Over $150 million hangs in the balance in the aftermath of MTV’s selling off of Harmonix earlier this year. MTV’s parent company Viacom has taken the former shareholders of the Rock Band studio to court over a refund of the bonus payments given out at Harmonix’s initial acquisition. Viacom is asking for $131,827,980 of the […]
Alex Rigopulos, co-founder and CEO of Harmonix, recently spoke to Gamasutra about the company’s recent trademark, VidRhythm. The first iOS software from the house that Rock Band built, Harmonix Director of Communications John Drake later clarified on Twitter that VidRhythm is “not a game per se…it WILL, however, be funky”.
While all details on this possible product are still in theoretical incubation, Harmonix has trademarked the term “Vidrhythm”, pointing to another music-based game from the Dance Central developers. Elder Geek has reached out for comment from Harmonix, but the company is currently offering no comment on any future projects.
Today, Harmonix issued a press release which announced that Rock Band 3, which was released in October 2010, will now be available at a price of $19.99 for the Nintendo Wii, Playstation 3, and Xbox 360. The move is most likely the result of the dwindling music / rhythm genre.