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The Best Buzz A Gamer Can Get, And How To Get More Of It
4:30AM Stephen Totilo | Paul Wedgwood, fervent gamer turned bold game designer, believes he has identified the greatest experience a player can have in a video game. And he’s determined to make it possible for us all to experience it. More »
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Rigopoulos ‘Would Love to’ do Amplitude Sequel on PS3
8:00AM Owen Good | Harmonix’s big hit before Guitar Hero/Rock Band, and a foreshadowing of their gameplay, was Amplitude, developed for SCEA on the PS2. Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos says he’d love to “do it right” for the PS3. More »
Future Rock Bands May Steer Closer To ‘Real Musicianship’
8:40AM Michael McWhertor | What does the future hold for the Rock Band series? Harmonix co-founder Alex Rigopulos gives us another hint in a new interview, one that teases closing the gap between real and fake rock and roll. More »Rock Band Music Creation To Be ‘Radically Different’ Says CEO
10:00AM Michael McWhertor | Activision looks to have the upper this round, as Guitar Hero World Tour will out-feature Rock Band 2 at least in the custom song creation department. Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopolus confirms to CNN that the sequel to Rock Band won’t allow users to write their own music. That said, Rigopulos does hint that a comparible feature is coming, but not in the same way that Guitar Hero developer Neversoft is tackling it. More »
Harmonix Dudes Make Proper Time 100 List
2:30PM Luke Plunkett | Forget the list Miyamoto made. That one was an internet popularity contest, and considering the mobilisation powers of Nintendo fanboys, his prominence should surprise nobody. What is a pleasant surprise, however, is the presence of some gaming luminaries on the real Time 100, the list put together by the magazine themselves. They’ve honoured Harmonix’s Alex Rigopolous and Eran Egozy, both for their innovation with Guitar Hero & Rock Band, as well as the knock-on effect of saving “classic rock for generations to come”. Rock Band: not just a game, an instrument of history. Alex Rigopulos & Eran Egozy [The Time 100] [Pic] More »
Rock Band’s First Album Announced, Our Harmonix Q&A
11:00PM Mark Wilson | Today, Harmonix has officially announced the first album that will hit the Rock Band store: Judas Priest’s Screaming For Vengeance. Arriving April 22/24 on Xbox 360/PS3, this10-track album will cost $US 14.99 with individual tracks being offered for $US 1.99 apiece. Then in May, The Cars’ self-titled record will become the second full-album release from Rock Band. The Pixies’ Doolittle will follow in June. While this is precisely the news that all Rock Band fans have been waiting to hear, it raises a ton of new questions. Is $US 14.99 the new standard album price? And how often can we expect new albums? Luckily, we had the chance to discuss the announcement with Harmonix’s CEO Alex Rigopulos, who was more than happy to answer all of our fanboy questions. We posted an abridged, cleaned (sans-Mark’s-question-stuttering-and-boring-parts) Q&A after the jump. More »
