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• Guitar Hero Killed by Activision; Finally Gets Stairway to Heaven

  Posted on February 9th, 2011 Along with sweeping layoffs of underlings Freestyle Games and Vicarious Visions, Activision is officially ending the Guitar Hero franchise. The game that started a cultural phenomenon and brought developer Harmonix to prominence has suffered in...
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• Harmonix Goes Indie; Sold By Viacom

  Posted on December 23rd, 2010 Viacom’s search for a buyer for Rock Band developer Harmonix came to an official end today with a purchase by private investment firm Columbus Nova. In short, this means Harmonix has “pulled a Bungie” and...
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• Fender’s Rock Band 3 Guitar Detailed

  Posted on November 2nd, 2010 Fender has kept their special axe for Rock Band 3 mostly under wraps up until now. We knew that it was going to be a Rock Band pro mode controller that doubled as a fully...
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• Capcom Teases Haggar For Marvel Vs. Capcom 3

  Posted on October 31st, 2010 Okay, yes yes, I know that mask is seriously creepy, but let’s ignore that for just a moment and focus on that picture behind him. This was a photo taken during Capcom’s recent Halloween costume...
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• Rock Band Network Getting An Upgrade

  Posted on August 24th, 2010 With Rock Band 3 on the way, an obvious question that should be on everyone’s mind is “So will I get to use my awesome realistic guitar on Ron Wasserman’s Rock Band Network songs?” Well,...
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• This week in fake plastic cover bands: 8/17

  Posted on August 13th, 2010 This week Rock Band brings together the 2 ends of the indie spectrum: the synthy and the crunchy, with 2 band packs. First, the synthy: Neon Trees – 1983 Neon Trees – Animal Neon Trees...
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• Is this most of the Rock Band 3 setlist?

  Posted on July 27th, 2010 As an up-and-coming blog we just love unsubstantiated rumors. They’re the lifeblod of blogdom; if you’re right it’s a ticket to respectability and prestige, if not? Who cares. So, I’m thrilled to bring this completely...
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• New Rock Band instruments revealed; shit gets real

  Posted on June 11th, 2010 Harmonix has announced that the aforementioned keyboard instrument will be an actual working MIDI keyboard for Rock Band 3. It’s gonna have 25 keys for use in the new Rock Band Pro mode, with only...
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• The Best 30 Games of the Decade

  Posted on May 25th, 2010 As 2009 winds down, the aughties, double zeros, or whatever you like to refer this decade as, heads towards its end as well. Its incredible to think that it has been a whole ten years...
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