Summary Box: Real strings on new guitar game

2010-03-09T14:00:11Z

<div id="subtitle">Summary Box: Players strum real strings on latest music video game</div><div><p>THE NEXT LEVEL: The small studio behind "Power Gig: Rise of the SixString" hopes to compete with the bigwigs behind "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band" by having players strum real string, not buttons, to play.</p><p>THE CHALLENGE: The music...

On latest guitar game, players strum real strings

2010-03-09T13:30:40Z

<div id="subtitle">Players strum real strings on latest music video game</div><div><p>A new musical video game lets players strum a real six-string electric guitar instead of tapping buttons on a fake instrument.</p><p>"Power Gig: Rise of the SixString" is a game first and foremost. But its maker, Seven45 Studios, says players will be able to plug the guitar that comes with it into a standard amp and play real music.</p><p>Games such a "Billboard) - What a difference a year makes.</p><p>The music-game category raked in $1.4 billion in revenue last year, according to Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter, driven largely by sales of "

'Rock Band' video game developer cuts 39 jobs

2010-02-23T17:20:07Z

<div id="subtitle">'Rock Band' music video game developer Harmonix lays off 39 workers in an effort to trim costs</div><div><p>The Massachusetts software company that created the "Rock Band" video game series has eliminated ...

The Beatles Rock Band is a Good Way to Improve Singing & Drumming Abilities

2010-02-23T17:52:11Z

I've been trying to improve my singing in various ways over the last couple of years and surprisingly I've found that one of the most effective ways to practice (and improve) is by playing The Beatles Rock Band. What I really love about it is that I can also practice my harmonies with it because it has a special harmony mode (unlike any other Ro...

US video game sales slide in August for 6th month

2010-02-25T08:53:32Z

<div id="subtitle">US video game retail sales fall 16 percent in August, sixth month of double-digit decline</div><div><p>Video games sales declined in August for the sixth straight month, following what analysts called a disappointing showing from the latest "Madden" game.</p><p>Nonetheless, game makers are eyeing a stronger September, boosted by the much-hyped launch of "Beatlemania swept around the world Wednesday as the Fab Four's digitally remastered albums and a new video game were released.</p><p>Fans queued up from Tokyo to London to get their hands on the rejuvenated and cleaned-up versions of all the legendary British qu...

The Beatles re-mastered catalogue released

2009-09-09T05:51:03Z

epa01853417 The new The Beatles - Rock Band video game on sale in London, Britain, 09 September 2009. The Beatles collection, simultaneously released with the MTV video game Beatles: Rock Band'</div><div><p>"The Beatles: Rock Band" has produced more buzz than any video game since the last "Grand Theft Auto." When Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr...

Beatles playing for keeps with "Rock Band" game

2010-02-25T11:33:25Z

<div><p>DENVER (Billboard) - Paul DeGooyer is tired -- for good reason. It's about two weeks before the September 9 release of MTV's "The Beatles: Rock Band," and DeGooyer, senior vice president of electron...

Beatles, Stones, Super Mario: big autumn for games

2010-02-25T13:37:26Z

<div id="subtitle">As season of big launches begins, video game industry hopes its troubles soon seem so far away</div><div><p>With a little help from the Beatles, Super Mario and price cuts from Sony and Microsoft, the slumping video game industry is hoping for a sales resurrection this fall.</p>&...

WILL THE BEATLES ROCK MTV?

2010-02-25T20:47:33Z

<div><h1> WILL THE BEATLES ROCK MTV? </h1><p>Before packed stadiums this summer, Paul McCartney, musician, is also playing the role of pitchman. Behind him on stage, animated images from a soon-to-be released video game called The Beat...

Viacom: Ad outlook good despite 2Q drop in profits

2010-02-26T03:39:59Z

<div id="subtitle">Viacom: Ad outlook good despite 2nd-quarter profit drop on weak ad market, slow video games</div><div><p>Viacom Inc. struck a hopeful note on advertising for the rest of the year even as the media conglomerate controlled by Sumner Redstone saw second-quarter profit plunge on weak ad markets, video game sales...

Bands catching rhythm of music videogames

2010-02-27T01:59:40Z

<div><p>Videogames are getting their groove on with a collection of new music titles, as bands including the legendary Beatles are won over to a new platform for selling their songs.</p><p>The big three videogame console makers and top third-party publishers are showing off their latest titles aimed at fulfilling a seemingly ubiquitous fantasy of being a rock star.</p>&...

Paul and Ringo reunite for Beatles videogame

2010-02-27T03:13:55Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, the two surviving members of The Beatles, appeared together in Los Angeles on Monday to present a "Halo 3' team; battle over DJ games</div><div><p>Real news from the virtual world:</p><p>_ENDLESS "HALO": "Downloadable content" — the current phrase for what PC game developers used to call "expansion packs" — has become an increasingly important part of the video-game landscape. Publishers see DLC as a way to ext...

San Diego California News - February 20, 2009

2009-04-21T20:41:01Z

February 21, 2009, San Diego, CA- While most sectors of the economy are being battered hard, there are bright spots in the sales of some electronics games and computers as seen here at the Misson Valley Best Buy store. Two customers played Rock Band 2 on an ELIZABETH FLORES eflores@startribune.com December 26, 2008 - Bloomington, MN - Genesis Augustine, 15, of Eagan, tested the lastest in video games called ''Rock Band 2'' for an XBox home play system at the Guitar Hero" craze is that it has moved video gaming out of the living room and back into the public. Bars and clubs all over the country host regular "...

Boom in music video games helps original artists

2010-03-01T00:31:28Z

<div id="subtitle">Boom in music video games helps artists; now record labels want more of the expanding pie</div><div><p>"This song is dedicated to Debbie Harry," flinty-eyed Lisa Hsuan purrs into a microphone on the red-lit stage of Hyperion Tavern. It's a cozy dive where patrons drink

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