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Harmonix Dudes Make Proper Time 100 List

Forget the list Miyamoto made. That one was an internet popularity contest, and considering the mobilisation powers of Nintendo fanboys, his prominence should surprise nobody. What is a pleasant surprise, however, is the presence of some gaming luminaries on the real Time 100, the list put together by the magazine themselves. They've honoured Harmonix's Alex Rigopolous and Eran Egozy, both for their innovation with Guitar Hero & Rock Band, as well as the knock-on effect of saving "classic rock for generations to come". Rock Band: not just a game, an instrument of history.
Alex Rigopulos & Eran Egozy [The Time 100] [Pic]

10:30 PM on Thu May 1 2008
By Luke Plunkett
2,340 views, 34 comments

Latest by XbhaskarX: @freakout: Well said. more »

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Rock Band's First Album Announced, Our Harmonix Q&A

Today, Harmonix has officially announced the first album that will hit the Rock Band store: Judas Priest's Screaming For Vengeance. Arriving April 22/24 on Xbox 360/PS3, this10-track album will cost $14.99 with individual tracks being offered for $1.99 apiece. Then in May, The Cars' self-titled record will become the second full-album release from Rock Band. The Pixies' Doolittle will follow in June.

While this is precisely the news that all Rock Band fans have been waiting to hear, it raises a ton of new questions. Is $14.99 the new standard album price? And how often can we expect new albums? Luckily, we had the chance to discuss the announcement with Harmonix's CEO Alex Rigopulos, who was more than happy to answer all of our fanboy questions. We posted an abridged, cleaned (sans-Mark's-question-stuttering-and-boring-parts) Q&A after the jump.

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7:00 AM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By Mark Wilson
28,233 views, 161 comments

Latest by roggles: @Ryno2323: How could you not have heard of The Cars? Just watch Circuit City ad from the past five years. I am buying rock band just so I can play that album. Nerd Boner! more »

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Rock Band Gets Merch Explosion

The recently launched Official Xbox Magazine web site has an extensive interview with the man behind Harmonix and its soon to be released Rock Band, featuring some tantalizing new details. In addition to being revealingly coy about the possibility of a wireless cowbell controller, Alex Rigopulos dishes more on the real world stuff that you'll be able to buy via Rock Band. Sure, it sounds like much of what will be done may have the glitz and glamor of a Cafepress shop, but the list of proposed things that Rock Band will spawn are impressive. More »

4:40 PM on Tue Nov 13 2007
By Michael McWhertor
15,900 views, 32 comments

Latest by BohlBERG: Man, I remember when Harmonix released FreQuency. They have finally attained their goal of letting the people who are good at games try to become musically creative. I thought this idea was really cool back in the day, but looking more »

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Guitar Hero X-plorer Will Work With Rock Band 360, USB Hub Packed In

Harmonix Music president Alex Rigopulos sat in on the latest OXM Radio podcast, running over the details of Rock Band's many facets with a fine tooth comb. While Rigopulos touched on nearly every aspect of the Rock Band experience, from the single player career mode to the multiplayer World Tour to the game's web site, some important details that merit singling out were revealed. One very important confirmation that he provided was the the Red Octane X-plorer controller for Guitar Hero II would indeed be supported with Rock Band, potentially saving current GHII owners gobs of cash. More »

7:20 PM on Fri Sep 7 2007
By Michael McWhertor
11,408 views, 33 comments

Latest by Consolcwby: @vanderhoef: Nope I had heard the same thing months ago... more »

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Rock Band Revealed

IGN has an awesome new interview with Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos about his company's upcoming Guitar Hero crusher Rock Band. Normally, I'm not the one to call for the total destruction of an existing popular franchise, but if Rigopulos and his team can pull off what Rock Band promises, Guitar Hero will seem like kind of a neat novelty. We'll look back on it and think "Aw, cute. How much simpler we were then." More »

5:20 PM on Fri Jun 8 2007
By Michael McWhertor
3,564 views, 47 comments