October2022
Talking Point Is The Golden Age Of Licensed Music In Games Over?
Try and make the answers more than "maybe"
There is a moment in a young person's life — a brief window, around 13 years of age — when their internal maelstrom of hormones, peer pressure, and insecurity reaches its peak, turning the teen into soft, malleable putty, ready to be coaxed into a fandom by the next influential moment that comes along...
November2021
News Epic Games Acquires Harmonix, Makers Of Rock Band, To Work On Fortnite
Rockfort Bandnite
In the latest tale of giant-company-buys-smaller-studio, Epic Games has acquired Harmonix — a "monumental" deal that will welcome the 26-year-old Rock Band developer into Epic's growing stable of studios that also includes Rocket League developer, Psyonix. In a developer blog published on Tuesday, 23rd November, Harmonix...
September2021
Soapbox The Era Of Rock Band, Guitar Hero And Plastic Instruments Was Silly But Special
Wish fulfilment
Over the past few weeks it's been a lot of fun to share a huge range of music-themed features as part of the Nintendo Life VGM Festival. Much of our focus, quite rightly, has been on highlighting the amazing talents behind the soundtracks and audio design that we enjoy in games. For a little change, though, I wanted to reflect on a...
July2021
News Lil Nas X Is Coming To Fuser
Call him when you want, call him when you need
The Fuser July DLC has been annou-- Wait, July? July?! It's already July? Well. That explains the heat. Anyway, the Fuser DLC for the month of July has just been announced, with the following tracks (asterisks indicate that the track is free for all players): ATB, Topic, A7S “Your Love...
June2021
News FUSER Takes Its Cues From TikTok For Their New Music DLC
Soon may the wellerman come
Past DLC tracks for DJ rhythm game Fuser have included the latest bops, and timeless classics — basically, whatever gets the people goin' in the club. The DLC pack of songs for June has bops and classics, sure, but with a distinctly... Gen-Z bent. With sea-shanty hit "Soon May The Wellerman Come", Masked Wolf's...
January2021
News Fuser's 1.3 Update Promises Easier Browsing, Disc Previews, And Live Set Events
A few quality-of-life changes for the DJ game
After some slightly disappointing DLC, Fuser is back with a list of new and improved features that will be added to the game for all players in the 1.3 update, due some time in the next few weeks. Here's the full list of changes promised: Live Set Events – These new events add a competitive flair to...
News Fuser DLC Adds The Killers, Khalid, And Dua Lipa To Tracklist
I just can't look. It's killing me
Fuser's list of tracks continues to grow, with the newest DLC coming to the game on January 21st, adding three songs to the available catalogue: New Rules - Dua Lipa (2017) Mr. Brightside - The Killers (2003) Young Dumb & Broke - Khalid (2017) Fuser launched with a tracklist of over 100 songs, including All...
October2020
Anniversary Dig Out The Plastic And Reform The Band - Rock Band 3 Turns 10 Today
Let there be Rock (Band)
Time continues to tick on mercilessly and brings with it wave after wave of video game anniversaries designed (we're certain) to make us feel older than our years. Majora's Mask launched in North America two decades ago this very day — how can that be? Another game celebrating a significant birthday today is Rock Band 3...
June2020
Hands On Fuser Cues Up A Potent, Peripheral-Free Mix Of Harmonix's Music Game History
The crowd say "Bo selecta"
What exactly is Fuser? The upcoming title from Harmonix--the musical maestros behind Frequency, Amplitude, the original Guitar Hero titles and the Rock Band series--can be difficult to parse from screenshots alone. There's no mesmeric note-filled runway rolling towards you, and while the coloured decks along the bottom of...
August2017
News Harmonix Confirms Its New Switch Exclusive, Super Beat Sports
Five rhythmic minigames to take on
Update: As pointed out in the comments this seems to be a follow-up to 'Beat Sports', which was a high profile arrival on Apple TV in 2015. They aren't actually the same game but seem to share two minigames. Original Article: The exciting run of new Switch eShop game announcements continues, with Harmonix (best...
March2015
News Harmonix Explains Why Rock Band 4 Isn’t Coming to Wii U, But Doesn't Rule it Out
Bringing on the heartbreak
As some of you may be aware, Harmonix has announced that the Rock Band franchise will be making a comeback this year with the fourth numbered entry. The rhythm based franchise sees players bashing away on various expensive peripherals that resemble instruments popular to typical rock bands, covering a massive variety of...
June2013
News Harmonix Co-founder - Rock Band ‘Something We’ll Return To’
Don’t stop believing
A full-fledged, retail Rock Band title was last released nearly three long years ago. Since then, developer Harmonix has been busy with more kinetic offerings, including the Dance Central series and the just-announced Disney Fantasia: Music Evolved for Xbox consoles. But don’t put your six-string in hock just yet, Tommy. In...
