04 Apr

Eurogamer is reporting (via the findings of Twitter-investigator Superannuation) that the recently released Kinect Star Wars is the result of ten different design teams. Specifically, the hack-and-slash/dance-simulation/city-stomping/pod-racing motion game was “supervised 1 PC and 9 external teams (200+ heads)”. Teams reported to be involved in the project are Frontier Developments (Kinectimals), Terminal Reality (Ghostbusters: the […]

04 Feb

Stephen Colbert’s Super PAC – and its goal of making a better tomorrow, tomorrow – has been more than just a running gag for the faux-conservative pundit’s lampooning of the incestuous nature of campaign donations. The fund has raised over $1 million since its inception, with very few contributors donating above a couple thousand dollars. […]

06 Jan

The sale of Harmonix almost exactly one year ago came with a lot of financial baggage. Former parent company Viacom later sued the former shareholders of Harmonix for a refund of $131 million in bonuses that were previously paid out to the developer. The shareholders then counter-sued the media conglomerate for a hefty $700 million […]

01 Nov

There’s no controversy in saying that the music-rhythm genre has more than stagnated in recent years, and Rock Band developer Harmonix is keenly aware of that fact. In an interview with Giant Bomb, studio head Alex Rigopulos and company detailed the future of the franchise, and how the company plans to keep it fresh in […]