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Music Gaming Franchises Face Difficulties, But Here’s Why It’s Not Game Over Yet
These drums need a new hit. Photo (CC-BY) Nathan Forget. There’s no more brutal opponent than elevated expectations. At least, that’s one explanation for the recent meltdown of the triple-A music gaming franchises. Harmonix, company that gave birth to the modern instrument genre saw both of its creations hit hard times in recent weeks. Activision […]
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Rock Band 3, Behind the Scenes: When A Music Game Gets More Real
Play testing Rock Band’s challenging new play modes. You know, challenging — kind of like music. Alli Thresher, community moderator, and Jessa Brezinski, intern. What Harmonix has achieved with Rock Band, and their original Guitar Hero, is remarkable. At their core, these games are descended from arcade rhythm games, reducing music to simple coordination of […]
Rock Band 3 to Add Keyboards; No Idea How it Works, Great News for RB Network
This’ll work great! (Artist rendering; final product may differ.) Bach manuscript image (CC-BY-SA) Nathan Siemers. Mock-up created by the createdigitalmusic.com Future Prediction Department… intern. Kotaku notes that Rock Band 3‘s icons tease something we’ve been awaiting a long time — keys. It’s ironic that in order to make guitars playable in games, they were effectively […]
Drum Lapse: Rock Band Network on CDMu, Gaming as Gateway to Technological Performance
Jaymis Loveday - January 22, 2010
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