The Rock Band Network, Harmonix’s answer to bringing independent acts onto the download-sphere, has been the less successful – if still respected – little brother to Rock Band‘s Music Store. According to Community Manager Aaron Trites, however, some console spaces have been too unsuccessful. Later this week, long enough for one last Download Pack to […]
AllThingsD.com, a subsidiary of the company behind the Wall Street Journal, has indicated sources close to the deal between Viacom and investment group Columbus Nova confirmed that the latter acquired Rock Band-developers Harmonix for the total sum of $49.99, a price equal to the retail price of the recently released third installment in the Rock […]
Perhaps in response to the sales figures for both Green Day Rock Band and Rock Band 3 hitting below expectations, but Viacom announced last month that it would be selling off its majority share in music-rhythm developer Harmonix, a company it has held since 2006. The sale was confirmed last week, Columbus-Nova – an independent […]
Today, Viacom has confirmed it is looking to sell original-Guitar Hero and Rock Band-developer Harmonix Music Systems, following a year during which the sale of rhythm-games and their peripherals took a sharp dive. Reports indicated that the recently released Rock Band 3 failed to move more than 7000 units in the United Kingdom during the first […]