after the link. There's nothing in there you didn't know already, but ...
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 Posted in Shooter | No Comments »
Incredibly, pills marketed at FPS players looking to improve reaction times have been debunked as hokum, according to this. Despite the maker of FPSBrain claiming its products provides a "remarkable ...
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