Surprise! The people who made Rock Band are making a musical side-scrolling shmup. It's called A City Sleeps and will be out on PC and Mac in October. Lots of details on its Steam page and at IGN. » 8/28/14 1:28pm 8/28/14 1:28pm

Antonio Bolfo was an animator at Harmonix, working on video games such as Guitar Hero. Then, with the legacy of September 11 on his mind, he joined the New York Police Department. He started bringing a camera along and snapped photos of the police at work. And then he left the force and made photography his main gig. » 2/03/12 2:15pm 2/03/12 2:15pm

A few years back, Rock Band exploded in North America. In Europe. In Australia. It didn't in Japan. There must be a reason for that. » 9/18/11 3:30am 9/18/11 3:30am

The people who make Rock Band and the breakout Kinect dancing game Dance Central have been sold by MTV's parent company Viacom. But they can keep making sequels to those series, if they want to. » 12/23/10 1:30pm 12/23/10 1:30pm

Rock Band and Guitar Hero aren't the sensations they used to be. That doesn't mean they're bad. Not Rock Band 3. But they're not the cultural phenomenons they once were. That's temporary, according to a man who should know. » 11/30/10 3:00pm 11/30/10 3:00pm

John Lennon's most popular solo album, Imagine, will be "among the first albums" available for download following this week's launch of Rock Band 3, according to the game's developers. » 10/25/10 2:30pm 10/25/10 2:30pm

Ever since we previewed Rock Band 3's Pro Guitar mode, readers have been asking if lefties can play this mode. They can. » 10/14/10 11:00pm 10/14/10 11:00pm

In 2008, Konami filed a patent lawsuit against Harmonix (and MTV, and Viacom). » 9/20/10 8:30am 9/20/10 8:30am

At last, your shame will end. At last, you will be able to tell your guitar-playing friends that you too can play guitar, well sorta, thanks to Rock Band 3's pro guitar mode. Plus, you will have learned guitar better. » 9/14/10 4:00pm 9/14/10 4:00pm

Dance Central, the body-controlled dancing game from the makers of Rock Band, has multiplayer. It's no Kinect Adventures multiplayer where you'd be standing side-by-side, in a gesture vs. gesture frenzy. No. It does dance battles. You take turns. » 8/19/10 6:40pm 8/19/10 6:40pm

Dance Central, the upcoming dancing game from Rock Band developer Harmonix, is supporting more than rump shaking. Ten more tunes from the game have been confirmed today. » 8/17/10 11:40am 8/17/10 11:40am

Somewhere else, that's where. Rock Band 3 lead designer Dan Teasdale is leaving Rock Band developer Harmonix. In his blog, he states why. » 7/05/10 8:00pm 7/05/10 8:00pm