rock band

Rock Band for iPhone Launches to Thunderous Applause

Clay Dillow — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:05:24 -0400

Living room rock gods, take note: the battle of the bands is on, and this time the arena is portable. Electronic Arts, MTV Games, and Harmonix have finally launched Rock Band for the iPhone, challenging Tapulous's monopoly in the "rhythm music" space currently cornered by the popular Tap Tap Revenge series.

From Guitar Hero to The Beatles: Music Games at War

Kevin Ohannessian — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:52:51 -0400

The first half of the year was not kind to the makers of music games, according to Anita Frazier of research firm NPD Group. "Of all genres, the music/dance genre has suffered the greatest declines this year, with nearly $390 million less revenues than the same time period last year." Shrinking sales mean that the publishers of these two franchises will have to fight hard for market share.

The Beatles: Rock Band

Fast Company Calendar — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:27:35 -0400

"We had to create these 3-D avatars that to the world say the Beatles," says Harmonix creative director Josh Randall, who led the team that produced the new game The Beatles: Rock Band. "We were like, we cannot screw this up." To get it right, Harmonix didn't ask just anybody for help -- it called the world's foremost Fab Four experts: the Beatles and their families.

Apple Keynote Rumor Round-up: No iTablet, Beatles Instead?

Kit Eaton — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:00:00 -0400

It's about three weeks until Apple's September 2009 keynote, and rumors surrounding this one are probably bigger than they've been for any Fall Apple event for years.

Soulja Boy Cranks Out iPhone Remix App, More Artists Coming Soon

Dan Macsai — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:03:32 -0400

When Fast Company dubbed DeAndre "Soulja Boy Tell 'Em" Way (colloquially known as "Soulja Boy") the most creative person in the digital music business, I knew he wouldn't disappoint. And lo and behold, the 18-year-old rapper who parlayed Internet fame into platinum record sales is back on familiar territory: The cutting-edge.

The Beatles Join MTV’s Digital Empire

Sean Ludwig — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:20:29 -0400

MTV is on a roll. Just days after announcing a fresh new music video web site comes news that MTV Networks will license songs from the Beatles for an upcoming video game from Harmonix, the makers of Rock Band.

MTV’s New Digital Forays

Fast Company Staff — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:45:34 -0400

Flixwagon is a mobile-to-Web video platform that, over one August weekend, delivered 6 million video streams of the Jonas Brothers live.

The new Virtual Lower East Side is like Second Life, but set in New York's gritty music scene.

The print hipsters at Vice magazine create original Web videos for MTV.

Hustle & Flow director Craig Brewer is producing $5 Cover, a digitally distributed music show.

New Colors for Nintendo DS; Accessories for XBox Rock Band

Chris Dannen — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:23:14 -0400

While those of us in the States were stocking up on chips, charcoal and frozen meat last week, Nintendo (TYO: 7974) quietly confirmed that it will begin shipping its Nintendo DS handhelds in three colors in its European market: red, turquoise and green. According to Nintendo's German-language site, the colored DS units will begin shipping on June 13th. The site makes no mention of when the updated styles will hit US shores.