News

MTV Games Shuts Its Doors

Kotaku AU

MTV Games didn’t really have a presence in Australia – both Rock Band and Dance Central were distributed by EA in this country – but MCV are currently reporting that the company is now in the process of closing, after the sale of Harmonix to Columbus Nova for the grand sum of $50US.


January 15, 2011
News

Rock Band Network Has Its Plug Pulled On Wii

Wii owners, there will be no more Rock Band Network songs for you after January 18. Rock Band developer Harmonix said today that it will no longer be supporting Nintendo’s console with new releases.


January 14, 2011
Nintendo

Demo Of Rock Band 3′s Guitar Adaptor, Mad Catz Apology

The hardware that can turn real instruments, from guitars to drums to keyboards, into Rock Band 3 controllers arrived a little later than some rhythm game fans were hoping for. And Mad Catz is sorry about that.


January 5, 2011
News

Rock Band Developer Sold For The Price Of A Copy Of Rock Band 3

A copy of the disc-only version of Rock Band 3 currently sells for $US49.99 at GameStop. According to The Wall Street Journal’s sources, that’s exactly how investment group Columbus Nova paid to take Harmonix off Viacom’s hands.


December 31, 2010
News

Rock Band 3 Rings In 2010 With The Man In Black, Old Tracks

One of your resolutions for 2011 should probably be “play more Rock Band 3.” Harmonix is encouraging that kind of behaviour with a long list of new additions to its full band music game, including an injection of Johnny Cash.


December 25, 2010
PlayStation

The Year He Kept His Faith In Music Games — And Kinect

Greg LoPiccolo didn’t have to leave his office in a brick building near Boston this year to see how two of the biggest trends in the last half-decade of video games were playing out. There were doubters outside. Inside?


December 16, 2010
News

Rock Band Is Coming Down With Pac-Man Fever In 2011

Truly terrible arcade-inspired album Pac-Man Fever is coming to Rock Band Network next year, letting Rock Band owners relive the 1982 Buckner & Garcia classic from the comfort of their plastic instruments.


December 6, 2010

While You Were Sleeping

Kotaku AU

While You Were Sleeping was a well-received romantic comedy starring the luminous Sandra Bullock and the irrepressible Bill Pullman.

It’s also the name of a regular section here at Kotaku, where we round up all the best news coming in overnight, to save you trawling down the page for an excuse to not start work. Don’t say we’re not good to you!


December 4, 2010
News

A Double Dose Of Queen For Rock Band 3

Including a new instrument and pro modes in Rock Band 3 means Harmonix gets to release updated old music along with the new stuff, as is the case with next week’s 13 songs from classic rock group Queen.


December 1, 2010
News

Music Games Will Make A Comeback, But How Is A Mystery

Rock Band and Guitar Hero aren’t the sensations they used to be. That doesn’t mean they’re bad. Not Rock Band 3. But they’re not the cultural phenomenons they once were. That’s temporary, according to a man who should know.